If you’ve searched “SISTRIX pricing” and landed on three different numbers across three different sites, you’re not losing your mind. I found the same thing. One aggregator says the Start plan has no trial. Another lists 13 years of historical data on the Professional plan. I checked SISTRIX’s own pricing page directly, and neither of those is currently accurate. I’ll walk through exactly where the confusion comes from below.

This isn’t a rewrite of SISTRIX’s marketing copy. It’s what the numbers actually mean once you factor in overage fees, module gating, and the plan tier where the real value shows up.

How I Evaluated SISTRIX’s Pricing

Websites2Know reviews pricing pages the same way every time: pull the numbers straight from the vendor’s live pricing page rather than trusting cached third-party listings, then stress-test the plan matrix against what a real workflow — freelancer, in-house team, or agency — would actually consume in a month.

For this piece, that meant reading the full SISTRIX feature matrix line by line, checking the dedicated trial-account page most visitors never find, and cross-referencing overage rates that don’t show up anywhere in the marketing copy. I also read through recent Capterra and G2 reviews to see where real users hit friction, since a pricing page never tells you about the backlink module feeling thin or the learning curve for a first-time user.

One thing stood out immediately: SISTRIX’s own pricing page buries a “Test for free” link under the Start and Plus buttons, separate from the main “Book now” call to action. It’s easy to miss, and it’s probably why some pricing guides report no trial exists at all.

SISTRIX Pricing: The 4 Plans at a Glance

Every plan is billed in euros, month-to-month, cancelable at any time, with no long-term contract. Prices below are listed plus tax, exactly as SISTRIX shows them.

Here’s what separates each tier once you get past the headline number.

Full plan matrix, verified against sistrix.com/pricing, September 2026.

The Fine Print: What SISTRIX Charges Beyond the Plan Price

This is the part most SISTRIX pricing articles skip entirely, or list partially. If you outgrow your plan’s included quotas mid-month, here’s exactly what the overage costs.

None of this is hidden exactly — it’s all on the pricing page if you scroll far enough. But it doesn’t show up in the plan cards, so budgeting for SISTRIX means reading the full matrix, not just the four headline prices.

The API/export credit overage is the one that catches agencies off guard. €75 for 10,000 extra credits per week adds up fast if you’re pulling data into a client dashboard daily instead of weekly.

Does SISTRIX Actually Have a Free Trial?

Yes — and this is worth correcting directly, because I’ve seen at least one pricing roundup claim otherwise. SISTRIX’s own pricing page shows a “Test for free” link sitting right under the “Book now” button on both the Start and Plus plans.

SISTRIX also runs a dedicated trial-account program: seven days of access, one Optimizer project, and ten keyword credits, with data export disabled. It’s not a full-featured trial, but it’s a real one, and it’s free.

Professional and Premium skip the self-serve trial entirely. Those buttons say “Request a demo” instead, which means a sales conversation before you see pricing flexibility or a live walkthrough. That’s a deliberate gate — SISTRIX wants a human in the loop before anyone touches the API or the 11-year data archive.

Which SISTRIX Plan Should You Actually Book?

The plan matrix is dense, so here’s the shortcut based on who’s actually buying SISTRIX.

SISTRIX vs Semrush vs Ahrefs: Entry-Price Comparison

Price alone doesn’t tell the full story, but it’s the first question most people ask, so here’s where SISTRIX sits next to the two tools it gets compared to most.

On a straight dollar-to-euro comparison, SISTRIX Start actually lands a little below Ahrefs Lite and well below Semrush Pro. The catch is scope: Semrush Pro bundles PPC research, social tools, and content marketing into that single price, while SISTRIX keeps those as separate concerns and charges more once you need API access or deep history.

If your work is mostly DACH-market SEO — Germany, Austria, Switzerland — the Visibility Index alone can justify the price gap, since clients in that region often expect to see it in a report. Outside that region, I’d genuinely weigh Semrush or Ahrefs first.

Where SISTRIX’s Pricing Earns Its Keep — and Where It Doesn’t

My Take After Digging Into the Numbers

SISTRIX prices itself like a specialist tool, and the pricing structure backs that up. Start is genuinely entry-level — one user, three months of history, no API. It’s fine for testing the waters, but it’s not the plan agencies end up on.

Professional at €419/month is where SISTRIX starts to make sense as a serious tool, not because the price jump is small — it isn’t, that’s a €180 jump from Plus — but because that’s the tier where the API, full historical data, and phone support all land at once. Paying for Plus and constantly hitting the API wall is the wrong way to buy this product.

What genuinely surprised me digging through the fine print was the AI prompt tracking allocation baked into every tier, even Start. SISTRIX clearly built its 2026 roadmap around AI-search visibility, not just classic Google rankings, and none of the three competitor pages I compared this against gave that feature the attention it deserves.

Real user reviews on Capterra back up the pattern I’d expect: praise for the Visibility Index and competitor benchmarking, recurring complaints about keyword-tracking costs at scale and a backlink module that reads as thinner than the rest of the toolbox. That tracks with the pricing — SISTRIX charges premium rates for the modules it built its reputation on, and treats the rest as supporting cast.

FAQ

How much does SISTRIX cost per month?

SISTRIX runs from €119/month (Start) to €799/month (Premium), plus tax, all billed monthly with no long-term contract. Enterprise pricing is custom and requires contacting sales.

Is there a SISTRIX free plan?

No permanent free plan exists, but Start and Plus both offer a genuine free trial through the “Test for free” link on the pricing page, plus a separate 7-day trial-account program with limited export and keyword credits.

How many years of historical data does SISTRIX include?

Start includes 3 months, Plus includes 5 years, and Professional and Premium both include the full archive, which SISTRIX’s own pricing page lists as 11 years — not 13, despite what a few third-party pricing guides currently state.

Which plan includes API access?

Plus includes limited API access covering Visibility Index data only. Professional and Premium include full API access to all data and features.

Can I cancel SISTRIX at any time?

Yes. All plans are billed monthly and cancelable at any time, with no annual lock-in required to access any tier.

Is SISTRIX worth it compared to Semrush or Ahrefs?

If your work centers on Germany, Austria, or Switzerland, the Visibility Index makes SISTRIX close to unavoidable, price aside. For global SEO work with no EU data-residency requirement, Semrush or Ahrefs generally deliver more bundled value per euro.

Conclusion

SISTRIX’s pricing isn’t hiding anything malicious — it’s just dense, and a few of the numbers circulating online (the “no trial” claim, the “13 years” claim) are simply out of date. Once you read the actual matrix, the structure is straightforward: Start to test the water, Plus for small teams, Professional for anyone who needs the API or full history, Premium for multi-account agencies with compliance needs.

For DACH-focused SEO work, the price is close to non-negotiable because of what the Visibility Index represents to clients in that market. For everyone else, it’s worth putting SISTRIX’s Start trial next to a Semrush or Ahrefs trial before committing, because the better fit really does depend on which market you’re optimizing for.

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