Squirrly SEO vs Xagio SEO & AEO (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Squirrly SEO grades higher than Xagio SEO & AEO: 2.4 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Squirrly SEO 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.
Squirrly SEO
WordPress SEO plugin with cloud keyword research, audits and AI tasks
Xagio SEO & AEO
AI-driven WordPress SEO plugin tied to a site builder and hosting
Which one is for you
Pick Squirrly SEO if
- Fits if you'd rather follow a task list for each page than set options yourself
- Works for small businesses wanting keyword research and audits inside WordPress
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, with 1 Focus Page, 5 keyword researches and 1 audited page a month
- Watch out: Free and PRO show only Search Console averages; exact positions need Business or Web Dev Kit
- Not for you if you don't want another account, as most features run on Squirrly's cloud
- Watch out: the pricing page doesn't say whether Business and Web Dev Kit are billed monthly or yearly
- Pricey if you outgrow the caps, as higher limits mean stacking licences
Pick Xagio SEO & AEO if
- Fits if you build lots of small local service or niche WordPress sites
- Works for agencies that want keywords, on-page work and client hosting in one dashboard
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you have one site, as paid plans start at $67 a month yearly or $97 monthly
- Tight if you stay free, since builds, hosting, rank tracking and audits spend credits the free plan doesn't get
- Watch out: rolled-over credits are lost when a subscription ends, and hosted sites are wiped 45 days after the last paid period
- Watch out: the plugin connects to the Xagio Panel for license checks, updates and site management
- Watch out: there's no free trial of paid plans, only a 30-day money-back guarantee
How we grade them
| 2.4GPASquirrly SEOFair | 2.2GPAXagio SEO & AEOFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPRO is $19.99 a month billed yearly for 5 sites, right at this category's dearer quarter ($19.99). Exact rank checks need the Web Dev Kit at $51.20 or Business at $71.99, and the page doesn't say how those two are billed. | Dcloud LITE is $67 a month billed yearly, or $97 monthly, about six times this category's $10.99 middle and well inside its dearest tenth. It does bring 100 credits a month, about 4 AI site builds, and hosting for up to 40 sites. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree gives 1 site, 1 Focus Page, 5 keyword researches and 1 audited page a month, with a lite assistant and Search Console averages. You'll hit those caps in the first week. | CThe free plan and plugin open every feature but give no monthly Xag credits, which site builds, hosting, rank tracking and audits use up. You'll hit that wall the first time you need any of them. |
| Features | BLive checks against 18 on-page tests, Focus Pages, keyword research, audits, schema, sitemaps, redirects, a 404 monitor and instant indexing. It covers the whole job, though every plan caps research and audits. | BAI titles, meta, content and schema, keyword research and clusters by page, rank tracking, llms.txt, silos, link tracking, redirects, 404 watching, sitemaps and backups. It covers the whole job, though much of it runs on credits. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. Most of it runs on Squirrly's cloud, so you need a Squirrly account as well as WordPress, and Focus Pages hand you goals to work through. | CNo rating on record. There's a Project Planner to fill with pages and keywords, a credit balance to manage and a Xagio Panel account the plugin connects to. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only: a WordPress plugin, plus a Cloud App for sites on other platforms. It connects to Search Console, Google Analytics, IndexNow, Claude, OpenAI Codex and Advanced Custom Fields. | BWeb, as a WordPress plugin tied to Xagio's cloud, with Google Search Console, Google Analytics, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Pixabay, RingRobin and Cloudflare listed. No phone or desktop app. |
| Best for | SEO task lists inside WordPress | building and hosting many small WordPress sites |
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: Squirrly SEO and Xagio SEO & AEO. How we grade
Price against what you get
Squirrly SEO starts at $19.99 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Xagio SEO & AEO starts at $67 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and Squirrly SEO starts $47.01 a month lower. Of the other SEO plugins and apps on the chart, 1 scores higher than Squirrly SEO for less, and 1 scores higher than Xagio SEO & AEO 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
- Squirrly SEO also covers site audit and content optimization.
- Xagio SEO & AEO also covers review collection and AI search visibility.
At a glance
| Squirrly SEO | Xagio SEO & AEO | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $19.99 per month, billed annually | $67 per month, billed annually ($97 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | 1 site, 1 Focus Page, 5 AI keyword researches and 1 audited page a month, the lite SEO Live Assistant, and rankings from Google Search Console only. | Free plan and WordPress plugin with access to every feature, but no monthly Xag credits, which builds, hosting, rank tracking and audits use up. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Squirrly Limited | Xagio |
| Price read from | plugin.squirrly.co | xagio.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Squirrly SEO
- Most features run on Squirrly's cloud and need a Squirrly account; sites not on WordPress use the Cloud App instead of the plugin.
- Free and PRO show only Search Console average positions; exact rank checks need Business or Web Dev Kit.
- Keyword researches, Focus Pages and audit pages are capped per month on every plan; higher limits come from stacking licences.
- The pricing page shows PRO as billed annually but does not say whether the Business and Web Dev Kit prices are monthly or annual.
Xagio SEO & AEO
- Site builds, hosting, rank tracking and audits spend Xag credits; the free plan gets no monthly allowance.
- Rollover credits are lost when a subscription ends, and hosted sites are wiped 45 days after the last paid period.
- The plugin connects to the Xagio Panel for license checks, updates and site management.
- There is no free trial of paid plans; each comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Key features
Squirrly SEO
- SEO Live Assistant
- Checks a post against 18 on-page tests as it is written, on unlimited pages, including in page builders. The free plan gets a lite version with fewer checks.
- Focus Pages
- Pick the pages that matter and Squirrly scores their chance to rank and lists the goals left to reach, such as building at least 5 internal links to each.
- AI keyword research
- Monthly keyword researches, from 5 to 300 by plan, with ideas organized into a Briefcase. Deep research with up to 50 keywords per search is on Business and Web Dev Kit.
- Rank tracking
- Free and PRO show Google Search Console averages. Business and Web Dev Kit check exact positions for any keyword with Squirrly's own SERP checker.
- Audit suite
- Audits the pages added to it each month, from 1 to 300 by plan, and reports traffic, social shares and duplicate metadata.
- Technical SEO
- Meta tags, XML sitemaps, a schema builder with FAQ and video schema, redirects, a 404 monitor and instant indexing through the Google Indexing API and IndexNow.
Xagio SEO & AEO
- AI meta, content and schema
- Generates titles, meta descriptions, H1s, page content and schema markup with AI, one page at a time or in bulk across many pages.
- Project Planner and keyword clusters
- Imports a site's pages and keywords, researches and clusters keywords, and shows rankings, competition and CPC grouped by page.
- Rank tracking in WordPress
- Tracks Google rankings for each page's keywords over time inside WordPress. The pricing page lists rank tracking among the features that use credits.
- AI search readiness
- Publishes an llms.txt file and an Open Knowledge Format bundle for AI crawlers, and edits robots.txt from WordPress.
- Silos, links and redirects
- Builds page and link silos, tracks and masks links, makes unlimited 301 redirects, watches 404s and generates XML sitemaps.
- Agent X site builder and hosting
- Paid plans fund Agent X, which builds a WordPress site from a niche and location, and host sites on Xagio, both paid for from credits.
Plans
Squirrly SEO
Free$0
1 site, 1 Focus Page, 5 keyword researches and 1 audit page a month, with the lite live assistant and audit.
PRO$19.99
per month for 5 sites, billed annually
25 Focus Pages, 50 keyword researches and 100 audit pages a month, the full live assistant and audit. Rankings still come from Search Console.
Web Dev Kit$51.20
per month for 10 sites, billing basis not stated
70 Focus Pages, 300 keyword researches and 2,000 SERP checks a month, deep research, per-client limits, co-branding and a hidden cloud app.
Business$71.99
per month for 7 sites, billing basis not stated
70 Focus Pages, 300 keyword researches, 300 audit pages and 3,000 SERP checks a month (1 credit = 1 ranking check), deep research and per-client limits.
Xagio SEO & AEO
Free$0
The plugin and a Xagio account. Features that spend Xag credits need a paid plan's allowance or bought credits.
cloud LITE$67
per month, billed annually ($97 billed monthly)
100 Xag credits a month, which the page equates to 4 AI site builds, and hosting for up to 40 sites. Unused credits roll over.
cloud PRO$133
per month, billed annually ($197 billed monthly)
500 Xag credits a month, put at about 20 site builds, and hosting for up to 90 sites, with Agent X and the full SEO suite.
cloud AGENCY$208
per month, billed annually ($297 billed monthly)
1,500 Xag credits a month, put at about 60 site builds, and hosting for up to 150 sites, with Agent X and the full SEO suite.
Ways to pay less
Squirrly SEO
No public discounts listed.
Xagio SEO & AEO
- Annual discount
30% off with annual billing
Xagio's pricing page lists annual billing at 30% off: cloud LITE is $797 a year, shown as $67 a month, against $97 billed monthly.
- Other savings
15% off with quarterly billing
Quarterly billing is listed at 15% off: cloud LITE is $247 every 3 months, PRO $497 and AGENCY $747.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Squirrly SEO or Xagio SEO & AEO?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Squirrly SEO is cheaper to start with: $19.99 a month, against $67 a month for Xagio SEO & AEO. Squirrly SEO starts at $19.99 per month, billed annually, and Xagio SEO & AEO starts at $67 per month, billed annually ($97 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Squirrly SEO or Xagio SEO & AEO?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both Squirrly SEO and Xagio SEO & AEO 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.