Redirection vs Redirection.io (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Redirection if

• Fits if you're moving a site or changing its URLs and need lots of redirects
• Works for anyone fixing 404 errors on a WordPress site without paying

Look elsewhere if

• Too light for your whole SEO setup, as titles, sitemaps and schema need another plugin
• Skip it if your site isn't on WordPress, as there's no standalone app
• Watch out: the current version needs WordPress 6.6 or later and PHP 7.4 or later

Pick Redirection.io if

• Fits if your marketing team keeps waiting on developers to add redirects
• Works for sites mid-migration that need to see which old URLs still return 404s

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you stay free, at 10 rules, 1 day of logs and 10,000 log lines a day
• Pricey if you need support, segments or rule compliance tests, which start at €150 a month on Pro
• Watch out: the crawler runs on credits bought separately, €22 for 50,000 pages
• Not for you if nobody can install its agent, server module or edge integration and a hosted instance won't do
• Watch out: prices are in euros before VAT, each plan covers one project, and Starter has no setup help

Redirection

• It runs only inside WordPress; there is no standalone app.
• It manages redirects and 404s only; titles, sitemaps and schema need a separate SEO plugin.
• The current version supports WordPress 6.6 or later and PHP 7.4 or later.

Redirection.io

• Prices are in euros and exclude VAT, and each plan covers one project.
• Starter stops at 1,000 rules with no setup help; segments, advanced triggers, compliance tests and support need Pro, from €150 a month.
• The crawler runs on credits bought separately: 50,000 pages cost €22 as a one-off pack.
• Without a hosted managed instance it needs an agent, a web server module or an edge integration; Starter allows 5 managed instances and 100 GB of traffic a month.

Redirection

Redirect manager

Create redirects for any URL without editing Apache or Nginx, with regular expressions, query parameter matching and automatic redirects when permalinks change.

Conditional redirects

Redirect only for logged-in or logged-out users, a WordPress capability, browser, referrer, cookie, HTTP header, IP address, server or 404 pages.

404 tracking

Logs every 404 error on the site, groups them to show where to focus, and lets them be redirected in bulk.

Redirect logs

Records each redirect with visitor, browser and referrer details and a hit count, with search, filters, export and controls to limit IP collection.

Apache and Nginx output

Redirects can be saved to .htaccess so Apache handles them, or exported as Nginx rewrite rules.

Import, export and APIs

Imports from other redirect plugins and .htaccess, exports to CSV, JSON and Nginx, and can be run through the WordPress REST API, PHP hooks and WP-CLI.

Redirection.io

Redirect rules

Set up simple one-to-one redirects or pattern rules with wildcards and regular expressions, matched on URLs, headers and query strings. New rules apply in under 20 seconds.

Real-time traffic logs

Every request is logged and grouped so recurring HTTP errors stand out, with email, Slack or webhook alerts on paid plans.

Test rules on past traffic

See how a new ruleset would have changed real requests before publishing it. Pro adds a check that flags overwritten rules, redirect chains and loops.

SEO crawler

Crawls a site and reports more than 60 indicators per page on content, structure and technical issues, with scheduled crawls and comparisons between runs.

Recipes, meta tags and headers

One-click recipes for common fixes such as forcing HTTPS, blocking AI bots or adding security headers, plus page meta tag editing.

Log-based analytics

Visitors, pageviews, referrers, UTM campaigns and user paths worked out from server logs, with no JavaScript snippet on the page.

Redirection

• Free$0

  The whole plugin from WordPress.org, with no paid features.

Redirection.io

• Free€0

  10 rules, 1 day of detailed logs capped at 10,000 lines a day, 1 month of statistics and crawler access.

• Starter€20

  per month for 100 rules, billed yearly (€25 billed monthly)

  1,000 rules cost €80 a month billed yearly (€100 monthly). 1 week of logs, 100,000 lines a day, API and notifications. Self-service only.

• Pro€150

  per month and up

  Up to 2,000,000 rules, 2 weeks of logs, 2 million lines a day, segments, advanced triggers, rule compliance tests and support. Sold through sales.

Redirection

No public discounts listed.

Redirection.io

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with yearly billing

  The pricing page lists Starter at €20 a month billed yearly instead of €25 billed monthly, or €80 instead of €100 for 1,000 rules.