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The best free SEO tools, all in your browser.

RankNibbler is the browser-based SEO toolkit thousands of developers, SEO pros, and agencies use every week to audit websites — without paying $99/month. 50+ tools, instant results, free PDF & CSV export. It even scores how citable your pages are for ChatGPT, Claude and Google AI Overviews — and every check is a free JSON API your own AI agents can call. No upsell, no limits.

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On-page audit & analysis

6 tools

Monitoring & analysis

3 tools

AI search & rank tracking

5 tools

Link tools

6 tools

Meta & content tools

7 tools

Structured data & social

4 tools

Technical SEO

6 tools

Technical checkers

5 tools

AI search & developer API

2 tools

RankNibbler vs. other SEO tools

How our free browser-based suite — on-page audits, full-site crawls, AI-search readiness, competitor analysis, uptime & AI change monitoring, and a free JSON API — compares to the bigger paid tools.

Feature RankNibbler Ahrefs / SEMrush Screaming Frog Lighthouse
Price Free $99–$449/mo Free (500 URLs) / £199/yr Free
Account required Optional (free) Yes Install required No
On-page audit (100+ checks) Yes Yes Yes Partial
Full-site crawl Yes (2,500 pages) Yes Yes (500 free) No
Schema validation Yes (15+ types) Yes Yes No
Accessibility audit Yes No Partial Yes
Security headers audit Yes No No Partial
AI-search readiness (AEO/GEO) Yes Partial No No
Competitor page analysis (AI) Yes Yes No No
Uptime monitoring Yes (free) No No No
Page change monitoring (AI) Yes (free) No No No
Backlink analysis Yes Yes No No
Keyword rank tracking Spot-check Yes No No
Tech stack detection 40+ Partial Partial No
PDF / CSV export Yes Yes Yes HTML only
In-browser (no install) Yes Yes No DevTools only
REST API (JSON) Yes (free) Paid add-on No CLI
AI-agent ready (MCP — ChatGPT & Claude) Yes No No No

Frequently asked questions

Are RankNibbler's SEO tools really free?

Yes. Every tool is free, with no daily limits and no premium tier. The core tools run right in your browser; a few advanced tools, like uptime and page-change monitoring, use a free account so we can email you alerts.

Do I need to create an account to use these SEO tools?

Most tools need no account; just paste a URL and run it. A few that work in the background, like uptime and page-change monitoring, use a free account (no card) so we can save your monitors and email you.

How does RankNibbler compare to paid SEO tools like Ahrefs, SEMrush, or Screaming Frog?

RankNibbler is a full on-page, technical and off-page suite — audits (title tags, meta, headings, schema, accessibility, page weight), full-site crawls, backlink analysis, competitor analysis, rank spot-checks, uptime & AI change monitoring, and a free JSON API — all free in your browser. Where Ahrefs and SEMrush pull ahead is the sheer scale of their backlink and keyword databases and historical data; Screaming Frog is a desktop crawler that needs installing and a licence for larger sites. For the vast majority of on-page, technical and competitor work, RankNibbler does the job without the subscription.

Can I use these tools for client SEO audits?

Yes. Every audit can be exported as a branded PDF or CSV for client reports. The tools have no usage limits so you can audit as many client sites as you need. White-label not available (the RankNibbler name appears in reports).

Do the tools work for any website platform?

Yes. RankNibbler tools work with any publicly accessible webpage — WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, BigCommerce, Magento, headless setups, and custom-built sites. They fetch the HTML the same way a search engine crawler would. For password-protected staging sites, use the HTTP Basic auth fields on the homepage audit tool.

What about Core Web Vitals and page speed?

The Page Weight & Performance tool connects to Google's PageSpeed Insights API to return the full Core Web Vitals report (LCP, CLS, INP) for any URL. You can also see total page weight and request counts from the main audit.

Do you have an API or developer access?

Yes. Every check is available as a free JSON REST API — wire it into CI pipelines, dashboards and scripts. There's also an MCP server and OpenAPI actions, so ChatGPT and Claude can run audits for you directly. Free API key, no card required. (No standalone CLI yet, but the API covers programmatic use.)

How often are the tools updated?

We update check criteria whenever Google announces new ranking factors or deprecates old ones. The tools have been updated multiple times in 2026 to cover AI Overviews optimisation, Core Web Vitals INP metric, and expanded schema validation.