SEO Minion vs Wappalyzer (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Wappalyzer grades higher than SEO Minion: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
SEO Minion grades higher on value for money and features. Wappalyzer grades higher on the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
SEO Minion
On-page, link and SERP checks sold with Keywords Everywhere plans
Wappalyzer
Website technology lookup and technographic lead lists
Which one is for you
Pick SEO Minion if
- Fits if you already pay for Keywords Everywhere Silver or higher and want page checks in the same plan
- Works for checking hreflang and redirect chains on international sites, one page at a time
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you only want page checks, as it means $168 a year up front where most of this category is free
- Not for you if you want to try it first, as there's no free version and no trial
- Watch out: Keywords Everywhere bills yearly only, with no monthly option, and Bronze doesn't include it
- Too light for whole-site audits, since it checks one page or one search at a time
- Skip it if you browse in Safari, as only Chrome, Firefox and Edge are listed
Pick Wappalyzer if
- Fits if you want to check which tools a site uses while you browse
- Works for sales teams building lead lists by technology
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 50 lookups a month
- Pricey if you only check the odd site: paid starts at $250 a month
- Watch out: lead lists, APIs and CRM connections need a paid plan
- Watch out: company and contact details in single lookups, the extension and the Android app are limited
How we grade them
| 2.0GPASEO MinionFair | 2.2GPAWappalyzerFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BSilver, the cheapest Keywords Everywhere plan that includes it, is $14 a month billed yearly ($168) for up to 3 users, right on this category's cheaper-quarter line. One person pays the same $14, and it brings 400,000 keyword credits a year. | D$250 a month for Pro, where the cheaper quarter of this category starts at $10 and the dearest tenth at $250. |
| Free plan and trial | FNothing is free. The cheaper Bronze plan leaves SEO Minion out, and there's no separate free version and no trial, so the way in is $168 for a year of Silver. | CA free account with 50 lookups and 50 email verifications a month, 5 alerts and sample lead lists. |
| Features | BMeta, Open Graph, canonical and robots tags, broken links by status, server, meta and JavaScript redirects, hreflang return tags, JSON-LD, RDFa and microdata, HTML against the rendered DOM and SERP previews from any location. Volumes come with the plan it needs. | CExtension, lookups, lead lists, alerts, CRM enrichment, an API and email verification. Lead lists, the API and CRM links need a paid plan, and some contact details are limited. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. Before it works you buy a Keywords Everywhere plan and set it up with that plan's API key, from your subscription page. | BNo store rating on record, but you install the extension and use it on any page. |
| Platforms and integrations | CAn extension for Chrome, Firefox and Edge, so computers only, with no Safari version. It connects to Keywords Everywhere and works on Google Search, and nothing else is listed. | BWeb, a browser extension, iPhone and Android, with Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Gmail, Zapier and Make. |
| Best for | page checks for Keywords Everywhere subscribers | checking which technologies a website runs on |
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: SEO Minion and Wappalyzer. How we grade
Price against what you get
SEO Minion starts at $14 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Wappalyzer starts at $250 a month and scores 2.7.
Wappalyzer scores higher, and starts $236 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other SEO browser extensions on the chart, 2 score higher than SEO Minion for less, and none scores higher than Wappalyzer 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
- SEO Minion also covers site audit and schema markup.
- Wappalyzer also covers reports.
At a glance
| SEO Minion | Wappalyzer | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free plan |
| Starts at | $14 per month, billed annually ($168), as part of Keywords Everywhere Silver | $250 per month (Pro, billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | Free account: 50 technology lookups and 50 email verifications per month, 5 website alerts and free sample lead lists. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Keywords Everywhere | Wappalyzer |
| Price read from | keywordseverywhere.com | wappalyzer.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
SEO Minion
- It needs a Keywords Everywhere Silver, Gold or Platinum plan and its API key; there is no separate free version.
- Keywords Everywhere plans are billed annually only, with no monthly option.
- It checks one page or one search at a time and does not crawl whole sites.
- It is listed for Chrome, Firefox and Edge, with no Safari version.
Wappalyzer
- The free account is capped at 50 lookups a month, and lead lists, APIs and CRM integrations need a paid plan.
- The cheapest paid plan is $250 a month, aimed at lead generation more than occasional site checks.
- Company and contact details in single-site lookups, the extension and the Android app are Plus features.
- API credits included in plans expire after 60 days; bundles bought separately expire after 365 days.
Key features
SEO Minion
- On-page analysis
- Shows a page's meta tags, headings, Open Graph tags, canonical and robots settings in one panel.
- Broken links and redirects
- Checks every link on the page and groups them by status code, and traces a URL's server, meta refresh and JavaScript redirects.
- Hreflang checker
- Validates a page's hreflang tags and every page they point to, including return tags, x-default and language and region codes.
- Multi-location SERP
- Runs a Google search as if from any location, or compares the same search from two locations side by side, without personalization.
- HTML vs DOM and structured data
- Compares the source HTML with the rendered DOM to show what JavaScript changes, and validates JSON-LD, RDFa and microdata.
- SERP tools
- Previews a title and description against Google's pixel limits, counts SERP elements, scrapes People Also Ask and downloads listings.
Wappalyzer
- Browser extension
- Shows the technologies behind a site as you browse. The apps page lists extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari.
- Technology lookup
- Looks up the technologies a website uses. Company and contact details inside single-site lookups are Plus features.
- Lead lists
- Builds prospect lists by technology or keyword, filtered by traffic, country and company details, then exports them.
- Website alerts
- Tracks changes in the technologies a website uses. The free account includes 5 alerts.
- CRM enrichment and API
- Adds technology data to records in Salesforce, HubSpot and Pipedrive, and exposes an API that is billed in credits, typically 1 per website.
- Email verification
- Checks email addresses to cut bounces; included in every plan with monthly limits.
Plans
SEO Minion
Silver$14
per month for 400,000 credits a year, billed annually ($168)
Keywords Everywhere plan with 3 user seats and SEO Minion included; the cheaper Bronze plan does not include it.
Gold$40
per month for 2 million credits a year, billed annually ($480)
10 user seats, top 5,000 keywords and backlinks per website, SEO Minion and premium ChatGPT prompts.
Platinum$120
per month for 8 million credits a year, billed annually ($1,440)
20 user seats, top 10,000 keywords and backlinks per website, SEO Minion and priority email support.
Wappalyzer
Free$0
50 lookups and 50 email verifications a month, 5 website alerts and sample lead lists.
Pro$250
per month, billed monthly
1 user, 2 lead list technology targets, 5,000 lookups, 5,000 email verifications and API credits; the page does not list a credit count for Pro. Annual billing saves 17%.
Business$450
per month, billed monthly
5 users, unlimited lead list technology targets, 20,000 lookups, 20,000 email verifications and 20,000 API credits, with CRM enrichment.
Enterprise$850+
per month and up
25+ users, unlimited targets, 200,000+ lookups, verifications and API credits, dedicated support and custom terms.
Ways to pay less
SEO Minion
No public discounts listed.
Wappalyzer
- Annual discount
Save 17% with annual billing
The pricing page offers an annual billing option that it says saves 17%; the prices shown are the monthly ones.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, SEO Minion or Wappalyzer?
As of Nov 12, 2026, SEO Minion is cheaper to start with: $14 a month, against $250 a month for Wappalyzer. SEO Minion starts at $14 per month, billed annually ($168), as part of Keywords Everywhere Silver, and Wappalyzer starts at $250 per month (Pro, billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, SEO Minion or Wappalyzer?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Wappalyzer has a free plan. SEO Minion does not.
Which platforms do SEO Minion and Wappalyzer run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Wappalyzer lists a web app and iOS and Android apps. Both list a browser extension. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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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.