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ToolGPAOctober 2026

Lighthouse Metrics

The Insider’s Guide

Lighthouse tests from 16 regions with scheduled monitoring

Lighthouse Metrics, as pictured on lighthouse-metrics.com

Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among technical SEO tools, read from Lighthouse Metrics’s own pages.

Made by Lighthouse Metrics · checked Oct 23, 2026 · toolgpa.com

2.2GPA

Contents

  1. 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
  2. 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
  3. 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
  4. 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
  5. 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
  6. 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
  7. 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from Lighthouse Metrics’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Lighthouse Metrics’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 23, 2026.

Part 01 · Overview

Welcome

What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first

2.2

GPA, above 20 of the 83 other technical SEO tools we grade

Lighthouse Metrics runs Google Lighthouse audits on a page from up to 16 regions around the world in a single test and keeps a history of past reports. Subscriptions add daily or hourly monitors with email, Slack or webhook alerts, and the Pro plan opens an API for running tests from a CI/CD pipeline. One-off audits can be paid for with packs of test runs instead.

To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Lighthouse Metrics, taken from its own pages and our grades.

A test needs only a URL and the regions, but monitors, alert channels and the API all need setting up.
From our grade for ease of use
  1. 1

    Best for Lighthouse scores from 16 regions at once

    Lighthouse Metrics runs one Lighthouse test from up to 16 regions at once and keeps a history of past reports, with daily monitors from $16 a month billed yearly.

  2. 2

    Paid plans start at $16 a month

    As its pricing page puts it: $10 one-time for 50 test runs, or $16 per month billed annually for monitoring.

  3. 3

    You can try it first

    Free account with 25 test runs, full Lighthouse reports and test history, no credit card

  4. 4

    It runs on Web

    Web.

  5. 5

    Global Lighthouse tests

    Run one Lighthouse test from up to 16 regions at once, including US, Europe, Brazil, India, Singapore, Japan and Australia. Each region counts as a run.

  6. 6

    Scheduled monitors

    Monitors re-test a page daily on every plan, and hourly on Pro. Each test is run several times to reduce variance.

  7. 7

    Alerts

    Monitors send email alerts on every plan, Slack alerts from the Startup plan and webhook alerts on Pro.

  8. 8

    A 2.2 GPA, above 20 of 83

    That is against the other technical SEO tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.

  9. 9

    Keep it

    Nothing Lighthouse Metrics does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 2 things listed below take a company.

Lighthouse Metrics at a glance

Pricing
Free trial, from $10 one-time for 50 test runs, or $16 per month billed annually for monitoring
Free plan
No
Free trial
Free account with 25 test runs, full Lighthouse reports and test history, no credit card
Runs on
Web
Made by
Lighthouse Metrics
Category
Technical SEO & Site Audits
Our grade
2.2 GPA, fair

The report card

Best for Lighthouse scores from 16 regions at once

Lighthouse Metrics runs one Lighthouse test from up to 16 regions at once and keeps a history of past reports, with daily monitors from $16 a month billed yearly. But it only does lab tests, with no real-user or CrUX data, each region uses up a run, and the API, hourly monitors and webhooks need Pro at $80.

ToolGPA report cardLighthouse MetricsGraded Oct 23, 2026
SubjectGradeComment
Value for moneyCIndie is $16 a month billed yearly ($20 monthly), just past this category's cheapest quarter, for 5 daily monitors and 100 tests a month. One-off packs start at $10 for 50 runs, but each region counts as a run, so 50 runs is three tests from all 16 regions.
Free plan and trialCA free account gives 25 test runs with full reports and history, and no card. The pricing page doesn't say whether those runs renew, so it works more like a trial.
FeaturesCLighthouse tests from 16 regions, daily monitors, alerts and report history, plus an API for CI/CD on Pro. The listing's own gap: lab tests only, with no real-user monitoring or CrUX data.
Ease of useCNo rating on record. A test needs only a URL and the regions, but monitors, alert channels and the API all need setting up.
Platforms and integrationsBWeb only, with email alerts, Slack from Startup, and webhooks and a REST API on Pro. Slack is the only named integration.
Grade point averageFair, out of 4.02.2

An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.

Who Lighthouse Metrics is for

  • Fits if you need to see how a page's Lighthouse score changes from region to region
  • Makes sense if you audit now and then and want test runs that never expire

Who it is not for

  • Skip it if you need real-user data, as it only runs Lighthouse lab tests
  • Pricey if you need the API, hourly monitors, webhooks or custom headers, all on Pro at $80 a month billed yearly
  • Tight if you test from many regions, since each region uses one run
  • Watch out: the pricing page doesn't say whether the free account's 25 runs ever renew
  • Too light for a team on Indie, which has 1 team member

Good to know

Good for

  • Seeing how a page's Lighthouse score varies across regions
  • Occasional audits paid for with test runs that never expire
  • Small teams wanting daily Lighthouse monitoring for a few pages

Worth knowing

  • Its pages describe Lighthouse lab tests only, with no real-user monitoring or Chrome UX Report data.
  • API access, hourly monitors, webhooks and custom headers need the Pro plan, $80 a month billed annually.
  • The pricing page does not say whether the free account's 25 test runs renew; more runs come from paid packs or a plan.

Part 02 · Pricing

What it costs

Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved

$16

A month to start

Lighthouse Metrics is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $10 one-time for 50 test runs, or $16 per month billed annually for monitoring.

The pricing page doesn't say whether those runs renew, so it works more like a trial.
From our grade for free plan and trial

  • Test Runs

    $10

    one-time for 50 test runs

    Packs of test runs for one-off audits: also 150 runs for $25 or 500 for $60. Purchased runs never expire.

  • Indie

    $16

    per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly)

    5 daily monitors, 100 on-demand tests a month, 1 team member, 3 months of data and email alerts.

  • Startup

    $40

    per month, billed annually ($50 billed monthly)

    20 daily monitors, 300 on-demand tests a month, 5 team members, 6 months of data, and email and Slack alerts.

  • Pro

    $80

    per month, billed annually ($100 billed monthly)

    50 daily and 5 hourly monitors, 1,000 on-demand tests, 15 team members, 12 months of data, webhooks, API access and custom headers.

  • Enterprise

    $399

    per month and up

    Custom limits on monitors, on-demand tests and API use, quoted on request.

Trying it first

Free account with 25 test runs, full Lighthouse reports and test history, no credit card

Read from lighthouse-metrics.com on Oct 23, 2026.

Ways to pay less

  • Annual discount

    Two months free with annual billing

    The pricing page offers annual billing with 2 months free: Indie is $16 a month billed annually against $20 billed monthly.

    Stated on lighthouse-metrics.com

Part 03 · Features

What it does

Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it

1

Place it runs: Web

Lighthouse tests from 16 regions with scheduled monitoring. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, page speed.

The listing's own gap: lab tests only, with no real-user monitoring or CrUX data.
From our grade for features
Global Lighthouse tests
Run one Lighthouse test from up to 16 regions at once, including US, Europe, Brazil, India, Singapore, Japan and Australia. Each region counts as a run.
Scheduled monitors
Monitors re-test a page daily on every plan, and hourly on Pro. Each test is run several times to reduce variance.
Alerts
Monitors send email alerts on every plan, Slack alerts from the Startup plan and webhook alerts on Pro.
Test history
Past Lighthouse reports are kept so you can compare how a page has changed, for 3 to 12 months depending on the plan.
API for CI/CD
On the Pro plan, a REST endpoint starts Lighthouse checks for a URL and chosen regions, so tests can run from a build pipeline.

Where it runs

  • Web

What it works with

  • Slack

Lighthouse Metrics is made by Lighthouse Metrics.

Part 04 · Standing

Where it stands

Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own

20/83

Other technical SEO tools it is graded above

Lighthouse Metrics's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 20 of the 83 other technical SEO tools we grade, and level with 20.

It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 27 of 83) and worst on ease of use (C, above 7).

Its paid plans start at $16 a month, against a middle price of $22.41 for the category: 18 of the 52 others that charge start lower.

On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 5 tools score higher and cost less.

Each grade against the category

Every bar is all 84 technical SEO tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Lighthouse Metrics’s own letter is outlined.

  • CValue for moneyAbove 9 of 83
  • CFree plan and trialAbove 18 of 83
  • CFeaturesAbove 10 of 83
  • CEase of useAbove 7 of 83
  • BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 27 of 83

Price against what you get

Each dot is one of 73 technical SEO tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Lighthouse Metrics is the marked dot.

D1.0C2.0B3.0A4.0Free$2$5$20$50$200$500$2k$5kMore for lessCosts more, scores moreCosts less, scores lessCosts more, scores lessLighthouse MetricsYellow Lab ToolsLighthouseGoogle Search Console

What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →

Keep it, or make your own?

Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.

Keep it

Nothing Lighthouse Metrics does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 2 things listed below take a company.

That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 43 of the 83 other technical SEO tools grade higher. It costs $192 a year.

What you could not

  • Speed tests run from real browsers on a schedule.
  • It plugs into other products, Slack among them, and has an API.

What this rests on. Lighthouse Metrics’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.

Part 05 · Alternatives

The alternatives

The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side

SpeedVitals, PageVitals, DebugBear, GTmetrix and WebPageTest

The 5 tools Lighthouse Metrics is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.

Part 06 · Questions

Quick answers

The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two

14

Questions, each answered in a line or two

The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.

Is Lighthouse Metrics free?

No, Lighthouse Metrics is a paid product, but you can try it first. Free account with 25 test runs, full Lighthouse reports and test history, no credit card.

How much does Lighthouse Metrics cost?

Lighthouse Metrics lists 5 plans. Test Runs: $10 one-time for 50 test runs.

What platforms does Lighthouse Metrics work on?

Lighthouse Metrics is available on Web.

Does Lighthouse Metrics offer any discounts?

Lighthouse Metrics publicly lists the following: Two months free with annual billing.

Does Lighthouse Metrics have an Android app?

No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Lighthouse Metrics is listed for Web.

Does Lighthouse Metrics have an iPhone app?

No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Lighthouse Metrics is listed for Web.

Is Lighthouse Metrics open source?

Lighthouse Metrics is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.

Does Lighthouse Metrics have an API?

Yes. Lighthouse Metrics offers a public API, according to its own site.

What does Lighthouse Metrics integrate with?

Lighthouse Metrics's listing names Slack. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.

Who makes Lighthouse Metrics?

Lighthouse Metrics is made by a company of the same name.

What are the alternatives to Lighthouse Metrics?

The closest alternatives to Lighthouse Metrics in our directory are SpeedVitals, PageVitals, DebugBear, GTmetrix and WebPageTest.

How does Lighthouse Metrics compare with other technical SEO tools?

Lighthouse Metrics's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 20 of the 83 other technical SEO tools we grade, and level with 20.

Is Lighthouse Metrics good value for money?

ToolGPA grades Lighthouse Metrics C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $16 a month, against a middle price of $22.41 for the category: 18 of the 52 others that charge start lower.

Could I make my own version of Lighthouse Metrics?

Nothing Lighthouse Metrics does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 2 things listed below take a company.

Where this guide comes from

The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Lighthouse Metrics’s own pages on Oct 23, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 23, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Lighthouse Metrics' own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Lighthouse Metrics. Prices change, so check lighthouse-metrics.com before you buy.

Part 07 · About

About ToolGPA

Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

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