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Starting Cost
$0.00
Terms
Free
Chrome Lighthouse is an open-source, automated tool for testing, auditing and improving the quality of web pages. You can run it against any web page, public or requiring authentication. You can run Lighthouse directly in Chrome DevTools, from the command line, or as a Node module. Lighthouse audits a URL by running a series of audits against it and then generates a report on how well the page did. You can then use these reports to check how to improve the page performance.
It has audits for:
- Performance
- Accessibility
- Arogressive Web Apps
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- and more
Pros:
- Easy to use with Chrome DevTools or CLI.
- Open-source and free to use.
- Provides actionable insights to improve site performance and usability.
- Comprehensive, covering performance, SEO, and accessibility.
- Continuously updated with Google’s latest standards.
Cons:
- Limited in-depth SEO analysis (basic checks only).
- Requires technical knowledge to interpret and implement recommendations.
- Doesn’t cover all advanced performance metrics.
- Results can vary based on testing environment.