Zinn® SEOYoast, Rank Math and more: SEO plugins compared with Zinn® SEO
Looking for the best WordPress SEO plugin for your site? Zinn® SEO compared with Yoast SEO, Rank Math, All in One SEO, SEOPress, The SEO Framework, Slim SEO, Squirrly SEO and SmartCrawl: price, what is free, and what each adds to your pages.
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Here is what each plugin charges and what it gives you for free. We only list what each company says on its own website. Pick a plugin for the full comparison.
| Zinn® SEO | Yoast SEO | Rank Math | All in One SEO | SEOPress | The SEO Framework | Slim SEO | Squirrly SEO | SmartCrawl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry paid plan | $49 a year, and the same every year. Not on sale yet | Yoast SEO Premium: €118.80 a year before tax[1] | PRO: €7.99 a month billed yearly, renewing at €8.99 a month, before tax[5] | Basic: €49.50 for the first year, normally €99.00, before tax[8] | SEOPress PRO: $49 a year before tax, renewing at the same price[10] | Pro: $7 a month, paid yearly[12] | Slim SEO Pro: $179 a year, renewing at the same price[13] | PRO: $19.99 a month, bought for a year[15] | Pro Basic: $50 a year[17] |
| Sites that plan covers | One site | One site[1] | Unlimited personal websites[5] | One site[8] | One site[10] | Extensions on two sites[12] | Unlimited websites[13] | Five sites[15] | One site[17] |
| llms.txt | Free, including llms-full.txt | Included for free[2] | Yes, as a module[6] | llms.txt in the free plugin, llms-full.txt with Pro[9] | Only in SEOPress PRO[10] | — | — | Yes[16] | — |
| Redirect manager | Free | Only in Yoast SEO Premium[3] | — | — | Only in SEOPress PRO[10] | — | Yes[14] | — | — |
| Internal link suggestions | Free | Only in Yoast SEO Premium[4] | — | Pro plan and above[8] | Only in SEOPress PRO[10] | — | Only in Slim SEO Pro[13] | — | — |
| IndexNow | Free | — | In the free plugin[7] | On every paid plan[8] | In the free plugin[10] | — | — | Yes[16] | Only in SmartCrawl Pro[17] |
Sources
- Yoast SEO Premium
- Yoast: llms.txt
- Yoast: Redirect manager
- Yoast: Internal linking suggestions
- Rank Math pricing
- Rank Math: llms.txt
- Rank Math: IndexNow
- All in One SEO pricing
- All in One SEO: LLMs.txt Generator
- SEOPress pricing
- SEOPress features
- The SEO Framework pricing
- Slim SEO Pro
- Slim SEO
- Squirrly SEO pricing
- Squirrly SEO
- SmartCrawl
What each plugin adds to your pages
We installed each plugin on the same WordPress site and loaded the same page as a visitor. None of them added a script or a stylesheet. The difference is in what else they leave behind: 4 of the 8 wrote their own name into the page code, and the extra database lookups per page ranged from none to 32.
| Zinn® SEO | Yoast SEO | Rank Math | All in One SEO | SEOPress | The SEO Framework | Slim SEO | Squirrly SEO | SmartCrawl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scripts added | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stylesheets added | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Comments naming the plugin in your page code | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Extra database lookups per page | 1 | 3 | 12 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Version tested | 0.7.0 | 28.6 | 1.0.280 | 5.0.3 | 10.3 | 5.1.4 | 4.11.0 | 14.2.7 | 3.16.4 |
Our own test, not the plugin makers' figures: WordPress 7.1.3 on PHP 8.5, each plugin's current free version switched on with its default settings, the same post loaded as a visitor and compared with no SEO plugin. Tested on . How we tested
- A faster, lighter alternative to Yoast SEO
Looking for a Yoast SEO alternative? Zinn® SEO gives you redirects and internal link suggestions for free, and adds nothing to your pages. - A faster, lighter alternative to Rank Math
Looking for a Rank Math alternative? Zinn® SEO is just as generous for free, never raises its price at renewal, and adds nothing to your pages. - A faster, lighter alternative to All in One SEO
Looking for an All in One SEO alternative? Zinn® SEO gives you more for free, keeps the same price every year and adds nothing to your pages. - A more generous alternative to SEOPress
Looking for an SEOPress alternative? Zinn® SEO gives you redirects, llms.txt and internal link suggestions for free, and adds nothing to your pages. - A fuller alternative to The SEO Framework
Looking for an alternative to The SEO Framework? Zinn® SEO is just as light on your pages and adds redirects, content advice and AI visibility for free. - A more complete alternative to Slim SEO
Looking for an alternative to Slim SEO? Zinn® SEO is just as light and gives you internal link suggestions and more for free. - A simpler alternative to Squirrly SEO
Looking for an alternative to Squirrly SEO? Zinn® SEO gives you a complete SEO plugin for free, with one low yearly price for Pro. - A lighter alternative to SmartCrawl
Looking for an alternative to SmartCrawl? Zinn® SEO gives you instant indexing for free and writes no plugin name into your pages.
We read these details on each company's own website on the date shown, from Germany. Prices are in the currency their page displayed, before tax. If something has changed, tell us and we will correct it.
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