SearchPie vs Tapita AI SEO Optimizer (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, SearchPie and Tapita AI SEO Optimizer share a 2.4 GPA, both have a free plan, and Tapita AI SEO Optimizer starts cheaper, at $9.99 a month against $39 a month.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
SearchPie grades higher on the free plan. Tapita AI SEO Optimizer grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
SearchPie
Shopify SEO app for schema, meta tags, indexing and page speed
Tapita AI SEO Optimizer
Shopify SEO and speed app with audits, schemas and AI meta tags
Which one is for you
Pick SearchPie if
- Fits if you want store schema and a sitemap on a free plan
- Works for stores clearing Search Console and Merchant Center warnings
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, as product price, rating, stock and FAQ schema need Premium at $39 a month
- Pricey if you want keyword research or tracking, which need Enterprise at $99 a month
- Watch out: SearchPie's own pricing page lists a $399 Plus plan that the Shopify listing doesn't show
- Watch out: one-off SEO and speed services are sold separately on its site
- Skip it if your store isn't on Shopify, as it runs nowhere else
Pick Tapita AI SEO Optimizer if
- Fits if you're on Shopify's Basic plan, where the paid tier is $9.99 a month
- Works for merchants who want someone else to fix their Search Console errors
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you're on a bigger Shopify plan, as it costs $5, $30 or $60 a month more
- Tight if you stay free, as alt text stops at 50 products and the 5 AI credits don't renew
- Watch out: audit pages and AI credits beyond your plan are charged on top
- Watch out: Merchant Center recovery and the Ultimate Growth Service are sold separately
- Skip it if your store isn't on Shopify, as it runs nowhere else
How we grade them
| 2.4GPASearchPieFair | 2.4GPATapita AI SEO OptimizerFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DPremium is $39 a month, inside this category's dearest tenth (from $33.25), or $374.40 a year, about $31.20 a month. Keyword research and tracking need Enterprise at $99 a month. | CBusiness is $9.99 a month on Shopify's Basic plan, just above this category's cheaper quarter ($8.25). It's $5 more on Grow, $30 more on Advanced and $60 more on Plus, and Premium starts at $49.99. |
| Free plan and trial | BStarter covers breadcrumb and store schema, a sitemap, image compression, CSS minification, bulk meta and alt templates, llms.txt, IndexNow and 404 detection. A small store could run on it, but product price and rating schema are Premium. | CUnlimited on-page audits, essential schemas, 30 image compressions a day and bulk meta editing, but alt text covers only 50 products and the 5 AI credits never renew. |
| Features | BSchema from breadcrumbs up to products, FAQs and articles, meta and alt tags with AI, IndexNow, broken-link fixes, speed tools, an AI readiness score, keyword tracking and backlink submission. It covers the whole job across three plans. | BPage audits, AI meta tags, JSON-LD schemas, llms.txt, image compression, speed tools and broken-link redirects, plus a team that fixes errors on paid plans. It covers the whole job. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. It installs from the Shopify App Store, but tag templates, schema types and speed options are yours to set, plan by plan. | CNo rating on record. It installs from the Shopify App Store, but site audits cover a set number of pages by plan and AI writing runs on monthly credits. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, inside Shopify. It connects to Search Console, Merchant Center, Google Business Profile and PageSpeed Insights. | BWeb only, inside Shopify. It connects to Search Console and works with Judge.me, Loox, AliReview, Trustoo and Vitals. |
| Best for | schema and indexing for Shopify stores | small Shopify stores on the Basic plan |
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: SearchPie and Tapita AI SEO Optimizer. How we grade
Price against what you get
SearchPie starts at $39 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Tapita AI SEO Optimizer starts at $9.99 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and Tapita AI SEO Optimizer starts $29.01 a month lower. Of the other SEO plugins and apps on the chart, 1 scores higher than SearchPie for less, and 1 scores higher than Tapita AI SEO Optimizer for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- SearchPie also covers keyword research.
At a glance
| SearchPie | Tapita AI SEO Optimizer | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $39 per month, billed every 30 days | $9.99 per month on the Shopify Basic plan, billed every 30 days |
| Free plan | Starter: SEO health and AI readiness score, breadcrumb and store schema, sitemap, image compression, bulk meta and alt templates, llms.txt, IndexNow. | Unlimited on-page audits, audit and llms.txt for basic pages, essential schemas, 900 image compressions a month and bulk meta editing. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial on Premium and Enterprise | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | PieLab | Tapita |
| Price read from | apps.shopify.com | apps.shopify.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
SearchPie
- Works only on Shopify stores; it is installed from the Shopify App Store.
- Product price, rating and FAQ schema and automatic broken-link fixes need Premium; keyword tracking needs Enterprise at $99 a month.
- SearchPie's own pricing page also lists a Plus plan at $399 a month that the Shopify listing does not show.
- One-off SEO and speed services are sold separately on SearchPie's site.
Tapita AI SEO Optimizer
- Works only on Shopify stores; it is installed from the Shopify App Store.
- Paid plans cost more on bigger Shopify plans: $5 a month extra on Grow, $30 on Advanced and $60 on Shopify Plus.
- The free plan gets 5 AI credits that do not renew; extra audit pages and AI credits beyond a plan are charged on top.
- Google Merchant Center recovery and the Ultimate Growth Service are separate paid services.
Key features
SearchPie
- JSON-LD schema
- Breadcrumb and store schema for free; product price, rating, stock and FAQ schema on Premium; sitelink, article and loyalty schema on Enterprise.
- Meta tags and alt text
- Bulk meta tag and alt text templates on every plan, AI-written tags, and on Premium automatic tag optimization for all pages and AI product descriptions.
- Indexing and broken links
- Sitemap submission, IndexNow and 404 detection for free; Premium fixes broken links automatically and checks indexing across search engines.
- Speed booster
- Image compression, CSS minification and instant page loading for free; JS minification and lazy loading on Premium; unlimited compression on Enterprise.
- AI search readiness
- Scores a store's SEO health and AI readiness and writes an llms.txt file; Enterprise adds a guided AEO and GEO checklist.
- Keywords and backlinks
- Enterprise adds keyword research, audits and position tracking. Premium submits 10 backlinks with a report and Enterprise submits unlimited ones.
Tapita AI SEO Optimizer
- On-page SEO audit
- Unlimited on-page audits on every plan; the site-wide audit and llms.txt cover basic pages for free, 150 pages on Business and 500 on Premium.
- AI meta data
- Bulk editing and AI writing of meta titles and descriptions, using monthly AI credits: 100 on Business and 500 on Premium.
- Google schemas
- Adds JSON-LD structured data for rich results; the free plan includes the essential schemas.
- Image optimization
- Compresses images (30 a day free, 100 or 500 a day automatically on paid plans) and bulk-writes product image alt text and file names.
- Page speed
- Instant page speed on the free plan, advanced speed features on Business, and regular real-user monitoring and tuning on Premium.
- Fixes done by the team
- The free plan includes chat help with common SEO issues; Business adds a team that fixes all SEO and Google Search Console errors.
Plans
SearchPie
Starter$0
Breadcrumbs, store schema and sitemap, image compression and CSS minification, bulk meta and alt tag templates, AI tags, llms.txt and 404 detection.
Premium$39
per month, billed every 30 days
Price, rating, stock and FAQ schema, lazy loading and JS minification, automatic SEO tags, AI product descriptions and broken-link fixes. $374.40 a year.
Enterprise$99
per month, billed every 30 days
Sitelink, article and loyalty schema, unlimited image compression, 5,000 AI SEO tags, keyword research and tracking, and expert support. $950.40 a year.
Tapita AI SEO Optimizer
Free$0
Unlimited on-page audits, essential JSON-LD schemas, 30 image compressions a day, alt text and file names for 50 products, and 24/7 chat.
Business$9.99
per month on the Shopify Basic plan, billed every 30 days
Audit and llms.txt for 150 pages, 100 AI credits a month, 100 images a day, broken-link redirects. +$5 on Grow, +$30 Advanced, +$60 Plus.
Premium$49.99
per month on the Shopify Basic plan, billed every 30 days
500 pages, 500 AI credits a month, 500 images a day, regular real-user speed tuning and an onboarding call. Same surcharges by Shopify plan.
Ways to pay less
SearchPie
- Annual discount
Save 20% with yearly billing
The listing offers Premium at $374.40 a year and Enterprise at $950.40 a year, which it says saves 20% against monthly billing.
Tapita AI SEO Optimizer
- Annual discount
Save 15% with yearly billing
The listing offers Business at $101.88 a year and Premium at $509.88 a year, which it says saves 15% against monthly billing.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, SearchPie or Tapita AI SEO Optimizer?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Tapita AI SEO Optimizer is cheaper to start with: $9.99 a month, against $39 a month for SearchPie. SearchPie starts at $39 per month, billed every 30 days, and Tapita AI SEO Optimizer starts at $9.99 per month on the Shopify Basic plan, billed every 30 days.
Which has a free plan, SearchPie or Tapita AI SEO Optimizer?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both SearchPie and Tapita AI SEO Optimizer 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.