# WebPageTest review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Page speed tests from real browsers in locations around the world Checked Oct 23, 2026 ยท graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA. WebPageTest loads a page in real browsers from test locations around the world and reports how it loads, with Lighthouse results, filmstrips, videos and recommendations. The free Starter plan covers occasional tests; the paid Pro plans add scheduled tests, alerts, dashboards, the API and Experiments, which try optimizations without changing code. It is now sold by LogicMonitor. - **Category:** Technical SEO & Site Audits - **Made by:** LogicMonitor - **Website:** https://www.webpagetest.org - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Watch out: every page load counts as a run, so 5 runs with repeat views use 10 of your 150. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026 ## Pricing As of Oct 23, 2026, WebPageTest has a free plan, and paid plans start at $180 per year for 1,000 test runs a month ($18.75 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** 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. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | 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. | Read from https://www.logicmonitor.com/pricing/web-performance-optimization on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with WebPageTest before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save 20% with annual billing** (Annual discount): 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. Source: https://www.logicmonitor.com/pricing/web-performance-optimization ## Key features - **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. ## Good for - Developers digging into exactly how a page loads - Testing speed from specific countries, browsers and connection speeds - Occasional checks on the free Starter plan ## Worth knowing - 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. WebPageTest loads your page in real Chrome, Firefox, Edge or Brave from test locations around the world, with Lighthouse, filmstrips, video and fix suggestions free for 150 runs a month. Every page load counts as a run, so 150 goes quickly, and scheduled tests, alerts, the API and Experiments all need Pro, with no trial to try them. - **Value for money: B.** Pro 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: B.** The 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: C.** Real-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: B.** No rating on record. A test is a page address, a location and a browser, with nothing to install or connect first. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with no integrations on record; the API comes only with Pro. No desktop or phone app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from LogicMonitor's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among technical SEO tools - WebPageTest's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 56 of the 83 other technical SEO tools we grade, and level with 7. - It stands best on ease of use (B, above 62 of 83) and worst on platforms and integrations (C, above 3). - Its paid plans start at $15 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $22.41 for the category: 17 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/technical-seo ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Nothing WebPageTest does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 3 things listed below take a company. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 56 of the 83 other technical SEO tools we grade. It costs $180 a year. - You could not: Speed tests run from real browsers on a schedule. - You could not: Connections that pull numbers from dozens of other services. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Page speed, Dashboards, Public API ## Alternatives - [GTmetrix](https://toolgpa.com/tools/gtmetrix): Page speed testing with Lighthouse reports, monitoring and an API. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/gtmetrix-vs-webpagetest) - [PageSpeed Insights](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pagespeed-insights): Free Google speed test with real-user Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pagespeed-insights-vs-webpagetest) - [DebugBear](https://toolgpa.com/tools/debugbear): Page speed and Core Web Vitals monitoring with lab tests and RUM. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/debugbear-vs-webpagetest) - [SpeedCurve](https://toolgpa.com/tools/speedcurve): Web performance monitoring with RUM, synthetic tests and budgets. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/speedcurve-vs-webpagetest) - [sitespeed.io](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sitespeed-io): Free open-source toolkit for testing and monitoring web performance. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/sitespeed-io-vs-webpagetest) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026: - https://www.logicmonitor.com/pricing/web-performance-optimization - https://www.logicmonitor.com/webpagetest - https://www.logicmonitor.com/wp-content/plugins/unicorn-plugin/build/pricing-dropdowns/view.js Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/webpagetest Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).