4SEO vs SEOmatic (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, SEOmatic grades higher than 4SEO: 2.6 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
4SEO grades higher on features. SEOmatic grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
4SEO
All-in-one SEO extension for Joomla with Search Console insights
SEOmatic
SEO plugin for Craft CMS covering meta tags, JSON-LD and sitemaps
Which one is for you
Pick 4SEO if
- Fits if your Joomla site wants one extension instead of several SEO add-ons
- Works for site owners who plan content from Search Console data
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if your site isn't on Joomla, as that's all it runs on
- Not for you if you want to try it first, since there's no free edition or stated trial
- Pricey if you run more than 3 sites, as unlimited sites need PRO at $249 a year
- Watch out: it keeps working after a year, but downloads and helpdesk access stop until you renew
Pick SEOmatic if
- Fits if you build sites on Craft CMS and want the SEO tags drawn from content fields
- Works for Craft Commerce stores that need product structured data
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if your site isn't on Craft CMS 3, 4 or 5
- Too light for 404 redirects, which need its maker's separate Retour plugin
- Pricey if you run lots of sites, since each Craft installation needs its own license
- Watch out: updates after the first year cost $69 a year
How we grade them
| 2.2GPA4SEOFair | 2.6GPASEOmaticGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | B$95 a year for up to 3 sites, about $7.92 a month, inside this category's $8.25 cheaper quarter. It doesn't renew on its own and keeps working after a year. PRO for unlimited sites is $249 a year. | A$99 once per Craft installation, under a year of this category's $10.99 middle subscription. Updates after the first year are $69 a year, so two years come to $168, and licenses can be returned within 30 days. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free edition and no stated trial. Weeblr's free tools, such as the SEOInfo browser extension, are separate products. | CNo free plan for live sites, but you can try it in a Craft development environment with no time limit. A license is needed before it goes live. |
| Features | BA background crawl for duplicates and broken links, titles and robots tags with a Google preview, structured data, social tags, llms.txt, Core Web Vitals from real visitors, sitemaps with IndexNow, redirects, error pages and Search Console keyword lists. It covers the whole job. | CMeta tags from your own fields with per-entry overrides, JSON-LD, Twitter and Open Graph tags, sitemaps with files, images and video, robots, humans and ads.txt, and tracking scripts. 404 redirects aren't included; its maker points to the separate Retour plugin. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. It's an extension for your own Joomla site, and Search Console needs connecting before the keyword and page lists fill up. | CNo store rating on record. It's a plugin for your own Craft site, and someone has to map each section's fields to the SEO title, description and image. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, inside Joomla 3 to 6, with Google Search Console, Google Analytics, IndexNow, Microsoft Clarity, Matomo, HikaShop and VirtueMart. No phone or desktop app. | BWeb, inside Craft CMS 3 to 5 and Craft Commerce, with Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Insight and HubSpot code, and GraphQL for headless sites. No phone or desktop app. |
| Best for | most on-site SEO on Joomla in one extension | meta tags, JSON-LD and sitemaps on Craft CMS |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: 4SEO and SEOmatic. How we grade
Price against what you get
4SEO starts at $7.92 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. SEOmatic starts at $5.75 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.3.
4SEO scores higher, and starts $2.17 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other SEO plugins and apps on the chart, 1 scores higher than 4SEO for less, and 5 score higher than SEOmatic for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- 4SEO also covers keyword research, rank tracking, site audit, AI search visibility and page speed.
At a glance
| 4SEO | SEOmatic | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free trial |
| Starts at | $95 per year for up to 3 sites | $99 one-time per Craft installation, then $69 a year for updates |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | Free to try with no time limit in a Craft development environment; a license is needed for a live site |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Weeblr | nystudio107 |
| Price read from | weeblr.com | plugins.craftcms.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
4SEO
- Runs only on Joomla (versions 3, 4, 5 and 6).
- The $95 plan covers support and updates for up to 3 sites; more sites need 4SEO PRO at $249 a year.
- Payments do not renew automatically: the software keeps working after a year, but downloads and helpdesk access stop until you renew.
- There is no free edition or stated trial; Weeblr's free tools are separate products such as the SEOInfo browser extension.
SEOmatic
- Runs only on Craft CMS (versions 3, 4 and 5).
- It does not handle 404 redirects; its maker points to its separate Retour plugin for that.
- Each Craft installation needs its own license, and updates after the first year cost $69 a year.
Key features
4SEO
- Background site crawl
- Crawls the site like a search engine to find duplicate URLs, add canonical links, flag duplicate titles and descriptions, and list broken links and PHP errors.
- Search Console insights
- Pulls keywords and pages from Google Search Console into keyword and page opportunity lists, a cannibalization report and a position tracker covering up to 16 months.
- Titles and descriptions
- Set the title, description and robots tags of any page in one place, with a live Google results preview, from the admin or from the front end.
- Structured data and llms.txt
- Adds structured data to Joomla articles automatically and to other content through rules, writes Open Graph and Twitter Card tags, and can publish Markdown pages listed in llms.txt.
- Real Core Web Vitals
- Measures Core Web Vitals from actual visitors rather than a lab test, and shows which pages fail.
- Sitemaps, redirects and error pages
- Builds an XML sitemap of canonical pages and submits it to Google and Bing, sends changes to IndexNow, and handles wildcard redirects and custom error pages.
SEOmatic
- Meta tags from your content
- Pulls the SEO title, description and image from chosen fields for each section, entry type, category group and Commerce product type, per site, with field-level overrides.
- JSON-LD structured data
- Outputs JSON-LD microdata alongside the HTML meta tags, with tools for validating and debugging the metadata.
- Social sharing tags
- Writes Twitter Card and Facebook Open Graph tags that mirror the general SEO settings unless you set them separately.
- XML sitemaps
- Builds a sitemap index per site group with paginated sitemaps per section, and can add PDFs and other files, images and videos from Asset fields.
- Robots, humans and ads files
- Generates robots.txt, humans.txt and ads.txt, and handles SEO-friendly pagination tags.
- Tracking scripts
- Adds Google Analytics, gtag.js, Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Insight and HubSpot code from the control panel, only on the live site.
Plans
4SEO
4SEO$95
per year for up to 3 sites
1 year of support and updates for up to 3 sites, on Joomla 3 to 6. GPL license with unlimited installations; payments do not recur.
4SEO PRO$249
per year for unlimited sites
The same extension with 1 year of support and updates for any number of sites; aimed at agencies.
SEOmatic
Standard$99
one-time per Craft installation, then $69 a year for updates
One license per Craft installation with a year of updates; renew at $69 a year for later updates. Licenses can be returned within 30 days.
Ways to pay less
4SEO
- Other savings
Discount for renewing before a subscription ends
Weeblr's FAQ says customers who renew before their subscription expires get a discount; it does not state the amount.
SEOmatic
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, 4SEO or SEOmatic?
As of Oct 23, 2026, SEOmatic is cheaper to start with: $5.75 a month when paid by the year, against $7.92 a month when paid by the year for 4SEO. 4SEO starts at $95 per year for up to 3 sites, and SEOmatic starts at $99 one-time per Craft installation, then $69 a year for updates.
Which has a free plan, 4SEO or SEOmatic?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither 4SEO nor SEOmatic has a free plan. SEOmatic has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.