Majestic vs Yoast SEO

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Majestic is the stronger AI pick in SEO Tools: it has a visibility score of 1.3 versus 0.7 for Yoast SEO, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Majestic if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (1.3 vs 0.7)
Best specialist backlink tool

Choose Yoast SEO if…

You prefer a larger, established vendor (51–200 employees)

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

Metric	Majestic	Yoast SEO
Visibility score	1.3%	0.7%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in SEO Tools	#31	#37
Share of voice	0.7%	0.4%
Mentions this run	4	2
Positive in AI answers	0%	—

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Majestic 0pp · Yoast SEO 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Majestic leads on 2 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

AI Mode

1.3%

Perplexity

1.9%

0.9%

MajesticYoast SEO

Head to head in AI answers

1 engine answers name both brands

1Majestic ranked higher

0Yoast SEO ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Majestic	Yoast SEO
Official website of the top SEO tool vendors	Perplexity	#9	#12

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Majestic	Yoast SEO
Pricing model	—	Flat tiers
Entry price	—	Free; paid from $118.8 / mo
Free plan	—	Yes
Deployment	—	WordPress plugin and Shopify app
Support	FAQs, Support blog, How-to videos, API reference guide	24/7 email and chat support with a Premium subscription, Help center, Free support forums at wordpress.org, Yoast SEO Academy online courses
Founded	2004	2010
Headquarters	Birmingham, England, UK	Wijchen, Netherlands
Employees	1–10	51–200
Funding	Undisclosed investment from Dutch investor Rene van Mullem	—
Best for	SEO specialists, agencies and consultancies that need competitor backlink analysis and link building data.	Entrepreneurs, in-house marketing teams, content creators and niche publishers on WordPress, and ecommerce teams on WooCommerce or Shopify.