Google PageSpeed Insights vs. Link Research Tools

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google PageSpeed Insights
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Google PageSpeed Insights is a search engine optimization software solution offered by Google.N/A
Link Research Tools
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Pricing
Google PageSpeed InsightsLink Research Tools
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google PageSpeed InsightsLink Research Tools
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Google PageSpeed InsightsLink Research Tools
Features
Google PageSpeed InsightsLink Research Tools
SEO
Comparison of SEO features of Product A and Product B
Google PageSpeed Insights
7.5
Ratings
3% below category average
Link Research Tools
7.8
Ratings
1% above category average
Keyword analysis6.00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Page grader7.30 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Competitive analysis5.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Site audit / diagnostics9.90 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Site recommendations9.90 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Task management6.70 Ratings6.40 Ratings
Backlink management00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
SERP ranking tracking00 Ratings5.90 Ratings
SEO Channels
Comparison of SEO Channels features of Product A and Product B
Google PageSpeed Insights
6.3
Ratings
19% below category average
Link Research Tools
8.5
Ratings
11% above category average
Local SEO5.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Social SEO5.00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Mobile SEO10.00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Global SEO5.40 Ratings8.80 Ratings
SEO Platform & Account Management
Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Product A and Product B
Google PageSpeed Insights
8.5
Ratings
0% above category average
Link Research Tools
8.7
Ratings
3% above category average
Multi-domain support9.10 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Integration with web analytics tools8.00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Google PageSpeed InsightsLink Research Tools
Small Businesses
Nozzle
Nozzle
Score 10.0 out of 10
Nozzle
Nozzle
Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Advanced Web Ranking
Advanced Web Ranking
Score 8.2 out of 10
Advanced Web Ranking
Advanced Web Ranking
Score 8.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Google Search Console
Google Search Console
Score 9.0 out of 10
Google Search Console
Google Search Console
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Google PageSpeed InsightsLink Research Tools
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
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8.9
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Usability
10.0
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Support Rating
1.0
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User Testimonials
Google PageSpeed InsightsLink Research Tools
Likelihood to Recommend
It should be an essential tool for all website owners - everyone should care about page loading time from the CEO down to the junior web developer. Page speed is a factor that hugely affects visitor satisfaction, and Google takes it seriously by offering PageSpeed Insights. If you work in a larger organisation and focus on one particular part of website development and maintenance, such as a content writer, then this tool won't be as useful. It's intended for users with development or marketing-related responsibility
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Definitely the best tool for prospecting potential links and helping to clean up link profiles. It also helps you to consider other potential link opportunities that you may not have thought about. Its ability to find more links than most other tools certainly sets itself apart from most of the competition.
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Pros
  • Straight to the point
  • Valuable feedback on performance
  • Provide optimized assets (CSS, JS and images)
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  • fast Google penalty recovery
  • keeps a healthy backlink profile
  • calculates the opportunity or risk of potential links that are not built yet, so you can go only after the good ones
  • gives you fresh data from 26 link sources and lets you analyze the full backlink profile. Google search console gives you only a sample of your backlink profile.
  • powerful link prospecting made easy
  • possibility to connect with Pitchbox (professional outreach tool for link removal and link building campaigns), SEMRUSH, Ahrefs, GSC
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Cons
  • PDF reports
  • Sending to someone else
  • Setup monthly report running would be cool
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  • Accessibility - the layout is not as intuitive as it should be. Of course, this is a professional tool and not meant for the faint of heart. However, the design elements could be more intuitive.
  • Redundant tools - our company utilizes several of the tools to help audit and augment our client profiles. Some of the tools may be a bit redundant. However, it's not a terribly big deal, as we just don't use those tools.
  • Limited searches for certain price points - I understand that there has to be competitive pricing especially with the level that Link Research Tools is offering. However, it would be nice to have unlimited searches.
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Usability
It's a free, easy to use tool
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Support Rating
There is no support from Google for the tool.
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Alternatives Considered
I've never used any software beyond PageSpeed Insights and Google Lighthouse (the source of the PAgeSpeed Insights software.) I've used similar programs like Hummingbird for WordPress that pulls the same data using the same engine, but its really the only game in town as far as I'm concerned.
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Link Research Tools are the only tools that gives us the most backlinks. No other tools finds as many backlinks to the website than LRT. LRT takes Backlinks from 25 Sources, even historic Backlinks from Majestic (>5 Years). It is very important if you disavow links that you have the best view on the links and that you can have as many Backlinks as possible for your audit.
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Return on Investment
  • Positive! It's easier to communicate with our clients where they are today with site speed and the steps needed to improve.
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  • When we removed Google Manual Penalty, SEO visibility went up and we saw some sales increase
  • We now have cleaner and healthier backlink portfolio and not in danger of any radical Google interventions
  • We now know in advance which websites are good to build links on - this is not only good for traffic but for SEO visibility and at the end for sales overall
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