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Lighthouse pricing
Lighthouse publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the seo tools listed alongside it.
As of 30 August 2026, Lighthouse pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Free
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Lighthouse plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
Where Lighthouse stops being free
Free, Free
- Performance audit
- Accessibility check
- SEO analysis
- Best practices
No paid tier on record
Lighthouse lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Lighthouse feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Performance scoring
- Accessibility audit
- SEO check
- PWA validation
Platform
- Chrome support
- Edge support
People bring Lighthouse in for performance auditing to identify page loading speed improvements, accessibility compliance checking for users with disabilities, seo optimization verification for search engine compatibility, security and best practices scanning for code health, progressive web app validation and ci/cd pipeline integration. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Lighthouse are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in SEO
Too few seo tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lighthouse (this page) | Free | free | - | |
| Wincher | On request | quote | - | vs Lighthouse |
| Google Search Console | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Lighthouse |
| Keyword Insights | On request | Per month by credit volume, with pay-as-you-go available | - | vs Lighthouse |
| Rank Math | Free | Freemium, paid tiers billed annually only | - | vs Lighthouse |
| Nightwatch | On request | Per month by tracked keywords, sites and AI usage volume | - | vs Lighthouse |
| Linkody | On request | Per month by tracked domains and backlinks | - | vs Lighthouse |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Lighthouse badges page.
Before you pay for Lighthouse
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Lighthouse runs on chrome, edge, and is published by Google LLC of Mountain View, California. The full record is on the Lighthouse review, and the rest of the category is under best seo tools.
Lighthouse pricing questions
- How much does Lighthouse cost?
- Lighthouse publishes a single tier, Free, at Free.
- Does Lighthouse have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers performance audit, accessibility check, seo analysis.
- Which seo tools can I use without paying?
- 2 of the 8 seo tools listed alongside Lighthouse have a free tier: Google Search Console, Rank Math.
- What am I actually paying for with Lighthouse?
- The record lists 6 features across 2 areas: other, platform. In practice it is brought in for performance auditing to identify page loading speed improvements, accessibility compliance checking for users with disabilities, seo optimization verification for search engine compatibility.
- Does Lighthouse charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Lighthouse prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Lighthouse against before paying?
- The closest seo tools in this directory are Wincher, Google Search Console, Keyword Insights, Rank Math. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Lighthouse covering price, platforms and features.