Little Warden vs SEO Site Checkup (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Little Warden if

• Fits if you look after many client sites and need to know before a domain or SSL certificate lapses
• Works for teams that want a warning when a release changes robots.txt, noindex tags or redirects

Look elsewhere if

• Too light for full site audits, as it watches set URLs and never crawls the whole site
• Tight if you're on Freelancer, with 20 URLs, 1 team member, no API and 2 weeks of history
• Watch out: payments aren't refunded, and your data goes once a cancelled plan's period ends

Pick SEO Site Checkup if

• Fits if you're a freelancer looking after 3 to 15 small sites
• Works for site owners who want each SEO problem explained in plain words

Look elsewhere if

• Too light for big sites, since deep analysis watches just 50, 100 or 300 URLs
• Skip it if AI visibility is why you're here, as it starts on Webmaster at $49
• Watch out: the 7-day trial turns into a paid plan unless you cancel in time
• Not for you if you want it wired into other tools, as no integrations or API are listed

Little Warden

• It monitors set URLs for changes; it does not crawl a whole site to audit it.
• The Freelancer plan has 1 team member, no API access and only 2 weeks of history.
• Payments are not refunded, and after cancelling the account is suspended and its data is no longer available once the period ends.

SEO Site Checkup

• Plans cover 3, 5 or 15 sites, and deep analysis watches only 50, 100 or 300 individual URLs.
• AI visibility, AI content analysis, white-label reports and team seats are not on the Basic plan.
• The 7-day trial turns into a paid plan when it ends unless you cancel; cancelling keeps access to the end of the billing period.

Little Warden

Renewal report

Lists upcoming domain name and SSL certificate expiry dates for every site, and the report can be imported into a calendar.

Response and redirect checks

Checks URL responses, HTTP to HTTPS and www redirects, the 404 page and geo redirects so a broken redirect is caught early.

Search engine checks

Watches robots.txt, indexability, canonical tags, hreflang, XML sitemaps and Core Web Vitals for changes.

Content and tag monitoring

Flags edits to title tags, meta descriptions, chosen elements or text matched by a regular expression, and changes to Google Analytics or Tag Manager code.

DNS and malware checks

Alerts on nameserver, MX record and IP address changes, and runs a malware detection check.

Alerts and team access

Sends changes to Slack, email, the API or a webhook, exports them to Google Sheets, and lets you control which team members and clients see what.

SEO Site Checkup

SEO checkups

Audits any page against 70+ SEO factors, from meta tags to site structure, with plain-English explanations and steps to fix each issue.

Deep domain analysis

A full crawl of each tracked site (3, 5 or 15 by plan) for a health and domain score, plus 50 to 300 monitored URLs and weekly score monitoring.

LLM Visibility Checker

From Webmaster up, tracks how often ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude and other AI engines mention your brand, in which prompts, against competitors.

Keyword tracking and research

Track 50 to 300 keyword positions across pages and countries, find top keywords and new keyword ideas, and compare against rivals.

Uptime and speed monitoring

Checks that sites stay up from 1, 3 or 5 locations and measures page load speed across key pages.

Backlinks and white-label reports

A backlinks checker follows referring domains and new links; Webmaster and Professional export branded reports for clients.

Little Warden

• Freelancer$34.99

  per month for 20 URLs, billed monthly

  Up to 10 checks per URL, 2 weeks of data retention and 1 team member. $349.99 billed yearly; £24.99 a month in pounds.

• Small Team$54.99

  per month for 100 URLs, billed monthly

  Up to 15 checks per URL, 1 month of data retention, unlimited team members and API access. $549.99 billed yearly.

• Agency$89.99

  per month for 650 URLs, billed monthly

  Up to 20 checks per URL, 3 months of data retention, unlimited team members and API access. $899.99 billed yearly.

• Large Agency$199.99

  per month for 5,000 URLs, billed monthly

  Up to 30 checks per URL, 6 months of data retention, unlimited team members and API access. $1,999.99 billed yearly.

SEO Site Checkup

• Basic$29

  per month for 3 sites, billed yearly ($39 billed monthly)

  For freelancers: unlimited page audits, deep analysis of 50 URLs, 50 tracked keywords, 1 competitor and uptime checks from 1 location. No AI visibility.

• Webmaster$49

  per month for 5 sites, billed yearly ($69 billed monthly)

  100 URLs, 100 keywords, 3 competitors, LLM Visibility Checker, AI content and visual SEO analysis, white-label reports and 3 seats.

• Professional$99

  per month for 15 sites, billed yearly ($129 billed monthly)

  For agencies: 300 URLs, 300 keywords, 5 competitors, uptime checks from 5 locations, the AI tools, white-label reports and 5 seats.

Little Warden

• Annual discount

  Two months free with annual billing

  Little Warden's pricing page says annual billing gets 2 months free: Freelancer is $349.99 a year instead of $34.99 a month.

SEO Site Checkup

• Annual discount

  Save 25% with yearly billing

  The pricing page lists yearly billing at up to 25% less: Webmaster is $49 a month billed yearly ($588) instead of $69 monthly.