Free Semrush alternatives for everyday SEO checks
Semrush is a full SEO and marketing suite. For a small site that needs a handful of answers, ShipX’s free tools cover keyword ideas, on-page audits and side-by-side comparisons, with no account.
Free, no account
Every ShipX tool is free to use without signing up. Tools that fetch other sites are rate-limited per visitor so they stay fast and fair.
One question, one tool
Each tool answers a single question: a site’s Domain Rating, an on-page audit, keyword ideas, a side-by-side comparison.
Made for small sites
Built for makers checking their own launch page or a directory before they submit, not for agency-scale reporting.
Free tools for the job
All free toolsKeyword Generator
Questions, commercial, comparison and long-tail ideas from a seed keyword.
Keyword Difficulty Estimator
Heuristic 0–100 difficulty from length and modifiers. Not Ahrefs KD.
On-Page SEO Audit
On-page audit for any URL: title, meta, H1, canonical, OG, schema and a checklist.
SEO Compare
Compare on-page SEO, Ahrefs DR, titles, meta, H1, OG tags and more side by side.
GEO / AI Citation Checker
llms.txt, ai.txt, AI crawler access, JSON-LD and markdown twins. No fake ChatGPT rankings.
SERP Preview
Google snippet preview with desktop and mobile width estimates.
Questions
- Is this a replacement for Semrush?
- No. These are single checks, not a suite: there’s no position tracking, keyword database or site crawler. They help when you need one answer quickly.
- Do I need an account?
- No. Every tool is free to use without signing up.
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