Is ShopSEO cheaper than Yoast?

Yoast's pricing is Flat $19/mo ($190/yr, 12 months for the price of 10). ShopSEO has two plans: Free, which includes the complete store audit, and Premium at $19.99 a month with a 7-day trial. Whether that is cheaper depends on which features you actually need. The table above is the honest version.

Can I run ShopSEO alongside Yoast?

Yes, and it is the sensible way to evaluate it. The ShopSEO audit is read-only and free, so installing it changes nothing about your Yoast setup. Just make sure only one app is writing structured data, or your pages will emit conflicting blocks.

How current is this comparison?

Ratings, review counts and pricing were verified against the official Shopify App Store listing on 1 September 2026. Figures in this category move quickly, so check the live listing before making a decision on price alone.

Comparison

ShopSEO vs Yoast

Yoast SEO for Shopify is 4.6★ across 162 reviews. Here is where it beats us, where we beat it, and how to tell which side of the line you are on.

Try ShopSEO free See pricing

New on the Shopify App StoreFree plan, no credit cardPremium $19.99 a month, 7-day free trial

ShopSEO: Audit & Fix

Free · $19.99/mo

Free plan: Full audit, 50 images, 25 AI credits
Reviews: None yet (launched July 2026)
Trial: 7 days on Premium

Yoast SEO for Shopify

Flat $19/mo ($190/yr, 12 months for the price of 10)

Free plan: No, 14-day trial only
Rating: 4.6★ · 162 reviews
Trial: 14 days

Side by side

The table, without the spin.

Capability	ShopSEO	Yoast
Reviews on the App Store	None yet (launched July 2026)	4.6★ · 162 reviews
Free plan	Full store audit and score, 50 images, 25 AI credits/mo	No, 14-day trial only
Paid price	$19.99/mo, one tier	$19/mo flat
Free trial	7 days on Premium	14 days
Audit on the free plan	Complete: every issue visible without paying	No free plan
Guided fix per issue	Yes, a written recommendation, not just an error	Best-in-class editorial guidance
Accessibility audit	Included	Readability analysis, not an a11y audit
Structured data validation	Included	Emits schema
Broken link scans	1/mo free, unlimited on Premium	Not offered
Plan tiers	Two: Free and Premium	One

Yoast figures verified against the official Shopify App Store listing on 1 September 2026. Pricing in this category changes often, so check the live listing before deciding on price alone.

Where Yoast wins

The most trusted name in SEO software, with 13M+ users behind it on WordPress.
Deliberately simple pricing: one tier, $19, no credit systems to reason about.
Genuine editorial guidance: readability analysis, an SEO Academy, and published case studies, which almost nobody else in the Shopify category does.

Choose Yoast if: You write a lot of content, want best-in-class editorial guidance, and already have images and speed handled elsewhere.

Where we win

No image optimization or compression at all. It is a content-and-metadata tool.
No free plan, and the smallest review base of the major options.
No speed tooling, so you will still need a second app for images and performance.

Choose ShopSEO if: You want image, link and accessibility auditing in the same app, and a free plan to try it on.

Switching questions

Moving from Yoast.

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Audit your store before you switch anything.

The ShopSEO audit is free and read-only, so you can run it alongside Yoast and compare what each one actually catches before changing anything.

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