# Our Favorite White Label SEO Software & Tools (Pros & Cons)

- Link: https://www.boostability.com/digital-marketing/white-label-seo-tools-software/
- Published: 2023-09-25T00:00:55-07:00
- Author: Maja Teagle

_This article was first published on September 30th, 2021, and was last updated 
in September 2023._

If you’re reading this blog, it’s probably safe to assume that you either work for
or own your own digital marketing agency and are facing some challenges that are:
pushing you to expand your resources and teams, turn away business opportunities,
or seek outsourcing for additional help. White labeling partnerships are an excellent
solution to each of those three scenarios. And this applies with white label SEO
software and tools available in the market!

With so many tools, software, and platforms promising the same thing (_greater efficiency
and quality resulting in greater revenue_), it’s hard to know which one you should
try for your own agency. Based on our own personal experiences and trials and error,
we’re breaking down our favorite platforms for the following categories: Auditing,
Analysis, Reporting, and Dashboards. Read on to learn why they’ve made the cut as
our favorite white label SEO analysis tools and the pros and cons associated with
each of them.

**Table of Contents**

 * [What Are White Label SEO Tools and Software?](https://www.boostability.com/digital-marketing/white-label-seo-tools-software/#what-are-white-label-seo-tools-and-software)
 * [Our Favorite White Label SEO Software and Tools and Why](https://www.boostability.com/digital-marketing/white-label-seo-tools-software/#our-favorite-white-label-seo-tools-and-software-and-why)
    - [White Label SEO Audit Tool](https://www.boostability.com/digital-marketing/white-label-seo-tools-software/#white-label-seo-audit-tool)
    - [White Label SEO Analysis Tool](https://www.boostability.com/digital-marketing/white-label-seo-tools-software/#white-label-seo-analysis-tool)
    - [White Label SEO Reporting Tool](https://www.boostability.com/digital-marketing/white-label-seo-tools-software/#white-label-seo-reporting-tool)
    - [White Label SEO Dashboard Tool](https://www.boostability.com/digital-marketing/white-label-seo-tools-software/#white-label-seo-dashboard-tool)
 * [Are There Benefits to Using White Label SEO Tools and Software?](https://www.boostability.com/digital-marketing/white-label-seo-tools-software/#are-there-benefits-to-using-white-label-seo-tools-and-software)
 * [Things You Should Look for in a White Label SEO Tool and Software](https://www.boostability.com/digital-marketing/white-label-seo-tools-software/#things-you-should-look-for-in-a-white-label-seo-tool-and-software)

  

## What Are White Label SEO Tools and Software?

White label SEO tools (and software) follow the same concept as [white label SEO services](https://www.boostability.com/partners/white-label-seo-services-guide/):
it’s a third-party tool and software that a company may outsource for help in fulfilling
a need for their own business or client, and is then rebranded under their logo (
not the logo or name of the tool and software company).

Now whether it’s helpful or not, that’s entirely up to you. Most agencies do not
have the financial or bandwidth resources to be able to create their own proprietary
software to fulfill SEO needs. Therefore, it’s a common practice for SEO agencies
to use a white label software or tool that helps them conduct necessary research,
auditing, reporting, and much more.

## Our Favorite White Label SEO Software and Tools and Why

Later in this piece, we’re going to talk through some of the benefits of using white
label tools and software for SEO campaigns as well as what you should look for in
your decision process. But for now, here are our top suggestions for each category
based on personal experience, along with the pros and cons for full transparency
on what to expect.

### White Label SEO Audit Tool

#### Screaming Frog

Screaming Frog offers both a freemium and paid version ([€149 / year](https://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/seo-spider/pricing/)
or roughly $172 USD / year). With the freemium, you can audit and analyze up to 
500 URLs. If your clients are primarily businesses with smaller websites, this may
be enough for you! But if you’re working on larger websites and need more sophisticated
insights, the paid version has endless capabilities.

The paid version makes for a comprehensive white label SEO audit tool because it
looks at necessary technical elements like image optimization, meta data, and response
code information. But, it can dive even deeper allowing you to extract and search
for specific data on the website in just a few minutes rather than hours or days
if you were to do it manually. It can pull off detailed reports on broken links,
redirect chains, grammatical errors, site speed, and much more.

![Screaming frog](https://www.boostability.com/content/wp-content/uploads/sites/
2/2021/09/whtlblseo1-1024x716.png)

There are many pros to using this for white label SEO audits, but a notable con 
is that the interface isn’t the most user-friendly. Most of the reports can be exported
into Excel CSV files that can then be converted into a Google Sheet. Thus making
it easy to share with necessary personnel and clients. But there aren’t visually
appealing elements that make the data easy to understand or digest. To achieve that,
you’ll have to spend additional time making it user-friendly. The silver lining 
to this is that Screaming Frog has excellent documentation on their website when
you run into questions or roadblocks on some of the functionalities.

Overall, it’s a highly recommended tool for SEO experts of all levels and worth 
the price. It will enhance your knowledge of SEO and prove to be extremely valuable
with campaigns, strategies, and proving value to clients.

### White Label SEO Analysis Tool

#### SEMRush

We don’t want to pigeon hole this amazing tool so we’re going to categorize it as
a white label SEO analysis tool because **it can do so much. **From acting as a 
dashboard and being able to run in-depth site audits, to conducting deep keyword
research of existing and new terms and monitoring backlink performance for multiple
websites, it’s the closest thing to a one-stop-shop you will get in this industry.

[SEMRush](https://www.semrush.com/) features an easy-to-use interphase, intuitive
charts and graphics to enhance reports, and individual functions to further support
your knowledge and campaign, like On Page SEO Checker, Competitor Keyword Gap Analysis,
and SEO Writing Assistant for content writers that are brand new to the world of
SEO.

![SEMRush data](https://www.boostability.com/content/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/
2021/09/whtlblseo2-1024x542.png)

[_Watch our Search Sessions webinar with SEMRush’s Senior Market Research Manager and see what all SEMRush is capable of doing!_](https://www.boostability.com/video-galleries/identify-high-converting-seo-keywords/)

While there are very few cons to this tool, the major setback for most people is
the high cost associated with it. Paid plans start at $119.95 a month, but you can
save some money by paying an annual subscription rather than a month-to-month plan.

The other thing to be aware of is that the keyword tracking feature is based on 
a snapshot in time (typically when the page was last crawled).** It’s not real-time
keyword positioning data**. This can make it more difficult to get a true understanding
of where a page or keyword is performing depending on the day.

### White Label SEO Reporting Tool

#### Swydo

[Swydo](https://www.swydo.com/) is a really intuitive and easy to use white label
SEO reporting tool that we have used often. A major pro is that they offer a 14-
day free trial and do not require a credit card to be placed on file. I don’t know
about you, but I forget about the free trials I signed up for. The next thing I 
know I’m hit with an invoice I need to pay and a commitment that I wasn’t necessarily
ready for! It’s good to know that you can avoid this with Swydo as a first-time 
user.

In addition to that, the interface is really user-friendly and easy to use. The 
setup process is simple and thorough, you can also configure the tool to different
data platforms like Google Analytics and Google Search Console. Once configured,
the tool will populate the data you need through charts, widgets, images, and other
options that suit your preferences (see below).

![monthly seo report](https://www.boostability.com/content/wp-content/uploads/sites/
2/2021/09/whtlblseo3.png)

It’s also customizable to your branding and logo designs. There are standard templates
that the report automatically defaults to, but if you want something more unique,
it will require time to personalize it to your liking (which can be a pro or con
depending on who you ask).

Another nit-picky con (and a very minute one at that) to Swydo’s report pertains
to the PDF reports download option. Before you send out the report to your clients(
you can schedule them out to automatically send), remember to manually review the
layout because it tends to cut the report into two pages if certain sections run
longer and a page break isn’t inserted. 

Overall, those are specific details that don’t impact the overarching value and 
functionality of this tool, but something to be aware of nonetheless.

### White Label SEO Dashboard Tool

#### AgencyAnalytics

White label dashboards are helpful for both the SEO team and the client. It’s a 
central spot to view your most important metrics and KPIs, organic performance, 
keyword positioning, backlink data, and whatever other metric is valuable for your
campaign. 

[AgencyAnalytics](https://agencyanalytics.com/) is a tool we use for various needs
including keyword tracking and reporting. It pulls in real-time keyword positioning
data which is extremely useful as some tools don’t. But the main thing that differentiates
AgencyAnalytics from other white label SEO platforms and analysis tools is their
dashboard.

You can customize and integrate the dashboard with a plethora of platforms that 
you may be using, like Majestic, Google Analytics, BrightLocal, and more. It also
allows for dashboards to be saved and templatized making it easier to re-use them
for other client projects if you prefer consistent dashboard layouts and metrics.
But you can also create custom templates and personalize it with your own branding
and logos seamlessly.

![dashboard](https://www.boostability.com/content/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/
09/whtlblseo4-1024x482.png)

One word of caution: there are a lot of options for data to pull in for the widgets
and tiles that make up the dashboard which can make it confusing for first-time 
users or people that are new to the industry. 

So, if you’re not familiar with a particular KPI or verbiage used in this tool, 
it’s trial and error. But it’s an easy thing to clean up and customize when you 
become comfortable with the specific metrics and KPIs to feature in this white label
SEO dashboard.

## Are There Benefits to Using White Label SEO Tools and Software?

### 1. Better Time and Money Spent on Something That Provides Value Now

[While SEO takes time to see results](https://www.boostability.com/content/how-long-does-seo-take-to-see-results)
and gain traction, these tools and software can provide an immediate value now. 
Otherwise you would not get it by foregoing using such resources or trying to build
up the capital and team to create your own proprietary technology.

Many of these tools and software help with competitor research and finding valuable
insights that can give your SEO strategy the advantage it needs now, or a solution
to mundane yet necessary tasks. Like reporting, that significantly reduces the time
spent on gathering data and creating reports. Instead, the time saved translates
into more time spent on completing campaign deliverables, effectively communicating
and managing the client relationship, or continuing education to increase skill 
sets.

### 2. Increased Efficiency and Quality

As mentioned above, certain white label solutions and tools can help increase efficiency
and productivity in the workplace by cutting down on the manual labor for certain
projects. If your team is able to work smarter and faster without overwhelming their
current workload, this means that your business can take on more clients resulting
in more demand and revenue.

### 3. Expand Your Scope of Work

Some white label SEO analysis tools and software can elevate your expertise and 
experience in areas that you did not have prior. In turn, this can help develop 
your confidence and ability to expand the scope of work in SEO that you can offer
to clients.

## Things You Should Look for in a White Label SEO Tool and Software

 * **Ease of Use:** Is it easy to use? One of the major benefits of using these 
   kinds of tools is that it increases your efficiency and capacity. If it slows
   it down even more because of a major learning curve associated with it. It’s 
   probably not the best solution for you.
 * **User-friendliness:** If you’re planning on sharing any of the reports or deliverables
   you create from that white label platform with your clients; it’s important to
   ensure that it’s user-friendly for them as well. Is the information difficult
   to digest or visually unappealing? It will be the same experience for your clients,
   and if they don’t find value in it; it’s not worthwhile to continue using.
 * **Personalization:** One of the benefits of white label SEO analysis tools is
   that deliverables and information can be rebranded under your agency’s branding.
   For some, this is a big deal whereas for others it’s not. If that’s important
   to you, choose a solution that allows you to customize the reports, assets, etc.
   to your liking!
 * **Cost:** In an ideal world, there would be a limitless budget for marketing 
   departments. The reality is that all of these tools and software can be costly
   when you add up all the options, and most businesses can’t afford all of them.
   So it’s best to set your budget first and then research what’s a viable solution
   for your business.
 * **Capabilities:** As mentioned above, an ideal scenario would be the ability 
   to go with every single tool or software that would be valuable in helping you
   complete your duties and enhance the client experience. But that’s rarely the
   case due to limited resources and budgets. Therefore, we recommend looking for
   tools that can get you the most bang for your buck. Can one tool deliver on multiple
   functionalities, or is it only capable of addressing one aspect of SEO well? 
   If you can find a tool that touches on several different areas and can produce
   quality results, that’s great! But we’re not saying that a tool that specializes
   in only one area is bad. Sometimes those can be even more beneficial because 
   they’re dedicated to being the best in a single area rather than mediocre in 
   several different areas.
 * **Free Trials and Demos:** This has become an expectation from consumers and 
   rightfully so! Tools and software that offer free trials and demos give an extra
   vote of confidence to their products. Take advantage of this and test out as 
   many as you can to see what truly works for you and what doesn’t quite hit the
   mark.
 * **Reviews:** Just as with anything online, read the reviews to see what others
   have to say about the tool. Get a holistic view by looking at several different
   sources because [fake reviews](https://www.boostability.com/content/how-to-spot-remove-fake-google-reviews)
   do exist and can be misleading.
 * **Documentation and Support:** Using a third-party software doesn’t come without
   its set of challenges or issues. This is to be expected, which is why thorough
   and easily accessible documentation and customer support is key when looking 
   for a white label SEO analysis tool and software. As mentioned earlier, Screaming
   Frog is the shining example of how to do this well. It’s best to do your research
   on this before committing to a platform and then realizing it’s more difficult
   to find answers to your questions when it’s too late to make a change.

## White Label Partnerships Can Help!

SEO is constantly evolving. On top of that, it seems like every other day there 
is a new tool or software released promising the latest technological advancements,
increased efficiency and quality, and superior auditing and reporting capabilities.
It’s easy to see how quickly this can become expensive and overwhelming.

The good news is that you don’t have to do this alone! If you’re an agency looking
for help in scaling your SEO service, or need additional support and expertise that
your resources cannot support right now, Boostability is here to help. We’re the
leading [white label SEO agency](https://www.boostability.com/partners/white-label-seo-services-guide/)
equipped with teams of experienced SEO professionals that can deliver quality results
and successful SEO campaigns, Sales Support that can further assist you in closing
that deal of a lifetime, and so much more.

Our mission is not to just be a white label fulfillment provider, but your partner
in growing your business. Interested in learning more? Get the details about our
[white label SEO partner program](https://www.boostability.com/partners/partner-seo/)
and connect with a partner success team member for answers to your questions!
