Review of AtoZ SEO Tools Script from Codecanyon

You can find hundreds of sites offering free SEO tools on the internet. Most of them use a PHP package called AtoZ SEO Tools that you can purchase from Codecanyon. If you are interested in launching your own SEO tools website then AtoZ SEO Tools will look attractive. We have used these tools for various purposes for the past five years. Based on that experience, here is a genuine review of AtoZ SEO Tools for you to understand what you will get with the purchase.

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AtoZ SEO Tools – Search Engine Optimization Tools

AtoZ SEO Tools is a premium PHP package that offers 50+ search engine optimization tools. You can purchase the package from Codecanyon which is part of Envato marketplace. It offers a complete solution including user management and advertisement modules. Before you jump on to reading the review, here is how the website will look after installation.

You can allow users to freely access the tools or setup restrictions for login or payment. It is also possible to install the tools on sub-domain or sub-directory.

Requirements

Unlike WordPress plugins and many other PHP tools, AtoZ SEO Tools need some basic knowledge to start using. You need the followings to start with the tools:

• A domain name
• Premium hosting account
• FTP access
• Your own email

You have to confirm with hosting company that following prerequisites are available with the server:

• Minimum PHP5.4 or above.
• Support of PDO, MySQLI and GD extensions
• Support for URL rewrite, Multibyte String (mbstring) and allow_url_fopen
• SMTP mail server
• WHOIS Port with TCP 43
• Custom cron job

If your hosting server does not support then you can’t install the package on your server.

Pricing

You can purchase the package for $40 one time payment and get lifetime updates. The purchase also includes six months free support and you can get additional year support by paying $13.30.

The author also offers additional free and premium tools on his website separately.

Downloading and Installing

After purchasing the item, you can download from the “Downloads” section of Codecanyon.

Make sure you download all the files along with the purchase key. The zip archive will have the following document structure that includes documentation, upload files and version update files.

Follow the below installation process to install the package on your site:

• Create a MySQL database and note down host, database name, username and password details.
• Login to your server with FTP and upload the content inside the “Upload” folder.
• Go to browser and open “yoursite.com/index.php”.
• This will open the installation wizard to submit the database details and purchase key.
• After successful validation, you can install the package on your site.

As you can see, this is not a simple process purchase and use like many other plugins. You have to create database, use FTP and install the package on your own. Though this is not difficult, it is not easy for a new user who never dealt with hosting before.

Core Features of the Package

After successful installation, you can see the admin control panel where you can setup your site.

• Upload logo, favicon, maintenance mode and captcha settings.
• Enable ad blocker detection and ban IP addresses.
• Manage users with login, registration and banning.
• Possible to translate to any language.
• Integrate Google Analytics and generate XML Sitemap.
• Setup mail server and insert advertisements.
• Two free themes with an option to customize.
• SMTP mail server support for receiving emails.

AtoZ SEO Tools use Bootstrap 3 and fully responsive on all devices.

Administrator Control Panel

Control panel is the backend of your site where you can customize all the settings. You can view site analytics, manage users, create pages, modify menus, customize themes and use File Manager.

SEO Tools Included

The package comes with 49 tools that you can instantly see on the “SEO Tools” section of your control panel. Below are the tools you will get with the installation:

Free Add-ons

After installing the package, you can use the purchase key to download additional free add-ons from the author’s website. At this moment, we see the following tools are available for free.

• Bulk geo IP locator
• Color picker
• Htaccess regenerate generator
• RGB to HEX convertor

Customizing Tools and Themes

You can edit each tool to add content, enable/disable individual tool, offer the tool only for logged in users and make it as a premium tool if you have premium membership add-on.

The package comes with two themes – default and simpleX. You can choose to use one of these themes or clone them to create a customized theme. It is also possible to add custom CSS to modify default theme’s style.

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Premium Add-ons

Earlier the author was offering premium add-ons through different websites. Now we have noticed, he consolidated all premium add-ons under single site. You can register and  purchase items like flag counter, site up or down checking service, PDF tools, website worth calculator, etc. You can also purchase the membership add-on for $55 to convert your SEO tools site to subscription based website.

As you can see in the above screenshot, there are add-ons available for $750. This includes hundreds of premium tools including PDF conversion tools. However, you should have dedicated server to offer these tools as they need lots of server resources.

Support

The package comes with an initial documentation that explains the installation and setup process. You can learn how to create login setup with OAuth and translate content to your language. However, this documentation is not sufficient when you are purchasing any premium add-ons. You have to the developer support by sending email to the product’s author. In our experience, the author generally replies in couple of days.

Caution Before Purchase

Whether you want to use these tools yourself or want to offer to your users, AtoZ SEO Tools is a good option to consider. However, it comes with multiple problems that you may not be able to handle at times.

• Your hosting company may not allow some of the tools and block access.
• Many of the tools will not work and there are no ways you can fix them. For example, there is a premium Social Stats Checker add-on that will never show the correct social statuses. This is also a problem with every PHP update that some tools will stop working.
• You need API keys for using tools like MOZ rank checker, plagiarism checker, etc. These are premium API keys for which you should pay subscription fee for using. For example, Google limits the custom search API key usage for 100 users per day. However, the author will ask you to create multiple Google accounts and create multiple keys for using in plagiarism checker tool. This is unprofessional and can’t work all times.
• Tools line XML Sitemap generator and broken link checker will consume lots of server resources. This will violate shared hosting terms and your hosting account will be suspended if you continue to offer such tools. Even though captcha is available, the tools will attract plenty of auto and spam bots. Again, this will end up ins security and server bandwidth issues if not handled properly.
• There are hundreds of popular sites use the same set of tools. So, this is no more a readymade package. You have to purchase “Blog” add-on and publish lots of content in addition to updating each tool. This will be a tedious work for those looking for quick website launching. Also, note that the scripts are scrapped from very popular smallseotools.com website. When someone looks your website, there are lot of possibilities they may think you are a cheater to duplicate the entire website.
• There are only two themes available with the package. The author has almost 2K sales and all those websites will have similar look with one of these two themes. You can purchase some premium themes from author’s website. Again, the premium theme name itself is a smallseo which is a scrapped theme from the smallseotools.com. In addition, there will be too many advertisements block showing even on account and login pages. This will easily create a policy violation if you are using Google AdSense.
• The tool still uses Bootstrap 3 version while you will soon get Bootstrap 5.
• As far as we have checked, the developer is an individual with limited capacity. Therefore, you have to wait couple of days to get answers. The premium add-ons have no support policy so you may not get support at later point when you have trouble (or pay for additional support).
• The author offers same add-ons through different channels. For example, he sells flag counter and site up or down checker as separate products in Codecanyon.