GTmetrix vs PageSpeedPlus (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, GTmetrix grades higher than PageSpeedPlus: 2.8 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
GTmetrix grades higher on value for money and ease of use. PageSpeedPlus grades higher on features. They get the same grade on the free plan and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
GTmetrix
Page speed testing with Lighthouse reports, monitoring and an API
PageSpeedPlus
Scheduled PageSpeed Insights monitoring with alerts and scans
Which one is for you
Pick GTmetrix if
- Fits if you want a Lighthouse report with a load video for a page now and then
- Works for developers who want to start speed tests from their own code through the API
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you watch many pages, as Lite monitors 1 and Core 3, and hourly checks start on Advanced at $24.99 a month
- Pricey if a team shares it, as seats start on Expert at $49.99 a month yearly, and white-label PDFs are Enterprise only at a quoted price
- Tight if you stay on Basic or Lite: Basic runs 2 API tests at a time against 8 for most PRO users, and Lite gets the API only as a 10-credit trial
- Watch out: API tests spend credits, a video costs 0.9 more, and credits refill daily only up to the plan's allowance
- Watch out: API reports are kept 1 month unless you pay credits for up to 24, and refunds become account credit after 14 days
Pick PageSpeedPlus if
- Fits if you keep a short list of key pages and want an alert when one gets slow
- Works for agencies that report Core Web Vitals to clients
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to stay free, as there is no free plan and only a 14-day trial
- Tight if you watch more than 25 URLs: Basic stops there and Standard jumps to €60
- Pricey if you want API access or hourly checks, which start on Standard at €60 a month
- Watch out: prices are in euros with no annual price shown, history is 1 month on Basic, and Enterprise has no published price
How we grade them
| 2.8GPAGTmetrixGood | 2.4GPAPageSpeedPlusFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | ALite is $4.99 a month billed yearly ($5.99 monthly), under 60% of the cheaper quarter of technical SEO tools ($7.20). It has 50 tests a month and 1 monitored page; API credits start on Core at $9.99 and hourly checks on Advanced at $24.99. | C€20 a month for 25 monitored URLs on Basic, then €60 and €200. The category's middle is $29 and its cheaper quarter ends at $13. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free Basic account. Through the API it runs 2 tests at once against 8 for most PRO users, with a lower rate limit. Its other limits aren't on record. | CThere is a 14-day free trial and no free plan. The page we read does not say whether a card is needed. |
| Features | CLighthouse reports, a choice of locations, browsers and simulated devices, connection throttling, load videos, PDF exports, scheduled monitoring with alerts and a REST API. It does page speed testing fully, but that's a smaller job, and there's no real user data on record. | BScheduled checks, sitemap scans, real-user vitals, alerts, competitor charts and a WordPress plugin, with no gap in the listing for this job. |
| Ease of use | BNo rating on record. Tests run on GTmetrix's own site, with nothing to install or connect before the first report. | CNo store rating on record. You add the URLs and thresholds you want watched and connect Slack or Sheets yourself. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with a REST API, an OpenAPI specification and a GTmetrix for WordPress plugin. No desktop or phone app. | BA web service with Slack, Teams, Google Sheets and WordPress hooks, and an API from Standard up. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | one-off Lighthouse speed reports | scheduled PageSpeed checks on key pages |
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: GTmetrix and PageSpeedPlus. How we grade
Price against what you get
GTmetrix starts at $4.99 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. PageSpeedPlus starts at about $22.34 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and GTmetrix starts $17.35 a month lower. Of the other technical SEO tools on the chart, none scores higher than GTmetrix for less, and none scores higher than PageSpeedPlus 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
- PageSpeedPlus also covers reports and web analytics.
At a glance
| GTmetrix | PageSpeedPlus | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $4.99 per month, billed yearly ($5.99 billed monthly) | €20 per month |
| Free plan | Free Basic account; the API docs give it 2 tests at a time and a lower API rate limit than PRO. Other limits could not be read. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 14-day free trial |
| Web | ||
| Made by | GTmetrix | Leader Internet Limited |
| Price read from | gtmetrix.com | pagespeedplus.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
GTmetrix
- Team seats start only on Expert ($49.99 a month billed yearly), and hourly monitoring on Advanced; refunds are promised for 14 days, after that only account credit.
- API tests run on credits: a Lighthouse report costs 1 credit, a video 0.9 more, and credits refill daily only up to the plan's allowance.
- Through the API, Basic accounts can run 2 tests at once, against 8 for most PRO users.
- API reports are kept 1 month unless longer retention, up to 24 months, is paid for in extra credits.
PageSpeedPlus
- There is no free plan; the page offers a 14-day trial.
- Prices are shown in euros, and the page does not say whether they are billed monthly or annually beyond the per-month figure.
- API access starts on the Standard plan, and on-demand scans are listed only under Pro.
- History is 1 month on Basic, 6 months on Standard and 1 year on Pro; Enterprise has no published price.
Key features
GTmetrix
- Lighthouse speed reports
- Each test produces a Lighthouse report, with older PageSpeed and YSlow reports or a metrics-only report also available through the API.
- Locations, browsers and devices
- Choose the test location and browser, simulate phones and tablets by screen size and pixel ratio, and throttle the connection speed.
- Videos and PDF reports
- Record a video and filmstrip of the page loading, and export a summary or full PDF of the report.
- Page monitoring and alerts
- Monitored pages are retested on a schedule, grouped with tags, and can raise performance alerts when chosen metrics cross set conditions.
- REST API
- Start tests, fetch reports and manage monitored pages from your own code, with an OpenAPI specification and a GTmetrix for WordPress plugin.
PageSpeedPlus
- Monitored URLs
- Chosen pages are checked hourly, daily or weekly on mobile and desktop. Each check averages three runs, and a page is flagged when it drops below a threshold you set.
- Full site scans
- Reads the sitemap and tests every page through PageSpeed Insights, then emails an average score. Scans run daily, weekly or on demand.
- Real user monitoring
- Collects LCP, CLS, INP and TTFB from real visitors, filterable by device, time and country, without waiting for Search Console data.
- Alerts and export
- Slow-page alerts go to email, Slack or Teams, and data is exported to Google Sheets. API access is on the Standard plan and above.
- Competitor comparison
- Charts a page against rival pages on desktop and mobile, with web vitals history and a filmstrip of screenshots.
- WordPress speed plugin
- A plugin for page caching, CSS and JavaScript optimization and WebP/AVIF images, downloaded from inside the dashboard.
Plans
GTmetrix
Lite$4.99
per month, billed yearly ($5.99 billed monthly)
50 on-demand tests a month, 1 monitored page, 5 test locations, 1 month of history. API and MCP only as a 10-credit trial; no hourly monitoring.
Core$9.99
per month, billed yearly ($11.99 billed monthly)
150 tests a month, 3 monitored pages, 10 locations, 10 API credits a day and 6 months of history. No hourly monitoring or team seats.
Advanced$24.99
per month, billed yearly ($29.99 billed monthly)
Unlimited on-demand tests under a fair-use rule, 10 monitored pages with hourly checks, 28 locations and 50 API credits a day.
Expert$49.99
per month, billed yearly ($59.99 billed monthly)
50 monitored pages, 100 API credits a day, 12 months of history and 5 team seats. Enterprise adds white-label PDFs at a quoted price.
PageSpeedPlus
Basic€20
per month for 25 monitored URLs
Daily checks, full site scans of 50 URLs, real-user monitoring for 100K pageviews, Slack and email alerts, Sheets export, 1 month of history and 1 user.
Standard€60
per month for 100 monitored URLs
Hourly checks, full site scans of 250 URLs, real-user monitoring for 500K pageviews, API access, 6 months of history, 5 load-time locations and 1 user.
Pro€200
per month for 500 monitored URLs
Hourly checks, full scans of 2,500 URLs, real-user monitoring for 2 million pageviews, on-demand scans, onboarding, 1 year of history, 11 locations and 5 users.
EnterpriseCustom
Unlimited pageviews and monitored URLs, daily full site scans, unlimited cache-warm locations, a public dashboard and sub teams.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, GTmetrix or PageSpeedPlus?
As of Nov 12, 2026, GTmetrix is cheaper to start with: $4.99 a month, against about $22.34 a month for PageSpeedPlus. GTmetrix starts at $4.99 per month, billed yearly ($5.99 billed monthly), and PageSpeedPlus starts at €20 per month.
Which has a free plan, GTmetrix or PageSpeedPlus?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only GTmetrix has a free plan. PageSpeedPlus does not, though it 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.