HONEST ALTERNATIVE · SEO + AI VISIBILITY
Majestic is a specialist backlink database — Trust Flow, Citation Flow, referring domain analysis, anchor text distribution, and link history — but it is not a site auditor. It does not crawl pages for technical issues, check meta tags, measure Core Web Vitals, or evaluate AI-visibility signals. DeepSEOAnalysis is the complement: a free, no-signup technical and AI-visibility audit covering 80+ checks, real CrUX field data, structured data validation, and a GEO score. The two tools serve different parts of the SEO workflow and don't overlap.
At a glance
The useful answer is not “which tool is best?” It is which tool fits the job you need done this week.
| Criterion | Competitor | DeepSEOAnalysis |
|---|---|---|
| Free access | Majestic offers a free summary view of Trust Flow, Citation Flow, and backlink count for any verified domain. Detailed backlink lists and full data require a paid subscription from £41.67/month (billed annually). | Complete site audit is free with no signup, no email gate, no trial expiry, and no domain verification required. |
| Primary use case | Majestic is a specialist backlink database: Trust Flow, Citation Flow, referring domains, anchor text distribution, link context (topical trust flow), and link history. It is not a site auditor — it does not check meta tags, canonicals, Core Web Vitals, or structured data. | DeepSEOAnalysis is a site auditor: 80+ technical and on-page checks, real CrUX Core Web Vitals, structured data validation, internal link graph analysis, and AI visibility scoring. It does not have a backlink database. |
| AI visibility / GEO | Majestic has no AI-citation readiness features. No checks for llms.txt, AI crawler access, FAQPage schema, or content structure for AI answer engines. | GEO score covers all five AI visibility signals: AI crawler access, llms.txt, FAQPage/HowTo schema, question-heading ratio, and content chunkability. |
| Technical audit | Majestic does not audit technical SEO. No crawl, no meta tag analysis, no canonical checks, no broken link detection, no redirect audit, no structured data validation. | 80+ checks covering crawlability, indexability, meta tags, canonicals, heading structure, image SEO, redirects, structured data, internal link graph, and page speed. |
| Core Web Vitals | Majestic has no page performance data. No CrUX field data, no Lighthouse scores, no LCP/INP/CLS metrics. | Real Google CrUX field data — actual Chrome users, 28-day aggregate — not synthetic lab scores. Pass/fail against Good/Needs Improvement/Poor thresholds. |
| Shareable reports | Majestic reports live in the dashboard. Sharing requires account access or exported CSV/PDF files. | Every audit has a public shareable URL. Paste into a ticket, email, or Slack — no account required to view the full report. |
| Best fit | Link building campaigns, competitive backlink analysis, evaluating domain authority before a digital PR push or acquisition, or researching a competitor's link profile in depth. | Developers, founders, and SEO teams who need a complete ungated technical and AI-visibility audit, shareable via URL, with real CrUX field data and CMS-specific fix instructions. |
What each product is
Majestic is strongest for backlink intelligence: evaluating the quality and quantity of a domain's link profile, analysing competitor backlinks for digital PR and link building, and assessing a domain's topical authority via Topical Trust Flow. If link building is your current priority, Majestic provides data no audit tool offers.
DeepSEOAnalysis is strongest when you need to audit your own site's technical health: 80+ checks on crawlability, meta tags, canonicals, structured data, internal links, Core Web Vitals, and AI-search visibility — all free, ungated, with a shareable report URL.
When to choose which
Pricing context
FAQ
No. Majestic is a specialist backlink database — it provides Trust Flow, Citation Flow, referring domain counts, anchor text analysis, and link history, but it does not crawl your site for technical issues. It doesn't check meta tags, canonicals, Core Web Vitals, structured data, or internal link structure. If you need a technical audit, you need a different tool. DeepSEOAnalysis provides that audit free, with no signup.
Trust Flow is Majestic's proprietary metric that estimates the quality and trustworthiness of a domain's backlink profile based on proximity to a set of seed sites Majestic considers authoritative. It ranges from 0–100 and is roughly analogous to Moz's Domain Authority or Ahrefs' Domain Rating. Unlike those metrics, Trust Flow is calibrated against topical categories (Topical Trust Flow), showing which topic areas a domain's links are associated with.
Majestic offers a free view of summary metrics — Trust Flow, Citation Flow, and backlink count — for any domain you verify via DNS or file upload. Full backlink lists, referring domain details, anchor text distribution, and historical data require a paid subscription starting around £41.67/month (billed annually). DeepSEOAnalysis is permanently free for the complete site audit with no domain verification or account required.
Use both for a complete picture: DeepSEOAnalysis for the technical and on-page audit (what's broken, what's missing, how AI-visible your site is), and Majestic for deep backlink analysis (who's linking to you, what anchor text they use, how your link profile compares to competitors). They serve different parts of the SEO workflow and don't overlap.
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