SEOPress vs SureRank SEO (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, SEOPress grades higher than SureRank SEO: 3.0 against 2.6 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
SEOPress grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
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
SureRank SEO
Lightweight WordPress SEO plugin with site checks and built-in AI
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 SureRank SEO if
- Fits if the larger WordPress SEO plugins feel crowded and you want fewer settings
- Works for agencies covering up to 500 client sites on one Business license
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, the link manager, instant indexing, the schema builder and the AI tools are paid
- Watch out: $99 and $179 are first-year prices, and Pro renews at $149 and Business at $249 a year
- Watch out: there's no trial, only a 14-day money-back guarantee, and an expired license loses updates and support
How we grade them
| 3.0GPASEOPressVery good | 2.6GPASureRank SEOGood | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CPro renews at $149 a year, about $12.42 a month, a little above this category's $10.99 middle, though it covers 10 sites. The first year is $99, and a lifetime license for 10 sites is $399 once. |
| 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 writes meta and social tags, an XML sitemap and JSON-LD schema, edits robots.txt, runs site and page checks and shows Search Console data. One site could run on it, but redirects and the AI tools aren't in it. |
| 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. | BMeta and social tags, site and page checks, schema with a builder, XML, HTML, news and video sitemaps, redirects, a link manager, instant indexing and AI fixes. It covers the whole job, with redirects, links and AI on paid plans only. |
| 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. Its settings are kept short, but you connect Search Console and set templates for each post type before the checks tell you 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, WooCommerce, Elementor, WPML, Polylang, TranslatePress, Astra and Bricks listed. No standalone app. |
| Best for | WordPress SEO on a flat yearly licence | a WordPress SEO plugin with short settings |
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 SureRank SEO. 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. SureRank SEO starts at $12.42 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and SEOPress starts $8.34 a month lower. Of the other SEO plugins and apps on the chart, none scores higher than SEOPress for less, and 1 scores higher than SureRank SEO 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
- SureRank SEO can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- SEOPress also covers rank tracking and backlink analysis.
At a glance
| SEOPress | SureRank SEO | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $49 per year for 1 site, ex VAT | $149 per year for 10 sites at renewal, after a first year at $99 |
| 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: meta titles and descriptions, Open Graph and X cards, an XML sitemap, JSON-LD schema, a robots.txt editor, Search Console data, and site and page SEO checks. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | SEOPress | Brainstorm Force |
| Price read from | seopress.org | surerank.com |
| 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.
SureRank SEO
- It runs only inside WordPress; there is no standalone app.
- Annual prices are first-year rates: Pro renews at $149 and Business at $249 a year.
- Redirects, the link manager, instant indexing, the schema builder, news and video sitemaps and the AI tools need a paid plan.
- Paid plans carry a 14-day money-back guarantee; an expired license keeps working but loses updates and support.
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.
SureRank SEO
- Meta and social tags
- Set titles, descriptions, robots tags and canonical URLs per post, with templates for whole post types, and Open Graph and X card tags for sharing.
- Site and page SEO checks
- A site check covers meta tags, Open Graph, sitemap, schema, robots.txt, canonicals, HTTPS and www redirects; page checks also look for broken links.
- Schema and sitemaps
- Outputs JSON-LD, breadcrumbs included, accepts custom JSON-LD and builds an XML sitemap. Paid plans add a schema builder and HTML, news and video sitemaps.
- Search Console in WordPress
- Connect Google Search Console to see clicks, impressions, top queries and visibility trends on the WordPress dashboard.
- Built-in AI on paid plans
- Fixes flagged issues, suggests internal links, writes meta tags in bulk, adds image alt text and makes social preview images, with no API key needed.
- Redirects, links and indexing
- Paid plans add a redirection manager, a site-wide internal link manager, instant indexing requests and a role manager for SEO settings.
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.
SureRank SEO
Free$0
The WordPress.org plugin with meta and social tags, sitemap, schema, robots.txt editor, SEO checks and Search Console reports.
Pro$149
per year for 10 sites at renewal, after a first year at $99
Redirects, link manager, instant indexing, schema builder, news and video sitemaps and the AI tools on 10 sites. First year $99.
Business$249
per year for 500 sites at renewal, after a first year at $179
The same Pro features on up to 500 sites. The first year is $179, shown reduced from $249.
Pro Lifetime$399
one-time, lifetime license for 10 sites
Lifetime updates and support on 10 sites, shown reduced from $599. Can be split into 3 payments of $139 at checkout.
Business Lifetime$799
one-time, lifetime license for 500 sites
Lifetime updates and support on 500 sites, shown reduced from $999. Can be split into 9 payments of $94 at checkout.
Ways to pay less
SEOPress
No public discounts listed.
SureRank SEO
- Other savings
Reduced first year on annual plans
SureRank's pricing page lists the first year of Pro at $99 and Business at $179, as introductory prices; renewals are at the full $149 and $249.
- Lifetime license
Lifetime licenses from $399
A single payment of $399 covers 10 sites and $799 covers 500, with lifetime updates and support, shown reduced from $599 and $999.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, SEOPress or SureRank SEO?
As of Oct 23, 2026, SEOPress is cheaper to start with: $4.08 a month when paid by the year, against $12.42 a month when paid by the year for SureRank SEO. SEOPress starts at $49 per year for 1 site, ex VAT, and SureRank SEO starts at $149 per year for 10 sites at renewal, after a first year at $99.
Which has a free plan, SEOPress or SureRank SEO?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both SEOPress and SureRank SEO 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.