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reddit.com › r/seo › what are some free seo tools (actually free) that are not ahrefs & semrush? (not necessary to pay)
r/SEO on Reddit: What Are Some FREE SEO TOOLS (Actually Free) that are not Ahrefs & Semrush? (Not necessary to pay)
October 5, 2023 -

I’m a beginner in SEO looking to change careers and learn SEO.

Ahrefs & Semrush are the two “top dogs” of SEO tools as far as research is concerned.

Are there other tools that do a comparable job but actually free? (Some might be free but have limitations)

What are free tools to use that do a great job for SEO research where paying is not necessary?

But I also hear paying for Ahrefs or Semrush is worth it because of their value and “you get what you pay for” -which makes sense.

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reddit.com › r/seo › so what are the best free seo tools for us to use?
r/SEO on Reddit: So what are the best free SEO tools for us to use?
September 9, 2024 -

Please if you could give a brief description to why and and links to any you may think might help

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reddit.com › r/startup › what are some free seo tools you used for your business? 🚀
r/startup on Reddit: What are some free SEO tools you used for your business? 🚀
October 19, 2024 -

Do you always have a free SEO tool that you'd used for all of your projects and business?

I'm curating this list of free (absolutely free) tools used by founders, and here are some interesting free tools that I've discovered:

  • Ahrefs SEO Toolbar: A handy SEO assistant for your browser

  • Map of 48 SEO metrics: 48 insightful SEO metrics you should know

  • SEO Keyword Finder Tool: Find keywords for your business or website for free

  • SEO-Friendly URL Generator: Craft well-optimized, SEO-friendly URLs for free

  • SEO Analyzer: Analyze any site to detect critical errors and get actionable insights

  • Programmatic SEO Tool: Easily create content with dynamic data

  • SEO Keyword Database: A free Notion template to track my keywords

Would love to add more to the database if you have a free tool to recommend!

Cheers!

EDIT: I've pivoted to IndieHustle.co, where I publish interviews with indie founders running successful startups.

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Here’s a list of valuable free SEO tools we use: Schema Markup Generator by Merkel Not well-known outside enterprise SEO Creates advanced structured data Supports rare schema types other tools don’t Topvisor SERP Parser Russian tool that’s underutilized in English markets Excellent for analyzing SERP features and layout changes Shows historical SERP changes BuzzSumo’s Question Analyzer Hidden free feature many don’t know about Aggregates questions from Quora, Reddit, Amazon Q&A Great for finding long-tail keywords HTTPStatus Chrome Extension Checks HTTP status codes without leaving browser Shows redirect chains visually Less known alternative to more popular tools ContentKing Academy’s Redirect Chain Checker More powerful than common redirect checkers Shows detailed path analysis Spots redirect loops other tools miss Keyword Surfer People know Surfer SEO but not this free tool Shows search volumes directly in Google Provides keyword difficulty scores Merkle’s Technical SEO Testing Tool Enterprise-grade testing suite Tests JavaScript rendering Checks for subtle technical SEO issues Beam Us Up Desktop crawler with surprisingly powerful features Similar to Screaming Frog but lesser known Great for small to medium sites Seobility’s Log File Analyzer Most don’t know it’s free for basic use Analyzes server logs for crawler behavior Shows crawl budget issues Chrome DevTools Coverage Tab Built into Chrome but rarely used for SEO Shows unused JavaScript and CSS Great for page speed optimization SEOTesting.com Free A/B testing platform for SEO Statistical significance calculator Split testing documentation XML Sitemap Inspector Deep analysis of XML sitemaps Finds common sitemap errors Validates against Google requirements Robots.txt Generator by Red Card Connect Creates complex robots.txt files Tests directives before implementation Shows crawler path analysis Panguin Tool Overlays Google algorithm updates on Analytics Shows impact of updates on traffic Lesser-known free version available SEO Minion Alternative to UberSuggest On-page SEO analysis SERP preview tool
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I recently launched https://jsonrepo.com which gives a set of free credits to try out the product and I'm planning on increasing the size of that free tier next week or so. Off the top of my head I can also think of a few other tools that give you either partial or full access to some free tools https://neilpatel.com/ubersuggest/ https://keywordchef.com/ https://backlinko.com/ https://seospark.io/ https://www.wordtracker.com/
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reddit.com › r/digitalmarketing › what’s your favorite free tool for quick seo audits in 2025?
r/DigitalMarketing on Reddit: What’s your favorite free tool for quick SEO audits in 2025?
October 16, 2025 -

I’ve been testing out a few SEO audit tools lately that give instant website scores, keyword insights, and performance checks - no signup or setup required.

I noticed some newer tools are getting pretty good at analyzing on-page issues and technical SEO factors in seconds. Curious what others here are using in 2025 - especially for quick checks or client reports.

Do you stick to classics like Ahrefs, Semrush, or Screaming Frog, or are there any newer tools that impressed you lately?

(If anyone’s curious, I can share the one I recently tried that gives full SEO scores for free - not dropping a link since I know promo links aren’t allowed here.)

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reddit.com › r/seo › i made a free seo tool curious to hear thoughts!
r/SEO on Reddit: I made a free SEO tool curious to hear thoughts!
October 18, 2024 -

Im a software dev thats currently digging into programmatic SEO. I created a free tool called websiteleaderboard(dot)com (<- trying to respect rule #2 there). I built it over the past week or so, so it is still very rough around the edges!

My site ranks bunch of websites by their google page speed insights as kind of just a fun little leaderboard thing but the bigger picture goal is to provide a free suite of tools to help folks improve seo posture. Right now i pull in data from google search console, similar web, ahrefs, and built with and provide that to users for free.

Eventually, i plan to incorporate more stuff here around like a "my website" dashboard where we centralize data from other tools such as google analytics, stripe, etc.

Like i mentioned before, I am pretty new to the seo thing so if anyone has cool ideas, favorite tools they are currently using or things that are super annoying/difficult to do right now, I would love to hear it and build it in!

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reddit.com › r/digitalmarketing › is there an easy seo tool for complete beginners?
r/DigitalMarketing on Reddit: Is There an Easy SEO Tool for complete beginners?
January 19, 2025 -

SEO is confusing. There are so many terms and processes. Even when I understand them, fixing things is hard.
I need a tool that:
Scans my site and explains problems simply.
Shows me step-by-step how to fix things.
Tells me what to focus on first.
Most tools give too much data and no clear answers. Does something simple exist? Sort of a one click solution (ik it seems too utopian, but still asking)

Thanks in advance!

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I have been a pretty big Neil Patel fan for a while and I've used a number of SEO tools before and recently tried his ubersuggest tool. Additionally I tried ask the people which I haven't done before. Those were fairly easy to get the hang of. However I wanted to chime in what others have suggested because I suck at analytics. I am totally right brained and stare at spreadsheets and start feeling my brain matter leaking from my ears I get so overwhelmed. If you take data from any of these tools, get a spreadsheet or a PDF version of it or even just copy and paste sections and give it to the chat along with a prompt just asking it to act as an SEO expert for your niche and to interpret the data and give you suggestions, it is absolutely fabulous at doing stuff like this. It will be your ultimate assistant. I wish more right brained marketers weren't giving LLMs and AI the shifty eye in fear for their job because if they just embraced it and speak with it the right way, it can be so great at helping with stuff like this. I absolutely recommend trying the chatgpt method. It will help.
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I mean I could be overestimating but I truely believe SEMRUSH is the best tool for people who know nothing about SEO because yh it will flag whats urgent and whats not and show you how to fix things and why they are a problem. I think it might seem overwhelming at first but I taught myself it from scratch with no help and it maybe took me a few hours to make significant progress
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reddit.com › r/digitalmarketing › what are the starter tools to study seo? where can i practice for free?
r/DigitalMarketing on Reddit: What are the starter tools to study SEO? Where can I practice for free?
June 6, 2024 -

Lately, I've been exploring Google Analytics, Google Search Console and SEMrush. Where can I practice for free?

There are many tools out there, and I have very limited time to study each day because of work, other activities, errands, and sleep. I also try to explore other tools. I just want something that I’m sure can be applied and has the same value as learning other SEO tools when I apply for an SEO position at a company.

Thanks in advance to those who will answer in detail! 🙂

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Watch Neil Patel on YouTube he also has podcast and an awesome website that audits websites. Get a niche website domain and hosting service if you're serious and start practicing trying to drive traffic and monitor. Starting your journey in SEO, there are several free tools available that provide a strong foundation. Here are some essential ones: Google Search Console: Helps monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot your site's presence in Google Search results. It provides data on search traffic, performance, indexing issues, and more. Google Analytics: Tracks and reports website traffic. It gives insights into how users find and use your website, which is crucial for SEO. Google Keyword Planner:Useful for keyword research. It helps find relevant keywords and provides data on search volume and competition. Google Trends: Analyzes the popularity of top search queries and helps identify trending topics and seasonal variations in search interest. Ubersuggest: Offers keyword suggestions, content ideas, and an overview of keyword difficulty and SEO competition. Answer the Public: Generates a list of questions and phrases people are searching for around a specific keyword, which is helpful for content creation. Yoast SEO (for WordPress users): An SEO plugin that provides real-time content analysis, keyword optimization, and readability checks. MozBar: A browser extension that provides on-page SEO insights, including page authority, domain authority, and backlink data. Screaming Frog SEO Spider: A website crawler that helps analyze and audit technical and on-page SEO. The free version allows crawling up to 500 URLs. SEOquake: A browser extension that provides key SEO metrics for a specific webpage, including page rank, Alexa rank, and more. GTmetrix: Analyzes your site's speed and performance, which are critical factors for SEO. Using these tools, you can conduct keyword research, analyze your site's performance, monitor traffic, and optimize your content and technical aspects of your website for better search engine visibility.
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Moz has really great resources for learning SEO: https://moz.com/learn/seo We used it at my previous agency to teach all entry level Marketing Managers the basics.
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reddit.com › r/localseo › best seo tool recommendation?
r/localseo on Reddit: Best SEO Tool Recommendation?
September 3, 2025 -

My dad owns an auto shop in Vancouver and we've been looking for an all-in-one seo software that could help me audit, give recommendations, and possibly build citations as well?

I think I saw semrush does it all, but the pricing is too high for us right now.

Preferably a tool that uses AI as well would be great.

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All in one local tools don't really exist to be honest. When they do offer all or most of the tools you're looking for, they are only great at one or two. I'd especially be wary of this "give recommendations". Tools today, especially the big SEO suites, have a tendency to recommend nonsense just because there is hype or a trend about it and they don't want to be left out. They also all have tendency to recommend things that bring you back to their tool suite or to another tool / service they own. Layer in LLM-AI tech and you can get total junk recommendations pretty easily. Run from any tool that claims they can automate everything for you - it will break your SEO ultimately. I would also try and put a firewall between: Recommendations and Audit + Build citations if at all possible (hire a consultant locally for recommendations and do the work yourself via your tools). Finally, you're only getting a few parts of Local SEO. If you used one tool for all of these things it would: Audit your technical SEO and content, give recommendations on technical SEO and content, build citations for you and/or give you a list of places to get citations / sell those to you. Instead of this I would recommend the following for a solid 2025 proof local SEO strategy today: Citation Building - Bright Local or Fat Joe (no relation) - Note: Neither are GREAT, Bright Local is probably the best available atm. Citation Finding - Whitespark Audit - SEMrush, Ahrefs (if you don't know what you're doing) and Screaming Frog (if you know what you're doing) Other tools for Auditing by yourself - Google Search Console, GTMetrix, PageSpeed Insights Measuring Map Position Changes - Local Falcon, Places Scout - Note: Local Viking isn't great and all of your data is public, Local Dominator I'm not certain about. Measuring overall rankings - SEMRush, SERankings Measuring traffic - Google Analytics 4 Review collection - GatherUp (for general purpose, Judge.me for ecommerce) Google Business Profile Optimization - Consultant or Agency Link Building - Consultant or Agency (do not buy links!) Consensus Building - Consultant or Agency If you use WordPress there are various plugins that might help you with local SEO implementation. This is an incomplete list of them. Yoast - Organization schema + Open Graph / twitter cards + Text link count + Meta data editor (title, description, etc...) + other SEO tools built-in: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/ Rocketship SEO - Display Google Reviews + Build an automatic Table of Contents for blog posts + use AI to optimize images + use AI to optimize various other parts of the site + IndexNow + Redirect builder + Bot Traffic analysis and redirecting + Visual sitemap builder + XML sitemaps + Organization Schema + Open Graph / Twitter Cards + File Editor + Meta data editor (title, description, etc...) + Compatibility with other SEO plugins (Yoast, RankMath, SEOPress, etc...): https://wordpress.org/plugins/rocketship-seo/ Post to Google My Business (Google Business Profile) - Automate posting to Google Business Profile from your WordPress: https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-to-google-my-business/
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If you are looking for one tool to rule them all, but without high price tag, you can stop looking -- they don't exist. If you want to save, the best option is mix and match your solutions, like paying one time to get someone build the key citations for you (fiverr, DIY, or Brightlocal), monitor them in AI assisted local SEO tools like gridmybusiness, localo, etc.
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reddit.com › r/seogrowth › what are the best free seo tools to improve website rankings?
r/seogrowth on Reddit: What are the best free SEO tools to improve website rankings?
August 19, 2025 -

I'm looking for the best and free SEO tools to rank my website. What are some free tools you’ve actually found useful for improving rankings, especially for things like keyword research, on-page audits, or content suggestions?

Edit: So far I’ve tried a couple, Seobility for audits (pretty solid) and SEOPage.ai which builds full SEO landing pages automatically instead of just analyzing stuff.

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reddit.com › r/kdp › best (possibly free) seo tools
r/KDP on Reddit: Best (possibly free) SEO tools
January 10, 2024 -

Do you guys use any tool (preferably free) to choose the best title and other seo fields, aside from picking words from Amazon and Google search bar? Also I'm wondering if Amazon ads are really worth it, based on your experiences. Many thanks!

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reddit.com › r/saas › best free seo tools
r/SaaS on Reddit: Best FREE SEO tools
December 28, 2024 -

SEO tools are expensive so I made a list of FREE SEO tools you can use for your business:

  1. Google PageSpeed Insights

  2. Ahrefs Webmaster Tools

  3. XML Sitemap Generator

  4. Answer the Public

  5. Google Analytics

  6. Google Search Console

  7. Ahrefs Backlink Checker

  8. Google Ads Keyword Planner

  9. SERP Snippet Optimization Tool

  10. Google Trends

  11. Website Authority Checker

  12. SEMRush (Free trial)

  13. AlsoAsked

  14. Keyworddit

Feel free to add any other tools I missed.

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reddit.com › r/seo › free seo website scanning and pdf reporting tool
r/SEO on Reddit: Free SEO website scanning and PDF reporting tool
May 15, 2024 -

Just finished version 1 of a free SEO tool i've been building. Its still im active development and improving everyday.

Thought it might be useful to people in this group.

https://www.website-seo-scanner.com

Anyway give it a try, its free 😀

Also any feedback would be really appreciated and i'll add any new feautures needed etc.

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reddit.com › r/seo › can any one suggest best free seo tool in 2024
r/SEO on Reddit: Can Any one suggest Best Free SEO Tool in 2024
January 22, 2024 - Hunter - Finds email addresses, 50 free searches/month. INK - AI platform for SEO, grammar, and structure. Lighthouse - SEO and performance audits. Moz Keyword Explorer - Domain analysis and keyword research. MozBar - At-a-glance data on Domain Authority. Rank Console - Monitors Google rankings and links. Rank Math - SEO plugin for WordPress. Screaming Frog - Crawls URLs for onsite SEO. SEO Minion - Displays SEO related information. SEO Review Tools - Checks domain authority and content optimization.