Expensive for Premium Features

  • Rahul Basu

    (@rahulbasu)


    9 months, 2 weeks ago

    After extensive use across dozens of projects, Yoast SEO remains the gold standard for WordPress SEO with its intuitive traffic light system and solid technical foundation. The new AI-powered meta descriptions are genuinely helpful, and the free version covers most small business needs effectively. However, the premium version at $99/year feels overpriced for what you get, and competitors like RankMath now offer similar features for free. The plugin can create a false sense of security – hitting all green lights doesn’t guarantee rankings.

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  • Plugin Support Michael Tiña

    (@mikes41720)

    9 months, 1 week ago

    Hi there!

    Thanks for sharing your review and experience with Yoast SEO. We’re glad that you find that it remains to be the gold standard for SEO for WordPress, and that you’ve also found value in the new AI generate and AI optimize features that were introduced. Yes, the free version already does a lot to help out lots of websites. We have an article on our SEO blog regarding the allure of the green light. You shouldn’t try to get all of the green lights if it means that the actual quality of the content will suffer. It’s just meant to be a guide and starting point for your content.

    Also, we have different tiers of pricing now with our products, as Yoast SEO Premium already includes all of the other add-on plugins. You’re also still getting the best support team, as well as solid SEO expertise as we continue to bring out updates and features to the plugin, which we think is value in itself. Thanks again for the review.

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