
Majestic
Majestic is an SEO research service from Majestic, founded in 2008 and headquartered in Birmingham, England.
What Majestic is
Majestic is an SEO research service from Majestic, founded in 2008 and headquartered in Birmingham, England. It provides keyword research, rank tracking, site auditing, backlink analysis, competitor research, and API access. The listed platform is an API, making programmatic use part of its offering. Majestic has a free plan and also lists Lite, Pro, and API plans, although prices for those named plans are not provided. Lite supports one user with 1 million analysis units, 5,000 Site Explorer Data Rows, 5,000 Analysis Depth, and 60 Report Units. Pro also supports one user, increasing those allowances to 20 million analysis units, 30,000 Site Explorer Data Rows, 30,000 Analysis Depth, and 300 Report Units. The API plan supports five users and includes 100 million analysis units, 50,000 Site Explorer Data Rows, 50,000 Analysis Depth, and 950 Report Units. These quotas distinguish the plans by user capacity and analysis resources.
Good
- Free plan is available
- Includes keyword research and rank tracking
- Provides backlink and competitor analysis
- API access is available
- Higher plans list larger analysis quotas
Watch out
- Listed platform is API
- Lite and Pro allow one user
Who it suits
Majestic suits SEO practitioners who need keyword, ranking, backlink, competitor, or site-audit tools. The free plan may suit users starting without a paid plan, while API users can choose a plan with five-user support.
Verdict
Majestic combines several SEO research functions with a free plan and clearly listed usage quotas. Its plan structure is most useful when you need to match user count and analysis capacity to your work.
Plans and prices
From Majestic's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Lite | — | 1 user · 1 million analysis units · 5,000 Site Explorer Data Rows · 5,000 Analysis Depth · 60 Report Units |
| Pro | — | 1 user · 20 million analysis units · 30,000 Site Explorer Data Rows · 30,000 Analysis Depth · 300 Report Units |
| API | — | 5 users · 100 million analysis units · 50,000 Site Explorer Data Rows · 50,000 Analysis Depth · 950 Report Units |
The facts
Each one read from Majestic's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Backlink analysis
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Competitor research
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Keyword research
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Rank tracking
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Site audit
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2008checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Birmingham, Englandchecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
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