4SEO vs Sitechecker (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, 4SEO and Sitechecker share a 2.2 GPA, neither has a free plan, and 4SEO starts cheaper, at $7.92 a month when paid by the year against $83 a month.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
4SEO grades higher on value for money and features. Sitechecker grades higher on 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
Sitechecker
Site audits, monitoring, rank and AI visibility tracking for agencies
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 Sitechecker if
- Fits if you look after many client sites and need to know when one breaks
- Works for agencies with many people, since every plan has unlimited users
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need keyword or backlink research, which it doesn't list
- Tight if you track keywords in several places, as each engine, location, language or device uses another keyword
- Pricey if you want the app under your own brand, which starts at Premium for $375
- Tight if you're on Basic, with 3 websites, weekly rescans and 12 months of data
- Watch out: refunds cover only the first payment within 48 hours, and a failed payment ends access
How we grade them
| 2.2GPA4SEOFair | 2.2GPASitecheckerFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CBasic is $83 a month on yearly billing ($99 monthly) for 3 websites, 500 keywords and 50 AI prompts. That's toward the dear end of this category's middle, with unlimited users on every plan. |
| 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, but 14 days of full access free. Refunds only cover the first payment, within 48 hours, so do your testing in the trial. |
| 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. | CSite audits for 300+ issues, change and uptime monitoring, rank tracking on Google, Bing and Yahoo, Search Console dashboards and AI visibility. There's no keyword or backlink research on record, and Basic rescans weekly. |
| 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 rating on record. You add sites and keywords, then alerts, dashboards and reports for each client take setting up. |
| 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 plus a browser extension, connected to Search Console, GA4, Looker Studio, Sheets, Slack, ChatGPT and Claude, with an API and an MCP server. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | most on-site SEO on Joomla in one extension | watching many client sites for breakage |
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 Sitechecker. How we grade
Where they differ
- 4SEO also covers keyword research, content optimization, schema markup and page speed.
- Sitechecker also covers reports and dashboards.
At a glance
| 4SEO | Sitechecker | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free trial |
| Starts at | $95 per year for up to 3 sites | $83 per month for 500 keywords, billed annually ($99 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 14 days of full access free |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Weeblr | Cyber Circus Limited |
| Price read from | weeblr.com | sitechecker.pro |
| 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.
Sitechecker
- Refunds cover only the first payment, within 48 hours of the subscription starting.
- Each extra search engine, location, language or device for a keyword uses another keyword from the plan's limit.
- Basic rescans sites weekly and keeps 12 months of data; app branding and a custom domain start at Premium.
- Cancelling or a failed payment ends access, and data stops being collected.
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.
Sitechecker
- Site audit
- Crawls sites for more than 300 technical and on-page issues, with JavaScript rendering, unlimited recrawls and how-to-fix guides.
- Website monitoring and alerts
- Watches for content, status code, robots.txt and hreflang changes, removed tracking codes, SSL and domain expiry, with uptime checks every 5 minutes.
- Rank Tracker
- Tracks the top 100 positions in Google, Bing or Yahoo by location, language and device, with SERP history and up to 15 competitors.
- Search Console and GA4 dashboards
- Reports on Search Console data past its 1,000-row export limit, blended GSC and GA4 reports, and SEO tests comparing page versions.
- AI visibility tracking
- Tracks brand mentions and citations on ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Perplexity, Copilot and AI Overviews, plus AI traffic from GA4.
- White label, API and MCP
- White-label PDF reports and app branding, an API across six data sources, and an MCP server for ChatGPT, Claude and Codex.
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.
Sitechecker
Basic$83
per month for 500 keywords, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)
3 websites, 50 AI prompts, 10,000 crawl pages and weekly monitoring. A larger step with 6 websites and 2,000 keywords costs more.
Standard$208
per month for 2,500 keywords, billed annually ($249 billed monthly)
20 websites, 150 prompts on 5 AI models, 50,000 crawl pages, daily monitoring, Slack alerts and SEO tests. A larger step has 40 sites.
Premium$375
per month for 5,000 keywords, billed annually ($449 billed monthly)
50 websites, 250 prompts, 200,000 crawl pages, checks every 12 hours, and the app white-labeled on your own domain.
EnterpriseCustom
Unlimited websites, keywords and prompts, team training, a dedicated success manager, custom exports and integrations.
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.
Sitechecker
- Annual discount
Two months free with annual billing
Annual billing gives 2 months free: Basic is $83 a month instead of $99, saving $198 a year.
- Education
Free premium access for students of partner schools
Through Sitechecker's educational partnership, schools can give their students free access to premium features during training.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, 4SEO or Sitechecker?
As of Oct 23, 2026, 4SEO is cheaper to start with: $7.92 a month when paid by the year, against $83 a month for Sitechecker. 4SEO starts at $95 per year for up to 3 sites, and Sitechecker starts at $83 per month for 500 keywords, billed annually ($99 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, 4SEO or Sitechecker?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither 4SEO nor Sitechecker has a free plan. Sitechecker has a free trial.
Which platforms do 4SEO and Sitechecker run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Sitechecker lists a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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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.