Rank Math vs Yoast SEO
Every Rank Math Price You See Is a First-Year Price
One Yoast Premium Subscription Covers One Site — Price It Per Domain
The short answer
- Entry price
- Rank Math is priced in € and Yoast SEO in $ (€7.99/month against $118.80/year). We do not convert between them, because the rate on the day you read this is not the rate we would be quoting.
- Our rating
- We rate Rank Math higher — 4.4/5 against 3.9/5.
- Against the rest of the category
- Of the 6 seo content tools we have reviewed that publish a starting price, Rank Math is the 1st cheapest to start and Yoast SEO the 5th.
Rank Math
from €7.99/monthPRO is €7.99 a month and renews at €8.99. Business is €24.99 and renews at €27.99. Agency is €54.99 and renews at €64.99. The renewal figures are printed on the pricing page under each plan, so nothing is hidden — but the headline number is the one you pay least often.
What works
- ✓ The renewal price is printed openly on the pricing page rather than buried in terms
- ✓ PRO covers unlimited personal websites, not a site count
- ✓ The free version includes Search Console integration and 18 pre-defined schema types
- ✓ Tracked keyword allowances are large: 500 on PRO, 10,000 on Business, 50,000 on Agency
What does not
- ✗ Every advertised price is a discounted first-year rate that rises on renewal
- ✗ Agency renews €120 a year higher than its advertised price
- ✗ Prices are quoted in euros, so the dollar cost moves with the exchange rate
- ✗ Content AI arrives as a 15-day trial, not an included allowance
Yoast SEO
from $118.80/yearYoast SEO Premium is $118.80 a year excluding VAT, and the vendor states plainly that one subscription covers one site or domain. Run three sites and that is $356.40 before tax — bulk discounts exist, but the unit you are buying is the domain, not the account.
What works
- ✓ Premium bundles Local SEO, News SEO and Video SEO rather than selling them separately
- ✓ Includes one Google Docs add-on seat and academy access
- ✓ Subscriptions are transferable between live and staging sites
- ✓ Bulk discounts are available for multiple sites
What does not
- ✗ One subscription covers exactly one site or domain
- ✗ The $118.80 figure excludes VAT, so the billed total is higher in many countries
- ✗ Renewal terms are not stated on the plugin page
- ✗ A multi-site owner multiplies the price by domain count
Who should pick which
Pick Rank Math if this is the thing that matters most to you:
The renewal price is printed openly on the pricing page rather than buried in terms.
What most often rules it out: Every advertised price is a discounted first-year rate that rises on renewal.
Pick Yoast SEO if this is the thing that matters most to you:
Premium bundles Local SEO, News SEO and Video SEO rather than selling them separately.
What most often rules it out: One subscription covers exactly one site or domain.
Figures come from our review of each product, checked against the vendor's own pricing page. We do not convert currencies or rank prices quoted on different billing periods — where that applies it is said above, not quietly resolved.
A third option, and what it is not
Bonfire Terminal is an AI agent that runs as a desktop app on your own machine — no cloud, nothing you type leaves your computer. It does not do what Rank Math or Yoast SEO do, and we will not pretend it does. If either is doing its job for you, keep it.
What the $27 actually gets you→The way in is the AI Marketers Club — $27 one-time, including 21 days of access. Keeping it after that is a separate purchase; the vendor's FAQ states Bonfire Terminal starts at $5,000. We earn a commission at no extra cost to you, which is why both tools' drawbacks are printed in full above and the $5,000 is here rather than left for you to find later.