# Sprout SEO review (2026): is it any good? > Free on-page SEO extension for Chrome, Firefox and Edge Checked Oct 23, 2026 ยท graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA. Sprout SEO is a free browser extension that opens a panel of on-page checks for the page you are on: titles and descriptions, indexability, canonicals, headings, hreflang, links, images, schema, redirects and a Core Web Vitals snapshot. On Google results pages it adds a sidebar with Google Trends data, a People Also Ask extractor and a local search simulator. It is made by User Growth, a marketing agency in Belgium. - **Category:** SEO Browser Extensions - **Made by:** User Growth - **Website:** https://www.sproutseo.io - **Runs on:** Browser extension - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want rankings or backlinks, as it links out to Ahrefs and Semrush for those. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026 ## Pricing As of Oct 23, 2026, Sprout SEO is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** The whole extension is free; the vendor's FAQ says it is completely free to use, and no paid version is offered. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Every check, export and SERP tool in the extension, free to install for Chrome, Firefox or Edge. | Read from https://www.sproutseo.io/ on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Sprout SEO before buying. ## Key features - **Indexability and canonicals:** Summarizes robots.txt status, meta robots and X-Robots-Tag headers, and flags a canonical that does not point back to the current URL. - **Headings, links and images:** Maps H1 to H6 with warnings, lists links with their HTTP status and anchor text, and groups images missing alt text or dimensions, all exportable to CSV. - **Schema and hreflang checks:** Detects JSON-LD types, exports each one and links to Google's Rich Results Test; the hreflang view checks each alternate's status and back-reference. - **Core Web Vitals snapshot:** Shows LCP, INP and CLS from Chrome user data with color cues, with a link to PageSpeed Insights for a fuller view. - **Google results sidebar:** Adds Google Trends data, keyword ideas, a People Also Ask extractor that exports to CSV and a simulator for searching from any location. - **Wayback URL exporter:** Pulls up to about 100,000 of a domain's URLs from archive.org within a date range, for mapping redirects after a site migration. ## Good for - SEOs running quick on-page checks without opening several tools - Checking schema, hreflang and redirects on client pages - Exporting a page's headings and copy for content briefs ## Worth knowing - It checks one page at a time and has no ranking or backlink data of its own; it links out to tools such as Ahrefs and Semrush for that. - It runs in Chrome, Firefox and Edge; the vendor names no Safari version. - The Chrome Web Store notes the developer has not identified itself as a trader, so EU consumer rights do not apply. - The Wayback exporter stops at about 100,000 URLs per domain. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 3.0 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. Sprout SEO opens a panel of on-page checks, indexability, canonicals, headings, links, images, schema, hreflang and a Core Web Vitals snapshot, and adds Trends data, People Also Ask and a location simulator to Google results, for free. It has no ranking or backlink data of its own, so it links out to Ahrefs and Semrush for that, and it checks one page at a time. - **Value for money: A.** Free, and the vendor's FAQ says it's completely free to use, with no paid version offered. - **Free plan and trial: A.** Every check, export and SERP tool is free, with nothing held back. - **Features: C.** Indexability, canonicals, headings, links with status, images, JSON-LD, hreflang, Core Web Vitals, a Trends and People Also Ask sidebar and a Wayback URL exporter. The gap the listing names: no ranking or backlink data of its own. - **Ease of use: B.** No rating on record, but nothing to set up: install it, open a page and the checks are in the panel. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Chrome, Firefox and Edge, so computers only, with no Safari version. It links to Search Console, PageSpeed Insights, Trends, Ahrefs, Semrush and the Wayback Machine. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Sprout SEO's own site and its Chrome Web Store listing on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among SEO browser extensions - Sprout SEO's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 17 of the 34 other SEO browser extensions we grade, and level with 16. - It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 5 of 34) and worst on platforms and integrations (C, above 0). - Sprout SEO has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/seo-extensions ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Sprout SEO is free, so making your own would save you nothing. And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. - You could make: Schema markup: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: A crawler that checks every page of a site. - You could not: Speed tests run from real browsers on a schedule. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Google Search Console, PageSpeed Insights and Google Trends among them. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Google Search Console, PageSpeed Insights, Google Trends, Ahrefs, Semrush, Similarweb, Wayback Machine, Majestic **Tags:** Site audit, Schema markup, Page speed ## Alternatives - [Detailed SEO Extension](https://toolgpa.com/tools/detailed-seo-extension): Free Chrome and Firefox extension for one-click on-page SEO checks. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/detailed-seo-extension-vs-sprout-seo) - [SEO Minion](https://toolgpa.com/tools/seo-minion): On-page, link and SERP checks sold with Keywords Everywhere plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/seo-minion-vs-sprout-seo) - [SEOquake](https://toolgpa.com/tools/seoquake): Free Semrush extension for page audits and metrics in Google results. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/seoquake-vs-sprout-seo) - [META SEO inspector](https://toolgpa.com/tools/meta-seo-inspector): Free Chrome extension that lays out a page's hidden metadata. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/meta-seo-inspector-vs-sprout-seo) - [SEO Pro Extension](https://toolgpa.com/tools/seo-pro-extension): Free Chrome and Firefox extension for on-page SEO checks. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/seo-pro-extension-vs-sprout-seo) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026: - https://www.sproutseo.io/ - https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sprout-seo-extension-%F0%9F%8C%B1/appgbhabfeejggifkkbfdbkfckheiojk Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/sprout-seo Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).