Better Robots.txt vs SEOPress (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, SEOPress grades higher than Better Robots.txt: 3.0 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
SEOPress grades higher on value for money, features and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Better Robots.txt
WordPress plugin that builds robots.txt and llms.txt rules
SEOPress
WordPress SEO plugin with a free edition and site licences from $49
Which one is for you
Pick Better Robots.txt if
- Fits if you run WordPress and want to say which AI crawlers may visit
- Works for site owners who want a wizard instead of editing robots.txt
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if your site is not on WordPress, since it only runs there
- Tight if you stay free: AI crawler rules, llms.txt and the AI-First preset need Pro at $89 a year
- Watch out: licences are per site, and paid features and updates stop when a licence ends
- Watch out: the free trial for Pro and Premium has no stated length, and Premium is $149 for one site
Pick SEOPress if
- Fits if you run a WordPress site and want schema and redirects for $49 a year
- Works for agencies wanting one unlimited-site licence at $149 a year
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, as schema, redirects, local SEO and the site audit are all PRO
- Watch out: rank and backlink tracking need SEOPress Insights, a separate plugin at $99 a year per site
- Pricey if you lean on AI metadata, as credits are a separate plan from $19 a month
- Watch out: prices exclude tax, refunds last 14 days, and a cancelled PRO keeps working without updates
- Skip it if your site isn't on WordPress, as there's no standalone app
How we grade them
| 2.4GPABetter Robots.txtFair | 3.0GPASEOPressVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | B$89 a year for one site, about $7.42 a month, inside the cheapest quarter of this category's WordPress plugins ($7.99). | APRO is $49 a year for one site before tax, about $4.08 a month, and renews at the same price. That's under 60% of this category's cheaper quarter. Five sites are $59 a year and unlimited sites $149. |
| Free plan and trial | BA free edition on WordPress.org with the wizard, Essential preset and search engine controls, which one site can live on. | BSEOPress Free covers titles, meta, canonicals, robots tags, XML and HTML sitemaps, social tags and content checks for any number of keywords. One site could live on it, but schema and redirects are PRO only. |
| Features | CWizard, four presets, crawler controls, llms.txt and a free audit. AI rules and llms.txt are paid features. | BMeta and sitemaps, content analysis, schema with conditions, local and WooCommerce SEO, redirects with 404 logs, link suggestions, a site audit and AI metadata. It covers the whole job; rank and backlink tracking sit in a separate plugin. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. It is a WordPress plugin with a wizard, and you review your settings before saving. | CNo rating on record. It runs inside WordPress, but titles and meta are set site-wide or page by page, and AI metadata needs an AI provider hooked up or a separate credit plan. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWordPress and WooCommerce only. There is no standalone app. | BWeb only, inside WordPress. It connects to Search Console, Google Analytics, Tag Manager and Matomo, and works with WooCommerce, Elementor, WPML and Polylang. |
| Best for | robots.txt and AI crawler rules on WordPress | WordPress SEO on a flat yearly licence |
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: Better Robots.txt and SEOPress. How we grade
Price against what you get
Better Robots.txt starts at $7.42 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. SEOPress starts at $4.08 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.7.
SEOPress scores higher and starts $3.34 a month lower. Of the other SEO plugins and apps on the chart, 15 score higher than Better Robots.txt for less, and none scores higher than SEOPress 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
- Better Robots.txt also covers AI search visibility.
- SEOPress also covers rank tracking, backlink analysis, content optimization, schema markup and internal linking.
At a glance
| Better Robots.txt | SEOPress | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $89 per year for 1 site | $49 per year for 1 site, ex VAT |
| Free plan | Free edition on WordPress.org with the setup wizard, Essential preset, search engine controls and basic bad bot blocking. | SEOPress Free on WordPress.org: titles and meta, canonicals, robots tags, XML and HTML sitemaps, social tags, content analysis with unlimited keywords and Analytics or Matomo tracking. |
| Free trial | Free trial offered on Pro and Premium; length not stated | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Pagup | SEOPress |
| Price read from | checkout.freemius.com (not the vendor's own page) | seopress.org |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Better Robots.txt
- Runs only inside WordPress; the plugin has no standalone app.
- AI-specific crawler rules, llms.txt and the AI-First preset need a paid edition, from $89 per year for 1 site.
- Licenses are per site, and paid-only features and updates stop when a license expires.
- The pricing page shows no amounts; the prices here come from the Freemius checkout it links to.
SEOPress
- It runs only inside WordPress; there is no standalone app.
- Rank and backlink tracking need SEOPress Insights, a separate plugin at $99 a year per site.
- AI credit plans are a separate monthly subscription, from $19 a month for 400,000 credits (about 250 meta titles, by SEOPress's estimate).
- Prices exclude tax; refunds are offered for 14 days, and a cancelled PRO keeps working without updates or support.
Key features
Better Robots.txt
- Guided setup wizard
- A step-by-step wizard with plain-language explanations replaces editing the robots.txt file by hand.
- Four presets
- Essential, AI-First, Fortress and Custom give a starting policy, and each rule can still be changed afterward.
- Separate crawler families
- Search engines, AI and LLM crawlers, SEO tools, archive bots and bad bots are configured apart from each other.
- llms.txt and AI usage signals
- Pro and Premium can publish an optional llms.txt file and AI usage preferences alongside robots.txt.
- Review before saving
- A final step previews the generated robots.txt so the rules can be checked before they are published.
- Free crawl audit
- A web-based checker scans robots.txt, llms.txt and AI crawler coverage without a sign-up.
SEOPress
- Titles, meta and sitemaps
- Sets titles, meta descriptions, canonicals and robots tags globally or per page, and builds XML, HTML, image and author sitemaps on the free edition.
- Content analysis
- Checks each post against any number of target keywords in the editor, including in Elementor, Divi, Oxygen and other page builders, on the free edition.
- Schema and local SEO
- PRO adds automatic and manual schema with conditions, breadcrumbs, local business data, Google News and video sitemaps, and WooCommerce product identifiers.
- Redirects and links
- PRO manages 301, 302, 307, 410 and 451 redirects with regex, logs 404s, prompts when a URL changes, suggests internal links and finds broken links.
- AI metadata
- PRO can use OpenAI, DeepSeek, Gemini, Claude or Mistral to write SEO titles, descriptions and image alt text.
- Rankings and backlinks
- The Insights plugin checks Google rankings daily in 51 locations, shows who holds first place, tracks backlinks and exports to CSV, PDF or Excel.
Plans
Better Robots.txt
Free$0
Setup wizard, review-and-save step, Essential preset, search engine controls and basic bad bot blocking.
Pro$89
per year for 1 site
Adds the AI-First and Custom presets, per-crawler AI rules, llms.txt and SEO tool controls. $139 for 3 sites, $179 for 5.
Premium$149
per year for 1 site
Adds the Fortress preset, archive and anti-scraping controls and wider bad bot coverage. $219 for 3 sites, $289 for 5.
SEOPress
SEOPress Free$0
Core on-page settings, sitemaps, social tags, image SEO, IndexNow and content analysis with unlimited target keywords.
SEOPress PRO, 1 site$49
per year for 1 site, ex VAT, renews at the same price
Site audit, schema, local and WooCommerce SEO, redirects and 404 monitoring, Search Console data, AI metadata and white label.
SEOPress PRO, 5 sites$59
per year for 5 sites, ex VAT, renews at the same price
The same PRO features on up to 5 sites.
SEOPress PRO, unlimited$149
per year for unlimited sites, ex VAT, renews at the same price
The same PRO features on any number of sites.
SEOPress Insights$99
per year for 1 site, ex VAT
A separate plugin for daily Google rank tracking in 51 locations, competitor positions, a backlink tracker and emailed reports.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Better Robots.txt or SEOPress?
As of Nov 12, 2026, SEOPress is cheaper to start with: $4.08 a month when paid by the year, against $7.42 a month when paid by the year for Better Robots.txt. Better Robots.txt starts at $89 per year for 1 site, and SEOPress starts at $49 per year for 1 site, ex VAT.
Which has a free plan, Better Robots.txt or SEOPress?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Better Robots.txt and SEOPress have a free plan.
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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.