Lighthouse Metrics vs SpeedVitals (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Lighthouse Metrics if

• Fits if you need to see how a page's Lighthouse score changes from region to region
• Makes sense if you audit now and then and want test runs that never expire

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you need real-user data, as it only runs Lighthouse lab tests
• Pricey if you need the API, hourly monitors, webhooks or custom headers, all on Pro at $80 a month billed yearly
• Tight if you test from many regions, since each region uses one run
• Watch out: the pricing page doesn't say whether the free account's 25 runs ever renew
• Too light for a team on Indie, which has 1 team member

Pick SpeedVitals if

• Fits if you need to see how fast a page loads from many countries in one run
• Works for site owners and hosts chasing a slow time to first byte

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a free trial of the paid plans, as there isn't one, only an upgrade on request
• Watch out: refunds come only within 3 days of buying and only if under 20% of the plan's credits were used
• Tight if you test in bursts, since credits are counted per week, 15 a week on the free plan
• Pricey if you need the API or webhook alerts, which start at Pro, $83 a month billed yearly
• Too light for sites with real traffic on Free or Starter, as RUM stops at 5,000 page views a month

Lighthouse Metrics

• Its pages describe Lighthouse lab tests only, with no real-user monitoring or Chrome UX Report data.
• API access, hourly monitors, webhooks and custom headers need the Pro plan, $80 a month billed annually.
• The pricing page does not say whether the free account's 25 test runs renew; more runs come from paid packs or a plan.

SpeedVitals

• There is no free trial; the FAQ says the team can upgrade an account for a while on request.
• Refunds are given only within 3 days of buying and only if under 20% of the plan's credits were used.
• Test credits are counted per week, and the API and webhook alerts start at the Pro plan.

Lighthouse Metrics

Global Lighthouse tests

Run one Lighthouse test from up to 16 regions at once, including US, Europe, Brazil, India, Singapore, Japan and Australia. Each region counts as a run.

Scheduled monitors

Monitors re-test a page daily on every plan, and hourly on Pro. Each test is run several times to reduce variance.

Alerts

Monitors send email alerts on every plan, Slack alerts from the Startup plan and webhook alerts on Pro.

Test history

Past Lighthouse reports are kept so you can compare how a page has changed, for 3 to 12 months depending on the plan.

API for CI/CD

On the Pro plan, a REST endpoint starts Lighthouse checks for a URL and chosen regions, so tests can run from a build pipeline.

SpeedVitals

Website speed test

Lab tests that report LCP, TBT, CLS, TTFB, FCP and Speed Index, with waterfall, unused resources and domain map charts. Free accounts get 10 devices and 10 locations.

Global TTFB test

Measures time to first byte from up to 40+ locations in one run, with cache status and CDN detection.

Batch and multi-location tests

Run up to 50 tests in one batch, or test one URL from many locations at once; the batch size goes from 10 to 50 by plan.

Scheduled monitoring and alerts

Monitoring slots re-test a URL daily on Starter down to every 3 hours on Ultimate, with alerts by email, Slack or webhook and a weekly digest.

Real-user monitoring

A script measures real visits, with 1 to 5 years of analytics history by plan; extra page views are an add-on on Pro and Ultimate.

Core Web Vitals checker

Shows 12 months of real-world performance history for your site or a competitor's, alongside lab results.

Lighthouse Metrics

• Test Runs$10

  one-time for 50 test runs

  Packs of test runs for one-off audits: also 150 runs for $25 or 500 for $60. Purchased runs never expire.

• Indie$16

  per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly)

  5 daily monitors, 100 on-demand tests a month, 1 team member, 3 months of data and email alerts.

• Startup$40

  per month, billed annually ($50 billed monthly)

  20 daily monitors, 300 on-demand tests a month, 5 team members, 6 months of data, and email and Slack alerts.

• Pro$80

  per month, billed annually ($100 billed monthly)

  50 daily and 5 hourly monitors, 1,000 on-demand tests, 15 team members, 12 months of data, webhooks, API access and custom headers.

• Enterprise$399

  per month and up

  Custom limits on monitors, on-demand tests and API use, quoted on request.

SpeedVitals

• Free$0

  15 speed and 15 TTFB tests a week from 10 locations, 1 monitoring slot, RUM for 1 site at 5,000 page views and 3 AI chat messages.

• Starter$16

  per month, billed yearly ($19 billed monthly)

  300 speed and 300 TTFB tests a week, 3 monitoring slots checked daily, RUM for 1 site at 5,000 page views and email alerts.

• Growth$41

  per month, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly)

  750 + 750 tests a week from 35 locations, 5 slots checked every 12 hours, RUM for 3 sites at 20,000 page views, 3 team members and Slack.

• Pro$83

  per month, billed yearly ($99 billed monthly)

  1,500 + 1,500 tests a week, 10 slots checked every 6 hours, RUM for 10 sites at 200,000 page views, webhook alerts and API access.

• Ultimate$333

  per month, billed yearly ($399 billed monthly)

  3,500 + 3,500 tests a week, 30 slots checked every 3 hours, RUM for unlimited sites at 1 million page views and unlimited team members.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Everything in Ultimate plus a dedicated account manager and custom integrations or features on request.

Lighthouse Metrics

• Annual discount

  Two months free with annual billing

  The pricing page offers annual billing with 2 months free: Indie is $16 a month billed annually against $20 billed monthly.

SpeedVitals

• Annual discount

  Two months free with yearly billing

  SpeedVitals' pricing page offers 2 months free on yearly plans: Starter is $16 a month billed yearly against $19 billed monthly.