Screaming Frog vs Writesonic

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

• 0documented differences
• 1documented the same for both
• 18documented for one tool only
• 2unknown for both

Billing

Screaming Frog: Annual billing required

Writesonic: Month-to-month billing

Free plan

Screaming Frog: Yes · Free version

Writesonic: Unknown

Free trial

Screaming Frog: Unknown

Writesonic: Yes · 7 days, no card required

AI engines tracked

Screaming Frog: None documented

Writesonic: ChatGPT, AI Overviews and Gemini (confirmed from Starter, the lowest paid plan); AI Mode, Perplexity, Claude and Copilot (confirmed from Enterprise)

Documented differences

Both tools documented, and the support or plan differs.

No capability differences are documented beyond AI engine coverage and pricing. 1 capability is documented for both tools at the same level. 18 are documented for one tool only, so whether they differ is not known.

Documented for one tool only

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

• Unknown for Screaming Frog: AI visibility monitoring, Automated content generation, Automated publishing, Content optimization, Keyword research, Citation and source tracking, AI competitor benchmarking, Prompt tracking, Content refresh
• Unknown for Writesonic: Backlink analysis, Server log analysis

• Prices are listed in different currencies (GBP for Screaming Frog, USD for Writesonic) 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.

Writesonic:

• Starter$99/mo month-to-month$79/mo billed annually
  Limits of Starter

  50 prompts; ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews; 15 AI articles/mo; 10 site audits (100 pages each); 1 user, 1 project

• Basic$249/mo month-to-month$199/mo billed annually
  Limits of Basic

  100 prompts; 25 AI articles/mo; 20 site audits (1,200 pages each); 2 users

• Growth$499/mo month-to-month$399/mo billed annually
  Limits of Growth

  200 prompts; 50 AI articles/mo; 50 site audits (2,500 pages each); 3 users, 2 projects; Action Center trial only

• EnterpriseContact sales — Custom pricing
  Limits of Enterprise

  All 9 AI platforms; full Action Center; GA4, Looker Studio; SSO/SAML

Prices last verified

Screaming Frog: 27 Oct 2026

Writesonic: 27 Oct 2026

Contentful

Screaming Frog: Unknown

Writesonic: Documented (publishing)

Google Analytics

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

Writesonic: Listed* (not yet verified)

Google Search Console

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

Writesonic: Documented

Looker Studio

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

Writesonic: DocumentedConfirmed from EnterpriseAvailability on lower plans not verified.

Public API

Screaming Frog: Unknown

Writesonic: Documented

WordPress

Screaming Frog: Unknown

Writesonic: Documented (publishing)

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

Built for (vendor-stated)

Screaming Frog: Unknown

Writesonic: Agencies, 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.

Writesonic:

• Small teams: 1–3 users and 1–2 projects on the self-serve plans.

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