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Alternatives to Mangools
21 seo tools sit alongside Mangools in this directory. Below is what separates each from Mangools on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 6
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Mangools starts at
- On request
Why people look past Mangools
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Mangools entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Mangools carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 6 of the 21 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Win at the game of SEO and AEO
- Can be used without paying; Mangools cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $29/month, where Mangools does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per month by usage volume.
- 4 tiers to Mangools's 3.
Do SEO, content marketing, competitor research, PPC and social media marketing from just one platfor
- Can be used without paying; Mangools cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $117.33/month, where Mangools does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per month by usage volume.
- 5 tiers to Mangools's 3.
Competitor keyword research tool for SEO and PPC campaigns
- Publishes an entry price of $29/month, where Mangools does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per month by usage volume.
WordPress SEO plugin with a free tier that undercuts Yoast on schema and feature count
- Can be used without paying; Mangools cannot.
- Sold on a Freemium, paid tiers billed annually only model rather than Per month by usage volume.
- 4 tiers to Mangools's 3.
Google's free tool for monitoring how a site appears in Search
- Can be used without paying; Mangools cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Per month by usage volume.
- 1 tier to Mangools's 3.
The longest-established WordPress SEO plugin, free core with a flat-rate Premium tier
- Can be used without paying; Mangools cannot.
- Sold on a Freemium, per site per year model rather than Per month by usage volume.
- 2 tiers to Mangools's 3.
Every Mangools alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mangools (this page) | On request | Per month by usage volume | 3 | |
| UbersuggestIf you want an even lower-cost entry point aimed at the same solo-marketer audience | Free, then $29/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Mangools |
| SEMrushIf you need a larger backlink index and PPC competitive intelligence alongside SEO | Free, then $117.33/month | Subscription | 5 | vs Mangools |
| SpyFuIf competitive keyword and ad research matters more than the simplified all-in-one workflow | $29/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Mangools |
| Rank Math | Free | Freemium, paid tiers billed annually only | 4 | vs Mangools |
| Google Search Console | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Mangools |
| Yoast SEO | Free | Freemium, per site per year | 2 | vs Mangools |
| MarketMuse | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Mangools |
| OnCrawl | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Mangools |
| Linkody | On request | Per month by tracked domains and backlinks | 5 | vs Mangools |
| AccuRanker | On request | Per month by tracked keyword count | 3 | vs Mangools |
| Keyword Insights | On request | Per month by credit volume, with pay-as-you-go available | 3 | vs Mangools |
| Advanced Web Ranking | On request | Per month by tracked keyword count | 3 | vs Mangools |
| Nightwatch | On request | Per month by tracked keywords, sites and AI usage volume | 3 | vs Mangools |
| Wincher | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Mangools |
| SISTRIX | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Mangools |
| Botify | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Mangools |
| seoClarity | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Mangools |
| Lumar | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Mangools |
| Majestic | $41.67/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Mangools |
| Sitebulb | $95/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Mangools |
| Frase | $49/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Mangools |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Mangools badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (6)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Ubersuggest , Free, then $29/month
- SEMrush , Free, then $117.33/month
- Rank Math , Free
- Google Search Console , Free
- Yoast SEO , Free
- MarketMuse , Free
What you would be giving up
Mangools is most often brought in for a solo blogger or freelancer doing keyword research who finds ahrefs' pricing and interface disproportionate to their needs, a small agency wanting one login covering keyword research, rank tracking and basic backlink checks for a handful of client sites, a content marketer who wants serp-level competitive analysis without a full technical seo platform, a team standardising on a low-cost tool before graduating to semrush or ahrefs once budgets grow. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Mangools is broadly right and the question is cost, the Mangools pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the SEO category lists everything the directory holds, and best seo tools ranks them.
Mangools runs on web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Mangools alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Mangools?
- 21 other seo tools are listed in this directory, led by Ubersuggest, SEMrush, SpyFu, Rank Math. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Mangools?
- 6 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Ubersuggest, SEMrush, Rank Math, Google Search Console, Yoast SEO.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Mangools?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Mangools?
- Mangools is most often brought in for a solo blogger or freelancer doing keyword research who finds ahrefs' pricing and interface disproportionate to their needs, a small agency wanting one login covering keyword research, rank tracking and basic backlink checks for a handful of client sites, a content marketer who wants serp-level competitive analysis without a full technical seo platform, a team standardising on a low-cost tool before graduating to semrush or ahrefs once budgets grow. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Mangools?
- None of the seo tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Mangools alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, SEO, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Mangools against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Mangools covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every seo tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the SEO category, 21 tools beside Mangools. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.