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Rank Math or Yoast: what does each WordPress SEO plugin cost for one site and for many?
Summary
Both plugins have free versions. Yoast SEO Premium costs $118.80 a year for each site. Rank Math charges one annual price per plan: PRO is $107.88 for any number of sites you own, Business $335.88 for up to 100 client sites and Agency $779.88 for up to 500 (before tax, checked November 8, 2026). With several sites, what matters is whether they are yours or your clients'.
Start with the free features you need
Yoast's free WordPress plugin includes XML sitemaps, canonical URLs, automated meta tags and Schema.org structured data. Its listing also includes SEO and readability analysis, SERP previews, breadcrumbs and a bulk editor. Those functions may cover the work you wanted a plugin to do.
Rank Math's WordPress listing describes 15+ free modules and an XML sitemap. Its PRO feature list includes a Schema builder and SEO Automation. Before paying for more structured-data options, use the schema markup guide to identify what your pages need. A paid license should solve a specific requirement, rather than duplicate a feature you already have.
Separate site licenses from writer seats
Yoast Premium covers one site or domain per subscription. It includes the Local SEO, Video SEO and News SEO plugins. A second website needs another subscription, even if the same person manages both.
The included writer seat is for Yoast's Google Docs add-on. Extra Google Docs seats cost $5 a month each, excluding VAT. That is a separate budget item from website licenses; it does not mean each WordPress editor needs a paid seat.
Rank Math PRO covers unlimited websites that you own outright. Client sites, or a business you're a partner in, need Business or Agency, even for a small portfolio. Beyond Business's 100 sites you can buy extra licenses or ask Rank Math for a custom plan.
What Rank Math's plans cost
| Plan | Sites | Price a year |
|---|---|---|
| PRO | Unlimited sites you own | $107.88 |
| Business | Up to 100 client sites | $335.88 |
| Agency | Up to 500 client sites | $779.88 |
These are the regular prices, shown as $8.99, $27.99 and $64.99 a month billed annually. Tax is added, and the plan renews automatically at the same price. A sale running on November 8, 2026 took about 40% off the first year and raised the limits to 200 sites on Business and 750 on Agency. Renewal is at the regular price; if you need the larger limit, ask Rank Math whether it stays after renewal.
What one, five and twenty Yoast sites cost
Yoast's discount page applies volume discounts to subscriptions for the same product bought in one order. The discounts below use the $118.80 annual Premium price, before VAT.
| Sites | Calculation | Annual total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $118.80 | $118.80 |
| 5 | $594 less 5% | $564.30 |
| 20 | $2,376 less 15% | $2,019.60 |
For twenty sites, the calculation is twenty times $118.80, then a 15% reduction, giving $2,019.60 a year. Add Google Docs seats separately if more writers need that add-on. Confirm the discount in the order before paying, especially if you already hold subscriptions bought separately.
Yoast's higher volume tiers offer 20% at 25 subscriptions, 25% at 30, 30% at 40, 35% at 50 and 40% at 75. At 100 or more, request a custom quote. Those thresholds concern subscriptions, so count the products in the order carefully.
Compare the renewal budget and the work covered
For one site, Yoast Premium at $118.80 and Rank Math PRO at $107.88 cost about the same. The gap opens as sites are added. Five Yoast sites cost $564.30 a year and twenty cost $2,019.60, while Rank Math stays at $107.88 if you own them all, or $335.88 on Business if they belong to clients. Compare renewal prices with tax on the same basis.
Rank Math emails a notice seven days before the yearly renewal. Its 30-day refund covers new purchases, not renewals.
A sitemap helps search engines discover pages but does not guarantee indexing. The SEO indexing guide explains that distinction. If you also need competitor research, the WordPress SEO tools guide separates plugin work from a wider tool subscription. The /seo-tools-cost-calculator/ page lets you budget for both without treating them as interchangeable purchases.
Work out your own number: the SEO Tools Cost Calculator finds the cheapest published plan for your sites, tracked keywords and users.
Sources
Figures come from each vendor's own pricing pages and documentation. We have not tested these tools hands-on, and no ranking here is paid for.