Joonas Rotko · Founder, That Marketing Buddy
I assess marketing software through 10+ years of agency work, current product research, buyer needs, competing tools and total cost.
How this review was prepared
This is a research-based review. I checked SISTRIX's current product pages, pricing, documentation and technical material, then assessed what those published limits mean for a marketing team or small agency. I have not presented vendor claims as personal testing.
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The Verdict
Is SISTRIX right for you?
SISTRIX just opened its MCP server to every plan tier including the cheapest, but full API access still requires the €419/month Professional tier, a real gap between what's free to connect and what you can actually pull programmatically.
Worth it for agencies and enterprise teams that want the Visibility Index as a recurring competitive benchmark; the €119/month entry price sits well above budget tools such as Ahrefs Starter or Mangools.
Fits once the buyer needs European SEO data depth and the Visibility Index specifically; the value case gets harder to make below that specific need given the price gap versus US-centric competitors.
Who It's For
Who SISTRIX is for (and who it isn't)
✓ Best for
- +Agencies running recurring client visibility reports. The Visibility Index trend plus named competitor comparison, pulled via dashboard or MCP-connected assistant, feeds directly into the recurring report habit loop this metric was built for.
- +Ecommerce brands tracking both Google and Amazon visibility. One login tracks organic Google visibility alongside Amazon marketplace and product visibility, instead of stitching together two separate tools for dual-channel ecommerce tracking.
- +GEO-aware content teams monitoring AI-search brand mentions. Prompt Monitoring and AI Check track how ChatGPT- and Perplexity-style answers mention and recommend the brand, layered on top of classic Google visibility tracking in the same subscription.
× Consider something else if
- −You want the cheapest entry price for keyword or backlink data. SISTRIX starts at €119/month, while TMB's latest price checks list Ahrefs from $29/month and Mangools from about $38/month. A buyer who does not specifically need the Visibility Index should compare those first.Try Ahrefs →
- −You want full API access without a €419/month commitment. Plus (€239/month) only gets Visibility-Index-only API data; full API access across all data and features requires Professional (€419/month) and up. A developer-led team on a lower tier will hit that wall.Try Semrush →
- −You need USD invoices or a published annual rate. SISTRIX invoices in euros only for self-serve tiers, with USD, GBP, CHF and JPY invoicing reserved for the Enterprise offer. Annual contracts lower the monthly cost, but the pricing page does not publish the annual rate.Try Moz →
What You Can Do
What can SISTRIX do?
Monthly client visibility reporting
An agency pulls the Visibility Index trend and a named competitor comparison via dashboard or MCP-connected assistant and drops it into a recurring client report, the core habit loop the metric is designed around.
Technical SEO triage ahead of a migration
An SEO manager runs the on-page crawler against a client site, triages flagged errors, and prioritizes fixes ahead of a site migration or redesign.
Dual-channel ecommerce tracking
An ecommerce brand tracks organic Google visibility and Amazon marketplace or product visibility from one login instead of stitching together two separate tools.
Agent-assisted competitive pull before a pitch
An SEO consultant on any paid tier connects an MCP client and asks it to summarize a competitor's estimated visibility trend before a pitch, without manual export or CSV work, now possible on every tier including the entry-level Start plan.
Works With
Which website platforms does SISTRIX work with?
Measures search visibility from outside and crawls sites for audits, so no CMS install is needed.
SISTRIX lists no official CMS plugin or publishing integration.
Checked against SISTRIX's own docs and official app stores on 22 October 2026.
AI, API & MCP
AI, API and MCP access
SISTRIX runs an official, OAuth-protected MCP server now open to every subscription tier, alongside its long-standing key-authenticated REST API.
AI agent workflow
Weekly visibility drops, surfaced without an API credit cost
An agent asks which tracked keywords lost visibility in the past week and gets a live pull from the SISTRIX Toolbox straight into the chat, and because MCP calls don't consume API credits, this costs nothing beyond the subscription itself. A scheduled script can run the equivalent query through the REST API for a client reporting pipeline.
Approval boundary: The published tool set covers domain, keyword, backlink, and AI-topic research only, with no write or publish action described anywhere in the sources. Beyond normal account hygiene, like approving OAuth grants, there's no approval boundary to define here.
MCP
officialOpened to every plan tier in May 2026, OAuth-only from August
SISTRIX runs its own MCP server at api.sistrix.com/mcp, which since May 2026 is available on every subscription tier (Start, Plus, Professional, Premium) rather than gated to higher plans, and MCP calls don't consume API credits. From 31 August 2026 the server requires OAuth 2.0 login, with legacy API-key auth being phased out. It covers domain analysis, keyword data, backlinks, AI topic research, and Tracker and project-management data.
SISTRIX MCP Servers changelog →API
officialKey-authenticated REST API, still tier-gated
The SISTRIX API, documented at sistrix.com/api, uses an api_key parameter and historically requires a Plus plan or above, a gate that stayed in place even as MCP access opened to everyone. It's rate-limited to 300 requests per minute per Toolbox account with a minimum 300ms gap between calls, returning HTTP 429 when exceeded, and ships with an official Node.js SDK. Sharing the returned data with third parties without written authorization violates the fair-use policy.
SISTRIX API limitations →Pricing
How much does SISTRIX cost?
The published entry plan starts at €119/mo. For this review's professional buyer, the practical starting point is €419/mo before users and add-ons. No free plan, but there’s a 14-day free trial.
| Plan | Monthly |
|---|---|
| Start | €119/mo |
| PlusPopular | €239/mo |
| Professional | €419/mo |
| Premium | €799/mo |
Four euro tiers, cancelable monthly and quoted plus taxes. SISTRIX also offers an annual contract at a lower monthly cost, but the pricing page does not publish that rate.
Projects, crawls, and data history all scale by tier
Projects run 3/15/40/100 across Start through Premium and monthly URL crawls scale from 30,000 to 4,000,000. Data history is 3 months on Start, 5 years on Plus and 11 years on Professional and Premium, so long trend charts are a Plus-and-up feature.
Extra seats cost €24.90/month each on Plus and up
Seat counts are 1/3/6/12 across the four tiers; additional seats beyond that cost €24.90/month each. Prices shown are plus applicable taxes.
AI Check and Prompt Tracking are free for now
SISTRIX includes both in every package, with 9,300, 27,900, 55,800 and 139,500 prompt updates a month from Start to Premium, and it reserves the right to price them separately later. Do not build a long-term AI-visibility budget around them being free.
Content tools start on Plus
Content Assistant, Content Planner and Content Discovery are not part of Start. If text optimization is a reason to buy, price Plus at €239/month, not the €119 headline.
Alternatives
When I'd choose something else
Three different buying priorities, and what I'd pick instead for each one.
For a lower entry price
Ahrefs
A buyer who doesn't specifically need the Visibility Index metric gets a much lower entry price and a larger backlink index from Ahrefs.
Trade-off: Ahrefs doesn't have SISTRIX's specific European-market depth or the Amazon-marketplace tracking module.
Explore Ahrefs for this use case →For full API access without the Professional-tier commitment
Semrush
A developer-led team wanting broader API access without SISTRIX's €419/month Professional gate should compare Semrush's tier structure, and TMB has a verified affiliate relationship with them.
Trade-off: Semrush doesn't have SISTRIX's proprietary Visibility Index metric that many European agencies specifically report on.
Explore Semrush for this use case →For USD pricing and a lighter entry cost
Moz
A US-based buyer who wants USD billing and a lighter-weight entry tier, without EUR-only pricing, gets that from Moz.
Trade-off: Moz's data depth and European-market focus don't match SISTRIX's specific strengths.
Explore Moz for this use case →Downsides
Limitations to consider before subscribing
Entry price sits well above budget alternatives
€119/month is meaningfully above Ahrefs ($29/mo) or Mangools (~$38/mo), a real gap for a buyer who doesn't specifically need the Visibility Index.
Full API access still requires Professional
Plus only unlocks Visibility-Index-only API data. A team wanting full data access programmatically has to commit to €419/month.
Euro invoicing and an unpublished annual rate
Self-serve invoices are in euros, with USD, GBP, CHF and JPY reserved for Enterprise, and the annual-contract price has to be requested rather than read from the page.
My Recommendation
Shortlist SISTRIX if the Visibility Index and European SEO data depth matter specifically
You're an agency or enterprise SEO team that wants a recurring competitive benchmark (the Visibility Index), dual Google-plus-Amazon tracking, or AI-search brand monitoring alongside classic SEO data.
You want the lowest entry price, full API access without a €419/month commitment, or USD billing, in which case Ahrefs, Semrush or Moz fit better.
What to check during the trial
- –Use the 14-day trial to confirm the Visibility Index actually maps to metrics your clients or leadership care about before committing.
- –Test the official MCP server on your entry-tier plan to confirm the query/reporting access covers your real reporting workflow.
- –If programmatic access matters, calculate whether Plus's Visibility-Index-only API data is enough or whether Professional's full access is genuinely required.
- –Confirm current card-required trial terms directly, since the pricing page doesn't state this either way.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about SISTRIX
Start is €119/month, Plus €239/month, Professional €419/month and Premium €799/month, all plus applicable taxes and invoiced in euros. They can be canceled monthly, and an annual contract lowers the monthly cost at a rate SISTRIX does not publish.
Yes. SISTRIX documents an official MCP server that works on every plan, connects with OAuth 2.0 and, per its docs, does not deduct API credits at present.
Full API access requires the Professional plan (€419/month) or above. Plus (€239/month) only gets Visibility-Index-only API data, and Start has no API access at all.
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