SEOPress vs SiteSEO (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, SEOPress and SiteSEO share a 3.0 GPA, both have a free plan and they start at the same price, so the choice depends on which features you need.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
SEOPress
WordPress SEO plugin with a free edition and site licences from $49
SiteSEO
WordPress SEO plugin from Softaculous with a yearly Pro license
Which one is for you
Pick SEOPress if
- Fits if you run a WordPress site and want schema and redirects for $49 a year
- Works for agencies wanting one unlimited-site licence at $149 a year
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, as schema, redirects, local SEO and the site audit are all PRO
- Watch out: rank and backlink tracking need SEOPress Insights, a separate plugin at $99 a year per site
- Pricey if you lean on AI metadata, as credits are a separate plan from $19 a month
- Watch out: prices exclude tax, refunds last 14 days, and a cancelled PRO keeps working without updates
- Skip it if your site isn't on WordPress, as there's no standalone app
Pick SiteSEO if
- Fits if you want instant indexing pings and sitemaps on a free WordPress plugin
- Works for WooCommerce or Easy Digital Downloads stores adding product schema on Pro
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if your site isn't on WordPress, as there's no standalone app
- Tight if you stay free, since redirects, 404 monitoring, schema types, breadcrumbs and the robots.txt editor need Pro
- Watch out: SiteSEO AI needs Pro plus a token pack, from $3 for 100,000 tokens to $20 for 2 million, each valid a year
- Watch out: there's no trial, only a 30-day money-back guarantee, and token packs are refunded only if none are used
How we grade them
| 3.0GPASEOPressVery good | 3.0GPASiteSEOVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | APRO is $49 a year for one site before tax, about $4.08 a month, and renews at the same price. That's under 60% of this category's cheaper quarter. Five sites are $59 a year and unlimited sites $149. | APersonal is $49 a year for 1 site, about $4.08 a month, under $4.79, which is 60% of where this category's cheaper quarter starts. Professional is $99 a year for 5 sites and Business $249 for unlimited sites. AI tokens cost extra. |
| Free plan and trial | BSEOPress Free covers titles, meta, canonicals, robots tags, XML and HTML sitemaps, social tags and content checks for any number of keywords. One site could live on it, but schema and redirects are PRO only. | BThe free plugin covers titles and meta, content analysis for unlimited keywords, XML and HTML sitemaps, social tags and instant indexing. A site could run on it, but redirects, schema types and breadcrumbs aren't included. |
| Features | BMeta and sitemaps, content analysis, schema with conditions, local and WooCommerce SEO, redirects with 404 logs, link suggestions, a site audit and AI metadata. It covers the whole job; rank and backlink tracking sit in a separate plugin. | BTitles and social tags, 20+ on-page tests, sitemaps including news and video, schema, local business markup, redirects with 404 monitoring, file editors, llms.txt and Search Console reports. It covers the whole job, with much of it on Pro. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. It runs inside WordPress, but titles and meta are set site-wide or page by page, and AI metadata needs an AI provider hooked up or a separate credit plan. | CNo rating on record. It runs in the WordPress admin, but there are title templates, keywords per post and Google connections to set up before it does much. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, inside WordPress. It connects to Search Console, Google Analytics, Tag Manager and Matomo, and works with WooCommerce, Elementor, WPML and Polylang. | BWeb only, inside WordPress, with Google Search Console, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, Elementor and IndexNow listed. No standalone app. |
| Best for | WordPress SEO on a flat yearly licence | free indexing pings and sitemaps in WordPress |
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: SEOPress and SiteSEO. How we grade
Price against what you get
SEOPress starts at $4.08 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. SiteSEO starts at $4.08 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.7.
On this chart the two sit in the same place: the same score for the same starting price. Of the other SEO plugins and apps on the chart, none scores higher than SEOPress for less, and none scores higher than SiteSEO 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
- SEOPress also covers rank tracking, site audit and backlink analysis.
At a glance
| SEOPress | SiteSEO | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $49 per year for 1 site, ex VAT | $49 per year for 1 site |
| Free plan | SEOPress Free on WordPress.org: titles and meta, canonicals, robots tags, XML and HTML sitemaps, social tags, content analysis with unlimited keywords and Analytics or Matomo tracking. | Free plugin on WordPress.org: titles and meta with dynamic variables, content analysis for unlimited keywords, XML and HTML sitemaps, Open Graph and X cards, Google Indexing API and IndexNow. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | SEOPress | Softaculous |
| Price read from | seopress.org | siteseo.io |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
SEOPress
- It runs only inside WordPress; there is no standalone app.
- Rank and backlink tracking need SEOPress Insights, a separate plugin at $99 a year per site.
- AI credit plans are a separate monthly subscription, from $19 a month for 400,000 credits (about 250 meta titles, by SEOPress's estimate).
- Prices exclude tax; refunds are offered for 14 days, and a cancelled PRO keeps working without updates or support.
SiteSEO
- It runs only inside WordPress; there is no standalone app.
- Redirects, 404 monitoring, schema types, breadcrumbs, news and video sitemaps and the robots.txt editor need SiteSEO Pro.
- SiteSEO AI needs Pro plus a token pack bought separately: $3 for 100,000 tokens up to $20 for 2 million, each valid a year.
- Paid plans have a 30-day money-back guarantee; token packs are refundable within a month only if none are used.
Key features
SEOPress
- Titles, meta and sitemaps
- Sets titles, meta descriptions, canonicals and robots tags globally or per page, and builds XML, HTML, image and author sitemaps on the free edition.
- Content analysis
- Checks each post against any number of target keywords in the editor, including in Elementor, Divi, Oxygen and other page builders, on the free edition.
- Schema and local SEO
- PRO adds automatic and manual schema with conditions, breadcrumbs, local business data, Google News and video sitemaps, and WooCommerce product identifiers.
- Redirects and links
- PRO manages 301, 302, 307, 410 and 451 redirects with regex, logs 404s, prompts when a URL changes, suggests internal links and finds broken links.
- AI metadata
- PRO can use OpenAI, DeepSeek, Gemini, Claude or Mistral to write SEO titles, descriptions and image alt text.
- Rankings and backlinks
- The Insights plugin checks Google rankings daily in 51 locations, shows who holds first place, tracks backlinks and exports to CSV, PDF or Excel.
SiteSEO
- Titles, meta and social tags
- Set titles and meta descriptions globally or per post with dynamic variables, preview them for Google, Facebook and X, and output Open Graph and X cards.
- Content analysis
- Checks each post against any number of target keywords and runs over 20 on-page tests with suggestions, on the free plugin.
- Sitemaps and instant indexing
- XML sitemaps for posts, pages, post types, taxonomies, images and authors plus an HTML sitemap, with Google Indexing API and IndexNow pings. Pro adds news, video and RSS sitemaps.
- Schema and local business
- Pro adds structured data types, automatic site-wide schema, local business markup, breadcrumbs and product data for WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads.
- Redirects and file editors
- Pro adds redirects with 404 monitoring, robots.txt and .htaccess editors, an llms.txt file, SEO alerts and an external links manager.
- Search Console and PageSpeed
- Pro shows impressions, clicks, CTR, positions and top queries from Search Console, and runs Google PageSpeed Insights for mobile and desktop.
Plans
SEOPress
SEOPress Free$0
Core on-page settings, sitemaps, social tags, image SEO, IndexNow and content analysis with unlimited target keywords.
SEOPress PRO, 1 site$49
per year for 1 site, ex VAT, renews at the same price
Site audit, schema, local and WooCommerce SEO, redirects and 404 monitoring, Search Console data, AI metadata and white label.
SEOPress PRO, 5 sites$59
per year for 5 sites, ex VAT, renews at the same price
The same PRO features on up to 5 sites.
SEOPress PRO, unlimited$149
per year for unlimited sites, ex VAT, renews at the same price
The same PRO features on any number of sites.
SEOPress Insights$99
per year for 1 site, ex VAT
A separate plugin for daily Google rank tracking in 51 locations, competitor positions, a backlink tracker and emailed reports.
SiteSEO
Free$0
The WordPress.org plugin: titles and meta, content analysis, sitemaps, social previews, Knowledge Graph and instant indexing.
Personal$49
per year for 1 site
SiteSEO Pro on 1 site with a year of updates and standard support.
Professional$99
per year for 5 sites
The same Pro features on 5 sites, with premium support.
Business$249
per year for unlimited sites
The same Pro features on unlimited sites, with priority support.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, SEOPress or SiteSEO?
As of Oct 23, 2026, they start at the same price. SEOPress starts at $49 per year for 1 site, ex VAT, and SiteSEO starts at $49 per year for 1 site.
Which has a free plan, SEOPress or SiteSEO?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both SEOPress and SiteSEO 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.