The best Marmalead alternative for Etsy SEO, and how to cancel without paying twice

Why switch to eRank. Marmalead and eRank do the same core job: find the words shoppers type, then grade your listings against them. The big difference is the entry ticket. eRank's Free plan never expires and gives you 5 keyword lookups and 5 listing audits a day, for one shop of up to 50 listings. Marmalead has no free tier at all, so for a new shop this alone settles it.

Who it fits. Sellers with products already live who mainly need better titles and tags. A shop with a few dozen listings can run on Free for weeks before deciding whether to pay.

Who should skip it. Sellers who live by seasonal planning. eRank's keyword data is solid, but Marmalead's one-year seasonality chart and three-month forecast are the features you'll miss most.

Weak spot. The Free plan allows a single keyword list, and keyword ideas are a paid feature. The screens are packed with metrics, so plan an afternoon to find your way.

Moving over from Marmalead. Paste the terms from your Marmalead spreadsheet into eRank's keyword tool, best sellers first. On Free, one list means you pick your top terms. Basic raises that to 25 lists, enough to keep one per product line.

Price. Basic runs $5.99 a month or $65.99 a year with 100 keyword searches a day. Pro is $9.99 a month or $94.99 a year (200 a day). Expert is $29.99 a month or $269.99 a year (500 a day). Year on year, eRank Pro costs $95.01 less than Marmalead's $190 annual plan. Cancel any time: you keep access to the end of the period, then drop back to Free.

Why switch to Marketplace Insights. One of the main doubts about Marmalead is how close its volumes are to reality. Etsy doesn't hand out per-keyword search data to outside tools, so every third-party number is a model. Marketplace Insights is the exception: Etsy builds it from its own searches over the last 30 days.

Who it fits. Every seller, as the final check before a title changes. And small shops that would rather pay nothing and do their brainstorming by hand.

Who should skip it. Nobody should skip it, but nobody should rely on it alone either. It has no listing grades, no competitor views, no seasonality.

Weak spot. 15 keyword searches a week on the free version, and a 30-day window that can't show you December demand in June. Results stay visible for 7 days, so note them somewhere.

Moving over from Marmalead. Open Shop Manager, then Stats, then Marketplace Insights. Run the lead keyword of each best seller. If a term Marmalead rated highly barely registers here, move it out of the front of your title.

Price. Included with your seller account. Unlimited searches come with Etsy Plus.

Why switch to Alura. Marmalead is a keyword tool first. Alura puts keyword and product searches side by side, from the free plan up, with a Chrome extension for browsing Etsy. If you want one subscription that covers both what shoppers search and which products to look at, it's the most complete pick here.

Who it fits. Growing shops that want research in one place, and sellers who need their data in a spreadsheet: CSV export comes with Growth.

Who should skip it. Sellers who only touch a handful of listings a month. eRank Basic does that for less.

Weak spot. The headline prices assume a yearly commitment, so the real entry cost of Basic is $95.88 paid upfront. And CSV export isn't on Basic, only from Growth up.

Moving over from Marmalead. Spend the free plan's 5 daily searches on your Marmalead keyword sheet, best sellers first. If the results convince you, buy a plan and treat the 7-day guarantee as your real trial week.

Price. Free plan with 5 keyword and product searches a day. Basic is $7.99 a month billed yearly ($95.88), Growth $14.99 ($179.99 a year), Professional $29.99 ($359.88 a year). Growth comes in $10.01 under Marmalead's annual plan. Paid plans carry a 7-day money-back guarantee, which Marmalead's terms don't offer.

Why switch to EverBee. Marmalead tells you what people search for. It doesn't estimate what a listing sells. EverBee does: its main feature is an estimate of the sales behind a listing. If your real question is "what should I make next?", that's the gap Marmalead leaves open.

Who it fits. Print-on-demand and digital sellers who launch new designs often and want to see which niches already move.

Who should skip it. Anyone leaving Marmalead to spend less. EverBee Growth costs $299 a year, $109 more than Marmalead's annual plan.

Weak spot. The sales figures are estimates, because Etsy doesn't publish them. Use them to compare two ideas, not to order stock. The free Hobby plan stops at 10 keywords, too little for real SEO work.

Moving over from Marmalead. Keep a cheap SEO tool for tags and use EverBee for product picks. A common setup is the free Hobby plan for product ideas next to eRank for tags.

Price. Hobby is free forever. Growth is $24.99 a month billed yearly ($299), or $468 a year on monthly billing. Business is $69 a month, billed $828 a year.

Why switch to Sale Samurai. If $19 a month is already in your budget, Sale Samurai costs 99 cents more and pairs keyword research with listing analysis. Unlike Marmalead, it lets you try first: a 3-day free trial without a card, and a freemium tier that doesn't ask for payment details.

Who it fits. Sellers who want to keep one simple subscription but tilt it toward finding products, not only polishing tags.

Who should skip it. Sellers who left Marmalead because of the price. This one costs the same.

Weak spot. The freemium tier counts by the month: 20 keyword searches and 10 listing analyses, which a busy week can burn through. Three days of trial go fast, so line up your keyword list before you start it.

Moving over from Marmalead. During the trial, rerun the 20 terms that matter most to your shop. Keywords that look strong in both tools are your safest bets.

Price. $19.99 a month, or $199.90 a year ($16.65 a month). Cancel with no fee and keep access until the paid period ends.