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Users consistently praise the user-friendly interface and real-time analysis that make optimizing SEO straightforward, even for beginners. Many appreciate how it simplifies complex tasks like managing meta descriptions and generating sitemaps, saving time and effort. However, some users note that advanced features are often locked behind the premium version, which can be a limitation for smaller teams.

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Prachi V.
PV
Software developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Yoast: Simplifies SEO with Ease"
What do you like best about Yoast?

I really like Yoast’s improved AI-powered SEO suggestions that help refine titles and meta descriptions instantly.

Their enhanced schema and internal linking recommendations also make on-page optimization much smarter and faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yoast?

Yoast can improve your on-page SEO by optimizing meta titles, descriptions, keywords, and readability.

It also helps with XML sitemaps, schema markup, and overall content structure for better search visibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Prachi V.
PV
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Boosts Website Visibility with Key SEO Features"
What do you like best about Yoast?

I use Yoast for web analytics, site maps, and optimizing my content's visibility and readability on Google. I find Yoast very helpful because it improves website content and visibility. The traffic system is straightforward, with different colors indicating traffic levels, making it easy to understand. It's also beneficial to see and add meta titles and descriptions, and it generates XML files for sitemaps. These features are important for using SEO effectively. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yoast?

Some features are a bit too limited, particularly the keywords feature. The scoring system sometimes doesn't perform well, and I've noticed a bit of a loading issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rosa M.
RM
Gestor de Ecommerce y Marketplaces
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Simple optimization for better results on Google"
What do you like best about Yoast?

Its intuitive interface helps configure SEO titles and custom meta descriptions, automatically generate XML sitemaps, and control page indexing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yoast?

Many of its features have to be in the premium version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Panchal H.
PH
Wordpress Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Effortless On-Page SEO with Actionable Insights"
What do you like best about Yoast?

It clears on-page SEO with clear, actionable recommendations. The real time content analysis, readability checks, and SEO scoring makes it easy to optimize pages and posts without deep SEO expertise. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yoast?

One throwback of Yoast is that some advanced features are locked behind premium verison, which can feel limiting for smaller teams or individual users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

robiul h.
RH
SEO Expert
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Comprehensive Review of Yoast SEO"
What do you like best about Yoast?

What I like best about Yoast SEO is its user-friendly interface and real-time content analysis. It provides easy-to-follow SEO and readability suggestions, making optimization simple for both beginners and experts. The ability to customize meta descriptions, titles, and sitemaps directly within the plugin is a huge time-saver. Overall, it’s a powerful tool that simplifies SEO for anyone looking to improve their site’s performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yoast?

What I dislike about Yoast SEO is that some of its advanced features, like the redirect manager and internal linking suggestions, are only available in the premium version. While the free version is robust, certain key functionalities require an upgrade. Additionally, the plugin can sometimes be a bit overwhelming with all the options and recommendations, which might confuse beginners. Finally, Yoast occasionally suggests optimizations that don’t always align with the latest SEO trends, so users should double-check recommendations before implementing them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Food Production
UF
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Favoite Plugin"
What do you like best about Yoast?

Love how easy it is to optimize SEO in WooCommerce. AI is extremely helpful while still maintaining your own tone of voice. Products and listings are constantly changing and Yoast comes in handy daily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yoast?

I haven't had any issues with Yoast and have been using for 2 years now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Don M.
DM
Chief Content Officer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Decent SEO management tool"
What do you like best about Yoast?

I like that it suggests specific improvements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yoast?

Sometimes the improvements it suggests follow out of date guidelines for keyword stuffing and actually downgrade page score. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Chinmay M.
CM
UX Designer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Good SEO tool especially for bloggers"
What do you like best about Yoast?

It is kind of automated, and you just need to integrate it once and then, whenever you are creating a blog page or webpage it show you all the neccessary changes instantly. Plus it also show you real time search page preview of google, like how will your page look like in seach engines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yoast?

To utilize full features of Yoast like xml sitemapping and script injection, you need to have a good or little more than average coding knowledge to know if you are injecting the script precisely. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Garreth N C.
GC
Executive Director
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Paid version improves SEO on blog posts"
What do you like best about Yoast?

Automates a lot of the functions to improve SEO Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yoast?

You have to subscribe (paid) to get most benefits Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Martin Thompson J.
MJ
Director
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The best product for SEO"
What do you like best about Yoast?

Ease use - love the traffic light system! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yoast?

Struggling to find any dislikes. Perhaps price for the premium products is a little high? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pricing Options

Pricing provided by Yoast.

Yoast SEO for Shopify

Starting at $19.00
Per Month

Yoast WooCommerce SEO

Starting at $178.80
1 site Per Year

Yoast SEO Google Docs Add-on

$5.00
1 seat Per Month
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