TEARDOWN 02 · REVIEWED 2026-08-18
Advanced Web Ranking
Advanced Web Ranking (AWR) is a cloud rank tracker that checks keyword positions across Google and thousands of other search engines, with SERP-feature tracking, AI Overview and AI-platform brand-mention tracking, and SEO forecasting. The desktop app it launched with is no longer actively developed. Refresh speed and search-engine breadth scale with plan tier, from weekly checks on the entry plan up to hourly on higher tiers.
Yes — AWR's core mechanism is sending a search query and locally matching your site in the results, exactly what third-party SERP-data APIs like DataForSEO or SerpApi already sell as a service.
What you lose building it yourself
- ✕Coverage of 4,000+ search engines including Amazon, Naver, and Baidu
- ✕Hourly refresh at higher tiers (entry plan is weekly)
- ✕AI brand-mention tracking across AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Perplexity
- ✕SEO forecasting with search-intent analysis
Why people still pay
A DIY script tracks Google positions on a daily cadence at best; matching AWR's actual breadth and speed means building and maintaining the same multi-engine infrastructure it already runs, not a weekend script.
A BASIC DIY RANK TRACKER
Sign up for a SERP-data API such as DataForSEO or SerpApi, write a script that requests Google results for your target keywords and locations, and save your domain's position each day. An AI coding tool can write the script and storage layer in an afternoon, but matching AWR's 4,000+ search-engine coverage, tiered refresh speed, and AI-citation tracking takes real ongoing engineering.
StackA SERP-data API (DataForSEO or SerpApi) for scheduled rank checks · a cron job or hosted scheduler · a small database for historical positions.
Build a Python script that reads a list of keywords, target locations, and devices (desktop/mobile) from a CSV file. Once a day (via cron), call a SERP-data API (DataForSEO or SerpApi) for each keyword/location/device combination on Google, extract your domain's ranking position from the response (or record "not ranked" if absent), and append the result to a SQLite database keyed by keyword, location, device, and date. Cap the run at 500 keywords per day to stay within a typical API free tier. Print a table of the biggest rank changes in the last 7 days.
Similar tools
Free alternative: SerpBear — covers scheduled Google rank checks for free if you supply your own SERP API key; nothing free replicates AWR's 4,000+ search-engine coverage or hourly refresh tiers, which is what the subscription actually buys
Vendor's own claim
"We only send a keyword related query, and when the data is received, we locally look up for your sites in the returned results."
https://www.advancedwebranking.com/pricing · RETRIEVED 2026-08-18
QUESTIONS
Does AWR still offer a desktop version?
AWR's original desktop application is no longer under active development; its current pricing and product pages describe only the cloud platform.
Is there a free trial?
AWR's pricing page doesn't list a free trial; instead, every plan carries a 30-day money-back guarantee.
What's the cheapest way to track more than 7,000 keywords?
The Agency plan at $279/month raises the cap to 14,500 keywords and adds hourly refresh; Enterprise and Ent Plus 50k scale further with cross-project reporting, BigQuery export, and SSO.