Google PageSpeed Insights vs. AuthorityLabs, by Traject

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

Incentivized

• Keyword tracking and SERP results for organic and paid campaigns for a large volume of keywords.
• Less appropriate if you want a deeper dive for SEO diagnostics and identifying potential fixes.

Incentivized

• Straight to the point
• Valuable feedback on performance
• Provide optimized assets (CSS, JS and images)

Incentivized

• Very simple interface that makes it easy to see what's most important - keyword rankings and their performance.
• Uploading new keywords was very easy - you could type in them in or upload a spreadsheet.
• Customizing data - we liked that we could filter our data in different ways.

Incentivized

• PDF reports
• Sending to someone else
• Setup monthly report running would be cool

Incentivized

• Doesn't do much more than track rankings and suggest keywords.
• Doesn't provide diagnostics or recommendations for improvement.
• This may have changed since we last used it, but keyword recommendations were not consistently useful.

Incentivized

It's a free, easy to use tool

Incentivized

There is no support from Google for the tool.

Incentivized

This is an area where AuthorityLabs really shines. It's one of the few Martech or SEO tools vendors about whom I can honestly say I've never had a complaint about their customer support. The team there consistently responds to any questions I've had or issues I've encountered quickly, helpfully, and in a way that feels personal.

Incentivized

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.

Incentivized

On the plus side, for relatively small keyword tracking projects, AuthorityLabs costs less and is simpler to use than these tools. However, it is also much more limited. SEMRush or Serpstat are better options if you also need diagnostics, backlink analysis, simple brand monitoring, and other functions beyond keyword rank position tracking.

Incentivized

• Positive! It's easier to communicate with our clients where they are today with site speed and the steps needed to improve.

Incentivized

• Because it is a service offered at a low price-point, it is worthwhile.
• It provides an easy to use and simple to navigate interface for monitoring keywords that may be desired for future SEO targeting.

Incentivized