Rank Math vs Xagio SEO & AEO (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Rank Math grades higher than Xagio SEO & AEO: 3.0 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Rank Math grades higher on value for money and the free plan. Xagio SEO & AEO grades higher on features. They get the same grade on ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Rank Math
WordPress SEO plugin for meta tags, schema, sitemaps and rank tracking
Xagio SEO & AEO
AI-driven WordPress SEO plugin tied to a site builder and hosting
Which one is for you
Pick Rank Math if
- Fits if your site runs on WordPress and you want SEO settings in the editor
- Works for someone with several sites of their own, since PRO covers unlimited owned sites
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if your site isn't on self-hosted WordPress or WordPress.com's Business plan, as it runs nowhere else
- Not for you if you need keyword, backlink or competitor research, which it doesn't do
- Tight if you build sites for clients, as PRO excludes them and Business is €27.99 a month at renewal
- Watch out: prices are in euros before VAT, billed yearly only, with a lower first year, and the 30-day refund skips renewals
- Pricey if you want AI writing, a separate Rank Math AI subscription from €6.99 a month billed yearly
Pick Xagio SEO & AEO if
- Fits if you build lots of small local service or niche WordPress sites
- Works for agencies that want keywords, on-page work and client hosting in one dashboard
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you have one site, as paid plans start at $67 a month yearly or $97 monthly
- Tight if you stay free, since builds, hosting, rank tracking and audits spend credits the free plan doesn't get
- Watch out: rolled-over credits are lost when a subscription ends, and hosted sites are wiped 45 days after the last paid period
- Watch out: the plugin connects to the Xagio Panel for license checks, updates and site management
- Watch out: there's no free trial of paid plans, only a 30-day money-back guarantee
How we grade them
| 3.0GPARank MathVery good | 2.2GPAXagio SEO & AEOFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | AGraded against its alternatives. PRO is €8.99 a month at renewal (€7.99 in the first year), billed yearly before VAT, for unlimited sites you own and 500 tracked keywords. That's under 60% of this category's cheaper quarter, even after converting from euros. | Dcloud LITE is $67 a month billed yearly, or $97 monthly, about six times this category's $10.99 middle and well inside its dearest tenth. It does bring 100 credits a month, about 4 AI site builds, and hosting for up to 40 sites. |
| Free plan and trial | AThe free plugin from WordPress.org does the core job with no cap a normal site will reach: on-page checks, 16+ schema types, sitemaps, redirects, a 404 monitor and Search Console data every 7 days. | CThe free plan and plugin open every feature but give no monthly Xag credits, which site builds, hosting, rank tracking and audits use up. You'll hit that wall the first time you need any of them. |
| Features | COn-page scores against 30+ tests, schema, sitemaps, redirects and rank tracking fed by Search Console. It does its job fully, but that job is on-page SEO for WordPress, with no keyword research, backlinks or competitor data. | BAI titles, meta, content and schema, keyword research and clusters by page, rank tracking, llms.txt, silos, link tracking, redirects, 404 watching, sitemaps and backups. It covers the whole job, though much of it runs on credits. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. Inside WordPress it feels familiar, but you need a self-hosted WordPress site or WordPress.com's Business plan first, then the setup and the Google connections. | CNo rating on record. There's a Project Planner to fill with pages and keywords, a credit balance to manage and a Xagio Panel account the plugin connects to. |
| Platforms and integrations | BRuns inside WordPress in the browser and connects to Search Console, Analytics, Google Trends, WooCommerce, Elementor, Divi, WP Rocket and WPML. Nothing for sites that aren't on WordPress. | BWeb, as a WordPress plugin tied to Xagio's cloud, with Google Search Console, Google Analytics, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Pixabay, RingRobin and Cloudflare listed. No phone or desktop app. |
| Best for | SEO settings inside WordPress | building and hosting many small WordPress sites |
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: Rank Math and Xagio SEO & AEO. How we grade
Where they differ
- Rank Math also covers reports.
- Xagio SEO & AEO also covers keyword research, review collection, AI search visibility, schema markup and internal linking.
At a glance
| Rank Math | Xagio SEO & AEO | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | €8.99 per month at renewal, billed annually, after a first year at €7.99 | $67 per month, billed annually ($97 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Free plugin from WordPress.org: content analysis, 16+ schema types, sitemaps, redirects, 404 monitor, and Search Console and Analytics data refreshed every 7 days. | Free plan and WordPress plugin with access to every feature, but no monthly Xag credits, which builds, hosting, rank tracking and audits use up. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Rank Math | Xagio |
| Price read from | rankmath.com | xagio.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Rank Math
- It runs only inside WordPress, on a self-hosted site or on WordPress.com's Business plan; there is no standalone app.
- The pricing page shows prices in euros before VAT, billed yearly only, with a lower first year; the 30-day refund does not cover renewals.
- PRO is for sites you own only; client sites need Business (100 sites) or Agency (500 sites).
- AI writing tools are a separate Rank Math AI subscription, from €6.99 a month billed annually, with a 15-day trial included on paid plans.
Xagio SEO & AEO
- Site builds, hosting, rank tracking and audits spend Xag credits; the free plan gets no monthly allowance.
- Rollover credits are lost when a subscription ends, and hosted sites are wiped 45 days after the last paid period.
- The plugin connects to the Xagio Panel for license checks, updates and site management.
- There is no free trial of paid plans; each comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Key features
Rank Math
- On-page content checks
- Scores each post against 30+ SEO tests in the editor, with focus keywords per post and suggestions for what to fix.
- Schema markup
- The free plugin covers 16+ schema types. Paid plans add a schema generator for building your own types and reusable templates.
- Sitemaps, redirects and 404s
- Builds XML sitemaps with custom post type support, manages redirects at scale and logs 404 errors, all from the WordPress dashboard.
- Rank tracker and analytics
- Pulls rankings and traffic from Google Search Console and Analytics into WordPress: 500 tracked keywords on PRO, 10,000 on Business.
- AI Link Genius
- Listed on the paid plans: internal link suggestions while writing, automatic keyword-to-page links and a broken link checker.
- WooCommerce and local SEO
- The free plugin adds schema and meta tags for WooCommerce products and local SEO tools; paid plans list WooCommerce SEO PRO and multiple locations.
Xagio SEO & AEO
- AI meta, content and schema
- Generates titles, meta descriptions, H1s, page content and schema markup with AI, one page at a time or in bulk across many pages.
- Project Planner and keyword clusters
- Imports a site's pages and keywords, researches and clusters keywords, and shows rankings, competition and CPC grouped by page.
- Rank tracking in WordPress
- Tracks Google rankings for each page's keywords over time inside WordPress. The pricing page lists rank tracking among the features that use credits.
- AI search readiness
- Publishes an llms.txt file and an Open Knowledge Format bundle for AI crawlers, and edits robots.txt from WordPress.
- Silos, links and redirects
- Builds page and link silos, tracks and masks links, makes unlimited 301 redirects, watches 404s and generates XML sitemaps.
- Agent X site builder and hosting
- Paid plans fund Agent X, which builds a WordPress site from a niche and location, and host sites on Xagio, both paid for from credits.
Plans
Rank Math
Free€0
The WordPress.org plugin: on-page checks, schema, sitemaps, redirects and Google Search Console and Analytics integration.
PRO€8.99
per month at renewal, billed annually (first year €7.99)
Unlimited sites you own, no client sites, and 500 tracked keywords. €7.99 a month for the first year, then €107.88 a year, ex VAT.
Rank Math + WP Rocket€13.99
per month at renewal, billed annually (first year €11.99)
PRO on unlimited sites you own plus the WP Rocket caching plugin for one site. €11.99 a month for the first year, ex VAT.
Business€27.99
per month at renewal, billed annually (first year €24.99)
Up to 100 client sites and 10,000 tracked keywords, with priority support. €24.99 a month for the first year, ex VAT.
Agency€64.99
per month at renewal, billed annually (first year €54.99)
Up to 500 client sites and 50,000 tracked keywords, with priority support. €54.99 a month for the first year, ex VAT.
Xagio SEO & AEO
Free$0
The plugin and a Xagio account. Features that spend Xag credits need a paid plan's allowance or bought credits.
cloud LITE$67
per month, billed annually ($97 billed monthly)
100 Xag credits a month, which the page equates to 4 AI site builds, and hosting for up to 40 sites. Unused credits roll over.
cloud PRO$133
per month, billed annually ($197 billed monthly)
500 Xag credits a month, put at about 20 site builds, and hosting for up to 90 sites, with Agent X and the full SEO suite.
cloud AGENCY$208
per month, billed annually ($297 billed monthly)
1,500 Xag credits a month, put at about 60 site builds, and hosting for up to 150 sites, with Agent X and the full SEO suite.
Ways to pay less
Rank Math
- Other savings
Lower price for the first year
Paid plans cost less in the first year, ex VAT: PRO €7.99 a month then €8.99, Business €24.99 then €27.99, Agency €54.99 then €64.99.
Xagio SEO & AEO
- Annual discount
30% off with annual billing
Xagio's pricing page lists annual billing at 30% off: cloud LITE is $797 a year, shown as $67 a month, against $97 billed monthly.
- Other savings
15% off with quarterly billing
Quarterly billing is listed at 15% off: cloud LITE is $247 every 3 months, PRO $497 and AGENCY $747.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Rank Math or Xagio SEO & AEO?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Rank Math is cheaper to start with: about $10.07 a month, against $67 a month for Xagio SEO & AEO. Rank Math starts at €8.99 per month at renewal, billed annually, after a first year at €7.99, and Xagio SEO & AEO starts at $67 per month, billed annually ($97 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Rank Math or Xagio SEO & AEO?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both Rank Math and Xagio SEO & AEO have a free plan.
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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.