Opinly vs RankAutomatic
Opinly automates SEO: competitor analytics, site audits, keyword tracking, AI-written content with a publishing scheduler, and an automated backlink exchange, aimed at growing search and AI traffic.
Opinly
Best for software and online businesses chasing national search and AI traffic.
RankAutomatic
Best for local business owners who want the local SEO work done for them, with nothing published until they approve it.
Side by side
What Opinly and RankAutomatic each cover, capability by capability.
Free SEO and AI visibility audit
- RankAutomatic
- Included
- Opinly
- Partly, or as an add-on
Full website SEO crawl
- RankAutomatic
- Included
- Opinly
- Included
Google Business Profile (GBP) optimization
- RankAutomatic
- Included
- Opinly
- Not a focus
AI visibility checks (ChatGPT, Gemini and Google's AI Overviews)
- RankAutomatic
- Included
- Opinly
- Partly, or as an add-on
Local rank heat maps
- RankAutomatic
- Included
- Opinly
- Not a focus
AI-written content (pages, blog posts, Google posts)
- RankAutomatic
- Included
- Opinly
- Included
Review replies drafted, plus your review link and QR code
- RankAutomatic
- Included
- Opinly
- Not a focus
Citation and listings building
- RankAutomaticCitation Builder, $249 one-time per location (one included on Pro, and on Solo done for you)
- Included
- Opinly
- Not a focus
Competitor and revenue insights
- RankAutomatic
- Included
- Opinly
- Included
Made for business owners, not only agencies
- RankAutomatic
- Included
- Opinly
- Partly, or as an add-on
Covered
- RankAutomatic
- 10 of 10
- Opinly
- 3 of 10, 3 in part
| Capability | RankAutomatic | Opinly |
|---|---|---|
| Free SEO and AI visibility audit | Included | Partly, or as an add-on |
| Full website SEO crawl | Included | Included |
| Google Business Profile (GBP) optimization | Included | Not a focus |
| AI visibility checks (ChatGPT, Gemini and Google's AI Overviews) | Included | Partly, or as an add-on |
| Local rank heat maps | Included | Not a focus |
| AI-written content (pages, blog posts, Google posts) | Included | Included |
| Review replies drafted, plus your review link and QR code | Included | Not a focus |
| Citation and listings building | IncludedCitation Builder, $249 one-time per location (one included on Pro, and on Solo done for you) | Not a focus |
| Competitor and revenue insights | Included | Included |
| Made for business owners, not only agencies | Included | Partly, or as an add-on |
| Covered | 10 of 10 | 3 of 10, 3 in part |
- Included
- Partly, or as an add-on
- Not a focus
Based on publicly available information as of June 2026. Other tools change their features often, so check their site for the latest. Marks reflect typical plans, not every add-on.
Where RankAutomatic is different
We run your local SEO. Nothing ships without your OK.
RankAutomatic is built for local: GBP, map rankings, citations and reviews are the core, not an add-on to national SEO.
No link exchanges. Google's spam policy names excessive link exchanges and automated link programs as link schemes, so RankAutomatic doesn't trade links at all.
Nothing publishes without your OK: articles, posts, replies and website fixes wait for you unless you turn on autopilot for that channel.
Common questions
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Talk to the people who build it. We answer every message ourselves.
Is RankAutomatic an Opinly alternative?
For a local business, yes. Both audit your site and write content; RankAutomatic adds GBP optimization, map rank tracking, citations and reviews.
Does RankAutomatic do automated backlink exchanges like Opinly?
No, deliberately. Link exchanges are link schemes under Google's spam policy. RankAutomatic helps with links you earn, such as directory listings, and never trades, buys or exchanges links.
See what RankAutomatic would fix first.
Run the free SEO and AI visibility audit: your score, who ranks above you on Google Maps, and the fixes to make first. You approve, we run it.
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