Xagio SEO & AEO vs Yoast SEO (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Yoast SEO grades higher than Xagio SEO & AEO: 2.6 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Yoast SEO grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Xagio SEO & AEO
AI-driven WordPress SEO plugin tied to a site builder and hosting
Yoast SEO
WordPress SEO plugin with content analysis, schema and sitemaps
Which one is for you
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
Pick Yoast SEO if
- Fits if your site runs on WordPress and you want SEO checks shown while you write
- Works for writers who want readability notes next to the SEO ones
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if your site isn't on WordPress, as Yoast for Shopify and the Google Docs add-on are separate products
- Tight if you stay free, since redirects, link suggestions and AI drafts all need Premium
- Pricey if you run several sites, as each needs its own $118.80 a year and bulk discounts start at 5
- Watch out: AI Brand Insights on AI+ checks 5 questions once a week, and another brand means another $358.80
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAXagio SEO & AEOFair | 2.6GPAYoast SEOGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | CPremium is $118.80 a year for one site before VAT, about $9.90 a month, a bit above this category's cheaper quarter ($8.25). WooCommerce SEO is $178.80 and AI+ is $358.80, each for one site or brand. |
| Free plan and trial | 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. | BThe free plugin writes meta tags, canonicals, sitemaps, schema, breadcrumbs and llms.txt, and checks one keyphrase per post. One site could run on it, but redirects, link suggestions and AI drafts aren't in it at all. |
| Features | 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. | BContent and readability checks, meta tags, schema, sitemaps, redirects, internal link suggestions, Local, Video and News SEO, and an AI crawler blocker. It covers the whole job, with redirects and links on Premium only. |
| Ease of use | 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. | CNo rating on record. It sits in the WordPress admin, but each post needs a keyphrase set before the checks tell you much, and there are site-wide settings to go through first. |
| Platforms and integrations | 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. | BWeb only, inside WordPress, with no app of its own. It works with Semrush, Wincher, Elementor, Site Kit, WooCommerce, Advanced Custom Fields, Algolia and Jetpack. The Shopify version is a separate product. |
| Best for | building and hosting many small WordPress sites | SEO checks inside the WordPress editor |
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: Xagio SEO & AEO and Yoast SEO. How we grade
Price against what you get
Xagio SEO & AEO starts at $67 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Yoast SEO starts at $9.90 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and Yoast SEO starts $57.10 a month lower. Of the other SEO plugins and apps on the chart, 1 scores higher than Xagio SEO & AEO for less, and 1 scores higher than Yoast 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
- Xagio SEO & AEO also covers keyword research, rank tracking and review collection.
- Yoast SEO also covers content optimization.
At a glance
| Xagio SEO & AEO | Yoast SEO | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $67 per month, billed annually ($97 billed monthly) | $118.80 per year for 1 site, ex VAT |
| Free plan | 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 plugin from WordPress.org: SEO and readability analysis for one keyphrase, meta tags, canonicals, XML sitemaps, schema, breadcrumbs, llms.txt and a bulk metadata editor. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Xagio | Yoast BV |
| Price read from | xagio.com | yoast.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Yoast SEO
- It runs only inside WordPress; Yoast SEO for Shopify and the Google Docs add-on are separate products.
- Each paid subscription covers one site, billed yearly before VAT; bulk discounts start at 5 subscriptions bought together.
- Redirects, internal linking suggestions and AI drafting need Premium; the free plugin has none of them.
- AI Brand Insights runs one weekly analysis of 5 questions per brand, with no extra runs; another brand needs another subscription.
Key features
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.
Yoast SEO
- Content and readability analysis
- Red, orange and green ratings in the editor for SEO and readability. The free plugin checks one keyphrase; Premium checks up to five, with word forms in 20+ languages.
- Technical SEO and schema
- Writes meta tags, canonical URLs, XML sitemaps, breadcrumbs and Schema.org data automatically. Premium outputs more schema types and joins them into one graph.
- AI metadata drafts
- Premium drafts SEO titles and meta descriptions page by page or in bulk, and nothing saves until it is approved. There is no separate AI subscription or credit pack.
- Redirects and internal links
- Premium prompts for a redirect when a page is moved or deleted, imports redirects by CSV, suggests internal links while writing and finds orphaned posts.
- AI crawler controls
- Manages an llms.txt file on every plan; Premium adds a bot blocker for AI training crawlers such as GPTBot, CCBot and Google-Extended.
- AI Brand Insights
- On the AI+ plan, a weekly report on whether 5 set questions in ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity mention the brand, with sentiment, citations and competitor ranking.
Plans
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.
Yoast SEO
Yoast SEO$0
The free WordPress.org plugin: content and readability analysis, meta tags, sitemaps, schema, breadcrumbs and llms.txt.
Yoast SEO Premium$118.80
per year for 1 site, ex VAT
AI titles and descriptions, 5 keyphrases per page, redirect manager, internal linking, Local, Video and News SEO plugins and 24/7 support.
Yoast WooCommerce SEO$178.80
per year for 1 site, ex VAT
Everything in Premium plus product schema, product content checks, store sitemaps, canonicals and AI metadata for products.
Yoast SEO AI+$358.80
per year for 1 brand, ex VAT
WooCommerce SEO plus AI Brand Insights: a weekly check of 5 brand questions in ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity, with sentiment and citations.
Ways to pay less
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.
Yoast SEO
- Other savings
Bulk discount from 5 subscriptions
Yoast takes 5% off 5 or more subscriptions of the same product bought in one order, rising to 40% off 75 or more; 100 or more is quoted.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Xagio SEO & AEO or Yoast SEO?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Yoast SEO is cheaper to start with: $9.90 a month when paid by the year, against $67 a month for Xagio SEO & AEO. Xagio SEO & AEO starts at $67 per month, billed annually ($97 billed monthly), and Yoast SEO starts at $118.80 per year for 1 site, ex VAT.
Which has a free plan, Xagio SEO & AEO or Yoast SEO?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both Xagio SEO & AEO and Yoast 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.