Rankscale vs Screaming Frog

Rankscale focuses on GEO & AI visibility; Screaming Frog focuses on Technical SEO.

• 1documented difference
• 0documented the same for both
• 16documented for one tool only
• 3unknown for both

Billing

Rankscale: Annual billing required

Screaming Frog: Annual billing required

Free plan

Rankscale: Unknown

Screaming Frog: Yes · Free version

Free trial

Rankscale: Yes · 7 days

Screaming Frog: Unknown

AI engines tracked

Rankscale: ChatGPT, AI Overviews, AI Mode, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and Copilot (confirmed from Essentials, the lowest paid plan)

Screaming Frog: None documented

Documented differences

Both tools documented, and the support or plan differs.

Documented for one tool only

No documentation was found for the other tool. That is unknown, not a missing capability.

• Unknown for Rankscale: Backlink analysis, Server log analysis
• Unknown for Screaming Frog: AI visibility monitoring, Automated content generation, Content optimization, Rank tracking, Citation and source tracking, AI competitor benchmarking, Prompt tracking

• Prices are listed in different currencies (USD for Rankscale, GBP for Screaming Frog) and shown as the vendors list them. Screaming Frog's £199/yr per user is about $265/yr per user at the ECB reference rate of 27 Oct 2026.
• The lowest listed plans are not necessarily equivalent. Check plan limits before comparing prices.

Plans

Rankscale:

• Essentials · annual commitment$17/mo billed annually
  Limits of Essentials

  Yearly only (monthly $20 shown struck through). 120 credits/month (up to 480 AI answers), 2 brand dashboards, 10 page audits; no sentiment, data exports, Data Studio, REST API or team workspaces. MCP is included.

• Pro$99/mo month-to-month$84/mo billed annually
  Limits of Pro

  1,200 credits/month (up to 4,800 AI answers); 10 brand dashboards; 50 page audits; Data Studio integration; no REST API.

• Pro+$229/mo month-to-month$195/mo billed annually
  Limits of Pro+

  3,000 credits/month (up to 12,000 answers); 25 dashboards; 100 page audits; REST API.

• Growth$385/mo month-to-month$327/mo billed annually
  Limits of Growth

  5,500 credits/month (up to 22,000 answers); 50 dashboards; 200 page audits; agency program benefits; white-labeled dashboard links with API.

• Enterprise$780/mo month-to-month$663/mo billed annually
  Limits of Enterprise

  12,000 credits/month (up to 48,000 answers); 100 dashboards; 200 page audits.

• Custom PlanContact sales — Custom pricing
  Limits of Custom Plan

  Quoted individually.

Screaming Frog:

• Free versionFree
  Limits of Free version

  Up to 500 URLs per crawl. Includes broken links, redirects, page titles and meta data, directives, hreflang, exact duplicates, XML sitemaps and site visualisations. Crawl configuration, saved crawls and the advanced features are in the paid licence.

• Licence · per user · annual commitment£199/yr billed annually
  Limits of Licence

  Per user; licences last 1 year and are then renewed. No URL crawl limit (depends on memory and storage). Adds crawl configuration, saved crawls, scheduling, JavaScript rendering, custom extraction, AI prompts during crawls and API integrations. Bulk prices: £189 (5–9 licences), £179 (10–19), £169 (20+) per licence per year.

Prices last verified

Rankscale: 30 Oct 2026

Screaming Frog: 27 Oct 2026

Google Analytics

Rankscale: Documented

Screaming Frog: DocumentedConfirmed from Licence, the lowest paid planAvailability on the free plan not verified.

Google Search Console

Rankscale: Documented

Screaming Frog: DocumentedConfirmed from Licence, the lowest paid planAvailability on the free plan not verified.

Looker Studio

Rankscale: DocumentedConfirmed from ProAvailability on lower plans not verified.

Screaming Frog: DocumentedConfirmed from Licence, the lowest paid planAvailability on the free plan not verified.

Public API

Rankscale: DocumentedConfirmed from Pro+Availability on lower plans not verified.

Screaming Frog: Unknown

“Unknown” means we found no vendor documentation for it, not that it is unavailable.

Built for (vendor-stated)

Rankscale: Agencies, Enterprises, Ecommerce brands, SaaS companies

Screaming Frog: Unknown

Best suited for (SEOFinder editorial)

Rankscale:

• Tracking how a brand appears across many AI engines within a monthly credit budget.

Screaming Frog:

• Technical site audits run from a desktop computer.
• Auditing sites of up to 500 URLs with the free version before buying a licence.

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