SEO Pro vs Yoast SEO (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, SEO Pro and Yoast SEO share a 2.6 GPA, and only Yoast SEO has a free plan.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
SEO Pro grades higher on value for money. Yoast SEO grades higher on the free plan and platforms. They get the same grade on features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
SEO Pro
Statamic's own SEO addon for meta tags, site reports and redirects
Yoast SEO
WordPress SEO plugin with content analysis, schema and sitemaps
Which one is for you
Pick SEO Pro if
- Fits if you build sites on Statamic and want SEO from Statamic itself
- Works for agencies that want editors to see search previews before publishing
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if your site isn't on Statamic; the listing shows compatibility with Statamic 6
- Pricey if you run many sites, since each production site needs its own $75 license
- Watch out: multi-site and GraphQL use need Statamic Pro, Statamic's paid edition
Pick Yoast SEO if
- Fits if your site runs on WordPress and you want SEO checks shown while you write
- Works for writers who want readability notes next to the SEO ones
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if your site isn't on WordPress, as Yoast for Shopify and the Google Docs add-on are separate products
- Tight if you stay free, since redirects, link suggestions and AI drafts all need Premium
- Pricey if you run several sites, as each needs its own $118.80 a year and bulk discounts start at 5
- Watch out: AI Brand Insights on AI+ checks 5 questions once a week, and another brand means another $358.80
How we grade them
| 2.6GPASEO ProGood | 2.6GPAYoast SEOGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | A$75 once per site with no yearly renewal, under seven months of this category's $10.99 middle subscription. | CPremium is $118.80 a year for one site before VAT, about $9.90 a month, a bit above this category's cheaper quarter ($8.25). WooCommerce SEO is $178.80 and AI+ is $358.80, each for one site or brand. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but you can try it locally first; a license is needed before the site goes to production. | BThe free plugin writes meta tags, canonicals, sitemaps, schema, breadcrumbs and llms.txt, and checks one keyphrase per post. One site could run on it, but redirects, link suggestions and AI drafts aren't in it at all. |
| Features | BGraded site reports with fix lists, cascading meta and robots defaults, JSON-LD with custom types, Google, X and Facebook previews, a redirects manager with wildcards, automatic slug redirects, a 404 log and a sitemap. It covers the whole job. | BContent and readability checks, meta tags, schema, sitemaps, redirects, internal link suggestions, Local, Video and News SEO, and an AI crawler blocker. It covers the whole job, with redirects and links on Premium only. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. It's an addon for a Statamic site you run yourself, and the field mapping and defaults need setting up before the reports mean much. | CNo rating on record. It sits in the WordPress admin, but each post needs a keyphrase set before the checks tell you much, and there are site-wide settings to go through first. |
| Platforms and integrations | CRuns only inside Statamic, with Statamic itself the one connection listed. It exposes SEO output through GraphQL, but that needs Statamic Pro. No phone or desktop app. | BWeb only, inside WordPress, with no app of its own. It works with Semrush, Wincher, Elementor, Site Kit, WooCommerce, Advanced Custom Fields, Algolia and Jetpack. The Shopify version is a separate product. |
| Best for | Statamic's own SEO addon, paid once per site | SEO checks inside the WordPress editor |
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 Pro and Yoast SEO. How we grade
Where they differ
- SEO Pro also covers site audit.
- Yoast SEO also covers AI search visibility and internal linking.
At a glance
| SEO Pro | Yoast SEO | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $75 one-time per site, with no annual renewal | $118.80 per year for 1 site, ex VAT |
| Free plan | None | Free plugin from WordPress.org: SEO and readability analysis for one keyphrase, meta tags, canonicals, XML sitemaps, schema, breadcrumbs, llms.txt and a bulk metadata editor. |
| Free trial | Free to try locally; a license is needed before the site goes to production | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Statamic | Yoast BV |
| Price read from | statamic.com | yoast.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
SEO Pro
- Runs only on Statamic; the listing shows compatibility with Statamic 6.
- Each production site needs its own $75 license.
- Multi-site and GraphQL use depend on Statamic Pro, since Statamic reserves those features for its paid edition.
Yoast SEO
- It runs only inside WordPress; Yoast SEO for Shopify and the Google Docs add-on are separate products.
- Each paid subscription covers one site, billed yearly before VAT; bulk discounts start at 5 subscriptions bought together.
- Redirects, internal linking suggestions and AI drafting need Premium; the free plugin has none of them.
- AI Brand Insights runs one weekly analysis of 5 questions per brand, with no extra runs; another brand needs another subscription.
Key features
SEO Pro
- Graded site reports
- Gives every page a letter grade and a fix list, checking title uniqueness, title and description lengths, missing meta, broken links, canonicals and URL depth.
- Cascading meta defaults
- Site defaults flow down to collections, taxonomies and entries for titles, descriptions, canonical URLs with pagination, robots directives and verification codes.
- JSON-LD structured data
- Emits Organization or Person schema and breadcrumbs on every page, with per-section schemas and custom types such as Recipe, Article, Event or Product.
- Search and social previews
- Each entry's SEO tab previews how the page will look in Google results, on X and on Facebook before it is published.
- Redirects and 404 tracking
- A redirects manager with wildcards, automatic redirects when a slug changes, and a 404 log with one-click redirect creation.
- Sitemap and GraphQL
- Generates and caches sitemap.xml with per-collection settings and hooks, and exposes the SEO output through Statamic's GraphQL API for headless sites.
Yoast SEO
- Content and readability analysis
- Red, orange and green ratings in the editor for SEO and readability. The free plugin checks one keyphrase; Premium checks up to five, with word forms in 20+ languages.
- Technical SEO and schema
- Writes meta tags, canonical URLs, XML sitemaps, breadcrumbs and Schema.org data automatically. Premium outputs more schema types and joins them into one graph.
- AI metadata drafts
- Premium drafts SEO titles and meta descriptions page by page or in bulk, and nothing saves until it is approved. There is no separate AI subscription or credit pack.
- Redirects and internal links
- Premium prompts for a redirect when a page is moved or deleted, imports redirects by CSV, suggests internal links while writing and finds orphaned posts.
- AI crawler controls
- Manages an llms.txt file on every plan; Premium adds a bot blocker for AI training crawlers such as GPTBot, CCBot and Google-Extended.
- AI Brand Insights
- On the AI+ plan, a weekly report on whether 5 set questions in ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity mention the brand, with sentiment, citations and competitor ranking.
Plans
SEO Pro
Single-site license$75
one-time per site, with no annual renewal
Every feature for one production site: reports, meta and social tags, JSON-LD, sitemap, redirects and 404 tracking.
Yoast SEO
Yoast SEO$0
The free WordPress.org plugin: content and readability analysis, meta tags, sitemaps, schema, breadcrumbs and llms.txt.
Yoast SEO Premium$118.80
per year for 1 site, ex VAT
AI titles and descriptions, 5 keyphrases per page, redirect manager, internal linking, Local, Video and News SEO plugins and 24/7 support.
Yoast WooCommerce SEO$178.80
per year for 1 site, ex VAT
Everything in Premium plus product schema, product content checks, store sitemaps, canonicals and AI metadata for products.
Yoast SEO AI+$358.80
per year for 1 brand, ex VAT
WooCommerce SEO plus AI Brand Insights: a weekly check of 5 brand questions in ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity, with sentiment and citations.
Ways to pay less
SEO Pro
No public discounts listed.
Yoast SEO
- Other savings
Bulk discount from 5 subscriptions
Yoast takes 5% off 5 or more subscriptions of the same product bought in one order, rising to 40% off 75 or more; 100 or more is quoted.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, SEO Pro or Yoast SEO?
As of Oct 23, 2026, SEO Pro starts at $75 one-time per site, with no annual renewal, and Yoast SEO starts at $118.80 per year for 1 site, ex VAT.
Which has a free plan, SEO Pro or Yoast SEO?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Yoast SEO has a free plan. SEO Pro does not, though it has a free trial.
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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.