# Page 2 | Screaming Frog SEO Spider Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 2 - Is Screaming Frog SEO Spider the right SEO solution for you? Explore 133 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/185765/Screaming-Frog-SEO-Spider/reviews --- Screaming Frog SEO Spider 4.9 (133) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/185765/Screaming-Frog-SEO-Spider/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 2 - Reviews of Screaming Frog SEO Spider ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 26-50 of 133 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use MP Mike P. Digital Content Manager Business Supplies and Equipment Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Useful Tool For SEO Optimisation" August 5, 2024 5.0 Very impressed with ease of use and functionality. Started with the free version but quickly upgraded to the paid version. Helped a great deal during a site migration/rebuild and for ongoing site maintenance. Pros An excellent tool for auditing and reviewing websites. Quickly and efficiently check for a range common usability and SEO errors - find broken links, duplicate content, check alt tags, meta data, redirects and more. Check page speed, compare mobile & desktop experience and more. Free version allows you to crawl up to 500 pages. Cons N/A - no significant negatives to mention. Review Source AS Apurva S. SEO Executive Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Amazing Tool for Site Audits!" June 22, 2024 5.0 I personally love it and use it most for site audits and checking the improvement in my projects. Pros Screaming Frog SEO Spider is great for digging deep into your website's SEO health. It helps you find broken links, duplicate content, and other issues easily. You can customize the settings to fit your needs and the data is presented in a way that's easy to understand, with charts and graphs. Cons It can be a bit of a power hog on your computer, especially when crawling big sites. Also, if you're new to SEO tools, it might take a bit to get the hang of it. And while there's a free version, the full features come with a price tag, which might not fit everyone's budget. Review Source CC Christopher C. SEO Manager Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A great foundation for any SEO campaign" March 12, 2024 5.0 Overall SEO Spider is great value, and offers lots of insight as to technical issues to watch out for on your website. It even details why they are an issues and how to fix them. Pros I love how simple SEO Spider is to use, its trickier to master but in terms of plugging in a URL and setting it off, its very simple and lets you know what issues to look out for on the chosen website. Cons As its local software, if crawling a big site you can run out of internal memory to store the data and your computer can get slow while crawling. Alternatives considered [SEOmonitor](https://www.capterra.com/p/182638/SEOmonitor/) Reason for choosing Screaming Frog SEO Spider We chose screaming frog for its great value and ease of use. Switched from [Semrush](https://www.capterra.com/p/151962/SEMrush/) We chose to downgrade SEMrush and look at more specialised individual tools. Review Source RT Ryan T. Head Of Integrated Search And Data Performance Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "100 Sites Scraped - Fortune 500 Companies Supported " November 13, 2023 5.0 We've worked with the platform as a core part of our SEO and development offering for over ten years. It's essential to the industry and client success. Pros We've used Screaming Frog as the core SaaS tool for staff training and SEO audits for over a decade. While other tools have invested in fancy dashboards and visual reporting - Screaming Frog has built a platform designed for power and detail. The ability to render JAVA, crawl subdomains, and identify a range of SEO issues is second to none. Cons For first time users, the program can feel intimidating. Learning to Export data and manage that data in Excel is essential to getting the most out of the software. For anyone working in Technical SEO that learning curve is a must, because the granularity and results are far greater than those offered by other platforms. Alternatives considered [Ahrefs](https://www.capterra.com/p/176340/Ahrefs/)[Majestic](https://www.capterra.com/p/213487/Majestic/)[Semrush](https://www.capterra.com/p/151962/SEMrush/) Reason for choosing Screaming Frog SEO Spider Screaming Frog is lean - focused the on the outputs needed to make an impact in SEO. Many other platforms integrate reporting features to make clients and agencies depended on their monthly subscription model. Instead Screaming Frog empowers users, helps them understand the underlying code effecting SEO and allowing them to export and own their data. Review Source SH Stephen H. Digital Marketing Manager Packaging and Containers Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The most commonly used tool in my SEO toolbox" April 12, 2022 5.0 The product is great - like, actually, truly, \*great\*. The service is equally impressive - I reach out via email or Twitter and rarely have to wait more than a day for a meaningful response. This is a tool that has made me better at my job, and has directly helped to implement improvements that would have added at least a 100x return on the purchase price. Pros Screaming Frog is an excellent crawler, that is relatively easy to use, has excellent resources and community, but crucially not at the expense of good old customer service. It is a tool that helps me identify issues with my website that often cause problems with having it crawled or indexed by Search Engines. Through it's regular updates, it helps keep me up to date with new developments in the field. Although it doesn't look as sexy as some other SEO tools, I find Screaming Frog, along with Google Search Console and a Spreadsheet, is able to accomplish 80-90% of what I need to do. Specifically, I use Screaming Frog for tasks such as: \* identifying pages with missing or incorrect canonical tags \* identifying pages with missing, incorrect or duplicate meta tags \* analysing pages that may have unusually large amounts of JavaScript (can help with performance to reduce redundant js) \* identifying pages that are redirecting incorrectly, or missing pages \* identifying pages that may have incorrect or missing robots directives \* confirm all pages are loading via https/tls \* identifying duplicate content \* identifying pages with unnecessarily large images (performance) \* checking structured data (e.g. schema.org) implementation There is a lot more, but that is some of the common tasks I do. It's very flexible - if you can imagine it, there is a good chance Screaming Frog will do it, or at least get you part way to your goal. Cons Honestly, I cannot think of a single thing. I really love this software. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Internet Marketing Consultant Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A Very Thorough Tool For Crawling Sites and Checking Them For SEO Purposes" August 31, 2021 4.0 The product is a very good and thorough way of analyzing the data important for SEO and website health in a tabular form. The crawl is very fast and there are plenty of ways to configure the tool to report on the metrics that I or my clients think are the most important. It is a bit overwhelming, but that is a product of the extensiveness of the product. Pros I found that the integration with Google Analytics (so you can see GA data alongside key onsite data) to be very beneficial and not something I have seen in other tools. It also integrates well with Majestic and Ahrefs tools. It's great the way you can export metrics and errors for inclusion in your SEO proposal documents. I really liked the feature for creating XML sitemaps, and you have more control over these than other XML sitemap generators. Cons There is no “take a tour” feature for familiarisation with the interface. The data it presents is quite raw, which is fine for a seasoned SEO expert, but website owners and administrators will be less happy with the lack of guidance on how to interpret the data to improve SEO. The tool doesn't start crawling from a website's sitemap (if there is one) unless you tell it to do so (starting from the sitemap invariably gives you better results and it is more likely that it will crawl the whole site). There is no direct link to the help for some of the items mentioned in the interface, so it can be difficult to know what they mean. For example, what does “Protocol Relative Resource Links” mean? It does not create many colorful charts for SEOs to use to spice up SEO reports. It would be good if the product included integration with Adobe analytics API in a similar way to how it integrates with Google Analytics. Review Source Ambar Y. SEO Team Lead Outsourcing/Offshoring Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Efficient, trustworthy, and simple tool for SEO!" May 6, 2023 5.0 Excellent and amazing experience with this great SEO tool - Screaming Frog SEO Spider Pros \- Examine a website's technical elements.- Examine the number of URLs a website has.- Examine webpage images. Cons It is really very helpful, there is no downside or cons to this amazing SEO tool. Review Source SA Spriha A. Senior Digital Marketing Officer Financial Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Two Years of Screaming Frog SEO Spider for a FinTech Industry" November 16, 2023 5.0 My overall experience with Screaming Frog SEO Spider has been really great. The application has become an essential element of my SEO toolset, providing great insights into the technical aspects of our website. Its ability to conduct extensive audits, identify flaws, and provide proactive advice has streamlined our SEO improvement process. One of the noteworthy advantages for me is the extensive data it provides, from examining metadata to finding broken links and difficulties with site structure. This degree of data has enabled our team to make informed judgments, resulting in considerable improvements in our website's search engine performance. While there is a learning curve, especially for novices, the tool's usefulness in giving real-time findings and assisting in strategic decision-making makes it well worth the effort. Screaming Frog SEO Spider has shown to be a trusted tool in keeping a healthy and optimized online presence for our company's website. Pros What I enjoyed best about Screaming Frog SEO Spider was its function as a trustworthy tool in conducting SEO audits for our company's website. The tool's efficiency in identifying critical insights, addressing issues quickly, and producing actionable results in a timely manner was helpful. It was critical in improving our website's performance by revealing areas for development and ensuring that we stayed on top of SEO best practices. Moreover, it's much more budget-friendly compared to other SEO tools like SEMrush or Ahrefs. What's great is that it even provides a free version, albeit with limited features, making it ideal for getting acquainted with the tool without an initial financial commitment. Cons If I were to point out a drawback of Screaming Frog SEO Spider, it would be the user interface. The abundance of features and technical details might be a bit overwhelming initially. While it serves its purpose, it might not be as intuitive for someone who is new to SEO analysis tools. Enhancing the user interface could make the overall experience more user-friendly, especially for those who are just starting with the tool. Alternatives considered [Moz Pro](https://www.capterra.com/p/152215/Moz-Pro/) Reason for choosing Screaming Frog SEO Spider I chose Screaming Frog SEO Spider above other tools for several compelling reasons. For starters, its sophisticated website crawling and analyzing skills stood out, providing a thorough overview of technical SEO difficulties. This level of detail far exceeds that of previous instruments. Second, the pricing structure was more tempting, particularly for small and medium-sized firms. While other SEO tools such as SEMrush and Ahrefs can be rather pricey, Screaming Frog SEO Spider provided a more affordable choice with a free edition for first research. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Co Founder Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The only must have tool for an SEO" August 24, 2023 5.0 This is "the tool". Combine this with Search Console and Analytics and you have everything you need. Pros Being able to easily crawl a website and having everything handled for you with and obscene amount of customization options is incredible. It doesn't matter if you are a newbie of a pro, SF has you covered. Cons Sincerely, loving everything so far. The recent updates have been amazing. Review Source NS Nirav S. SEO Manager Publishing Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "The Best Crawler For SEO Technical Audit!" January 19, 2022 5.0 The Screaming Frog crawler has been the backbone of our company's technical SEO audit. Not only do we do technical SEO audits but we also use the tool while doing website migration. Pros I can endlessly write about the pros of Screaming Frog. Here are a few: 1. For enterprise-level websites, you will never know which links are working and which have been dead (5xx/4xx). This crawler can help you identify all the dead links on your website. When I say dead links I mean links that are 3xx or 4xx. 2. You can easily fetch data for the number of internal links that each of your web pages is receiving. The more the number of internal links the more SEO value a page gets. Based on this data, you can easily alter your web architecture to pass the maximum number of internal links to your key landing page. 3. You can check all the images which has missing alt tags 4. You can find duplicate content pages on your website 5. You can check pages with missing meta title and description 6. You can check pages with duplicate meta title and description Cons 1\. The max crawl speed available is 20 URLs/s which can be increased 2. They should also provide hosting platforms to run the crawler or introduce a web-based solution Switched from [Ahrefs](https://www.capterra.com/p/176340/Ahrefs/) The accuracy of the Screaming Frog crawler is much better than Ahrefs crawler. Also, the detailing provided by the Screaming Frog crawler is very helpful. Review Source Joe P. SEO Lead Semiconductors Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Screaming Frog Is Not An App, It is my Partner" August 25, 2023 5.0 I use Screaming Frog for SEO but also use it for any number of miscellaneous content review tasks. Pros I like it that I can observe everything by URL with Screaming Frog including other SEO data Cons There are so many features, you forget and re-discover them Reason for choosing Screaming Frog SEO Spider Can't beat its versatility and flexibility, other crawl providers are slowly going away from the Swiss Army knife versatility of a web crawler. Review Source Ana P. CMO Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "No podría trabajar sin ella" July 27, 2023 5.0 Sin duda, se ha convertido en una herramienta imprescindible para mi y mi equipo. Nos facilita mucho el trabajo y nos ayuda a mostrar logros gracias a los análisis y gráfico que podemos exportar. Pros Esta herramienta se ha vuelto indispensable en nuestro equipo de SEO dentro de la empresa, siendo perfecta para llevar a cabo una auditoría exhaustiva de nuestra web y obtener un análisis detallado de su estado. Nos permite verificar si las páginas están indexadas correctamente, identificar palabras clave relevantes, ver los títulos H1, H2, metadescripciones de las paginas... así como detectar y corregir errores potenciales. Cons Tarda mucho en sacar los informes y rastrear páginas que tienen bastante contenido, pero sin duda merece la pena. Review Source Ferent L. Web Designer - Junior Platform Maintainance Engineer And Seasoned Online Marketing Assistant Building Materials Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "It's a great software for website optimization" November 18, 2023 5.0 It's a good software to use for website optimization. I link it because of its popularity and performance quality. Little adjustments can make this tool superb. Pros While this software lacks some advanced functionalities, however, it remains one of the top-notch website analysis and technical SEO tools that I've worked with. I like it because it's user-friendly and provides a comprehensive website analysis feature which provides a set of tools that collect data on various SEO aspects and helps for further fixing such as broken links, meta tags, duplicate contents, and others. This software is able to collect a large amount of data on the website including page titles, headings, URLs, meta descriptions, codes, and many more which easily get exported for further analysis. This provides a more effective and easy way to deal with performance-related issues the website might be experiencing. In addition to being very smart, it offers expanded customization settings that provide ease, convenience, and extra flexibility to configure the scrawl depth, ignore certain URLs, limit scrawl to just some specific sections on the website, and more. It's a great choice for website optimization and ultimately my number one recommendation. Cons The cost of getting a license can be very high, especially for small businesses with low or limited budgets. There is no direct support which could potentially be problematic in cases where the user needs urgent assistance. It still lacks some advanced functionalities compared to similar tools - but, it's not a great deal. Review Source MA Mark A. Head of Marketing Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Screaming Frog is the best SEO gap-filling tool" March 8, 2022 5.0 When I first used Screaming Frog, I thought it was dumb - why doesn't it do everything for me? But then I did some research, got my head around it - and now it makes perfect sense. I can get it to tell me anything. I don't use it for everything (I still have other SEO tools), but when I want to have an understanding of something, I rely on Screaming Frog more than anything else. Pros Being able to crawl my (and everyone else's) website at a seconds notice is such a powerful feeling. I can find anything - from broken links, to speed performance, to my search console results - in seconds. It's unbelievable. Cons It's a powerful spreadsheet, so you can't just press a button that says 'do this thing'. But once you get used to it, there's nothing you can't do. Review Source Rohit S. SEO Manager Internet Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Best Tool for Technical SEO Audit" February 19, 2023 5.0 Overall I am very satisfied with Screaming Frog. From the day I started using Screaming Frog, I have been able to solve many more technical issues on my projects. Pros The best thing I like about screaming frog is its ease of use and speed. It gives a lot of technical SEO issues with all the details and their solution as well. Many of those issues other tools cannot detect, like HSTS security issues and more. For me, it's a must-have tool for a technical SEO audit. Cons Sometimes it does not reflect the changes even if the problem is solved on the website. Due to that, I had to re-run the tool multiple times. It happens frequently. Review Source Arika N. Manager Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best SEO Crawler & Very Cheap!" November 30, 2022 5.0 Screaming Frog is the most powerful technical SEO tool. If you know to use to in an optimal way then it can help you do very well when it comes to SEO. Pros Screaming Frog is one such tool that can crawl your website like Google bot and help you identify technical errors. These errors are very important if you want to rank well for SEO. Each of these errors are well classified into multiple buckets. Cons The tool freeze at times and becomes non operational but this is due to heavy crawl logs. They should plan for an online version of the tool. Switched from [Moz Pro](https://www.capterra.com/p/152215/Moz-Pro/) Moz is very expensive. Review Source Vijeta C. Senior Manager - Digital Marketing & Communications Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Use it to be in full control of your website & ensure its higher ranking on Google Search Engine" February 9, 2022 4.0 We're a happy user. It has given us a great ROI on our organic campaigns as well as paid AdWords campaigns by improving our content, mitigating poor performing backlinks and enabling to gain backlinks from websites with higher domain authority and score. Pros Its keyword monitoring feature is very effective to keep a check on our competitors keywords. We have been able to build a better keyword planner after using it which has improved our ranking on Google and also increased our organic traffic & business conversions. Cons It gives slow results and needs a lot of continuous efforts to continuously rank high on Google. It's not a one-time activity but needs a lot of bandwidth in terms of employee hours. Review Source Lauren V. Content Strategist Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great content audit and inventory tool" August 16, 2023 5.0 Overall, Screaming Frog helps me a lot in analyzing client websites and identifying top issues to solve. I can better understand a site's structure, SEO health, and usability status, which informs how I will approach a project to be the most successful. Pros I love that I can get a birds-eye view of a website's page structure. I can easily export the site pages into a spreadsheet for performance content inventories. I also love that the tool calls out the greatest issues, such as duplicate headings or meta descriptions and readability issues. This saves me a lot of time on client work. Cons I wish it was easier to crawl websites that are login-protected. I know this is something Screaming Frog can't control, but it would be nice to have slightly more informative help articles that walk us through what do in this scenario. I also find configuration of the tool difficult sometimes. I've had coworkers whose Screaming Frog stops crawling websites correctly, and we often have to troubleshoot for a while to figure out why. Review Source SC Shoaib C. Digital Analyst Pharmaceuticals Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "One of the best SEO tool in the market" December 4, 2022 5.0 The tool has provided great services to us for tracking all the backlinks, searching for new keywords, and conducting website and SEO audits. The tool is great as it installs within the computer unlike semrush or others. Pros It is very straightforward and provides great insights for backlinks, on-page SEOs and technical SEOs. Comes at a good price and offers great free features. Installs within the computer and gets you what you deserve. Cons Too many features gets the software a little complicated to start with. The learning curve is the only thing I would say is the dislike of the Screaming frog and its outdated UI. Alternatives considered [Moz Pro](https://www.capterra.com/p/152215/Moz-Pro/)[Ahrefs](https://www.capterra.com/p/176340/Ahrefs/) Reason for choosing Screaming Frog SEO Spider Price Switched from [Semrush](https://www.capterra.com/p/151962/SEMrush/) Features Review Source DD Don D. SEO Specialist Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### "My go to tool for page analysis" January 27, 2022 5.0 This tool lets you enter a URL for any website and click start to get some useful results. Within a minute or less, Screaming Frog spits out a list of every page on the site with information you can analyze to make sure it is optimized for SEO such as page titles, header tags and status codes. You can also use it to dig into competitor websites to see how you might beat them. Pros My favorite feature of Screaming Frog is that you can analyze a competitor site to view there internal linking structure and possibly find ways to beat them in rankings. This tool also has a powerful feature that lets you find broken links on your own website. This includes both internal and external links from pages that may no longer exist or where moved. Cons Scream Frog lacks the visuals of other modern software which can make it a bit challenging to view. It looks and behaves like a backend database which is fine for most who use it. But unless you are a pro user, you may have to massage the data a bit to find what you need. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Titolare Business Supplies and Equipment Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Strumento SEO" February 13, 2023 5.0 Fin dove ho avuto comprensione degli strumenti, ho trovato il software utile e continuo tuttora ad utilizzarlo regolarmente per revisione e controllo dei contenuti del mio sito. Pros Da non esperto e tecnico del SEO, screaming frog mi è servito ad analizzare il sito della mia attività, per inserire correttamente titoli e descrizioni, vedere le pagine dove mancavano H2, con link rotti o title alt mancanti. Cons Non essendo un tecnico del settore, ho trovato il software abbastanza ostico anche se completo di tutto quanto necessario per uno screaning approfondito dei siti. Reason for choosing Screaming Frog SEO Spider Mi è stato consigliato da altri che lo utilizzano e trovo che sia più chiaro nell'esposizione dei dati, seppure presentati in maniera scarna e ad elenco. Switched from [Seo Tester Online](https://www.capterra.com/p/245918/Seo-Tester-Online/) Perché posso farlo girare su PC e su MAC, trovo che sia comodo rispetto a doversi collegare online. Inoltre i dati sono più asciutti e diretti, senza badare troppo all'estetica che a volte può distrarre dalla lettura dei dati. Review Source Zhivko S. SEO expert Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The only onsite SEO tool you will ever need" May 24, 2019 5.0 If you do SEO, Screaming Frog is an absolutely mandatory tool. It saves you huge amount of time and gives you a deep understanding of the website you're working on. It is super useful for the initial audit, when you want to check if the site has any major flaws. With SF you can see in a glance if there are any issues with the titles and descriptions, URL structure, internal links, meta robot tags like canonicals and noindex, if robots.txt blocks access to valuable pages, and so on. You get to see H1 and H2 headings, number of words on every page, page loading speed. You see broken links and redirects. You see images without alt tags, You can sort and filter properties, find duplicates... the list goes on. It is a perfect tool and I highly recommend it. Pros No bugs, very easy to use, very easy to learn, very light software (no high hardware requirements), very fast, very useful, very cheap, regular updates with new features, you buy it and you have it on your pc, not web-based. Cons there really isn't anything that I don't like about it. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Responsable de Marketing Online y Ecommerce Cosmetics Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Para mi una de las herramientas imprescindibles en los equipos de SEO" November 15, 2022 5.0 Pros Lo utilizamos dentro de nuestro equipo de SEO y se ha convertido en un imprescindible, es perfecta para realizar una auditoria de tu página web y obtener un analisis perfecto de como se encuentra cada web, por ejemplo si están indexadas o no, palabras clave, errores que pueda tener, etc, para nosotros como digo una herramienta imprescindible en el equipo ¡ Muy recomendable! Cons No hay nada que no nos guste de esta herramienta Review Source rB ryan B. SEO manager Automotive Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Screaming Frog Review" August 14, 2023 5.0 I use it daily and it's essential to my role to keep our site clean, healthy and SEO errors to a minimal, but also to find linking opportunities and understand our site architecture Pros Very self intuitive and if you're ever unsure the user guide usually has the answer Cons Not necessarily a Screaming Frog issue but when crawling a large site storage/memory can become an issue so it can take multiple attempts to try condense the crawl to see most of what you want to see Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Spencer Online Media Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Must Have Tool + Great Value" November 7, 2021 5.0 Pros Screaming Frog is able to help me find broken links, audit our many redirects, find any issues with our meta data, and so much more. It's great value for the price. The integration was super simple, nothing to do except download and install. Cons I don't have much bad to say about this product. They've made improvements to their user guides which was a previous pain point. The UX is a bit clunky but not that important. Alternatives considered [Sitebulb](https://www.capterra.com/p/169089/Sitebulb/) Reason for choosing Screaming Frog SEO Spider It had good reviews. Review Source Similar Products Featured