Looking for an alternative to Foudroyer? People switch from Foudroyer to IndexPlease because IndexPlease is much cheaper and easier to set up. Keep reading if you want to know why we think you should make the switch too.
Search engines
Foudroyer and IndexPlease support the same search engines: Google, Bing, Yandex, Naver, and Seznam.cz.
Setup
Foudroyer requires you to add a service account to your Google Search Console account for every 200 pages you want to index per day on Google. In comparison, IndexPlease only requires you to add a single service account to your Google Search Console account. This makes IndexPlease much easier to set up if you want to index more than 200 pages per day on Google.
Cost
At the time of writing, Foudroyer’s cheapest plan is $0 per month for 3 pages per day, for unlimited sites. In comparison, IndexPlease’s cheapest plan is $7 per month for 400 pages per day, for up to 5 sites. So if you don’t have a need to index many pages and can be patient, then you are better off using Foudroyer.
However, if you need to index more than that, then their cheapest plan is $30 per month for 400 pages per day, for unlimited sites. In comparison, IndexPlease’s cheapest plan is $7 per month for 400 pages per day, for up to 5 sites. So, if you have less than 5 sites, you can already save up to $23 per month by switching to IndexPlease.
The next IndexPlease plan is only $17 per month, which gives you 1000 pages per day, for up to 15 sites. So this is also cheaper than Foudroyer’s cheapest plan, and you can index more pages per day.
Their enterprise plan is $130 per month for 2000 pages per day, for unlimited sites. In comparison, IndexPlease’s has a plan for $33 per month for the same number of pages, but for up to 30 sites. So, if you have less than 30 sites, you can already save up to $97 per month by switching to IndexPlease.
Conclusion
If you want to save time and money, then you should switch from Foudroyer to IndexPlease.