Rankwise blog, free plan
Free blog hosting, on your own domain
Start a blog for your business in one minute. Pick a design, add your logo and colour, and publish on your own domain or on ours. Every post is ready for Google and AI answers.
Free up to 10,000 visits a monthYour own domain includedNo card
The free blog
What you get for $0
No card, no trial that runs out, and no ads.
Free hosting
Rankwise hosts the blog and runs the servers. You pay nothing up to 10,000 visits a month.
Your own domain
Put the blog at yourdomain.com/blog or blog.yourdomain.com, or use a free address like yourname.rankwiseblog.com.
Fast pages
Each page is plain HTML, so it opens quickly on any phone.
One limit
The only limit is visits. Publish as many posts as you want.
No ads
Readers see your brand and your posts. A small line in the footer names Rankwise.
Ready for search
Google and AI assistants can find and read each post from the day you publish it.
Templates
Five designs for any business
Each picture is a page that Rankwise makes, with sample posts. Pick a design, then make it yours with your logo and colours.
copper-kettle-bakery.rankwiseblog.com
Magazine · A bakery in Austin
A large lead story, then a grid of posts.
harbor-pine-dental.rankwiseblog.com
Standard · A dental clinic in Portland
A list of posts with a picture next to each one.
summit-ridge-roofing.rankwiseblog.com
Showcase · A roofing company in Denver, in dark mode
A header in your brand colour and picture cards.
ledgerline.com/blog
Notebook · A bookkeeping firm
A narrow column with the dates in the margin.
willow-lane-florist.rankwiseblog.com
Plain · A florist in Savannah
Titles and dates only, with no pictures in the list.
What AI search cites
AI answers cite blog posts on your own domain
Rankwise checked 22,705 citations from Perplexity, ChatGPT, Claude and Google AI Overviews between June and October 2026.
54%
Blog posts and articles
More than half of the pages that AI answers cite are blog posts and articles.
96%
On the company's own domain
Of the cited blog posts, 96% are on the company's own site. Medium, Substack and LinkedIn articles get the other 4%.
69%
Of Claude's citations
Claude cites blog posts and articles more often than any other AI engine in the study.
Method: the citations come from 194 tracked questions, June 1 to October 31, 2026. A page counts as a blog post or article when its address has a blog or article path, or a long article slug. Gemini returns only site names and Google sends some links through a redirect, so the study leaves out those 821 citations.
Your brand
Make the blog look like your business
Pick one of five designs. Then add your logo, your brand colour and a font pair, and every page of the blog follows them.
- Light mode, dark mode, or a mode that follows the reader's device.
- A home page with a large heading, a button, featured posts and rows for each category.
- Menu links in the header and links to your social profiles in the footer.
summit-ridge-roofing.rankwiseblog.com
The editor
Write posts that bring in customers
Write in a simple editor, or give Rankwise a topic and it writes the post. Your free blog includes 3 posts written by Rankwise.
- Add buttons, call-to-action boxes and newsletter forms with no code.
- Add tables, FAQs, image galleries, YouTube videos and a table of contents.
- Sort posts into categories, and give each author a page.
copper-kettle-bakery.rankwiseblog.com
Your readers
Build a list of readers you own
Readers sign up by email at the end of each post. The list is yours, and you can use it in any email tool.
- Each reader confirms the address by email before the address goes on your list.
- Download your subscribers as a CSV file at any time.
- See visits, top posts and the sites that send readers, like Google and ChatGPT. The stats use no cookies.
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Readers, last 30 days
No cookies2,270
Visits
318
Subscribers
- Google1,240
- ChatGPT410
- Direct380
- Perplexity150
- LinkedIn90
Export subscribers as CSV
Autopilot, when you want it
Let Rankwise write a sourced post every day
Write your own posts for free. When you want the blog to grow on its own, Rankwise finds the questions your buyers ask AI, writes an article with sources for each one, and publishes it at the time you set.
- Approve each article first, or let it publish on its own.
- Edit any article in the Rankwise editor before or after it goes live.
- Each week, Rankwise checks if ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini and Google AI Overviews name your brand.
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Articles
- How to choose a CRM for a 10-person sales teamPublished
- HubSpot vs Pipedrive for small B2B teamsPublished
- Sales pipeline stages, explainedTomorrow 9:00
How it works
Live in one minute
Nothing to install and no server to run. Name the blog, pick where it lives and publish.
Sign up
Create an account with Google or your email. No card and no trial that runs out.
Name your blog
Pick a name and an address like yourbrand.rankwiseblog.com. The blog is live at once. To use your own domain, follow the short setup guide for your site.
Write your first post
Write it in the editor, or give Rankwise a topic and it writes the post. Your free blog includes 3 AI-written posts. Press Publish, and readers, Google and AI assistants can find the post at once.
Two ways to host
Your domain, or ours
Both give you the same blog, the same design and the same posts. Pick the address that fits you.
On your domain
yourdomain.com/blog
Your blog lives at yourdomain.com/blog, the best place for SEO, or on blog.yourdomain.com. You add a few lines to your site's setup, and the guides below show each step. Readers and search engines only see your address.
Setup takes a few minutes
On Rankwise
yourname.rankwiseblog.com
Pick a name and the blog is live at once. Nothing to change on your site. Good when you have no website access, or want to publish today.
Live the moment you save
Why Rankwise
Skip the plugins and the hosting bills
What you get on day one, next to a blog you set up and run yourself.
| Feature | Rankwise blog | Doing it yourself |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | Pick a name, about a minute | Hours of theme and plugin setup |
| Hosting, HTTPS and updates | Included | You manage them |
| Design | Five designs, your logo and your colours | A theme to find, buy and set up |
| Search markup and sitemap | Built in | Plugins to install |
| Files that AI assistants read | Made for you on every publish | Written and updated by hand |
| Articles | Write them yourself, or let autopilot write them | You write each one |
| Price | Free up to 10,000 visits a month | A hosting plan and paid plugins |
Search ready
Ready for Google and AI search
Rankwise adds all of this to every post. There is nothing to install.
A list for AI assistants
An llms.txt file lists every post, so ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity find your posts quickly.
Updates when you publish
A clean copy of each post
AI tools can read a text copy of each post, with no menus and no scripts.
Every post
Search markup
Each page tells Google what it is, such as an article or a list of questions and answers.
Every page
Sitemap and feed
Google finds new posts at once, and readers can follow the blog in a feed reader.
Updates when you publish
Old links keep working
Moving from another blog? Add redirects from your old post addresses, so links to them still open.
Blog settings
Seven languages
Write in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese or Dutch. Dates and labels follow the blog's language.
Blog settings
Pricing
Free to start. Autopilot when you want it.
Upgrade any time from your blog. Your posts and readers stay where they are.
Free
$0 forever
For every business that wants a blog.
- Up to 10,000 visits a month
- Unlimited posts you write yourself
- 3 posts written by Rankwise
- Your own domain at /blog, or ours
- Five designs, your logo and your colours
- Ready for Google and AI search
- A newsletter form and visit stats with no cookies
- A small "Published with Rankwise" line
Autopilot
$59 a month, from
Your blog grows on its own.
- Everything in Free
- 50 sourced articles a month, written and published for you
- Topics from the questions your buyers ask AI
- Weekly checks of what ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI say about you
- No visit limit and no footer line
Compare and set up
Compare it, then put it on your domain
See how the free blog compares with other free platforms. Then follow the guide for the setup your site runs on.
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Is the blog hosting really free?
Yes. Hosting, HTTPS and an address at yourname.rankwiseblog.com cost nothing, and so does putting the blog on your own domain at /blog. There is no card and no trial that runs out.
What is the catch?
There is one limit: 10,000 visits a month per blog, with unlimited posts. A free blog also shows a small "Published with Rankwise" line in its footer. It includes 3 AI-written posts, and more AI-written articles need a paid plan.
What happens if I go over the visit limit?
Nothing in the first month. If your blog has more than 10,000 visits a month two months in a row, new posts pause until you pick a plan. Your blog stays online the whole time, and every post stays readable and indexable.
Can I use my own domain?
Yes, for free. Your blog can live at yourdomain.com/blog, on a subdomain like blog.yourdomain.com, or on a domain used only for the blog. You add a few lines to your site's setup, and our guides show each step for Cloudflare, Vercel and Nginx. Readers and search engines only see your address. If you do not want to change your site, the blog lives at yourname.rankwiseblog.com.
Will Google index my blog?
Yes. Every blog has a sitemap and search markup on every post, and every page is plain HTML that any search engine can read.
Will ChatGPT and other AI assistants read my blog?
Yes. Every blog has an llms.txt file that lists your posts, and a clean text copy of every post. AI assistants and agents look for both.
Can Rankwise write the articles for me?
Yes. Your free blog includes 3 AI-written posts, with no card. For more, a paid plan starts at $59 a month. Rankwise finds the questions your buyers ask, writes a sourced article for each one and publishes it to your blog. Every plan starts with a 3-day trial and has a 14-day money-back guarantee. Paid blogs have no visit limit and no footer line.
What happens to my blog if I stop paying?
It stays online and search engines can still index it. It goes back to the free terms: the visit limit and the footer line.
Why a subfolder like /blog and not a subdomain?
A post at yourdomain.com/blog adds to the authority of your main site. Search engines often treat a subdomain as a separate site, so Rankwise serves your blog in a subfolder.
Can I move my posts somewhere else later?
Yes. Every post has a text copy with its title, description and dates, so you can move it to any other platform.
Can I change how the blog looks?
Yes. Pick one of five designs, then add your logo, your brand colour and a font pair. The blog can use light mode, dark mode, or the reader's own setting.
Start in one minute
Create your free blog today
Name your blog and publish your first post. It is free up to 10,000 visits a month, and you need no card.