DataforSEO rank tracker
Your DataforSEO account, in a Mac app.
DataforSEO has some of the cheapest Google data around, but it is an API with no interface. Altitude puts a native Mac rank tracker on top that uses your own account. You pay for the app once and for DataforSEO only for what you request, at cost.
Free with 1 project and 2 keywords, no card needed. macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon and Intel.
What DataforSEO is, and why it is so cheap
DataforSEO is an SEO data provider that many well-known tools use behind the scenes: Google results, search volumes, keyword difficulty, AI Overviews and AI mentions. It charges per use, from a prepaid balance with no subscription. Connect to it directly and you skip the middleman’s margin.
What rank tracking really costs
DataforSEO charges per page of 10 results. At Top 20 depth (two pages per keyword) on the standard queue, at $0.0006 per page, the monthly cost looks like this:
| Keywords | Frequency | Pages a month | Cost a month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Daily | 3,000 | $1.80 |
| 100 | Daily | 6,000 | $3.60 |
| 250 | Daily | 15,000 | $9.00 |
| 500 | Daily | 30,000 | $18.00 |
| 1,000 | Weekly | 8,600 | $5.16 |
DataforSEO’s public standard-queue price. The app works out the exact figure at your account’s price before every request.
Built not to overspend
Altitude weighs the price in every decision: Top 20 by default, never the same keyword twice in one day, projects you can pause and an estimate in pages and money when you add keywords.
- Standard queue by default: batches of a hundred tasks, the cheapest option
- A daily spending limit, with an alert at 80 %
- Everything charged on the spot is confirmed first: live checks, volumes and AI queries
- Full AI Overview only if you turn it on, since it costs one more unit
- Saved research lists, so you never pay twice for the same thing
No DataforSEO account? Altitude balance
If you’d rather not open another account, top up an Altitude balance in the app or at altituderank.com/balance. Altitude runs the same requests through our server and charges DataforSEO’s price plus a margin. With Altitude Pro the balance goes with your license and shows up on your Mac by itself. Your own account is still the cheapest option, and you can switch at any time.
Much more than rankings
With the same account, Altitude uses DataforSEO Labs for keyword research (about $0.05 for 300 ideas with volume, difficulty, intent and SERP features) and to discover, in one request, the searches your domain already ranks for. Search Console connects separately, free, with your Google account.
Connect your account in two minutes
Create a DataforSEO account
New accounts come with trial credit to get started.
Copy your API credentials
Altitude’s assistant shows you exactly where they are.
Paste them into Altitude
They are stored in the macOS Keychain and the app checks your balance.
Choose how much to spend
Frequency and depth, with a live monthly estimate.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a DataforSEO account to use Altitude?
It is the cheapest way: you use your own account, with its prepaid balance, at cost, and see what every request costs before making it. New accounts come with trial credit. If you’d rather not open one, top up an Altitude balance and the app runs the same requests through our server, with a margin.
How much does DataforSEO cost per month for rank tracking?
As a reference, 100 keywords checked daily at Top 20 depth are about 6,000 result pages a month: around $3.60 on the standard queue. Altitude gives you the exact figure at your account’s price.
Which DataforSEO data does Altitude use?
Google results (SERP) for rankings, AI Overviews and competitors; DataforSEO Labs for keyword research and to discover the keywords you already rank for; the Backlinks API; and DataforSEO’s AI data for ChatGPT.
Are my DataforSEO credentials safe?
They are stored in the macOS Keychain and only travel to the DataforSEO API. They never pass through our servers. With an Altitude balance there are no credentials of yours to store.
How is this different from other rank trackers?
Subscriptions charge every month and add a margin on the data. With Altitude you pay for the app once and for the data at cost, with no limit on projects or keywords.
Get more out of your DataforSEO account.
Download Altitude free, connect your account and see your Google rankings today, paying only for what you request.