All in One SEO vs Yoast: which WordPress plugin

All in One SEO’s renewal doesn’t double at every tier, only two of four

All in One SEO’s first-year prices are $49.50 for Basic, $99.50 for Plus, $179.55 for Pro and $239.60 for Elite; renewal brings Basic to $99 and Plus to $199, exactly double, but Pro renews at $399, a multiple of 2.22, and Elite at $599, a multiple of 2.50. Yoast sells by card only, at a flat $118.80 per year per site for Premium, with no separate renewal price published. Scope compared, criterion by criterion. Checked 7 September 2026.

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All in One SEO vs Yoast: scope compared, criterion by criterion — checked September 7, 2026
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What the tool answers
What it measures or produces
AIOSEO produces and controls the SEO markup a WordPress site outputs: SEO title, meta description, canonical URL, robots meta tags, JSON-LD, XML sitemaps and redirect rules (recorded 2026-09-07).	Yoast SEO manipulates every WordPress URL: SEO title, meta description, canonical tag, robots meta tags, structured data and XML sitemaps, plus a real-time text analysis scored red/orange/green in the editor.
The job it equips
It equips the person publishing in WordPress: TruSEO analysis inside the editing screen, five access roles — SEO Manager, SEO Editor, Editor, Author, Contributor — SEO Manager granted sitewide SEO and XML sitemap settings.	The vendor targets the WordPress site owner and content writer: focus keyphrase, red/orange/green traffic lights in the sidebar, SEO title/URL/meta description, social preview.
What it cannot tell you
The vendor states it itself: “Search engines don't have to use the SEO title and description you provide” — it controls what the site outputs, not what the engine displays (recorded 2026-09-07).	Structural limit: the plugin acts on what it sends to Google but can't know what Google does with it. No ranking or volume data of its own: Wincher for rank, Semrush for keywords.
What the plugin controls inside the site
What it controls at publish time
At publish time: SEO title/meta description (# smart tags), SERP snippet preview, per-content custom canonical URL, robots tags (No Index, No Follow, Max Snippet, among others) settable globally, by type or per item.	At publication: SEO title and meta description with a snippet editor, canonical tag set automatically on every page, robots meta tags hidden under “advanced”, breadcrumbs, search/social preview, bulk template variables.
Structured data
“20+ schema types” (Article, Product, FAQ, HowTo, Recipe, among others), generated without code via a builder accepting any JSON-LD, reusable templates. Some tier-gated: Local Business (Plus), Event (Pro), Job Listing (Elite).	“50+ schema types” across more than twenty content types (Article, FAQPage, HowTo, among others), one automatic connected graph. Type changed without code; FAQ/How-to blocks add their schema alone.
Sitemaps and robots
Automatic XML sitemap, by default posts/pages/custom types, among others, exclusion per type or item. robots.txt edited (admin, visual editor, validation); multisite network control reserved for Elite; video/News sitemaps at Pro.	Automatic XML sitemaps for all content types, per-type exclusions via a toggle. robots.txt edited from admin (Tools → File Editor, also edits .htaccess), provided the file is writable and editing isn't disabled.
Redirects
Redirection Manager built in from Basic (AIOSEO Pro); logs (redirects, 404s) reserved for Pro+. Two methods: PHP with no config, or web server (faster, drops hit counting). Import JSON/CSV, export JSON/.htaccess/.nginx.	Redirect manager at the Premium tier, $118.80 US ex VAT/year/site. Handles 301, 302/307, 410, 451, CSV import/export and bulk regex redirects; prevention on URL deletion, not a log of observed 404s.
Content analysis
TruSEO scores on five axes — Keywords, Basics, Spelling, Readability, Headline — “over 70 crucial SEO factors”. Keyphrases scored separately, readability targeting a score between 60 and 80. Formula and density unpublished.	Focus keyphrase (up to 5 synonyms in Premium): density, function words, duplicates. Readability: six checks including sentences (max 20 words) and passive voice (max 10%), Flesch score; thresholds calibrated on 75 articles.
Weight on the site
Added weight: only a qualitative claim — “Absolutely not [...] built with performance in mind.” No figure for requests or Core Web Vitals published. Cache: sitemap manually excluded (LiteSpeed, WP Rocket, W3 Total Cache).	Qualified absence: no figure on site weight — added HTTP requests, Core Web Vitals effect, named cache compatibility — published as of 2026-09-07. Only a qualitative claim and an unquantified Premium “Crawl Optimization” setting.
Known conflicts
No list of incompatible themes or plugins: only a diagnostic procedure — deactivate everything but AIOSEO, default theme, clear/disable all caching (Varnish, Cloudflare CDN included). Two SEO plugins together: not addressed.	Conflict risk acknowledged without naming any incompatible plugin or theme. Procedure: run Health Check & Troubleshooting (disables everything, default theme), or deactivate/reactivate one by one, then contact support.
What you still do elsewhere
Outside the plugin: Google Analytics “deprecated in version 4.5.1”, pointing to MonsterInsights; the CMS — works only on WordPress; performance — third-party cache documented, not shipped; AI credits that don't roll over.	Three jobs stay outside the plugin: keywords via Semrush, rank via Wincher, real performance via Search Console. No shareable report and no speed audit: it guides optimization without guaranteeing what Google displays.
What comes out of it
Export formats
Only documented exports: redirects as full JSON, Apache .htaccess or .nginx, imports as JSON/CSV. No CSV, XLSX, PDF, Sheets or Looker Studio report export (Search Statistics: email only; Rank Tracker: none cited).	Exports: redirects as CSV, focus keyphrases as CSV (scores, URLs, titles, meta descriptions, readability), a settings file to move between sites. Redirect CSV is Premium; no volume cap published.
Shareable reports
Search Statistics emails customizable performance reports to stakeholders, limited to the Elite tier. No public share link and no white-labelling advertised; Elite also adds a “Client Management” feature.	No shareable reporting: scheduled reports, public links and white labeling are absent from the published features as of 2026-09-07 — feedback stays in WordPress admin, performance sent to Search Console.
API access
API runs through the WordPress REST API, listed from the Plus tier (USD 99.50 first year, USD 199.00/year on renewal, 3 sites); standard WordPress authentication, including application passwords. No quota published.	API included at no extra cost, in the free plugin and in Premium, WooCommerce SEO and SEO AI+. Returns titles, descriptions and structured data as a ready bundle or raw key/value. No quota published.
What it connects to
Native integrations
No total integration count advertised. The three that matter: Google Search Console, WooCommerce, and page builders (Elementor, Divi, WPBakery, Avada, SeedProd); Semrush, Microsoft Clarity and IndexNow from Basic upward.	No total integration count announced as of 2026-09-07; the three that matter: Semrush (keywords), Wincher (rank tracking) and Elementor (analysis inside the builder). Slack sharing and the Google Docs add-on come on top.
Google tools it connects to
Search Console native via OAuth (Search Statistics, Elite). Contradiction on Analytics: “deprecated in version 4.5.1”, pointing to MonsterInsights, yet cited in Webmaster Tools verifications. Ads, Sheets, Looker Studio absent.	Only the Google Docs add-on is named on the Google side, one seat included in Premium. No native connection to Search Console, Analytics, Ads, Sheets or Looker Studio as of 2026-09-07: monitoring happens in Search Console itself.
Bringing your existing data across
Import documented from Yoast SEO and Rank Math (titles, meta descriptions, schema, among others) and SEOPress (titles, meta descriptions, social meta). Only lists installed plugins. Whether mapping is auto or manual isn't stated.	Migration from seven named plugins: AIOSEO, RankMath, SEO Framework, Smartcrawl SEO, Squirrly SEO, WP Meta SEO, WPseo, via a step-by-step import tab. Assistance: 24/7 paid-plan support; no paid migration service.
Getting started, and the fine print
Support
Ticket-based support requiring a paid license; “Premium Support” Monday-Friday, US East Coast hours, “Priority Support” from Pro (USD 199.50 first year, USD 399.00/year renewal). Chat: FAQ says no, Contact page advertises 24/7.	Support by chat or email any time, reserved for paid plans, available 24/7. Free users are pointed to WordPress.org community forums. Support language not stated.
What happens if you leave
Refund available within 14 days of purchase, never on renewal, request received within 24 business hours after those 14 days. After cancellation, SEO data stays in WordPress, but updates and premium features stop.	A 30-day refund applies to the first purchase only, renewals and monthly subscriptions excluded. On expiry, updates and support stop; no retention period published, data stays in WordPress, exportable as CSV.
Minimum seats billed
No seat minimum: license counted in site activations — 1 for Basic, 3 for Plus, 10 for Pro, 100 for Elite — not users. Access control has no user cap and no per-seat pricing.	No seat minimum: license sold per site, not per seat — Premium opens for one person and one domain, with bulk discounts for multiple subscriptions. The free plugin installs on an uncapped number of sites.
What it costs
The entry price and what it includes
Basic entry at USD 49.50 for the first year (“normally $99.00”), billed annually; renewal at the full USD 99.00/year price. Covers 1 site and 10,000 AI credits; the single-site limit pushes you out of the tier.	The vendor contradicts itself: $118.80 US ex VAT/year/site for Premium (Local/News/Video SEO, a Docs seat, Academy, 24/7 support; limit = one domain) vs “Get Premium now for $69”, no period stated. Vendor publishes its grid in dollars.
What pushes the bill up
Renewal at full price, doubling the bill from year two (USD 49.50→99.00/year Basic; 99.50→199.00 Plus; 199.50→399.00 Pro; 299.50→599.00 Elite); AI credits 1 year, no rollover, from USD 9.99/10,000; stats/Search Console Elite-only.	Billing per domain (ten sites = ten subscriptions at $118.80/year); prices ex VAT, added by country; higher tiers billed separately — SEO AI+ at $358.80/year, WooCommerce SEO at $178.80/year, Google Docs limited to one seat.
Sales tax and nexus
All in One SEO charges tax by country, never by US state, with no nexus statement beyond the general tax article; Semper Plugins, LLC collects directly, with no FastSpring- or Paddle-type reseller.	Yoast calculates and collects US tax itself based on the billing address, under economic nexus, without listing the states (a 2020 third-party map). Exception: for Yoast SEO for Shopify, Shopify bills and bears the tax.
Procurement and invoicing
Annual renewal by card/PayPal, with no PO or net-30: Basic and Plus double exactly ($49.50→$99; $99.50→$199), but Pro goes from $179.55 to $399 (×2.22) and Elite from $239.60 to $599 (×2.50).	Yoast sells self-service by card only, with no tier opening invoice billing, POs, net-30, ACH or a W-9; e.g. Yoast SEO Premium at $118.80/year ex-tax, with no separate renewal price published.

Key takeaways

Two tiers double on renewal, and two do not

All in One SEO’s first-year prices run forty-nine dollars and fifty cents for Basic, ninety-nine dollars and fifty cents for Plus, one hundred seventy-nine dollars and fifty-five cents for Pro, and two hundred thirty-nine dollars and sixty cents for Elite. On renewal, Basic and Plus double exactly, to ninety-nine dollars and one hundred ninety-nine dollars. Pro and Elite do not: Pro renews at three hundred ninety-nine dollars, a multiple of two point two two, and Elite at five hundred ninety-nine dollars, a multiple of two point five.

Yoast never publishes a renewal figure at all

Yoast sells Premium at one hundred eighteen dollars and eighty cents per year per site, excluding VAT, with no separate renewal price stated anywhere on the pages checked. Its own vendor pages contradict each other on the price itself: one names one hundred eighteen dollars and eighty cents, another advertises “Premium now for sixty-nine dollars” with no period stated — a contradiction this comparison reports without resolving.

Neither plugin bills by seat, only by site

All in One SEO counts licences by site activation, not by user: one for Basic, three for Plus, ten for Pro, one hundred for Elite, with no per-seat price at all. Yoast sells the same way, per domain rather than per person: ten sites means ten separate subscriptions, each renewing at its own domain price.

Sales tax is collected on entirely different bases

All in One SEO charges tax by country, never by a United States state, with no nexus statement published beyond a general tax article; Semper Plugins, LLC collects the tax directly, with no reseller in between. Yoast calculates and collects United States tax itself, under economic nexus, without listing which states apply — except for Yoast SEO for Shopify, where Shopify itself bills and bears the tax instead.

What a buyer gives up by staying on the free tier

All in One SEO’s free plugin controls titles, descriptions, canonical URLs and XML sitemaps, but structured data, the redirect manager and multisite control stay behind a paid tier. Yoast’s free plugin covers the same core fields plus a readability and keyword-density analysis, but its own redirect manager sits at Premium, one hundred eighteen dollars and eighty cents per year per site.

Neither vendor will tell you what Google actually shows

All in One SEO states outright that “search engines don’t have to use the SEO title and description you provide” — it controls what the site outputs, not what an engine displays. Yoast draws the same boundary without saying it as plainly: it can act only on what it sends to Google, with no rank or search-volume data of its own, pointing instead to Wincher and Semrush.

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Does Yoast handle US sales tax the same way across every purchase channel?

No: bought directly, Yoast calculates and collects US sales tax itself under economic nexus, without listing the states involved, per a third-party map dated 2020. But for Yoast SEO for Shopify, Shopify bills and bears the tax instead. All in One SEO taxes by country and never by US state, with no nexus statement beyond one general article.

Does All in One SEO’s renewal price simply double at every tier?

No: renewal doubles exactly on Basic, from 49.50 to 99.00 dollars, and on Plus, from 99.50 to 199.00 dollars, but not on Pro, which climbs from 179.55 to 399.00 dollars, a 2.22 times jump, or on Elite, from 239.60 to 599.00 dollars, a 2.50 times jump. Payment stays card or PayPal only, with no purchase order or net-30, at both All in One SEO and Yoast.

Does Yoast’s redirect manager cost extra on top of the plugin?

Yes: at Yoast, the redirect manager is reserved for the Premium tier, priced at 118.80 US dollars per year per site excluding tax, and handles 301, 302/307, 410 and 451 codes plus CSV import and export. All in One SEO builds its Redirection Manager into the Basic tier at no separate module price, but reserves its logs of redirects and 404s for Pro and above.

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