YouTube SEO Tools

Contents

1. 01WelcomeWhat these tools do, how many we grade and what to know before choosing
2. 02Our top threeThe three we'd look at first, and who each one suits
3. 03What they costWhat paid plans start at, the best buy at each budget and the free plans
4. 04The gradesThe highest graded, and how the whole category does on each subject
5. 05Keep or make?Which are worth paying for, and which you could make yourself
6. 06Every toolAll of them, best graded first, with what each costs
7. 07Quick answersThe questions people ask when choosing, each answered in a line or two
8. 08About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from each tool’s own pages, their app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on the YouTube SEO Tools page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 23, 2026.

Find video topics people search for, write titles and tags that get found and see what grows a channel.

Before you choose, here are 7 things to know about YouTube SEO tools, worked out from every one we grade.

1. 1

   We grade 29 YouTube SEO tools

   16 of them are free or have a free plan, and 7 more let you try before paying. Everything in this guide comes from their own pages and our grades.

2. 2

   Paid plans start at $17.79 a month in the middle

   From $2.50 (CreatorHat) to $199 (Tubegrow), going by what each one's paid plans start at.

3. 3

   Best value: vidIQ, YouTube Studio and UTubeKit

   Nothing on our chart scores higher than these without costing more.

4. 4

   3 of 29 have iPhone and Android apps

   28 run in a web browser and 2 have a Windows app. Check the one you need before you fall for anything.

5. 5

   The middle GPA is 2.2

   2 score 3.0 or higher. The highest is UTubeKit, at 3.0.

6. 6

   Best free option: UTubeKit

   UTubeKit has the highest GPA of the free ones, 3.0. Free AI tools for YouTube titles, tags, descriptions and keywords.

7. 7

   27 worth keeping, 0 you could make

   By our keep-or-make rules, 27 do something you couldn't reasonably build yourself, 0 are simple enough to make with an AI app builder, and 2 are a close call.

Part 02 · Top three

Our top three

The three we'd look at first, and who each one suits

The three YouTube SEO tools we'd look at first. First place suits the most people; second and third are the best picks for the people it leaves out. Each has an Insider's Guide of its own.

1. 1st

   

   2.8GPA

   vidIQ

   Free plan · from $16.58/mo

   For: Most YouTube creators

   vidIQ looks up YouTube keywords with search volume and competition scores, suggests daily video ideas and outliers, and shows suggested titles, descriptions and tags inside YouTube's upload page through its extension. It runs on the web, as a browser extension and on iPhone and Android. Free gives 150 AI credits a month; Boost is $16.58 a month billed yearly ($19 monthly) for one channel. Know the limits: every AI tool spends credits, the main tools are only partly open on Free, larger credit allowances have no price on the page, and more than 3 channels or several team members need the custom-priced Enterprise plan.

   The vidIQ Insider’s Guide

2. 2nd

   

   3.0GPA

   YouTube Studio

   Free

   For: Anyone who wants to pay nothing

   YouTube Studio is free for every channel, on the web and in iPhone, iPad and Android apps. Its Trends tab shows your audience's top searches over the last 28 days and breakout videos from similar channels, Analytics reports views, watch time and retention, and A/B tests try up to 3 titles or thumbnails on a long-form video. It is second because it shows numbers only for channels you own or manage and suggests no keywords or tags. A/B tests are desktop-only and skip Shorts, and some Trends insights are limited to certain countries, languages and devices.

   The YouTube Studio Insider’s Guide

3. 3rd

   

   2.6GPA

   Rapidtags

   Free plan · from $6/mo

   For: Creators who want keyword scores and tags on a small budget

   Rapidtags turns a video title into tags drawn from YouTube data, scores keywords for difficulty and search volume, shows the videos ranking for a term and checks where a video ranks. Free allows 10 tag generations, 3 keyword searches and 3 rank checks a day with ads; Starter is $6 a month for 25 searches and 10 rank checks a day. It is third because it covers the keyword side only, with no analytics, thumbnail help or testing, and runs on the web alone. Every plan has daily caps, there is no trial, and subscriptions are not refunded.

   The Rapidtags Insider’s Guide

Going by our grades, vidIQ, YouTube Studio and UTubeKit give the most for the money among YouTube SEO tools: no tool on this chart scores higher without costing more.

Paid plans start at a middle price of $17.79 a month across the 24 that charge, from $2.50 (CreatorHat) to $199 (Tubegrow). 2 more cost nothing at all.

11 of the 26 score above the category's average while starting at or below its middle price. 4 cost more than the middle price and score below the average.

Every tool gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. Here are the 12 highest graded YouTube SEO tools, then how the whole category does on each subject.

Tool	Value	Free	Features	Ease	Platforms	GPA
UTubeKit	A	A	C	B	C	3.0
YouTube Studio	A	A	C	C	B	3.0
Bangermap	A	B	C	C	B	2.8
Social Blade	A	B	C	B	C	2.8
vidIQ	C	C	B	A	B	2.8
Rapidtags	A	C	C	B	C	2.6
1of10	B	C	C	C	B	2.4
HookPop	B	C	C	C	B	2.4
Morningfame	A	C	C	C	C	2.4
Nexlev	B	C	C	C	B	2.4
Playboard	C	B	C	B	C	2.4
VidSeeds.ai	B	C	C	C	B	2.4

Some software does something you couldn’t reasonably build yourself. Some is simple enough that an AI app builder could make the core of it in an afternoon. Here’s where YouTube SEO tools land, by the same rules for every tool.

• 27

  Keep it

  It does something you could not reasonably make for yourself, or it costs nothing.

• 2

  Your call

  You could make the core of it, and you would give something up.

• 0

  You could make this

  What it does is the kind of thing an AI app builder makes well, and it charges every month.

Every YouTube SEO tool we grade, with its GPA and what it costs. Each one has a page of its own on toolgpa.com, with its Insider’s Guide.

1. 1UTubeKitFree3.0
2. 2YouTube StudioFree3.0
3. 3BangermapFree plan · from $49 one-time2.8
4. 4Social BladeFree plan · from $59.99/yr2.8
5. 5vidIQFree plan · from $16.58/mo2.8
6. 6RapidtagsFree plan · from $6/mo2.6
7. 71of10Free plan · from $15/mo2.4
8. 8HookPopFree trial · from $12/mo2.4
9. 9MorningfameFree trial · from $4.90/mo2.4
10. 10NexlevFree plan · from €10/mo2.4
11. 11PlayboardFree plan · from $29/mo2.4
12. 12VidSeeds.aiFree trial · from $8/mo2.4
13. 13ViewstatsFree plan · from $49.99/mo2.4
14. 14YTubViralFree plan · from €9.99/mo2.4
15. 15CreatorHatFree trial · from $29.99/yr2.2
16. 16Meteorra AIFree trial · from $52.2
17. 17OutlierKitFree trial · from $24.92/mo2.2
18. 18TubeLabFree plan · from $24/mo2.2
19. 19OutlyoFree plan · from $24/mo2.0
20. 20OverseerOSFree plan · from $24/mo2.0
21. 21SubscribrFree plan · from $83/mo2.0
22. 22TubeAnalyticsFree trial · from $15/mo2.0
23. 23TubeBuddyFree plan2.0
24. 24GrowatiFrom $19/mo1.8
25. 25Thumbnail TestFrom $24/mo1.8
26. 26TubeMagicFrom $41/mo1.8
27. 27ViralOutlierFrom $15/mo1.6
28. 28YTCockpitFrom $19/mo1.6
29. 29TubegrowFrom $199/mo1.2

ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.

Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.

• 3,189

  tools graded

• 94

  categories

• 426

  price changes on record

• 579

  apps priced in 12 countries