The SEO Spider crawls a site the way a search engine would and reports broken links, redirect chains, duplicate titles, missing canonicals, and orphan pages in a sortable desktop table. It is what technical SEOs open when a site has forty thousand URLs and a spreadsheet stops being an option, and it can pull Search Console and Analytics data alongside the crawl.
Who it is for
Technical SEOs auditing large sites with structural crawl problems.
Key features
- Crawls sites and flags broken links
- Audits titles, canonicals, and redirects
- Imports Search Console and Analytics data
- JavaScript rendering for single-page apps
- Exports to CSV and Google Sheets
Where it falls short
It is a desktop application tied to one machine with no hosted version, the free edition stops at 500 URLs, and JavaScript rendering needs the paid licence plus a local rendering service.
Pricing
Free edition capped at 500 URLs per crawl; an annual licence per machine unlocks unlimited crawling and JS rendering.
Prices move; the tier structure is the part that stays true. Check current pricing on Screaming Frog SEO Spider.
Alternatives to Screaming Frog SEO Spider
Frequently asked
Is Screaming Frog SEO Spider free?
Partly. Free edition capped at 500 URLs per crawl; an annual licence per machine unlocks unlimited crawling and JS rendering.
What is Screaming Frog SEO Spider best for?
Technical SEOs auditing large sites with structural crawl problems.
What are the best alternatives to Screaming Frog SEO Spider?
The closest substitutes we list are Ahrefs and Semrush. They sit in a similar price bracket but make a different trade-off, so read the weaknesses section of each review before switching.
Which platforms does Screaming Frog SEO Spider run on?
Screaming Frog SEO Spider is available on macOS and Windows.