Check Position

Check Position tracks Google search rankings for keywords and URLs. Users can enter keywords or import them, review charts and ratings, compare search results pages across dates, and export data in multiple formats. Rankings can be refreshed several times a day, and the tool checks positions across seven Google datacenters. It also monitors URL indexing, with options to refresh a status manually and view a cached version and search result page.

A free account includes seven keywords. The monthly offer costs €15 a month, excluding VAT, and covers 300 keywords, daily priority refresh, datacenter analysis for 100 keywords per day, and 300 URL indexing checks per day. The annual option costs €162 a year, excluding VAT. Both list unlimited position and SERP history. API features require a subscription; the API is in beta, may have changing endpoints, and is limited to 120 requests per minute for all accounts. Check Position is available on web, Android, and iOS, and offers a mobile version for smartphones and tablets.

Check Position combines keyword ranking history with datacenter and indexing checks. Review the free account’s seven-keyword allowance and the paid plan’s daily limits before choosing it.

Check Position suits people tracking Google rankings by country who want keyword history, datacenter comparisons, or URL indexing checks. Its free account is suited to a small keyword list.

Check Position is a Google-focused rank tracker that combines daily keyword monitoring with datacenter comparisons and URL indexing checks. It is best suited to site owners and SEO teams that need ranking history alongside technical search visibility checks. The main trade-off is scope: tracking is limited to Google and country-level locations, while the free account covers only seven keywords.

Overview

Check Position follows Google search positions over time and brings several related checks into one service. You can add keywords yourself or import them automatically, then review charts, ratings, historical positions and search-result-page changes between dates. That makes it more useful for diagnosing movement than a tool that only reports a current rank.

The product also checks how a site appears across seven Google datacenters and monitors whether individual URLs are indexed. These are practical additions for teams investigating inconsistent results or pages that have not entered Google’s index. Its freemium model gives you a small account at no cost, with larger quotas and automation reserved for subscribers.

Key features

Keyword tracking and history

Positions update daily, and you can request refreshes several times a day. Charts, ratings, unlimited position and SERP history on the paid offer, date-to-date SERP comparisons and exports in multiple formats support recurring reporting and change analysis. Google is the only supported search engine, and location tracking is at country level, so agencies needing Bing coverage or city-level results should look elsewhere.

Datacenter analysis

Check Position compares results from seven Google datacenters. This can reveal why rankings differ between infrastructure points instead of treating every result as identical. The 300-keyword paid offer limits datacenter analysis to 100 keywords per day, however, so a larger tracked set cannot all receive this check daily.

URL indexing checks

You can monitor a URL’s indexing status, manually refresh that status, view its cached version and open the relevant search-result page. The paid allowance is 300 indexing checks per day, matching the 300-keyword account and making this feature useful for routine page-level monitoring.

API and reporting

The REST API supports automation and report downloads, and downloadable reports can be incorporated into dashboards. API access requires a subscription. Documentation describes the API as beta, with unstable or experimental endpoints subject to change, and all accounts are limited to 120 requests per minute. That is workable for controlled reporting jobs but warrants caution before building critical workflows around changing endpoints.

Mobile access and support

A mobile version can be installed on a smartphone or tablet, alongside web access and the listed Android, iOS and API platforms. Email contact is offered, while API documentation points to community and staff support through Slack. Imports from other platforms are supported, although named integrations are not provided.

Pricing

The free account includes seven keywords. It is suitable for a personal site or a small experiment, but the cap makes it unsuitable for monitoring a broad portfolio.

The 300-keyword monthly plan costs €15.00 per month, excluding VAT. It includes 300 keywords, priority refresh for 300 keywords per day with on-demand refreshes once per hour, unlimited position and SERP history, seven-datacenter analysis for 100 keywords per day, and 300 URL indexing checks per day. Choose it when you need regular refreshes without an annual commitment.

The annual plan costs €162.00 per year, excluding VAT, and applies a 10% discount. It has the same 300-keyword, refresh, history, datacenter and indexing allowances. It suits users confident they will keep the service for a year; the monthly option is the more flexible commitment.

Platforms

Check Position is offered on web, Android and iOS, with API access for subscribers. Mobile availability helps with monitoring away from a desktop, while the API targets automated reporting and dashboard workflows.

Who it's for

It fits site owners, consultants and SEO teams centered on Google who want ranking history, datacenter visibility and indexing status together. The paid plan is most sensible for projects that can use all 300 tracked keywords or the daily URL allowance. It is a poor match for multi-engine tracking, granular local search work or teams that require a mature, fixed API contract.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Ranking history, SERP comparisons and exports support meaningful trend reporting.
• Pro: Seven-datacenter comparisons and URL indexing checks address technical visibility questions alongside rank tracking.
• Pro: The annual plan reduces the €15 monthly price by 10% while preserving the same quotas.
• Con: The free account’s seven-keyword allowance is restrictive for multi-page sites.
• Con: Datacenter analysis covers only 100 keywords per day on the paid offer, not all 300 tracked keywords.
• Con: Google-only, country-level tracking excludes other engines and finer local targeting.
• Con: The beta API and 120-requests-per-minute limit add constraints to automation.

Alternatives

For a broader directory of rank-tracking options, see Rank Tracking Software.

Positionly is worth considering if you want a freemium alternative with a five-keyword free plan and a paid Basic tier covering 100 keywords and 10 websites.

Rankinity suits users who prefer a free version with 300 checks per month and a full version offering unlimited checks.

SerpBear is the choice for free software and self-hosting, with any external scraping-service limits or costs handled separately.

Local Viking is aimed at location-based work with per-location pricing and separate keyword and GeoGrid credit purchases.

Seodity is a paid SEO suite with technical auditing, AI articles, competitor tracking and 350 daily tracked keywords in its Basic plan.

CanIRank is better for guided SEO reports and link opportunities, with a free plan limited to one website and five reports of each listed type.

Geogrid focuses on GeoGrid-style local scans, starting with a free 200-credit plan and weekly scheduled rescan.

Grid My Business is an alternative for business-profile scanning with a free-forever starter option.

Verdict

Choose Check Position if Google rank history, seven-datacenter comparison and URL indexing checks belong in the same workflow, and the 300-keyword paid allowance fits your sites. Look elsewhere if you need other search engines, city-level tracking or a production-critical API without beta uncertainty.