Inspect Canonical vs SEO Pro Extension (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Inspect Canonical if

• Fits if you check canonicals page by page while browsing a site
• Works for developers confirming canonical tags after a template change

Look elsewhere if

• Too light for on-page checks, as titles, headings and other tags need another extension
• Skip it if you want a site-wide check, since it reports on one page and doesn't crawl
• Not for you if you browse in Firefox, Safari or Edge, as it's listed for Chrome only
• Watch out: the developer hasn't identified itself as a trader, so EU consumer rights don't apply

Pick SEO Pro Extension if

• Fits if you size up a prospect's site in a few clicks during an audit
• Works for checking whether a backlink on a page is followed

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want keyword, ranking or backlink data, as it has none
• Watch out: Core Web Vitals are mobile field data only, and pages without enough Chrome data show site-wide figures or nothing
• Too light for whole-site audits, since it checks one page at a time
• Skip it if you browse in Safari or Edge, as only Chrome and Firefox are listed
• Watch out: the store shows the last update as November 20, 2024, and the developer hasn't identified itself as a trader, so EU consumer rights don't apply

Inspect Canonical

• It checks the canonical tag and noindex only; titles, headings and other tags need another tool.
• It reports on the page in front of you and does not crawl a site.
• It is listed for Chrome only.
• The developer has not identified itself as a trader, so EU consumer rights do not apply, as the store listing notes.

SEO Pro Extension

• It checks one page at a time and has no keyword, ranking or backlink data.
• Core Web Vitals are mobile field data only; pages without enough Chrome data show site-wide figures or nothing.
• It is available for Chrome and Firefox only; the Chrome Web Store shows its last update as November 20, 2024.
• The Chrome Web Store notes the developer has not identified itself as a trader, so EU consumer rights do not apply.

Inspect Canonical

Color-coded status

Green means the canonical points to the current URL, amber that it points elsewhere, and red that something is wrong.

Seven checks in order

Tests for a noindex robots tag, a canonical outside the head, no canonical, several canonicals, a missing href, a different URL, then a correct self-reference.

Noindex conflicts

Flags pages carrying a robots noindex tag, since the listing notes canonical tags are then ignored.

One click to the source

Each message links to the page source, or to the canonical URL when the tag points to another page.

SEO Pro Extension

Overview tab

Title, meta description, canonical, meta robots, language, word count and counts of headings, images and links, with links to robots.txt and the sitemap.

Core Web Vitals

Shows LCP, INP and CLS from Chrome's user experience data for mobile, falling back to whole-site figures when the page has none.

Status codes and redirects

The icon shows the page's HTTP status, and the Status tab shows redirect chains and how http/https and www versions are handled.

Headings, links and images

A color-coded heading tree, internal and external links with anchor text and nofollow highlighting, and image alt text, each exportable to CSV.

Schema tab

Lists the structured data types and entities on the page, including types such as Organization and Person that do not produce rich results.

Social preview

Shows the Open Graph image, title and description a page will use when shared on networks such as LinkedIn and X.

Inspect Canonical

• Free$0

  All seven canonical checks with color-coded status, free from the Chrome Web Store.

SEO Pro Extension

• Free$0

  All seven tabs and every export, free for Chrome and Firefox, with an optional donation link.