Switching from Yoast SEO to Asteris for WooCommerce

Yoast SEO Premium costs $129/yr per site in 2026 (€118.80, verified April 2026). For SEO alone, on a single WooCommerce store, that’s a defensible spend if Yoast’s full feature set matters to you.

If you’re paying $129/yr for Yoast and additional amounts for other plugins, the maths of switching to Asteris for WooCommerce Starter ($149/yr, 19 modules) starts to make sense.

This page covers the switching decision and an overview of the migration. For the technical step-by-step, see the migration docs →.

What you’re actually paying for Yoast

Yoast SEO Premium: $129/yr Yoast WooCommerce SEO add-on: $69/yr (if you use it) Total for the full Yoast WC stack: approximately $198/yr

If you have 3 WooCommerce sites on Yoast, the per-site licence stacks: ~$396-$594/yr just for SEO.

Asteris for WooCommerce Pro (3 sites): $349/yr — for SEO plus 18 other modules.

What you’d give up switching from Yoast

Be honest about this before switching:

• Internal linking suggestions — Yoast’s content analysis highlights orphaned posts and suggests internal links. Asteris for WooCommerce doesn’t have this.
• Yoast AI features — Yoast’s built-in AI uses their own model; Asteris for WooCommerce uses your own API key. Different UX.
• Multi-keyword focus — Yoast Premium supports multiple focus keywords per post. Asteris for WooCommerce SEO module focuses on one primary keyword per page.
• Yoast Academy — the training content included with Premium. No equivalent in Asteris for WooCommerce.

If these features are part of your workflow, switching involves a real trade-off. Know the trade-off before you make it.

What you’d gain

• Wishlist, side cart, PDF invoices, product filtering, and 14 more modules in the same $149/yr
• One settings panel, one update cycle, one support contact
• Asteris for WooCommerce’s SEO module covers meta, breadcrumbs, schema, redirects, and sitemaps — the core functionality

Migration overview

Asteris for WooCommerce imports from Yoast: all post/product/category meta titles, meta descriptions, canonical URLs, noindex settings, Open Graph overrides, and redirect rules.

Typical migration time: 20-45 minutes for a store with under 1,000 products.

Full migration documentation →

Frequently asked questions

Will my Google rankings drop if I switch? Correctly done, no. Your meta data migrates intact. Google sees the same titles, descriptions, and canonicals it saw before. The import preserves all existing signals.

Can I run Yoast for SEO and Asteris for WooCommerce for other modules? Yes. If Yoast is active, Asteris for WooCommerce’s SEO module deactivates automatically. You get Yoast for SEO and Asteris for WooCommerce for the 18 non-SEO modules.

What if the migration breaks something? Do it on staging first. Email support@asterisforwoocommerce.com before running on production if anything looks wrong. 1 business day first response on paid tiers.

Yoast vs Asteris for WooCommerce comparison → · Yoast SEO pricing guide → · All pricing →