Pick AIOSEO if you want
- ✓ WooCommerce SEO (product schema, category)
- ✓ Local SEO + Google Business optimization
- ✓ Title + meta + schema + sitemap authoring
- ✓ 404 + redirect manager built in
Honest comparison · Verified 2026-05-08 The audit layer
Aetos SEO vs AIOSEO
AIOSEO is the most mature SEO authoring plugin in WordPress (since 2007). Aetos is the audit layer AIOSEO does not include — AEO/AIO/GEO scoring, AI citation readiness, and a JSON context export for ChatGPT. Different layers. Use both.
Pick Aetos if you want
- ✓ 200+ checks across 17 categories (including AEO/AIO/GEO)
- ✓ ChatGPT/Claude/Perplexity citation readiness
- ✓ llms.txt + AI-bot policy + graph integrity audit
- ✓ JSON export for a prioritized ChatGPT/developer fix plan
Best move: run both. AIOSEO writes the SEO + handles WooCommerce. Aetos audits whether what got written is AI-ready.
Full comparison
23 capabilities across 4 categories.
Verified against aioseo.com on 2026-05-08; row content otherwise current. Spot an inaccuracy? Tell us.
Authoring
| Capability | Aetos | AIOSEO |
|---|---|---|
| Title + meta description writing | — | ✓ |
| Schema markup generation | — | ✓ |
| Sitemap.xml + video + news sitemaps | — | ✓ |
| Local SEO + Google Business optimization | — | Pro |
| WooCommerce-specific SEO | — | Pro |
| 404 + redirect manager | — | ✓ |
| AI title + meta suggestions | — | Pro |
Auditing
| Capability | Aetos | AIOSEO |
|---|---|---|
| Total checks performed | 200+ | ~70 |
| Audit categories covered | 17 | 10 |
| On-page SEO checker | ✓ | ✓ |
| Site-wide technical SEO audit | ✓ | partial |
| Core Web Vitals diagnostics | ✓ | partial |
| Schema validation (does my schema parse?) | ✓ | partial |
| Hreflang + canonical site-wide audit | ✓ | partial |
| robots.txt + AI-bot policy audit | ✓ | — |
AI era
| Capability | Aetos | AIOSEO |
|---|---|---|
| AI-readiness 0-100 score (4 axes) | ✓ | — |
| AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) grading | ✓ | — |
| AIO (ChatGPT/Claude citation) check | ✓ | — |
| GEO (Google AI Overviews) eligibility | ✓ | — |
| AI-ready JSON audit bundle (for ChatGPT/Claude) | ✓ | — |
| llms.txt audit | ✓ | — |
Security
| Capability | Aetos | AIOSEO |
|---|---|---|
| Independent multi-model code review 4 AI reviewers, 7 rounds | ✓ | — |
| Ed25519-signed licensing | ✓ | — |
AIOSEO® is a registered trademark of Awesome Motive / AIOSEO. We are not affiliated. Feature claims verified 2026-05-08 on aioseo.com.
FAQ
Aetos vs AIOSEO — common questions
AIOSEO has been around since 2007. Why pick a new plugin like Aetos?
You don't pick — you stack. AIOSEO has the most mature authoring + WooCommerce + Local SEO toolkit of any WP SEO plugin. Aetos doesn't do any of that. We do what AIOSEO can't: audit whether your site (whatever generated the SEO) is AI-citation-ready. AEO, AIO, GEO, llms.txt, AI-bot policy, structured data graph integrity. Different layers of the same problem.
Can I use Aetos and AIOSEO on the same site?
Yes. Aetos is a read-only audit layer that does not write to the post meta keys AIOSEO owns. We tested compatibility against AIOSEO 4.x as part of pre-release audit. No conflicts observed in 7 rounds of multi-model review.
AIOSEO has AI title and meta generation. Doesn't that cover "AI readiness"?
No — same words, different problems. AIOSEO AI title generation helps you write SEO titles using AI assistance. Aetos AI-readiness audits whether the page you've already published is structured in a way that ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity can actually cite. AIOSEO writes; Aetos checks if AI can read what you wrote.
I run a WooCommerce store. Which is better for me?
For WooCommerce, AIOSEO has the most product-specific SEO features (Product schema, category SEO, Pro tier WooCommerce SEO). Aetos complements that by auditing the WooCommerce site overall: are your product pages cited by AI shopping assistants? Are your schema graphs intact? Are your hreflang + canonical signals correct across thousands of product URLs? Use both.
Is this comparison biased?
Yes, by us — we counter by (a) crediting AIOSEO for every authoring + WooCommerce + Local SEO feature they actually have, (b) verifying claims on aioseo.com on the date below, (c) footnoting any soft superlatives, (d) inviting AIOSEO to flag inaccuracies at admin@nsrelmtagr.com. We correct and date the change.
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