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SiteOS vs Netlify.
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Netlify builds and hosts web projects, with Deploy Previews, functions, Netlify Forms, server-side analytics and Agent Runners for AI coding agents, for projects deployed on Netlify. SiteOS works with any website, including one on Netlify, and covers SEO and AI visibility, analytics, consent, forms, site search, browser checks on key journeys, error tracking and checks that tracking fires, in one Project. This page compares SiteOS and Netlify on hosting and delivery, SEO and AI visibility, analytics, consent, forms, site search, checks and error tracking, including where Netlify goes further.
At a glance
Where SiteOS goes further12
- Works with websites on any hostAny framework, CMS or host, with nothing to migrate
- Technical SEO auditsSite crawls, Lighthouse checks and Search Console reports
- Keyword, rank and backlink researchKeywords, SERPs, rankings, domains and backlinks
- AI answer visibilityChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity, against up to five competitors
- Automated accessibility checksAutomatic WCAG 2.2 AA checks on every audited page
- Web analyticsCookieless, with goals, funnels, several domains and GA4
- Cookie consent bannerRegional rules, Google Consent Mode and scheduled scans
- Forms with an inboxShared inbox, contacts, spam controls and Mailchimp
- Site searchCrawled indices, relevance controls and search analytics
- Browser checks on key journeysPage checks without code, and Playwright journeys on a schedule and in pull requests
- Error trackingBrowser and server errors, grouped, with source maps
- Tracking checks for GA4, GTM and consentFailed requests, duplicates, missing events and tag changes, plus personal data, consent and pull request checks
Where Netlify goes further2
- Website hosting and deploymentNetlify builds and deploys sites to its global CDN, with a Deploy Preview for each pull request.
- CDN, firewall and DDoS protectionNetlify protects every site from DDoS attacks on all plans; its web application firewall needs Enterprise and High-Performance Edge.
Both cover3
- Several websites in one workspace
- MCP for coding agents
- Free plan
Side by side
SiteOS vs Netlify
| Capability | SiteOS | Netlify |
|---|---|---|
| Works with websites on any hostAny framework, CMS or host, with nothing to migrate | Yes | No |
| Website hosting and deploymentNot offered: SiteOS works with your website where it is hosted | No | Yes |
| CDN, firewall and DDoS protectionNot offered: SiteOS does not serve or protect website traffic | No | Partly |
| Technical SEO auditsSite crawls, Lighthouse checks and Search Console reports | Yes | Partly |
| Keyword, rank and backlink researchKeywords, SERPs, rankings, domains and backlinks | Yes | No |
| AI answer visibilityChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity, against up to five competitors | Yes | No |
| Automated accessibility checksAutomatic WCAG 2.2 AA checks on every audited page | Yes | Partly |
| Web analyticsCookieless, with goals, funnels, several domains and GA4 | Yes | Partly |
| Cookie consent bannerRegional rules, Google Consent Mode and scheduled scans | Yes | No |
| Forms with an inboxShared inbox, contacts, spam controls and Mailchimp | Yes | Partly |
| Site searchCrawled indices, relevance controls and search analytics | Yes | No |
| Browser checks on key journeysPage checks without code, and Playwright journeys on a schedule and in pull requests | Yes | No |
| Error trackingBrowser and server errors, grouped, with source maps | Yes | Partly |
| Tracking checks for GA4, GTM and consentFailed requests, duplicates, missing events and tag changes, plus personal data, consent and pull request checks | Yes | No |
| Several websites in one workspaceA Project per website, with separate environments | Yes | Yes |
| MCP for coding agentsYour agent reads the same evidence and works through fixes | Yes | Yes |
| Free planMonthly credits for research and checks; accounts by invitation during early access | Yes | Yes |
| Price of the compared plan | Free | $20 / mo |
YesPartly, with the condition in the notesNot offered
SiteOS is free, with monthly credits for research and checks. Netlify Pro costs from $20 a month with 3,000 credits and unlimited members; deploys, bandwidth, compute and agent runs use credits.
Works with websites on any host: Netlify Forms, Web Analytics and Observability work for projects Netlify builds and serves.
Website hosting and deployment: Netlify builds and deploys sites to its global CDN, with a Deploy Preview for each pull request.
CDN, firewall and DDoS protection: Netlify protects every site from DDoS attacks on all plans; its web application firewall needs Enterprise and High-Performance Edge.
Technical SEO audits: Netlify's SEO and AEO audit is an AI agent run that uses credits, and Lighthouse scores come from a build plugin; recurring site crawls are not described.
AI answer visibility: Netlify Observability shows requests from AI crawlers, not mentions in AI answers.
Automated accessibility checks: Netlify's Lighthouse plugin scores accessibility on each deploy of a Netlify project.
Web analytics: Netlify Web Analytics counts pageviews, sources and 404s from its CDN logs, without events; Pro shows the past 30 days.
Cookie consent banner: Netlify offers no consent banner, and its extensions catalog lists none.
Forms with an inbox: Netlify Forms include submissions, notifications and spam filtering for projects deployed on Netlify.
Site search: Netlify's catalog points to the Algolia Crawler extension, run and billed by Algolia.
Browser checks on key journeys: Lighthouse scores pages after each build; scripted journeys, uptime checks and alerts are not native.
Error tracking: Netlify Observability shows server errors and function logs; browser errors need the Sentry extension. SiteOS Pulse Errors captures browser and server errors with source maps.
Tracking checks for GA4, GTM and consent: Netlify's snippet injection can add GA4 or GTM tags but does not check them.
Several websites in one workspace: A Netlify team can hold up to 500 projects.
Free plan: Netlify Free includes 300 credits a month and pauses every project when they run out.
Sources · reviewed 12 Oct 2026
- Netlify pricing
- Credit-based plans
- Netlify Forms
- Web Analytics
- Observability
- Lighthouse on deploys
- SEO and AEO audit
- Agent Runners
- Netlify MCP server
- Extensions
- Deploy Previews · reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- Security overview · reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- Web application firewall · reviewed 13 Oct 2026
Together
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together.
Keep Netlify for builds, Deploy Previews and hosting, and use SiteOS for how the website performs in search and AI answers, its consent and site search, browser checks on key journeys, error tracking and tracking checks. SiteOS works the same for websites on other hosts.
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