Google Rich Results Test vs TechnicalSEO.com Tools (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Google Rich Results Test if

• Fits if you're checking structured data before a page goes live
• Works for finding out why a rich result stopped showing for a page

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you need general schema.org checks, as it only knows Google's rich result types
• Not for you if the page is behind a login, firewall or robots.txt block, unless you paste the code or use a tunnel
• Watch out: passing the test doesn't mean Google will show the rich result, as it picks layouts per search
• Watch out: shared links and saved history last about 90 days, and anyone with the link can open them

Pick TechnicalSEO.com Tools if

• Fits if you want a quick one-off check on a robots.txt or hreflang tag
• Works for people who already crawl with another tool and need a tester for one problem

Look elsewhere if

• Too light for ongoing audits, as there is no crawler or monitor
• Skip it if you want alerts or history, because each tester gives one result at a time
• Watch out: the site publishes no pricing or terms for the tools, so their future cost is unknown
• Not for you if you want an app or an API, as it is web only

Google Rich Results Test

• Checks only the rich result types Google Search supports; Google points to the Schema Markup Validator for general schema.org checks.
• Pages behind a firewall or login, or blocked by robots.txt, cannot be tested by URL; you need a tunnel or a code snippet.
• A passing test does not guarantee a rich result: Google says it chooses result layouts per search.
• Shared results links and saved test history last only about 90 days, and anyone with a bookmark can open it.

TechnicalSEO.com Tools

• The site publishes no pricing or plan information, so cost could not be confirmed.
• These are separate single-purpose testers, not a site-wide crawler or monitor.
• The site footer credits Merkle Inc. and the developer Max Prin.

Google Rich Results Test

Test a URL or a code snippet

Enter a public URL, or paste code and edit and rerun it as often as needed; JSON-LD, RDFa and Microdata are supported.

Rich result detection

Lists the rich result types found, such as Article, Breadcrumb, Event, Job posting, Product snippet, Recipe and Review snippet, with each item's errors and warnings.

Crawl checks

Reports whether Google could crawl and fetch the page, whether robots.txt allows it, and which page resources failed to load.

Search result preview

For some rich result types, shows how the result might look in Google Search on desktop and mobile.

Code explorer

Clicking an error opens the rendered source at the line in question.

Shareable results and history

Share a results link that anyone can open, and bookmark runs to keep a test history, each kept for about 90 days.

TechnicalSEO.com Tools

Crawling tools

Includes a robots.txt tester, an AI bot access tester, an .htaccess tester, a sitemap generator and an RSS feed parser.

Rendering tools

A fetch and render tool and a pre-rendering tester for checking how a page is served to crawlers.

Mobile SEO

A mobile-first index tool, a mobile-friendly test and a bulk AMP validator.

International SEO

An hreflang tags tester and a locale-adaptive tester.

Local and SERP tools

A local search tool, a review link generator, a SERP simulator, a knowledge graph tool and a schema generator.

Reference docs

Short guides to the robots.txt file, hreflang and rel="canonical", plus a page on algorithm updates.

Google Rich Results Test

• Free$0

  URL and code tests for JSON-LD, RDFa and Microdata, smartphone or desktop crawler, previews and shareable results.

TechnicalSEO.com Tools

Pricing could not be confirmed. See technicalseo.com.