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Screaming Frog SEO Spider

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Last updated March 13th, 2026

# Page 5 - Reviews of Screaming Frog SEO Spider

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Nathan S.  
Owner  
Publishing  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Useful Technical SEO Tool"

January 17, 2021

5.0

Pros

This software helps webmasters resolve mini technical SEO issues and provide other valuable information about your website. Even the free version of the software offers enough features to make it a valuable resource in your toolbox.

Cons

The only purchase option is to pay for a full year of software updates which makes it a bit expensive for anyone who is only going to need it a few times a month.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
SEO Specialist  
E-Learning  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Amazing tool for on-site analysis"

December 10, 2019

5.0

SF is the main tool we use for site auditing. It's especially powerful for analyzing pages, checking which are indexed, which are completely SEO-friendly, checking hreflangs and internal linking.

Pros

When we're doing on-site SEO, ScreamingFrog is our main tool. It's especially powerful for checking if all the pages have the correct titles, meta descriptions, h1 tags, etc - everything free of use. Premium version is very powerful for internal linking analysis, especialy when you have a site with lots of pages.

Cons

There's a learning curve using this tool as you need technical and on-site SEO knowledge. On the other hand, when using a free version of the tool, there is a 500 URL-crawling limit, which is okay for small websites.

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HH

Heath H.  
Account Manager  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Quick and easy tool for Web Devs and SEOs "

August 9, 2019

5.0

Use it a couple of times a month when i need to audit and site and look for any issues from an SEO perspective.

Pros

Basically it pulls apart entired websites and give you everything from the language construction ratios (HTML, JS etc), status codes, metadata and indexability. I use this tool often to discover any pages that are low value that need to be added to the robots.txt file to improve crawl budget. Also useful for identifying 404 errors and perm or temp redirects that exist.

Cons

No dislikes at all. It's free, easy to use and scans whole websites extremely quickly.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
seo manager  
Gambling & Casinos  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "A must-have tool for SEO"

April 4, 2021

5.0

Pros

Helps me crawl websites and find problems

Cons

The software is outdated, maybe worth innovating, It is also very often slow and takes a lot of time to scan

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Brant C.  
Web Developer  
Leisure, Travel & Tourism  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Fantastic to get an overview of a site"

August 29, 2019

5.0

Has helped on many sites to see where we need to improve and what is missing on the site such as H!, alt tags etc

Pros

It has so many features packed into it, all for free. It is easy to use and is very in-depth spidering software

Cons

It is limited to crawl 500 pages (I think) which may be limiting for larger sites. Still gives a good idea about a site though

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AS

Aditya S.  
Digital Marketing Executive  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Easy to use crawling software"

September 27, 2019

5.0

10/10 for screaming frog because of it's price and other features.

Pros

One of the best easy to use and fast crawler in the market along with site map creation, deep analysis and more.

Cons

There is only drawback with screaming frog is poor interface it can be tough for beginners to understand the interface.

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AN

Amrita N.  
Independent contractor  
Writing and Editing  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "SEO audit tool"

August 19, 2019

5.0

I loved the free version of the tool I used and believe it has helped me figure out some of the missing pieces of the SEO puzzle. I would recommend not using the tool blindly like I did and read up on how to optimize your crawl (filter links using regex, etc.) before using it so that you have only the information you need.

Pros

The volume of information this software provides is immense. It is very easy to figure out where your website's SEO is lacking and how to fix it. It shows you pages with missing, too short, or too long metadescriptions, page titles, headings (H1 and H2), alt texts, etc. You can also see the status codes for each crawled page, the total number of incoming and outgoing links, response time, and word count. If you export the data in Excel, you can easily filter out the information you need.

Cons

The sheer volume of information this tool provides was a little overwhelming at the beginning, but there are a lot of ways to optimize the crawl and filter the results so that you get only the information you need. I was not aware of it when I first used the tool.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Head of Organic Acquisition  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Advanced SEO tool"

June 25, 2021

5.0

Screaming Frog is an advanced SEO tool that should not miss from a webmaster's arsenal.

Pros

Screaming Frog is a more advanced SEO tool in my opinion that is essential when it comes to deep researching your website's URL's. I use it mainly to find 404's or 301's but its potential is really beyond that as it includes countless other features.

Cons

Its UI is a little bit outdated and it makes it feel complicated and hard to use. I would appreciate a UI update.

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JA

Junaid A.  
Digital Marketer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Best Tool To Crawl Website In Quick Time"

May 31, 2022

5.0

Pros

Screaming Frog is a wonderful tool, when it comes to crawl the website and need to find the internal broken links, and external URLs and checking errors with other elements. It provide lots of information of crawled URL that is directly helping to improve website on-page SEO

Cons

Team need to work on crawl customization and make it more user friendly

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DG

Darren G.  
Senior Marketing Performance Manager  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "My first choice for an SEO tool outside of Google itself"

January 19, 2022

5.0

Easy to use and can do so much.

Pros

The amount it can do for the price, it is simply great.

Cons

No cons really to be honest, it is always great hearing about their updates

Reason for choosing Screaming Frog SEO Spider

Nothing comes close tbh.

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CH

Chad H.  
SEO Specialist  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Incredible Results to Make You Scream"

November 1, 2019

5.0

Working in SEO, being able to crawl a client's site at a moment's notice and get results back FAST is always incredibly valuable. Screaming Frog does that - and more! Getting information about broken links, duplicate content, missing title tags, missing or excessive H1 tags, etc. is critical to my position and Screaming Frog does that with aplomb. I love using Screaming Frog and will continue to use it in the future.

Pros

I like the ability to customize your crawl depending on your clients' specific needs. For small sites, nothing beats the speed and depth that Screaming Frog website crawls provide. Also, the image and video crawling abilities are unparalleled

Cons

The only issue I have with Screaming Frog is that it can be a little difficult to set up and analyze your first time using it. There's probably a beginner's guide or instruction but I neglected to look for it.

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ER

Emily R.  
Digital Marketing  
Insurance  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Best SEO crawl tool in the market"

March 1, 2024

5.0

Pros

\- easy to use - helps me with the website health (404 errors, duplicate meta data and file sizes)

Cons

\- you need to purchase the pro version in order to get all the features - not self explanatory

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SS

Shubham S.  
senior SEO Executive  
Health, Wellness and Fitness  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Indexing & Crawling of Websites"

February 27, 2023

5.0

Pros

Screaming frog is a an excellent resource for getting our website crawled and also it is free for every users.

Cons

The crawl mapping of this software is not that good though they are improving it but still not that good. Also, the UI/UX needs improvement.

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HH

Hailee H.  
Account Supervisor  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Free and effective SEO audit"

July 17, 2019

5.0

Pros

Screaming Frog is great for a quick rundown of SEO issues on a website. Due to the fact that it is a free plugin, it is always my first go to when checking SEO.

Cons

I do not have any dislikes about this software

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Account Director  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Effective SEO Tool "

August 27, 2021

5.0

Pros

Screaming Frog is an efficient SEO analysis & audit tool - the data insights are very powerful and quite key to our SEO strategy for clients.

Cons

The user interface requires a more advanced/informed user to manage - but they work quite well.

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Igor S.  
Sales Assistant  
Computer Networking  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "Useful crawler for small sites"

December 13, 2019

5.0

Pros

Useful crawler for small sites. Helper for technical SEO

Cons

desktop solution (overload you PC); you can't crawl big (more than 10K pages) sites

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LP

Lindsey P.  
VP of Marketing  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Screaming Spider"

June 7, 2022

4.0

Pros

I liked the amount of data I was able to gather about my rankings in comparison to other companies in same space

Cons

It at first seemed a little daunting - I feel training is best

Alternatives considered

[Moz Local](https://www.capterra.com/p/116352/Moz-Pro/)

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AD

Alessia D.  
PPC Specialist  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Great tool, not for SEO beginners"

November 17, 2023

4.0

Very good tool that I'd recommend for SEO specialists and professionals, less for beginners.

Pros

Its crawler is very good, you can easily find duplicates, 404s, and so on. I have to add that you're provided with great support if needed. I found it to be one of the best tools I've tried in SEO so far.

Cons

The interface is difficult to understand at first. I work for the most in PPC and I have knowledge of SEO, so I was able to navigate it, but I'll admit it hasn't been a smooth process. I can imagine that someone completely new to this world would get lost pretty soon.

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MA

Moh A.  
Digital Marketer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Best tool for SEO industry "

September 30, 2022

5.0

Pros

The best things about screaming frog Sep tool it's data reading like it read whole website and share results in category format like for images, broken URL, etc.

Cons

There is nothing I least like about the screaming frog

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HR

Hitesh R.  
SEO Executive  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Helps in audit of website"

August 17, 2020

5.0

My overall experience with Screaming Frog is very good.

Pros

There are many things I like about screaming from. First of all it crawl the 500 pages of website. Then shows us all the details of every pages from heading tags, meta's, alt tags, website page errors and many more. With the help of screaming frog we can easily find the website issues & make our website complete SEO friendly.

Cons

There is no disadvantage of this software, whenever I am working on any website I always prefer screaming frog.

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Sazedur R.  
CEO  
Design  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "The best SEO tool I've ever seen"

October 28, 2020

5.0

My overall experience is good. It's user-friendly as an expert. If you use the tool it will save you time because it is very easy to use as an expert and it's a very informative tools.

Pros

What I like most about this software is the visibility of all problems on a website like H tag(h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6), meta description, title tags, images with altering the text. and many more.

Cons

Its functionality is very hard for a beginner. But It's easy to work here as an expert.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Ceo  
Online Media  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "What i think of Screaming Frog SEO Spider"

August 25, 2020

5.0

My experience with Screaming frog has been a very fantastic one. Just enter your url and watch this tool perform its magic.

Pros

Screaming frog is very very powerful. I love the fact that it can crawl javascript. Screaming frog will get an experienced Seo very excited.

Cons

Screaming frog is quite expensive. The pricing makes it obvious that its not for everyone. Using screaming frog for the first time can be very challenging, its user interface is also complicated.

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AHC

Anne Hélène C.  
Dirigeante  
Internet  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Un outil indispensable pour le seo"

May 4, 2022

5.0

Pros

Un.outil indispensable pour l'audit de site web

Cons

Un guide serait un plus très apprécié pour la prise en main

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RC

Raluca C.  
SEO manager  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "A solid website crawler"

February 27, 2021

5.0

Pros

A complete site crawler that allows you to run deep technical audits for a website. You can easily see which pages are missing any meta tags along with image alt tags. It provides everything you need to know about your current site pages and discover any issues with the onsite SEO elements.

Cons

Tends to be super technical and may not be the easiest tool to use for a beginner. The tool also tends to become slow when crawling massive websites.

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AR

Andrea R.  
manager  
Writing and Editing  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "All you need is Blog.... And Screaming Frog"

July 22, 2021

5.0

I Use always for my projects and i suggest to use always

Pros

I love this tool, easy to install, is a perfect strument for scan my website and blogs, perfect for find errors, broken link and more. The basic version is free ideal for scan your website and understand what you can modify, for professional projects you can pay a cheap fee.

Cons

When start you can have a bit of confusion, but after some minutes you can understand all about this fantastic product

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