ReachKit vs DebugBear
DebugBear's free Website SEO Checker reads one page and reports on what search engines and AI agents need from it. It sits beside DebugBear's main product, monitoring of site speed and Core Web Vitals. ReachKit does not monitor speed. Its free scan lists technical issues across up to 100 pages and shows the searches buyers in your market make and who shows up instead of you. The paid plan writes up to 7 pages a week, new or updated.
What DebugBear does well
The checker covers whether search engines can index the site, whether robots.txt blocks important pages, heading nesting, the title and meta description, image alt text, language, the canonical URL and Open Graph tags, with a preview of the social post.
It also checks whether AI agents can use the page: whether llms.txt is present and well formed, whether the accessibility tree has what agents need, and which WebMCP commands the page offers.
Behind it is a performance product: Core Web Vitals monitoring, synthetic and real user monitoring, uptime and Lighthouse score monitoring, with free tools such as a speed test, a TTFB test and an INP debugger. The checker page shows no price; the way past it is a free trial.
What ReachKit does instead
The free scan needs no account and takes about a minute. It lists technical issues across up to 100 pages: missing titles and meta descriptions, pages kept out of search, no sitemap, slow pages, broken links, phone usability, structured data and AI readers blocked by robots.txt, each with a free fix.
It then checks your market. It runs 12 Google searches buyers in it make, records who is on the first page and checks whether AI answers mention or link you. ReachKit does not check Core Web Vitals in depth and does not alert you when a deploy slows the site.
The paid plan is €49 a month. ReachKit writes up to 7 pages a week, new or updated, and scans your market again every Monday.
We check your market
every MondayWhat buyers search and ask AI, and who they find instead of you.emergency plumber austinWho’s a good emergency plumber in Austin?We pick the week’s pages
up to 7 a weekNew pages, or updates to ones you have. Never filler.Your pages go live
on your websiteWritten from facts on your own site. Edit or stop any page first.help.harborplumbing.exampleLiveHow much does slab leak repair cost in Austin?You see what moved
from week 1The Monday email shows what went live and what changed.12 pages live · 3 climbing on Google
Repeats every week, without you
Your part: about 10 minutes, once. Then nothing, unless you want to edit or stop a page.
€49 a month, VAT included. One plan. Cancel any time.See how it works
Side by side
| What it does | ReachKit | DebugBear |
|---|---|---|
| Free page check | Yes | Yes |
| Indexing and robots.txt checks | Partly: noindex and AI readers in robots.txt | Yes |
| llms.txt and WebMCP checks | No | Yes |
| Core Web Vitals and uptime monitoring | No | Yes |
| Checks the searches buyers make | Yes | No |
| Checks whether AI answers mention you | Yes | No |
| Puts pages live every week for you | Yes | No |
Pick DebugBear when
- Your site is slow or Core Web Vitals are failing.
- You want alerts when a deploy makes things worse.
- You want llms.txt and AI agent access checked.
Pick ReachKit when
- Your site is fast enough and still not found.
- You want to know which searches buyers make and who wins them.
- You want pages going live for you every week.
See who gets your buyers today.
Type your website. In under a minute you’ll see who Google and AI send your buyers to, what holds your site back, and your first page, proposed free.
free · no account · under a minute
Your free report, at a glance
Facts checked on 15 October 2026.
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