Screaming Frog vs Sitebulb

• 1documented difference
• 1documented the same for both
• 1documented for one tool only
• 7unknown for both

Billing

Screaming Frog: Annual billing required

Sitebulb: Month-to-month billing

Free plan

Screaming Frog: Yes · Free version

Sitebulb: Unknown

Free trial

Screaming Frog: Unknown

Sitebulb: Yes · 14 days, no card required

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 Sitebulb: Backlink analysis

• Prices are listed in different currencies (GBP for Screaming Frog, USD for Sitebulb) 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.
• Screaming Frog's lowest listed price requires annual billing; compare it with the other tool's annual-billing price where one is listed.
• The lowest listed plans are not necessarily equivalent. Check plan limits before comparing prices.

Plans

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.

Sitebulb:

• Lite$18/mo month-to-month$180/yr billed annually
  Limits of Lite

  Desktop software, 1 user. 10,000 URLs per audit, 100+ Hints, JavaScript crawling, duplicate content checks, crawl maps, and Google Analytics, Search Console and Sheets integrations. Performance, structured data, hreflang, spell check, accessibility, AMP reports and scheduling are listed for Pro.

• Pro · per user$42/mo month-to-month$425/yr billed annually
  Limits of Pro

  Desktop software, priced per user (1 to 50 users). 500,000 URLs per audit by default, which can be raised to 2 million depending on the computer. Adds 300+ Hints, advanced configuration, audit comparisons, scheduled audits, customized PDF reports, and performance, structured data, hreflang, accessibility, spell check and AMP reports.

• Mini$125/mo month-to-month$1,500/yr billed annually
  Limits of Mini

  Sitebulb Cloud, 2 users. 50,000 URLs per month and per audit, recurring audits, unlimited projects and Google Analytics / Search Console accounts. Desktop licences are not included. No API yet; aggregated data can be exported through webhooks or the Data Studio Connector.

• Small$245/mo month-to-month$2,940/yr billed annually
  Limits of Small

  Sitebulb Cloud with Sitebulb Pro desktop licences included. 1 million URLs per month, 250,000 URLs per audit, recurring audits and unlimited projects. No API yet; aggregated data can be exported through webhooks or the Data Studio Connector.

• Medium$495/mo month-to-month$5,940/yr billed annually
  Limits of Medium

  Sitebulb Cloud, 10 users with desktop licences included. 2.5 million URLs per month, 1 million URLs per audit, concurrent crawling, recurring audits and unlimited projects. No API yet; aggregated data can be exported through webhooks or the Data Studio Connector.

• EnterpriseContact sales — Custom pricing
  Limits of Enterprise

  Custom pricing. 10+ users with desktop licences, 5 million+ URLs per month, 2.5 million+ URLs per audit and concurrent crawling. No API yet; aggregated data can be exported through webhooks or the Data Studio Connector.

Prices last verified

Screaming Frog: 27 Oct 2026

Sitebulb: 27 Oct 2026

Google Analytics

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

Sitebulb: DocumentedConfirmed from Lite, the lowest paid plan

Google Search Console

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

Sitebulb: DocumentedConfirmed from Lite, the lowest paid plan

Looker Studio

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

Sitebulb: DocumentedConfirmed from MiniAvailability on lower plans not verified.

Slack

Screaming Frog: Unknown

Sitebulb: Documented

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

Built for (vendor-stated)

Screaming Frog: Unknown

Sitebulb: Agencies, Ecommerce brands, Freelancers and consultants, Publishers, Enterprises

Best suited for (SEOFinder editorial)

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.

Sitebulb:

• Technical SEO audits from a Windows or Mac computer (Pro audits 500,000 URLs by default; the vendor says up to 2 million, depending on the machine).
• Teams that want shared, recurring cloud crawls with unlimited projects (Sitebulb Cloud).

Each vendor's own pages, read on the dates shown. SEOFinder has not independently tested these products.