Ubersuggest vs. Yoast SEO

At a glance

Best for

Best for freelancers, small businesses and creators who want affordable keyword research, rank tracking, site audits and backlinks in one tool.

Freelancers
Small and mid-sized

Yoast SEO

Best for

Best for WordPress publishers who want guided on-page SEO and readability checks while they write, with schema and redirects built in.

Freelancers
Small and mid-sized
Enterprise

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Full Comparison

Criterion	Ubersuggest	Yoast SEO
Starting price	lower value From $29 / month Personal plan billed monthly. Lifetime one-time plans are also offered. A one-time 7-day free trial is available for monthly subscriptions.	From $118.80 / year Yoast SEO Premium, per site, excluding VAT; a free version is also available, and bulk discounts apply for multiple sites.
Free trial	7-day free trial (one-time, monthly subscriptions)	Free version available
API	No API access is offered at present	Not stated
Hosting	Cloud (SaaS)	WordPress plugin, self-hosted
Keyword research	Yes, keyword suggestions with search volume and difficulty, from 20,000 to 100,000 per month by plan	Optimises each page around a focus keyphrase; not a keyword research database
Rank tracking	Yes, weekly rank tracking from 125 to 300 keywords by plan	No, it does not track keyword rankings
Site audit	Yes, a weekly site audit crawling 1,000 to 10,000 pages by plan	Real-time on-page SEO and readability analysis per post and page; not a full-site technical crawler
Backlink data	Yes, backlink data from 2,000 to 10,000 rows by plan	No, it does not offer backlink analysis
Content optimisation	Content and keyword ideas, plus an AI chat assistant	Real-time SEO and readability analysis, internal linking suggestions, and AI-generated titles and meta descriptions in Premium
Index and market coverage	Tracks 5 to 15 competitors per plan; a Chrome extension surfaces the data in Google search	Optimises the WordPress site it runs on
Integrations and API	No, no API access is offered at present	Generates structured data for search engines; Premium includes a Yoast SEO Google Docs add-on seat
AI features	Yes	Yes
Deployment	more entries Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based	On-premise
Onboarding	Not stated	Documentation and knowledge base
Company size	Freelancers, Small and mid-sized	more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Integrations	Not stated	WordPress, Google Docs

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The short version

Key Differences

Starting price Ubersuggest From $29 / month Yoast SEO From $118.80 / year
Free trial Ubersuggest 7-day free trial (one-time, monthly subscriptions) Yoast SEO Free version available
Deployment Ubersuggest Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Yoast SEO On-premise
Company size Ubersuggest Freelancers, Small and mid-sized Yoast SEO Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Hosting Ubersuggest Cloud (SaaS) Yoast SEO WordPress plugin, self-hosted

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Ubersuggest

Strengths

Low entry price for keyword research, rank tracking, site audits and backlinks in one tool
Chrome extension shows the data directly in Google search
AI chat and AI Search Visibility tracking across ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overview
Lifetime one-time plans offered alongside monthly subscriptions

Limitations

No API access at present
Report, keyword and audit limits are lower than in full enterprise SEO suites

Yoast SEO

Strengths

Free plugin with real-time on-page SEO and readability analysis
Automatic structured data with E-E-A-T signals
Premium bundles the Local, Video and News SEO plugins
AI-generated titles and meta descriptions in Premium

Limitations

Optimises the site it runs on: no keyword research, rank tracking or backlinks
Redirect manager and AI features require the paid Premium plugin

Plans

Pricing

Ubersuggest

Personal From $29 / month 1 domain, 150 reports per day, 20,000 keyword suggestions per month, 125 tracked keywords, a 1,000-page weekly site audit and 2,000 backlink rows.
Business From $49 / month 7 domains, 300 reports per day, 50,000 keyword suggestions, 150 tracked keywords, a 5,000-page site audit and 5,000 backlink rows.
Enterprise From $99 / month 15 domains, 900 reports per day, 100,000 keyword suggestions, 300 tracked keywords, a 10,000-page site audit and 10,000 backlink rows.

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Yoast SEO

Yoast SEO Free $0 Core on-page SEO and readability analysis, schema and XML sitemaps.
Yoast SEO Premium $118.80 / year Per site, excluding VAT. Adds a redirect manager, internal linking suggestions, AI title and meta generation, and the Local, Video and News SEO plugins.

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What users say

Review Scores · opens after launch

Ubersuggest

Ease of use: Not rated yet
User interface: Not rated yet
Onboarding: Not rated yet
Support and service: Not rated yet
Value for money: Not rated yet
Features: Not rated yet

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Yoast SEO

Ease of use: Not rated yet
User interface: Not rated yet
Onboarding: Not rated yet
Support and service: Not rated yet
Value for money: Not rated yet
Features: Not rated yet

No reviews yet. Be the first to review this tool. Every review is checked for fairness before it appears, and the vendor cannot have one removed.

Where this comes from

Ubersuggest https://neilpatel.com/ubersuggest/ · checked against the official source on 2026-08-21

Yoast SEO https://yoast.com · checked against the official source on 2026-08-21

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.