Better Search Lab

Early signal

Self-hosted, open-source SEO and AI-visibility tool

Launched 1mo ago

Signal

Velocity

What this means

+65%Launching in a 65% WoW growing category.

SEO had 56 launches this week vs 34 last.

16Founder Conviction Index: 16 — low signal.

Few of the conviction sub-signals (reputation, velocity, buyer-intent, tagline clarity) are firing yet.

Prediction

Top-5 finish probability

today

Projected end-of-day votes

4range 3–5

Trajectory

stable

Vote pace holding steady.

About

Better Search Lab is a free, self-hosted alternative to Ahrefs, Semrush and SE Ranking. Rank tracking, keyword and competitor research, site audits, backlinks, a weekly ranked list of what to do next, and AI-visibility scans of Perplexity, ChatGPT and Gemini. AGPL-3.0, no seats or credits: you pay only DataForSEO's pay-as-you-go data, about $0.37 to map a 150-keyword site. One command to install.

AI Summary

Better Search Lab is a self-hosted, open-source SEO tool that offers features such as rank tracking, keyword research, and site audits, with a pay-as-you-go data model from DataForSEO. It is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and can be installed with a single command.

Attention & discussion velocity

Performance

Velocity0

Vote pace vs average

Momentum0

Sustained over 6h

Virality0

Spread × engagement

Engagement—

not measured

Signal sources

2 of 6 active

Launch tracking6 readings since we picked it up
AI analysisB2B SaaS
Comment intelligencethread not yet analysed
Outside discussionnot checked — domain is a storefront or shared
Revenue signalsno match on this domain
Editorial scoringbelow the signal threshold for this pass

A source that found nothing is a measurement. A source that has not run is a gap. Neither means the launch lacks the thing.