Screaming Frog
Desktop website crawler for technical SEO.
Key facts
- Lowest listed plan
- £199/yrLicence plan≈ $265/yr (at the ECB reference rate of 27 Oct 2026)
- Billing
- Annual billing required
- Free plan
- Yes, Free version
- Free trial
- Unknown
- Prices last verified
- 27 Oct 2026
- Verification
- Vendor-checkedVerified 27 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation. Not independently tested.
What Screaming Frog does
The SEO Spider is a desktop crawler used to audit sites for broken links, redirects, metadata, directives and other technical issues.
SEOFinder editorial summary
Best suited for
- Technical site audits run from a desktop computer.
- Auditing sites of up to 500 URLs with the free version before buying a licence.
Strengths
- A free version crawls up to 500 URLs and covers broken links, redirects, page titles and meta data, directives, hreflang, exact duplicate pages and XML sitemaps.
- Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux.
- The paid licence adds JavaScript rendering, custom extraction, crawl scheduling, and Google Analytics, Search Console and PageSpeed Insights integrations.
Trade-offs
- Licences are per user: £199 per user per year, with bulk discounts from 5 licences.
- The free version can't save crawls or change the crawl configuration.
Strengths, trade-offs and fit are SEOFinder's editorial summary of Screaming Frog's own documentation, reviewed on 27 Oct 2026. They are not user reviews, and SEOFinder has not tested the product.
Screaming Frog pricing and plans
Vendor documentation, 27 Oct 2026. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested.Prices as listed by Screaming Frog; annual totals only where the vendor lists them. Lowest plans differ in limits between tools, so compare what each plan includes. How we check prices
| Plan | Month-to-month | Billed annually | Limits and inclusions (vendor-listed) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free version | Free | 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. | |
| LicencePer userAnnual commitment | Month-to-monthNot listed | Billed annually£199/yr | 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. |
Paid add-ons
- Server log analysisLog file analysis is a separate product, the Log File Analyser, with its own licence at £99 per user per year. Its free version analyses up to 1,000 log events in 1 project.
Screaming Frog capabilities
Checked against Screaming Frog's documentation on 27 Oct 2026 unless a row says otherwise; not independently tested. The plan column shows where a capability is confirmed, not that lower plans lack it.
- Offered1
- Partial1
- Paid add-on1
- Not offered0
- Unknown7
- * Not yet verified
| Capability | Availability | Confirmed plan | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technical SEO2 | |||
| Technical site auditCrawls a site to find technical and on-page issues. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed on the free plan | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Technical site auditChecked against vendor documentation on 27 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “Free Version | Find Broken Links, Errors & Redirects | Analyse Page Titles & Meta Data | Review Meta Robots & Directives | Audit hreflang Attributes | Discover Exact Duplicate Pages | Generate XML Sitemaps | Site Visualisations | Crawl Limit - 500 URLs” Notes: The free version crawls up to 500 URLs. The paid licence removes the limit and adds JavaScript rendering, structured data validation, accessibility auditing, crawl comparison and scheduling. |
| Server log analysisAnalyzes server logs, such as visits from search engine and AI crawlers. | Availability: Paid add-on | — | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Server log analysisChecked against vendor documentation on 27 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “Log Event Limit - 1,000 Lines ... Project Limit - 1 ... Paid Version ... Log Event Limit - Unlimited* ... Project Limit - Unlimited ... £ ... 99 Per Year ... Licences last 1 year. After that you will be required to renew your licence. ... Licences are per user.” Notes: Log file analysis is a separate product, the Log File Analyser, with its own licence at £99 per user per year. Its free version analyses up to 1,000 log events in 1 project. |
| Backlinks1 | |||
| Backlink analysisExplores referring domains and link profiles. | Availability: Partial | Confirmed plan: Confirmed from Licence, the lowest paid planAvailability on the free plan not verified. | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Backlink analysisChecked against vendor documentation on 27 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “External Link Metrics – Pull external link metrics from Majestic, Ahrefs and Moz APIs into a crawl to perform content audits or profile links.” Notes: Pulls link metrics from Majestic, Ahrefs or Moz into a crawl through those providers' APIs. |
Unknown: 7 capabilitiesNo vendor documentation found either way. Unknown is not the same as Not offered.
AI visibility
- AI visibility monitoringTracks brand mentions or citations in AI assistants and AI search answers.
Content
- Automated content generationGenerates drafts or full articles with AI.
- Content optimizationScores or guides content against ranking competitors.
Publishing
- Automated publishingPushes content directly to a CMS such as WordPress.
Research
- Keyword researchKeyword discovery with volume or difficulty data.
- Rank trackingMonitors positions in traditional search results over time.
Backlinks
- Backlink buildingHelps acquire new backlinks, for example through outreach tooling or link exchanges.
Integrations
3 verified in vendor documentation, 0 not yet verified.
- Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested.Looker StudioConfirmed from Licence, the lowest paid planAvailability on the free plan not verified.
- Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested.Google Search ConsoleConfirmed from Licence, the lowest paid planAvailability on the free plan not verified.
- Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested.Google AnalyticsConfirmed from Licence, the lowest paid planAvailability on the free plan not verified.
Sources
Official Screaming Frog pages read on 27 Oct 2026. These are the vendor's own claims; SEOFinder has not independently tested them.
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