SpeedVitals vs WebPageTest (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, WebPageTest grades higher than SpeedVitals: 2.6 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
SpeedVitals grades higher on platforms. WebPageTest grades higher on value for money and ease of use. They get the same grade on the free plan and features.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
SpeedVitals
Page speed tests from 35 locations, TTFB checks and speed monitoring
WebPageTest
Page speed tests from real browsers in locations around the world
Which one is for you
Pick SpeedVitals if
- Fits if you need to see how fast a page loads from many countries in one run
- Works for site owners and hosts chasing a slow time to first byte
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a free trial of the paid plans, as there isn't one, only an upgrade on request
- Watch out: refunds come only within 3 days of buying and only if under 20% of the plan's credits were used
- Tight if you test in bursts, since credits are counted per week, 15 a week on the free plan
- Pricey if you need the API or webhook alerts, which start at Pro, $83 a month billed yearly
- Too light for sites with real traffic on Free or Starter, as RUM stops at 5,000 page views a month
Pick WebPageTest if
- Fits if you need to see how a page loads in a given browser from a given city
- Works for checking a fix's effect side by side before you change the site, on Pro
Look elsewhere if
- Watch out: every page load counts as a run, so 5 runs with repeat views use 10 of your 150
- Tight if you stay on Starter, with 3 runs per test and no scheduled tests, alerts, API or Experiments
- Not for you if you want to try Pro first, as there's no free trial
- Too light for bigger teams, as a Pro account holds up to 5 members
How we grade them
| 2.4GPASpeedVitalsFair | 2.6GPAWebPageTestGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CStarter is $16 a month billed yearly ($19 monthly), a little above this category's cheapest quarter of $13. That buys 300 speed and 300 TTFB tests a week and 3 daily monitoring slots. Webhook alerts and the API need Pro at $83. | BPro is $180 a year for 1,000 test runs a month, $15 a month, inside this category's cheaper quarter, and it holds up to 5 users. Monthly billing is $18.75; 5,000 runs are $840 a year. |
| Free plan and trial | BThe free plan has 15 speed and 15 TTFB tests a week from 10 locations, 1 daily monitoring slot and RUM for 1 site up to 5,000 page views, the same RUM allowance as Starter. One person with one small site could stay on it. | BThe free Starter plan gives 150 test runs a month, 30 locations, Lighthouse, filmstrip, video, Opportunities, 3-step scripts and 60 days of history. Enough for one person testing now and then, though repeat views double the count. |
| Features | CLab tests with waterfalls, global TTFB checks, batch tests, scheduled monitoring with alerts, RUM and a Core Web Vitals history checker. It covers speed testing fully, a smaller job than technical SEO, and test credits are counted per week. | CReal-browser tests over connections from 3G to fiber, Lighthouse, filmstrips and Opportunities, with scheduled tests, alerts, Smartboards and Experiments on Pro. It does lab speed testing fully, but that's a smaller job, with no real user data on record. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. A one-off test is just a URL, but monitoring slots, alerts and the RUM script all need setting up. | BNo rating on record. A test is a page address, a location and a browser, with nothing to install or connect first. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with email alerts from Starter, Slack from Growth, and webhook alerts and an API from Pro. Slack is the only named integration. | CWeb only, with no integrations on record; the API comes only with Pro. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | speed and TTFB tests from many locations | real-browser page speed tests worldwide |
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: SpeedVitals and WebPageTest. How we grade
Price against what you get
SpeedVitals starts at $16 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. WebPageTest starts at $15 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and WebPageTest starts $1 a month lower. Of the other technical SEO tools on the chart, 5 score higher than SpeedVitals for less, and 5 score higher than WebPageTest 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
- SpeedVitals also covers web analytics.
- WebPageTest also covers dashboards.
At a glance
| SpeedVitals | WebPageTest | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $16 per month, billed yearly ($19 billed monthly) | $180 per year for 1,000 test runs a month ($18.75 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | 15 speed tests and 15 TTFB tests a week, 1 daily monitoring slot, RUM for 1 site up to 5,000 page views a month, and 1 month of test reports. | Starter plan: 150 test runs a month (up to 3 per test), 30 test locations, Lighthouse, filmstrip and video, Opportunities, 3-step scripts and 60 days of history. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | SpeedVitals Private Limited | LogicMonitor |
| Price read from | speedvitals.com | logicmonitor.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
SpeedVitals
- There is no free trial; the FAQ says the team can upgrade an account for a while on request.
- Refunds are given only within 3 days of buying and only if under 20% of the plan's credits were used.
- Test credits are counted per week, and the API and webhook alerts start at the Pro plan.
WebPageTest
- Every page load counts as a test run: 5 runs with first and repeat views use 10 of the monthly allowance.
- Starter allows 150 runs a month and 3 runs per test; scheduled tests, alerts, the API and Experiments need Pro.
- There is no free trial of Pro, and a Pro account holds up to 5 team members.
- The webpagetest.org site answered with a bot check; prices were read on LogicMonitor's WebPageTest pricing page.
Key features
SpeedVitals
- Website speed test
- Lab tests that report LCP, TBT, CLS, TTFB, FCP and Speed Index, with waterfall, unused resources and domain map charts. Free accounts get 10 devices and 10 locations.
- Global TTFB test
- Measures time to first byte from up to 40+ locations in one run, with cache status and CDN detection.
- Batch and multi-location tests
- Run up to 50 tests in one batch, or test one URL from many locations at once; the batch size goes from 10 to 50 by plan.
- Scheduled monitoring and alerts
- Monitoring slots re-test a URL daily on Starter down to every 3 hours on Ultimate, with alerts by email, Slack or webhook and a weekly digest.
- Real-user monitoring
- A script measures real visits, with 1 to 5 years of analytics history by plan; extra page views are an add-on on Pro and Ultimate.
- Core Web Vitals checker
- Shows 12 months of real-world performance history for your site or a competitor's, alongside lab results.
WebPageTest
- Real-browser tests
- Test in Chrome (stable, beta and canary), Firefox (stable, beta and ESR), Edge and Brave, on desktop or mobile, over connection speeds from 3G to fiber.
- Global test locations
- Starter runs tests from 30 locations across six continents; Pro adds more, including many more US cities.
- Lighthouse, filmstrip and video
- Each test can include a Lighthouse run, a filmstrip and a video of the page loading, on every plan.
- Opportunities
- Recommendations grouped under quickness, usability and resilience, with tips on what to fix. Available to all users.
- Experiments
- Pro runs a proposed optimization side by side with a control test in a sandbox, so its effect shows without changing the site's code.
- Scheduled tests and alerts
- Pro schedules tests, sends custom alerts, builds Smartboards dashboards and keeps 13 months of history, with API, private and bulk testing.
Plans
SpeedVitals
Free$0
15 speed and 15 TTFB tests a week from 10 locations, 1 monitoring slot, RUM for 1 site at 5,000 page views and 3 AI chat messages.
Starter$16
per month, billed yearly ($19 billed monthly)
300 speed and 300 TTFB tests a week, 3 monitoring slots checked daily, RUM for 1 site at 5,000 page views and email alerts.
Growth$41
per month, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly)
750 + 750 tests a week from 35 locations, 5 slots checked every 12 hours, RUM for 3 sites at 20,000 page views, 3 team members and Slack.
Pro$83
per month, billed yearly ($99 billed monthly)
1,500 + 1,500 tests a week, 10 slots checked every 6 hours, RUM for 10 sites at 200,000 page views, webhook alerts and API access.
Ultimate$333
per month, billed yearly ($399 billed monthly)
3,500 + 3,500 tests a week, 30 slots checked every 3 hours, RUM for unlimited sites at 1 million page views and unlimited team members.
EnterpriseCustom
Everything in Ultimate plus a dedicated account manager and custom integrations or features on request.
WebPageTest
Starter$0
150 test runs a month, up to 3 runs per test, 30 locations, Lighthouse, Opportunities and 60 days of test history.
Pro 1,000 runs$180
per year for 1,000 test runs a month ($18.75 billed monthly)
Scheduled tests, alerts, Smartboards, API access, Experiments, private and bulk tests, more locations, 13 months of history and up to 5 users.
Pro 5,000 runs$840
per year for 5,000 test runs a month ($87.50 billed monthly)
The same Pro features with a larger monthly allowance of test runs.
Pro 10,000 runs$1,620
per year for 10,000 test runs a month ($168.75 billed monthly)
The same Pro features with 10,000 test runs a month.
Pro 20,000 runs$3,000
per year for 20,000 test runs a month ($312.50 billed monthly)
The largest listed Pro allowance, with 20,000 test runs a month.
Ways to pay less
SpeedVitals
- Annual discount
Two months free with yearly billing
SpeedVitals' pricing page offers 2 months free on yearly plans: Starter is $16 a month billed yearly against $19 billed monthly.
WebPageTest
- Annual discount
Save 20% with annual billing
Pro with 1,000 runs a month is $180 a year billed annually, against $18.75 a month billed monthly; the pricing page lists a 20% saving.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, SpeedVitals or WebPageTest?
As of Oct 23, 2026, WebPageTest is cheaper to start with: $15 a month when paid by the year, against $16 a month for SpeedVitals. SpeedVitals starts at $16 per month, billed yearly ($19 billed monthly), and WebPageTest starts at $180 per year for 1,000 test runs a month ($18.75 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, SpeedVitals or WebPageTest?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both SpeedVitals and WebPageTest 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.