Rank Math vs Yoast SEO – They are two of the most popular SEO plugins for WordPress, with millions of users across the world. Yoast SEO has been around a lot longer than Rank Math, with the former being founded in 2010, 8 years before Rank Math. Although both of these plugins have a lot of features that can help you optimise your website for search engines, but there are some advantages that make the newer kid on the block, Rank Math, a better choice over Yoast SEO.
Rank Math vs Yoast SEO – The breakdown
PRICE
This is where the RankMath is in a league of its own. RankMath’s Pro license allows UNLIMITED personal sites for just $59 per year. Yoast SEO on the other hand charges individually for each site and it’s more expensive – $99/£99/€99 per year for a single site. They offer small discounts for multiple licenses but the price is crazy!
Say you have two small sites, your bill for RankMath will be $59 and for Yoast SEO, it’ll be $180.10/£180.10/€180.10
User Interface
One of the biggest advantages of Rank Math over Yoast SEO is its user interface. Rank Math simply has a cleaner and more straightforward layout, even for beginners. It’s clean and uncluttered, with all the important parts easily accessible from a single dashboard.
On the other hand, Yoast SEO feels cluttered with a more confusing and louder interface (Brightly coloured smiley faces come to mind). The settings and options are spread out over different tabs and pages, making it more difficult to find the most important parts. The interface feels complicated and could be overwhelming for new users.
More Features
Rank Math free generally has more features than its free Yoast SEO counterpart, making it a more all-in-one SEO plugin. To name just a couple (of many, many, many) of the features that Rank Math free offers, which Yoast SEO doesn’t, include:
- Redirection manager: Rank Math free has a built-in redirection manager, which you only get in Yoast SEO Premium. This is a vital feature you need on your site. It allows you to redirect old URLs to new ones without losing any traffic or search engine rankings.
- Multiple keywords – Rank Math’s free version allows up to 5 keywords, compared to just 1 in Yoast’s free version. To get multiple keywords, you’d need to subscribe to Yoast’s Premium version.
Faster Page Load Times
Rank Math is lighter and faster, which means that it won’t slow down your website or affect your page load times as much as Yoast will. Check out the comparison below. The plugin alone is nearly a third of the size! Less size = Faster Web Speeds = Better for SEO. Simple.
Better Content Analysis
Rank Math’s content analysis feature is far more comprehensive than Yoast SEO’s. It gives a more in-depth analysis of your content, with a focus on factors like readability, keyword density, and internal linking, all really important features to get to grips with when you’re starting out. Rank Math also provides suggestions on how to improve your content, with actionable tips that are easy to understand and implement.
Integrated Google Search Console
Rank Math has integrated Google Search Console, which allows you to see your website’s performance data directly from your WordPress dashboard, without having to go to the console itself. This is vital for tracking your search engine rankings, monitoring your website’s general health, and identifying any problems that may be affecting your visibility in Google search results.
Modular Settings
Rank Math has completely modular settings, allowing you toggle on/off any features you want or don’t. This makes it so much easier to get down to the features that you want.
In conclusion, while both Rank Math and Yoast SEO are great SEO plugins for WordPress, Rank Math offers several advantages that make it a better choice for most users. With its better user interface, more features, faster page load times, better content analysis, integrated Google Search Console, and better customer support, Rank Math is the clear winner when it comes to SEO plugins for WordPress.
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