Screaming Frog SEO Spider alternatives
4 tools in SEO comparable to Screaming Frog SEO Spider, ranked by VERILO editor rating and editorial score. Rankings are independent of affiliate relationships.
Screaming Frog SEO Spider is a crawler, and people look for an alternative when they need more than a crawl. It has no keyword database, rank tracking or backlink index of its own, it runs on your own machine rather than in the cloud, and crawls beyond 500 URLs need a licence at £199 per user per year.
If you want audits alongside keyword and competitor research, every SEO suite includes a site audit: Semrush from $139 a month covers the most ground, SE Ranking from $129 a month includes a site audit allowance of 250,000 pages a month on its entry plan, and Ahrefs from $29 a month adds the backlink index it is known for. Moz Pro starts at $99 a month with site crawls in a campaign-based workspace.
For many small sites the practical answer is to keep the free version for technical checks and add a suite only when research becomes the job.
Semrush
SEO
All-in-one SEO and marketing suite for keyword research, competitor analysis, audits and rank tracking.
Ahrefs
SEO
SEO toolset known for its backlink index, with keyword research, site audits and rank tracking.
Cheaper alternatives to Screaming Frog SEO Spider
Screaming Frog SEO Spider’s entry paid plan is Licence at £199 per user a year. None of the alternatives with checked pricing starts lower on the same kind of price.
Free alternatives to Screaming Frog SEO Spider
Semrush and Ahrefs have a free plan, with limits on usage, users or features. SE Ranking (14 days) and Moz Pro (30 days) offer a free trial instead.
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