A genuinely free SEO API: 82 checks per URL as scored JSON, free tier with no credit card. Get an API key in seconds — upgrade only when you scale.
Most "free" SEO APIs are a 14-day trial or a demo that expires the moment you build anything real on it. SEO Score API has a free tier that just stays free: send a URL, get back a scored breakdown of 82 checks as JSON, no credit card, no sales call. It's the same audit engine the paid plans use — you're rate-limited, not feature-limited.
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://seoscoreapi.com/audit?url=https://example.com"
Or with the Python SDK (pip install seoscoreapi):
from seoscoreapi import audit
result = audit("https://example.com", api_key="YOUR_KEY")
print(result["score"], result["grade"])
Two audits a day is plenty to wire up a deploy gate on one site, spot-check a client page, or evaluate the API before you commit. When you need to audit a whole sitemap, run scheduled monitoring, or batch thousands of URLs, paid plans start at $5/mo for 200 audits and scale to 25,000/mo — and add SXO/AEO/AIO scores. No re-integration: the same key and endpoints, just a higher ceiling.
Check your website's SEO score for free and get a detailed audit covering 82 checks across meta tags, technical SEO, performance, and accessibility in seconds.
Comparing SEO APIs by price and features? The best affordable pick runs 82 checks from $0 (free tier) — versus $99+/mo for Moz, Ahrefs, and SEMrush.
Integrate SEO auditing into your apps with a single REST API call. JSON output, free tier, GitHub Action and Python/Node SDKs included.
Aggregate patterns from thousands of anonymized audits run through the SEO Score API — the same five issues show up on almost every site, performance is rarely the problem, and social/AI signals are a near-universal blind spot.
Yes. The free tier gives you 2 audits per day with no credit card and no trial expiry. You create a key and start calling the API immediately.
The engine is identical — every plan runs all 82 checks. Paid plans raise your monthly audit limit and rate limit, and unlock SXO/AEO/AIO scores. The free tier is rate-limited, not feature-limited.
Yes, within the free-tier limits (2 audits/day). Many users run the free tier as a CI gate on a single site; when you need higher volume or batch audits, plans start at $5/mo.
JSON. Every one of the 82 checks returns a machine-readable status, the value found, and why it matters, alongside an overall score and grade.
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