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100+ free SEO tools, sorted by the job they do.
A working directory of the free tools SEOs actually use — analytics, crawling, keywords, links, speed, and more. Every entry links to the official tool, and every “free” claim says exactly how free.
Directory Integrity Note
Free tiers and limits change without notice — each badge reflects the tool's free offering at the time of listing. This directory is maintained by hand and updated as tools appear, change, or disappear.
Free SEO Analytics Tools
Traffic, behavior, and search-performance measurement. Start here — the rest of the list is guesswork without it.
Google Analytics 4
Google's free traffic and audience analytics platform.
Google Search Console
Query data, indexing status, and Core Web Vitals straight from Google.
Bing Webmaster Tools
Bing's equivalent of Search Console, with its own keyword research data.
Google Tag Manager
Deploy and manage analytics tags without editing site code.
Google Looker Studio
Build dashboards from Search Console, GA4, and Google Sheets.
Microsoft Clarity
Session recordings and heatmaps with privacy-safe masking.
Matomo
Full-featured analytics you can self-host — the classic GA alternative.
Umami
Lightweight, privacy-focused web analytics, self-hosted or cloud.
GoatCounter
Simple, fast web statistics aimed at smaller sites.
AWStats
Classic server log-file analyzer — no JavaScript required.
Statcounter
Real-time visitor tracking with a generous free plan.
Clicky
Real-time analytics with on-site widgets and a free tier.
Cloudflare Web Analytics
Privacy-first analytics with no cookie banner required.
Free Crawling & Indexing Tools
See your site the way a search bot does: what is crawlable, what is broken, and what never got indexed.
Screaming Frog SEO Spider
The desktop crawler most technical SEOs reach for first.
Screaming Frog Log File Analyser
See how search bots actually crawl your site, not how you assume they do.
Xenu's Link Sleuth
Ancient but indestructible Windows crawler for broken links.
Beam Us Up
Free unlimited-URL desktop crawler for Windows.
W3C Link Checker
The W3C's own recursive link checker.
Broken Link Check
Web-based broken-link scan with no installation.
Dead Link Checker
One-off and scheduled dead-link scans across a whole site.
Netpeak Spider
Desktop crawler with a free tier for smaller sites.
Nibbler
Free 10-point site report covering SEO, accessibility, and social.
SEO Site Checkup
One-page SEO health check with a free daily scan.
XML-Sitemaps
Free online sitemap generator for smaller sites.
Free Keyword Research Tools
What people actually type. Every tool here pulls from autocomplete data, ad platforms, or question databases.
Google Keyword Planner
Google's own volume data, free with an Ads account.
Google Trends
Search interest over time, by region and category.
AnswerThePublic
Question-based keyword visualizer fed by autocomplete.
AlsoAsked
Maps the “People Also Ask” tree for any query.
Ubersuggest
Keyword volumes, ideas, and site audit from Neil Patel's tool.
Ahrefs Free Keyword Generator
Top 100 keyword ideas for any seed term or question.
Keyword Tool
Autocomplete suggestions across Google, YouTube, Bing, and Amazon.
Soovle
Instant autocomplete ideas from seven engines on one screen.
keyword.io
Long-tail keyword suggestions by platform.
QuestionDB
Search a database of real user questions for content angles.
Keyword Sheeter
Pulls thousands of autocomplete suggestions fast.
Keyworddit
Extracts keywords from Reddit communities with volume context.
Keyword Tool Dominator
Desktop autocomplete scraper for Google, Amazon, eBay, Etsy, and YouTube.
Keyword Surfer
Chrome extension that shows volumes right inside Google results.
LSI Graph
Latent-semantic keyword ideas grouped by intent.
Free Link Tools
Backlink data, authority checks, and earned-link opportunities — the honest free versions.
Ahrefs Free Backlink Checker
Top 100 backlinks for any domain or URL.
Ahrefs Webmaster Tools
Full backlink and organic search reports for sites you verify.
Moz Link Explorer
Backlink data and Domain Authority with a free Moz account.
MozBar
Toolbar showing DA, page elements, and markup as you browse.
Majestic
Trust Flow and Citation Flow backlink intelligence.
OpenLinkProfiler
Free backlink database with freshness filters.
SEO Review Tools
Free suite of backlink, authority, and on-page checkers.
Google Disavow Links Tool
Tell Google which links to ignore — part of Search Console.
Qwoted
Journalist-source matching for earned links and PR coverage.
Featured
Source-matching platform connecting experts with publishers.
Help a B2B Writer
Ongoing requests from B2B journalists looking for sources.
Free Local SEO Tools
Local pack visibility runs on listings and reviews. These tools manage both.
Google Business Profile
Claim and manage the listing that powers local packs and Maps.
Bing Places
Bing's business listing manager — still underweighted by most local brands.
Apple Business Connect
Manage how your business appears across Apple Maps.
Whitespark Google Review Link Generator
Build a direct ask-for-a-review link to hand to customers.
BrightLocal Free Local SEO Tools
Local SERP checker, citation tracker, and review link generator.
Free Multi-Tools & Suites
All-in-one platforms with genuinely usable free tiers — convenient, at the cost of some depth.
Semrush
Keyword, backlink, and site-audit platform.
Moz Free SEO Tools
Keyword explorer, link explorer, and domain analysis in one place.
SEO PowerSuite
Four desktop tools — Rank Tracker, WebSite Auditor, SEO SpyGlass, LinkAssistant.
Small SEO Tools
Dozens of quick browser utilities: plagiarism checker, position checker, and more.
Seobility
Site audit and ranking tools with a free account tier.
SERPstat
All-in-one SEO platform with limited free daily queries.
Barracuda Panguin Tool
Overlays Google algorithm updates on your Search Console traffic.
Free On-Page & Technical SEO Tools
Structured data, meta tags, readability, and the page-level details that decide whether good content gets parsed correctly.
Google Rich Results Test
Validate structured data and preview rich results.
Schema Markup Validator
Check any page's schema.org markup against the vocabulary.
Merkle Schema Markup Generator
Generate validated JSON-LD for a dozen schema types.
Merkle hreflang Tags Generator
Build correct hreflang annotations in seconds.
Detailed SEO Extension
One click to see titles, meta, headings, and schema on any page.
Web Developer Toolbar
Classic browser toolbar for disabling JS, outlining elements, and validating.
WAVE
Accessibility evaluation — overlaps heavily with technical SEO.
Meta Tags
Preview and generate how a page renders when shared.
Hemingway Editor
Readability grading for the copy you are optimizing.
Word Counter
Word, sentence, and keyword-density counts while you draft.
Internet Marketing Ninjas SEO Tools
Long-running collection of on-page, social, and link tools.
Free Competitive Research Tools
What competitors run on, where their traffic comes from, and what their sites looked like before the redesign.
Wayback Machine
See any site's history — including yours — before a migration.
Similarweb
Estimated traffic and channel mix for competitor domains.
BuiltWith
Identify the tech stack behind any site.
Wappalyzer
Browser extension and lookup for CMS, frameworks, and trackers.
ICANN Lookup
Official WHOIS data for domain age and registration checks.
Ahrefs Website Authority Checker
Domain Rating (DR) for any domain.
Ahrefs Website Traffic Checker
Estimated organic traffic for any domain or URL.
Exploding Topics
Spot search trends before they peak.
Google Alerts
Free monitoring for brand mentions and competitor news.
Hunter
Find outreach emails for link building, with a free monthly quota.
Free Rank Checking Tools
Where a URL actually ranks, and how the result will look before you publish it.
Free Site Speed Tools
Core Web Vitals and load performance — measured in the lab and in the field.
Google PageSpeed Insights
Lab and field Core Web Vitals data from Google.
Lighthouse
The audit engine behind PageSpeed, built into Chrome DevTools.
GTmetrix
Waterfall charts and performance scores with a free account.
WebPageTest
Run tests from real devices and locations, with filmstrips.
Pingdom Website Speed Test
Quick single-URL load-time check.
KeyCDN Website Speed Test
Global speed test with a full waterfall.
Dotcom-Tools
Speed tests from dozens of global locations.
Uptrends
Mobile and desktop speed checks from around the world.
Free WordPress SEO Tools
Plugins that carry real weight on the platform still powering most of the web.
Yoast SEO
The most-installed WordPress SEO plugin.
Rank Math
Feature-rich WordPress SEO with schema modules built in.
All in One SEO
Long-running WordPress SEO toolkit.
SEOPress
Powerful WordPress SEO without upsell walls.
The SEO Framework
Lightweight, automated WordPress SEO.
Site Kit by Google
Official Google dashboard wiring Search Console and GA4 into WordPress.
Redirection
Manage 301s and track 404s from the WP admin.
Query Monitor
See the database queries and hooks behind every page load.
WP-Optimize
Cache, minify, and database cleanup in one plugin.
How to choose
A 30-second guide to picking from a list of 100.
Start with what you can measure for free
Search Console and GA4 come first — they are the ground truth every other tool estimates against.
Match the tool to the job, not the logo
Crawlers for site health, keyword tools for demand, speed tools for Core Web Vitals. Suites are convenient; single-purpose tools are usually sharper.
Check what “free” means before you plan around it
Limits differ wildly: per-day queries, URL caps, verified-site requirements. The badge on each entry tells you exactly what free means here.
Free tools find problems. We fix them.
When the audit tools surface something you cannot pin down, that is exactly the work we do every day.