SEO Panel vs SEO PowerSuite (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 24, 2026, we pick SEO PowerSuite: it is second in our ranking of SEO tools, and they share a 2.4 GPA.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
SEO Panel grades higher on the free plan and platforms. SEO PowerSuite grades higher on value for money and features. They get the same grade on ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
SEO Panel
Free open-source SEO control panel you host on your own server
SEO PowerSuite
Four desktop SEO apps for rankings, audits, backlinks and outreach
Which one is for you
Pick SEO Panel if
- Fits if you're comfortable running your own SEO software on a server
- Works for tracking rankings on lots of sites without a per-site fee
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you've never run a PHP server and don't want to pay for the cloud edition
- Tight if you're on a cloud plan, capped at 50 or 150 keywords per project on 2 or 3 engines
- Not for you if you want keyword research, which isn't on the list
- Watch out: some tools are paid plugins at $10 to $30, and live Cloud API data is $9.99 to $99.99 a month
- Watch out: AI articles, social publishing and the AI assistant are only in the paid cloud edition
Pick SEO PowerSuite if
- Fits if you want unlimited keywords and crawls without per-project fees
- Works for link builders who want prospecting and outreach in the same program
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want your SEO tools in a browser or on your phone, as this is desktop software
- Tight if cash is short, since you pay a year or more up front with no refund for unused time
- Not for you if you send client reports, as Professional adds watermarks and white-label needs Enterprise at $599 a year
- Watch out: the free version saves nothing, audits 500 URLs, and there's no trial of the paid plans
- Tight if you want your projects in the cloud, which holds 20 on Professional and 400 on Enterprise
How we grade them
| 2.4GPASEO PanelFair | 2.4GPASEO PowerSuiteFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CThe self-hosted edition is free, but only if you run your own server, which we count as a C. The cloud edition is $34.95 a month for 1 website, mid-range for this category, and plugins at $10 to $30 and live API data from $9.99 a month cost extra. | BGraded against its alternatives. Professional is $349 for a year, about $29.10 a month, or $19.95 a month if you pay $717 for three years. That's about a quarter of what Semrush or Ahrefs charge, with no caps on keywords, crawls or backlinks. |
| Free plan and trial | BFree means hosting it yourself: the open-source edition has unlimited websites and users, rank tracking, audits and Google data, which one person really could live on. Country Google domains and detailed backlinks are paid plugins, though. | CA free version with no time limit, but it saves nothing: 1 project, 500 URLs audited, 1,100 backlinks and 1 competitor. Good for a look, not for ongoing work, and there's no trial of the paid plans. |
| Features | CRank tracking, a site auditor with sitemaps, Moz metrics and backlinks, indexing, page speed and Google data. The basics with gaps: no keyword research, country domains need a $10 plugin, and the AI features are cloud only. | BRank tracking with 20+ keyword tools, full site audits with a content editor, backlink analysis with a disavow file generator, and link outreach from a built-in email client. The whole job, with nothing capped on paid plans. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. Self-hosting needs PHP, MySQL and cURL, and keeping it running is on you. The cloud edition takes that away and comes with setup help. | CNo rating on record. Four separate desktop apps, each with plenty of settings, is a lot to learn before you're quick. |
| Platforms and integrations | BA web app connected to Google Analytics, Search Console, Google Ads, PageSpeed Insights and Moz, run on your server or theirs. No desktop or phone app. | CPrograms for Windows, Mac and Linux, linked to Search Console, Google Analytics and Dropbox, with cloud storage for 20 projects on Professional. Computers only, with no web or phone version. |
| Best for | self-hosted rank tracking for many sites | uncapped SEO on your own computer |
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 Panel and SEO PowerSuite. How we grade
Price against what you get
SEO Panel starts at $34.95 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. SEO PowerSuite starts at $19.92 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and SEO PowerSuite starts $15.03 a month lower. Of the other SEO tools on the chart, 7 score higher than SEO Panel for less, and 4 score higher than SEO PowerSuite 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 Panel is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- SEO Panel also covers page speed.
- SEO PowerSuite also covers reports and keyword research.
At a glance
| SEO Panel | SEO PowerSuite | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $34.95 per month for 1 website, cloud hosted | $19.95 per month, billed $717 every 3 years ($349 a year on a 1-year plan) |
| Free plan | The self-hosted edition is free under GNU GPL v2 with unlimited websites; you supply the PHP and MySQL server, and some plugins and API data cost extra. | Free version with no time limit: 1 project and ranking checks with no saving, 500 URLs audited, 1,100 backlinks and 1 competitor per project. |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial on cloud-hosted plans, plus a 30-day money-back guarantee | None listed |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Linux | ||
| Made by | SEO Panel | Link-Assistant.Com |
| Price read from | seopanel.org | link-assistant.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Worth knowing
SEO Panel
- Self-hosting needs a server with PHP 5.5 to 8.x, MySQL or MariaDB and cURL; installing and maintaining it is up to you.
- Some tools are paid plugins ($10 to $30 each, or $249 for all), and live data from the SEO Panel Cloud API costs $9.99 to $99.99 a month.
- AI article publishing, social media publishing and the AI assistant come only with the paid cloud-hosted edition.
- Cloud plans cap tracking at 50 or 150 keywords per project, on 2 or 3 search engines.
SEO PowerSuite
- It is desktop software for Windows, macOS and Linux, not a web app; cloud storage holds 20 projects on Professional and 400 on Enterprise.
- Licences are paid up front for 1, 2 or 3 years, and cancelling gives no refund for unused time.
- The free version saves nothing and audits 500 URLs; Professional prints reports with watermarks, and white-label reports need Enterprise.
- Each of the four apps is also sold on its own, from $149 a year for WebSite Auditor Professional.
Key features
SEO Panel
- Keyword rank tracker
- Checks positions on Google, Bing and Yahoo automatically and charts daily changes. Country domains such as google.de come with a $10 plugin.
- Site auditor and sitemaps
- Audits every page of a site for SEO issues and generates XML, HTML and text sitemaps.
- Moz metrics and backlinks
- Tracks Domain Authority, Page Authority and backlinks over time; the $30 Link Diagnosis plugin adds detailed backlink reports for you and competitors.
- Indexing and page speed
- Counts how many pages Google, Bing and Yahoo have indexed and tracks PageSpeed scores and mobile usability.
- Google Analytics and Search Console
- Brings traffic, clicks, impressions and average positions into the panel's reports.
- Users, proxies and directories
- Unlimited user accounts with access levels, a proxy manager that rotates proxies for rank checks, directory submission and a review manager.
SEO PowerSuite
- Rank Tracker
- Tracks rankings in hundreds of search engines, including local and mobile results and Google AI Overviews, with 20+ keyword research tools.
- WebSite Auditor
- Crawls and audits whole sites, generates sitemaps and robots.txt files, and has a content editor with recommendations as you type.
- SEO SpyGlass
- Backlink analysis from its own link index plus Search Console and Analytics, with a penalty risk audit and a disavow file generator.
- LinkAssistant
- Finds link prospects with 10 methods, sends outreach from a built-in email client with templates, and verifies links you have won.
- Reports
- Customizable reports in every paid plan; white-label, emailed, scheduled and shareable reports need Enterprise or Max.
- No caps on paid plans
- Paid licences allow unlimited projects, tracked keywords, crawled pages and backlinks, with competitor tracking capped by plan.
Plans
SEO Panel
Self-hosted$0
The open-source edition, installed on your own server: unlimited websites and users, rank tracking, site audits and Google data.
Starter$34.95
per month for 1 website, cloud hosted
Enhanced cloud edition: 50 keywords per project, 2 search engines, 1 user, 1 social project with 3 channels and 2 article connections.
SEO Manager$99.95
per month for 6 websites, cloud hosted
150 keywords per project, 3 search engines, 2 users, 10 social projects and 15 article connections.
Agency$269.95
per month for 10 websites, cloud hosted
150 keywords per project, 3 search engines, 5 users, 50 social projects, 35 article connections and priority support.
SEO PowerSuite
Free$0
1 project with no saving, 500 URLs crawled, 1,100 backlinks per project and 1 competitor.
Professional, 1 year$29.10
per month, billed $349 every year
Unlimited projects, keywords, crawls and backlinks, 5 competitors per project, 1 year of history. Shown beside a crossed-out $60 a month.
Professional, 2 years$23.25
per month, billed $558 every 2 years
Professional paid for two years at a time, listed as a 20% saving on the 1-year plan.
Professional, 3 years$19.95
per month, billed $717 every 3 years
Professional paid for three years at a time, listed as a 34% saving on the 1-year plan.
Enterprise, 3 years$38.25
per month, billed $1,377 every 3 years
Adds white-label, saved, emailed and scheduled reports, CSV and SQL exports, 40 competitors and priority support. $599 for 1 year.
Max, 3 years$54.10
per month, billed $1,947 every 3 years
Enterprise plus live onboarding, a customer success manager, partner listing and a free first year of RankDots Starter. $899 for 1 year.
Ways to pay less
SEO Panel
No public discounts listed.
SEO PowerSuite
- Other savings
Up to 34% off with a 2- or 3-year plan
The pricing page lists 20% off for paying two years ahead and 34% off for three; Professional falls from $29.10 to $19.95 a month.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, SEO Panel or SEO PowerSuite?
As of Oct 23, 2026, SEO PowerSuite is cheaper to start with: $19.92 a month, against $34.95 a month for SEO Panel. SEO Panel starts at $34.95 per month for 1 website, cloud hosted, and SEO PowerSuite starts at $19.95 per month, billed $717 every 3 years ($349 a year on a 1-year plan).
Which has a free plan, SEO Panel or SEO PowerSuite?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both SEO Panel and SEO PowerSuite have a free plan.
Which platforms do SEO Panel and SEO PowerSuite run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only SEO Panel lists a web app and only SEO PowerSuite lists macOS, Windows and Linux apps. 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.