Ironclad SEO: Alt Text & Meta vs SEO Audit AI
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026.
The short answer
- Only Ironclad SEO lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $18/month for Ironclad SEO and $14.99/month for SEO Audit AI.
- SEO Audit AI lists 6 features Ironclad SEO’s listing doesn’t mention, including Broken links, Lazy loading, Metadata optimization.
Head to head
Free
- · Finds missing meta, alt text, duplicates
- · One-click SEO audit, plain language
- · Structured data for rich results
Growth
- · Image alt text fixes
- · Meta editor with live Google preview
- · One-click undo on every change
Pro
- · Bulk image alt text for your catalog
- · Bulk-fill missing search titles
- · Everything in Growth
Starter
- · 10 scans per month
- · AI audit & one-click SEO fixes
- · All SEO checks + store-wide audit
- · Up to 500 URLs per scan
Growth
- · 50 scans per month
- · Everything in Starter
- · Score history & trends
- · Up to 5,000 URLs per scan
Pro
- · Everything in Growth
- · Priority crawling & support
- · Unlimited scans
- · Up to 50,000 URLs per scan
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureIronclad SEO helps your store get found on Google and AI search (ChatGPT, Gemini), safely, with every change previewed and reversible. Scan your products and collections for missing titles, descriptions, image alt text and duplicates, then fix them with a live Google preview. Every change shows a before-and-after preview and can be undone in one click, and nothing you've written is ever overwritten.
Most SEO tools hand you a long list of problems. SEO Audit AI turns it into a clear plan — then fixes it for you. It crawls your whole storefront for 35+ issues across technical SEO, on-page content, structured data, performance, links and social, with real Core Web Vitals from Google PageSpeed Insights.
- One-click SEO audit of products and collections, in plain English
- Edit search titles and descriptions with a live Google preview
- Bulk-fill missing search titles and image alt text safely
- Structured data for rich results, via a theme app embed
- Audit your entire store: products, collections, pages and blog posts
- See real Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) via Google PageSpeed Insights
- Get an AI summary of what to fix first, by impact and effort
- Follow clear, step-by-step instructions to fix each issue in Shopify
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  Ironclad SEO |  SEO Audit AI |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Ironclad SEO | SEO Audit AI |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | Not published |
| App Store reviews | Not published | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Ironclad SEO | SEO Audit AI |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $18/month | $14.99/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 3 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Ironclad SEO | SEO Audit AI |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #1205 | #1100(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jul 20, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Sizzle | Lumen Lab |
FAQ
Ironclad SEO and SEO Audit AI: common questions
- Is Ironclad SEO or SEO Audit AI cheaper?
- Only Ironclad SEO lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $18/month for Ironclad SEO and $14.99/month for SEO Audit AI. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Ironclad SEO lists 5 the others don’t mention, such as Breadcrumbs, Insights and tips, JSON-LD, Rich snippets. SEO Audit AI lists 6 the others don’t mention, such as Broken links, Lazy loading, Metadata optimization, SEO score. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Oct 13, 2026; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Oct 13, 2026. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.