# Which SEO tools price by keyword tracked or by seat, and which suits a small team better?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Direct question for the small-agency and solo SEO folks on G2. Which SEO tools price by keyword tracked or by seat, and which suits a small team better, since the two models punish very different situations.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">A few on G2's<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/seo-tools"> </a><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/seo-tools">SEO tools</a> list make the pricing model itself part of the pitch:</p><ul>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/wincher/reviews"><strong>Wincher</strong></a> (4.6/5, 450+ reviews): built around keyword-tracking tiers, so cost scales with how many terms you're watching rather than how many people are logged in.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/seoptimer/reviews"><strong>SEOptimer</strong></a> (4.6/5, 335+ reviews): tiers by crawl volume and site count instead of seats or keywords, which reviewers say fits agencies running many small sites more than one big one.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/aioseo/reviews"><strong>AIOSEO</strong></a> (4.8/5, 225+ reviews): a per-site WordPress license rather than a seat or keyword-based subscription, so a small team on one site pays a flat rate regardless of headcount.</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">For a small team specifically: which pricing model actually punished you the most as you grew, keywords, seats, or sites?</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p>

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&lt;p&gt;Seats hurt when the team grows; keyword limits hurt when the client list grows. For a small agency, I’d probably rather pay for Wincher’s additional tracking capacity than pay again every time another strategist needs access. Shared visibility shouldn’t be the expensive part of an SEO tool.&lt;/p&gt;

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