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SEO Site Checkup vs TechnicalSEO.com Tools (2026): which should you pick?

As of Nov 12, 2026, TechnicalSEO.com Tools grades higher than SEO Site Checkup: 2.6 against 1.8 out of 4.0.

Checked Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA

TechnicalSEO.com Tools grades higher on value for money, the free plan and ease of use. They get the same grade on features and platforms.

Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.

SEO Site Checkup

SEO audits, rank tracking and AI brand visibility for small sites

Free trial · from $29/mo

TechnicalSEO.com Tools

Browser-based testers for robots.txt, hreflang, rendering and schema

Free

Which one is for you

Pick SEO Site Checkup if

  • Fits if you're a freelancer looking after 3 to 15 small sites
  • Works for site owners who want each SEO problem explained in plain words

Look elsewhere if

  • Too light for big sites, since deep analysis watches just 50, 100 or 300 URLs
  • Skip it if AI visibility is why you're here, as it starts on Webmaster at $49
  • Watch out: the 7-day trial turns into a paid plan unless you cancel in time
  • Not for you if you want it wired into other tools, as no integrations or API are listed

Pick TechnicalSEO.com Tools if

  • Fits if you want a quick one-off check on a robots.txt or hreflang tag
  • Works for people who already crawl with another tool and need a tester for one problem

Look elsewhere if

  • Too light for ongoing audits, as there is no crawler or monitor
  • Skip it if you want alerts or history, because each tester gives one result at a time
  • Watch out: the site publishes no pricing or terms for the tools, so their future cost is unknown
  • Not for you if you want an app or an API, as it is web only

How we grade them

1.8GPASEO Site CheckupWeak2.6GPATechnicalSEO.com ToolsGood
Value for money
CBasic is $29 a month billed yearly ($39 monthly) for 3 sites, right on this category's middle of $29. AI visibility, white-label reports and extra seats wait for Webmaster at $49.
BListed as free with no price shown, so there is nothing to compare against the category's $13 cheaper quarter. We hold it at B because the site gives no pricing page to confirm that.
Free plan and trial
DNo free plan. The 7-day trial bills you when it ends unless you cancel, so it takes payment details up front. A free one-off checkup sits on the homepage.
BThe tools are listed as free to use with no sign-up on the pages we read, but the site states no plan or limits either way.
Features
CPage audits, a site crawl for a health score, keyword tracking, uptime and speed checks, backlinks and AI mention tracking. The gap: deep analysis watches only 50, 100 or 300 URLs by plan, and Basic gets 1 competitor.
CSeparate testers for crawling, rendering, mobile, international and local checks. They are single-purpose tools, not a site-wide crawler or monitor.
Ease of use
CNo rating on record. The explanations are in plain English, but you still add sites, URLs, keywords and competitors before the monitoring tells you much.
BNo store rating on record. You paste a URL into a tester and read the result, with nothing to set up.
Platforms and integrations
CWeb only, and the listing records no integrations or API. No desktop or phone app.
CWeb only, with no apps, API or integrations listed.
Best forplain-English audits of a few small sitesone-off checks of robots.txt, hreflang and schema

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 Site Checkup and TechnicalSEO.com Tools. How we grade

Price against what you get

SEO Site Checkup starts at $29 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. TechnicalSEO.com Tools has no paid plan and scores 2.3.

TechnicalSEO.com Tools scores higher and starts $29 a month lower. Of the other technical SEO tools on the chart, 29 score higher than SEO Site Checkup for less, and none scores higher than TechnicalSEO.com Tools for less.

Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged

D1.0C2.0B3.0A4.0Free$2$5$10$20$50$100$200$500$1k$2k$5kMore for lessCosts more, scores moreCosts less, scores lessCosts more, scores lessSEO Site CheckupTechnicalSEO.com Tools

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
The full chart of technical SEO tools, and the best at every price

Where they differ

  • SEO Site Checkup also covers reports, keyword research, rank tracking, backlink analysis, AI search visibility and page speed.
  • TechnicalSEO.com Tools also covers schema markup.
In commonWebSite audit

At a glance

SEO Site CheckupTechnicalSEO.com Tools
PricingFree trialFree
Starts at$29 per month for 3 sites, billed yearly ($39 billed monthly)Free
Free planNoneNone
Free trial7-day free trial; billing starts when it ends unless cancelledNone listed
Web
Made bySEO Site CheckupMerkle Inc.
Price read fromseositecheckup.comNot confirmed
CheckedOct 23, 2026Nov 12, 2026

Worth knowing

SEO Site Checkup

  • Plans cover 3, 5 or 15 sites, and deep analysis watches only 50, 100 or 300 individual URLs.
  • AI visibility, AI content analysis, white-label reports and team seats are not on the Basic plan.
  • The 7-day trial turns into a paid plan when it ends unless you cancel; cancelling keeps access to the end of the billing period.

TechnicalSEO.com Tools

  • The site publishes no pricing or plan information, so cost could not be confirmed.
  • These are separate single-purpose testers, not a site-wide crawler or monitor.
  • The site footer credits Merkle Inc. and the developer Max Prin.

Key features

SEO Site Checkup

SEO checkups
Audits any page against 70+ SEO factors, from meta tags to site structure, with plain-English explanations and steps to fix each issue.
Deep domain analysis
A full crawl of each tracked site (3, 5 or 15 by plan) for a health and domain score, plus 50 to 300 monitored URLs and weekly score monitoring.
LLM Visibility Checker
From Webmaster up, tracks how often ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude and other AI engines mention your brand, in which prompts, against competitors.
Keyword tracking and research
Track 50 to 300 keyword positions across pages and countries, find top keywords and new keyword ideas, and compare against rivals.
Uptime and speed monitoring
Checks that sites stay up from 1, 3 or 5 locations and measures page load speed across key pages.
Backlinks and white-label reports
A backlinks checker follows referring domains and new links; Webmaster and Professional export branded reports for clients.

TechnicalSEO.com Tools

Crawling tools
Includes a robots.txt tester, an AI bot access tester, an .htaccess tester, a sitemap generator and an RSS feed parser.
Rendering tools
A fetch and render tool and a pre-rendering tester for checking how a page is served to crawlers.
Mobile SEO
A mobile-first index tool, a mobile-friendly test and a bulk AMP validator.
International SEO
An hreflang tags tester and a locale-adaptive tester.
Local and SERP tools
A local search tool, a review link generator, a SERP simulator, a knowledge graph tool and a schema generator.
Reference docs
Short guides to the robots.txt file, hreflang and rel="canonical", plus a page on algorithm updates.

Plans

SEO Site Checkup

  • Basic$29

    per month for 3 sites, billed yearly ($39 billed monthly)

    For freelancers: unlimited page audits, deep analysis of 50 URLs, 50 tracked keywords, 1 competitor and uptime checks from 1 location. No AI visibility.

  • Webmaster$49

    per month for 5 sites, billed yearly ($69 billed monthly)

    100 URLs, 100 keywords, 3 competitors, LLM Visibility Checker, AI content and visual SEO analysis, white-label reports and 3 seats.

  • Professional$99

    per month for 15 sites, billed yearly ($129 billed monthly)

    For agencies: 300 URLs, 300 keywords, 5 competitors, uptime checks from 5 locations, the AI tools, white-label reports and 5 seats.

TechnicalSEO.com Tools

Pricing could not be confirmed. See technicalseo.com.

Ways to pay less

SEO Site Checkup

  • Annual discount

    Save 25% with yearly billing

    The pricing page lists yearly billing at up to 25% less: Webmaster is $49 a month billed yearly ($588) instead of $69 monthly.

TechnicalSEO.com Tools

No public discounts listed.

Common questions

Which is cheaper, SEO Site Checkup or TechnicalSEO.com Tools?

As of Nov 12, 2026, SEO Site Checkup starts at $29 per month for 3 sites, billed yearly ($39 billed monthly), and TechnicalSEO.com Tools has no price we could confirm.

Which has a free plan, SEO Site Checkup or TechnicalSEO.com Tools?

As of Nov 12, 2026, only TechnicalSEO.com Tools has a free plan. SEO Site Checkup 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.
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