OpenSEO vs Meelu: an open source SEO tool or an AI coworker for your whole marketing

The short answer

OpenSEO is an open source SEO tool, positioned as an alternative to Ahrefs and Semrush. It covers keyword research, domain overviews, backlinks, rank tracking, a site audit and AI visibility. It connects to Google Search Console. Its MCP server lets your own AI agent, such as Claude, Codex or ChatGPT, use that data. You can use the hosted version or self-host it for free.

Meelu is a desktop app for Mac and Windows with its own AI coworker. It crawls your site from your computer, reads your Search Console and Analytics data, and tells you what to fix and what to write next, with the evidence. SEO is one part of it. The same app checks AI search answers against your pages, writes pages for your site, and answers questions about your data with charts.

Pick OpenSEO if you already work in an AI agent like Claude Code and mainly need SEO data. Pick Meelu if you want one app that covers your marketing, with suggestions you approve.

Meelu vs OpenSEO at a glance

	Meelu	OpenSEO
What it is	Desktop app with its own AI coworker	Open source SEO tool with an MCP server for your AI agent
Open source, self-hostable	No	Yes, MIT license
Pricing model	Daily fee per website, data and AI at cost	Monthly base plan with included usage, or self-host
Keyword research, backlinks	Yes	Yes
Domain traffic estimates for any site	No	Yes
Rank tracking	From your Search Console data	Keyword positions over time
Search Console	Yes	Yes
Google Analytics	Yes	Yes, GA4
Site audit	Crawl of up to 10,000 pages on your computer, with JavaScript rendering checks on desktop and mobile	Yes
AI search (GEO)	ChatGPT, Claude, Google's AI Overview, checked point by point against your pages	AI mentions, citations and prompts
Content writing	Yes, pages for your site	Not yet. On its roadmap
Works inside Claude Code, Codex, ChatGPT	No, the agent runs in the app	Yes, over MCP
Starting price	About $15 a month per website, plus usage at cost	$10 a month with $10 of usage included

Where OpenSEO is better

• Open source. MIT licensed, and you can self-host it for free.
• It works in the agent you already use. If you live in Claude Code or Codex, OpenSEO brings SEO data there.
• Low entry price. The $10 plan includes $10 of usage, and Search Console data does not use credits.
• Research on any domain, with traffic estimates and ranking keywords.

Where Meelu is better

• More than SEO. Content writing and data analytics are part of the same app.
• An agent built for this job. You do not need to set up MCP or write prompts. Each desk has ready tasks, and Meelu explains each finding with the pages and numbers behind it.
• AI search checks that explain the gap. Meelu shows which points of a question your page answers, and links that to your Google ranking.
• A crawl that sees what AI crawlers miss. Meelu can render your pages as Googlebot on desktop and mobile and flags content that only appears after JavaScript runs.
• Nothing changes without you. Meelu never edits your site or publishes a page. It posts a social reply only after you approve it, to a thread you picked.

Pricing

OpenSEO's hosted Base Plan is $10 a month and includes $10 of usage each month. Its pricing page estimates about $0.05 per keyword search, $0.08 per backlink check and $0.002 per AI prompt check. The free trial includes $0.50 of credits. Self-hosting is free, and you pay DataForSEO for the data.

Meelu has no subscription and no tiers. Each of your first five websites costs 0.5 credits a day (1 credit is 1 US dollar), so about $15 a month, and each website after that costs 0.25 credits a day. AI model calls, keyword data and web searches are charged at what they cost. Crawling and importing Search Console and Analytics data are free. Your first website is free for the first day.