RankKit SEO Free vs Pro

RankKit SEO Free is a complete SEO plugin with no time or usage limit. Everything not marked Pro on this page works on any number of sites, for as long as you like. RankKit SEO Pro adds tools to see and grow your visibility in Google and AI answers, plus more advanced versions of some free features.

RankKit SEO Pro is a separate plugin that includes everything in the free plugin. You can try it free for 14 days without a card.

At a glance

	Free	Pro
Price	$0, unlimited sites	From $59 a year (see pricing)
MCP tools for AI agents	101	128
Redirect types	301, 302, 307	Adds 308, 410 and 451
Redirect matching	Exact path	Adds "Starts with" and regular expressions
Email report	Monthly, to the site admin	Weekly or monthly, extra recipients, your branding
Support	Best effort	Priority email support

Detailed comparison

Titles, meta and content

Feature	Free	Pro
SEO titles, meta descriptions, robots and canonicals	Yes	Yes
Title and description templates and variables	Yes	Yes
Social sharing (Open Graph and X cards)	Yes	Yes
Block editor, Classic Editor and Elementor panels	Yes	Yes
Content analysis checks and SEO score	Yes	Yes
Focus keywords, with no limit per post	Yes	Yes
Keyword cannibalization warning	Yes	Yes
Bulk SEO editor and duplicate title and description finder	Yes	Yes
Search performance section in the editor's RankKit SEO panel	No	Yes
External link rules	Yes	Yes

AI (with your own key)

Feature	Free	Pro
AI title, description and focus keyword suggestions	Yes	Yes
"Explain with AI" for each analysis check	Yes	Yes
AI Assistant in the editor (generate metadata, review content)	Yes	Yes
Write with AI in the editor (full article)	Yes	Yes
AI alt text, one image at a time	Yes	Yes
AI writer: content briefs and article drafts	Yes	Yes
AI gap analysis in competitor comparison	Yes	Yes
Bulk AI titles and descriptions	No	Yes
Fix with AI in the site audit	No	Yes
AI FAQ generator	No	Yes
AI internal linking	No	Yes
Write missing metadata when a post is published	No	Yes
AI fill of all missing alt text (agent tool)	No	Yes

See What RankKit SEO's AI can do.

AI agents and MCP

Feature	Free	Pro
Built-in MCP server	Yes	Yes
claude.ai and ChatGPT connection by URL (OAuth)	Yes	Yes
Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor and VS Code	Yes	Yes
Scoped agent tokens, approval mode, dry run and undo	Yes	Yes
Ready-made workflows (MCP prompts)	Yes	Yes, plus prompts that use Pro tools
Number of MCP tools	101	128

Tool counts depend on your site. Connecting Google adds 3 free tools and 5 Pro tools, and 2 Pro tools only appear when WooCommerce is active. The 128 figure is for a WooCommerce site without Google connected. A token sees fewer tools if its scopes or its WordPress user don't allow them. See the MCP tool reference.

Schema

Feature	Free	Pro
Automatic JSON-LD graph	Yes	Yes
Per-page schema manager (16 types plus custom JSON-LD)	Yes	Yes
Schema validator	Yes	Yes
Import schema from a URL	Yes	Yes
Import schema from JSON-LD code or a .json file	No	Yes
Schema templates with display conditions	No	Yes
Custom field variables (%cf:field%) from ACF, Meta Box, Pods or ACPT	No	Yes
FAQ, How-to and Table of contents blocks	Yes	Yes
Breadcrumbs shortcode and template tag	Yes	Yes

Sitemaps, crawling and AI files

Feature	Free	Pro
XML sitemaps	Yes	Yes
Google News sitemap	No	Yes
Video sitemap	No	Yes
robots.txt editor and AI crawler switches	Yes	Yes
AI crawler tracking, with 90 days of history	Yes	Yes
llms.txt and Markdown pages	Yes	Yes
llms-full.txt	No	Yes
AI usage policy in llms.txt	No	Yes
IndexNow	Yes	Yes

Redirects and broken links

Feature	Free	Pro
Redirect manager	301, 302, 307, exact match	Adds 308, 410, 451, prefix and regex
Automatic redirects when a slug changes	Yes	Yes
404 monitor	No	Yes
404 catch-all	No	Yes
Broken link checker	No	Yes

Site audit and performance

Feature	Free	Pro
Site audit with 0 to 100 score and one-click fixes	Yes	Yes
Security hardening fixes	Yes	Yes
Page speed and Core Web Vitals	Yes	Yes
Competitor analysis	Yes	Yes
Search performance audit category (with Google connected)	No	Yes
Audit history and weekly scheduled audits	No	Yes
Focus pages	No	Yes
Google index status (URL inspection)	No	Yes

Search Console, analytics and AI visibility

Feature	Free	Pro
Connect Search Console and GA4	Yes	Yes
Search performance report	Yes	Yes
GA4 traffic and visits from AI assistants	Yes	Yes
GA4 top organic landing pages	No	Yes
Search Console opportunities	No	Yes
Rank tracker	No	Yes
AI insights	No	Yes
Traffic Recovery	No	Yes
AI visibility tracking	No	Yes
AI referral revenue for WooCommerce	No	Yes

Integrations and tools

Feature	Free	Pro
Local SEO	One business	Multiple locations and a store list
WooCommerce Product schema	Yes	Yes
Advanced WooCommerce SEO (GTIN, MPN, ISBN, brand, variation offers, product Open Graph tags, shop archive noindex)	No	Yes
WPML, Polylang and TranslatePress	Yes	Yes
Import from 7 SEO plugins and Redirection	Yes (exact-match redirects)	Yes (also prefix and regex redirects)
Change Log with approval and undo	Yes	Yes
Backups, export and import	Yes	Yes
Role manager	Yes	Yes
Email report	Monthly	Custom schedule, recipients and branding, plus AI visibility, rank tracker and AI insight sections

How Pro works

• RankKit SEO Pro is a separate plugin download. When you activate it, the free plugin is deactivated and your settings and SEO data carry over. See Install RankKit SEO Pro.
• On the free plan, Pro features show a lock with Upgrade to Pro and Start 14-day free trial buttons, so you can see what each one adds.
• If a Pro license ends, Pro features switch off and RankKit SEO keeps working as the free edition. Your titles, meta, redirects and settings stay on your site. See Manage your license.

FAQ

Is the free version a trial?

No. The free plugin has no time or usage limit and works on any number of sites.

Do I need Pro to connect claude.ai or ChatGPT?

No. Connecting claude.ai, ChatGPT or any other MCP client is free. Pro adds more tools for agents to use.

Do I need Pro to use AI?

No. AI suggestions, alt text, briefs and drafts are free with your own AI key. Pro adds bulk and automatic AI features.