Price against what you get

Best-value YouTube SEO tools

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.

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Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged

What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →

Nothing scores higher without costing more
The best score at each price
Has a free plan
No free plan

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The best at every price

Each step is the highest score YouTube SEO tools reach at that price or below. Nothing on the chart beats these without costing more.

Free
No paid plan · scores 2.3 of 4
- UTubeKitFreeCBC
- YouTube StudioFreeCCB
$16.58
a month to start · scores 3.3 of 4
- vidIQ$16.58 per month for 1 channel, billed annually ($19 billed monthly)BAB

Paying more for less

The YouTube SEO tools that the most others beat on both counts: a higher score and a lower starting price.

TubegrowStarts at $199 a month and scores 2.0 of 4.19 of 25 score higher for lessCCC
OutlyoStarts at $24 a month and scores 2.0 of 4.12 of 25 score higher for lessCCC
OverseerOSStarts at $24 a month and scores 2.0 of 4.12 of 25 score higher for lessCCC
YTCockpitStarts at $19 a month and scores 2.0 of 4.11 of 25 score higher for lessCCC
ViralOutlierStarts at $15 a month and scores 2.0 of 4.8 of 25 score higher for lessCCC

A high starting price often means a product is sold to companies and has no small plan, and a score is three letters, not the whole product. Read a tool’s own page before ruling it out.

The four quarters

Where the tools fall when the chart is cut at the middle price and the average score.

More for less11

Each scores above the category's average and starts at or below its middle price.

vidIQ, UTubeKit, YouTube Studio, Social Blade, Rapidtags, VidSeeds.ai, YTubViral, Nexlev and 3 more

Costs more, scores more8

Each scores above the average and starts above the middle price.

Viewstats, Growati, Thumbnail Test, TubeLab, OutlierKit, Playboard, TubeMagic, Subscribr

Costs less, scores less3

Each scores below the average and starts at or below the middle price.

CreatorHat, Morningfame, ViralOutlier

Costs more, scores less4

Each scores below the average and starts above the middle price.

YTCockpit, Outlyo, OverseerOS, Tubegrow

All 26 on the chart

Highest score first, then lowest price. The last column counts the tools that score higher and start lower.

#	Tool	Score	Features, ease, platforms	A month	As its listing states it	Score higher for less
1	vidIQ	3.3	BAB	$16.58	$16.58 per month for 1 channel, billed annually ($19 billed monthly)	None
2	Viewstats	2.7	CBB	$49.99	$49.99 per month	1
3	UTubeKit	2.3	CBC	Free	Free	None
4	YouTube Studio	2.3	CCB	Free	Free	None
5	Social Blade	2.3	CBC	$5	$59.99 per year, billed annually ($5.00 a month)	None
6	Rapidtags	2.3	CBC	$6	$6 per month, billed monthly	None
7	VidSeeds.ai	2.3	CCB	$8	$8 per month for 100 seeds, billed monthly	None
8	YTubViral	2.3	BCC	$11.19	€9.99 per month, billed monthly	None
9	Nexlev	2.3	CCB	$11.21	€10 per month, billed yearly (€13 billed monthly)	None
10	HookPop	2.3	CCB	$12	$12 per month for 500 credits	None
11	1of10	2.3	CCB	$15	$15 per month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly)	None
12	TubeAnalytics	2.3	CCB	$15	$15 per month for 1 channel, billed annually ($19 billed monthly)	None
13	Growati	2.3	CCB	$19	$19 per month for 200 credits, billed monthly	1
14	Thumbnail Test	2.3	CCB	$24	$24 per month for 1 channel, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly)	1
15	TubeLab	2.3	CCB	$24	$24 per month, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly)	1
16	OutlierKit	2.3	CCB	$24.92	$24.92 per month for 100 credits, billed annually ($49 billed monthly)	1
17	Playboard	2.3	CBC	$29	$29 per month, billed monthly	1
18	TubeMagic	2.3	CCB	$41	$41 per month, billed yearly at $497 ($47 billed monthly)	1
19	Subscribr	2.3	CCB	$83	$83 per month for 3 channels, billed yearly ($99 billed monthly)	2
20	CreatorHat	2.0	CBD	$2.50	$29.99 per year	2

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#	Tool	Score	Features, ease, platforms	A month	As its listing states it	Score higher for less
21	Morningfame	2.0	CCC	$4.90	$4.90 per month	2
22	ViralOutlier	2.0	CCC	$15	$15 per month	8
23	YTCockpit	2.0	CCC	$19	$19 per month for 10 keyword searches a day, billed monthly	11
24	Outlyo	2.0	CCC	$24	$24 per month for 6,000 credits, billed monthly	12
25	OverseerOS	2.0	CCC	$24	$24 per month, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly)	12
26	Tubegrow	2.0	CCC	$199	$199 per month	19

How YouTube SEO tools grade

Every bar is all the YouTube SEO tools we grade, cut by the letter each got on that count.

Value for money
average 2.5
Free plan and trial
average 1.8
Features
average 2.1
Ease of use
average 2.2
Platforms and integrations
average 2.5

An A is worth 4 and an F nothing. C is the ordinary grade. Every youtube seo grade in one table

Not on the chart

Sold for a single payment, or with no public price that can be put as dollars a month. They are graded like the rest.

Bangermap$49 one-time, founders edition
Meteorra AI$5 for 30 uses across the tools
TubeBuddyNo public price

Common questions

Which YouTube SEO tools give the most for the money?

vidIQ, YouTube Studio and UTubeKit. Each is the highest-scoring tool at its price or below: UTubeKit scores 2.3 out of 4 and is free; YouTube Studio scores 2.3 out of 4 and is free; vidIQ scores 3.3 out of 4 and starts at $16.58 a month. This goes by ToolGPA's own grades for features, ease of use and platforms, averaged out of 4, set against the price each tool's paid plans start at.

Which are the best free YouTube SEO tools?

Of the 2 YouTube SEO tools here with no paid plan at all, UTubeKit and YouTube Studio score highest, at 2.3 out of 4. 12 more have a free plan beside their paid ones.

Which YouTube SEO tools are best for under $5 a month?

UTubeKit, YouTube Studio and Social Blade, with a score of 2.3 out of 4: the highest among the 5 that start at $5 a month or less. UTubeKit is free; YouTube Studio is free; Social Blade starts at $5 a month when paid by the year.

Which YouTube SEO tools are best for under $10 a month?

UTubeKit, YouTube Studio, Social Blade, Rapidtags and 1 more, with a score of 2.3 out of 4: the highest among the 7 that start at $10 a month or less. UTubeKit is free; YouTube Studio is free; Social Blade starts at $5 a month when paid by the year.

Which YouTube SEO tools are best for under $20 a month?

vidIQ, with a score of 3.3 out of 4: the highest among the 16 that start at $20 a month or less. vidIQ starts at $16.58 a month.

Which YouTube SEO tools cost the most for what they offer?

On this chart, Tubegrow (starts at $199 a month, scores 2.0 out of 4, and 19 tools score higher for less), Outlyo (starts at $24 a month, scores 2.0 out of 4, and 12 tools score higher for less) and OverseerOS (starts at $24 a month, scores 2.0 out of 4, and 12 tools score higher for less). A high starting price often means a product is sold to companies and has no small plan, so check what the price includes before ruling one out.

How much do YouTube SEO tools cost?

The middle starting price is $17.79 a month: half of the 24 YouTube SEO tools with a recurring price start below that and half above. 2 of the 29 in this directory have no paid plan, and 12 of those that charge also have a free plan.

How is the score on this chart worked out?

It is the average of three of the five grades ToolGPA gives every tool: features, ease of use, and platforms and integrations, with an A worth 4 and an F worth 0. The other two grades, value for money and the free plan, are about price, so they are left out and price gets an axis of its own. 26 of the 29 YouTube SEO tools are on the chart; 3 are left off because they are sold for a single payment or publish no price that can be put as dollars a month.

How this chart is made

The score is the average of three of a tool’s five grades: features, ease of use, and platforms and integrations. An A is 4 points and an F none. Value for money and the free plan are left out because they are about price, and price has an axis of its own.
The price is what paid plans start at, in dollars a month, on the cheapest way of paying the listing names. A yearly price is divided by twelve, and a price in another currency is converted. A price for each person is shown for one person.
A tool with no paid plan sits in the band marked Free. A tool with a free plan beside paid ones is placed at its paid price and drawn as a filled dot.
The grades are ToolGPA’s own judgement from each vendor’s pages and from public reviews and our own testing, and no vendor can pay for one. How we grade

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