SEO Tools
Screaming Frog SEO Spider: features, pricing and who it fits
Screaming Frog SEO Spider crawls sites from your own computer, licensed per user each year from $279. Its free edition stops at 500 URLs per crawl. Exports are rich, but analysis after the crawl is less guided than some rivals offer.
Who Screaming Frog SEO Spider is for
Best for
- Technical SEOs and agencies who want deep, local crawls at a low per-user price
- Teams that need custom extraction and JavaScript rendering without per-crawl credits
- Small sites under 500 URLs via the free version
Look elsewhere if
- Teams wanting a cloud platform with keyword research and rank tracking
- Non-technical users who want prioritized, plain-language audit reports
Fit by company size
| Category | 1-10 people | 11-50 people | 51-500 people | 500+ people |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEO Tools | Strong fit | Strong fit | Strong fit | Workable |
Strong fitWorkablePoor fitNo data from the vendor
Screaming Frog SEO Spider features
- Technical site audit
- Desktop crawler; unlimited URLs on paid licence limited by RAM/storage; JavaScript rendering
- Project and credit limits
- Free: 500 URLs per crawl; paid: no URL cap
- Pricing model and transparency
- Flat per-user annual licence with volume tiers
- Target company size
- Technical SEOs, agencies and in-house teams of any size
Screaming Frog SEO Spider pricing
| Plan | Price | Unit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 | Crawls capped at 500 URLs | |
| Paid licence | $279 | user/year | Unlimited crawl limit (memory bound), JS rendering, GA/GSC integrations, saved crawls, support |
Volume tiers per licence per year in USD: 5-9 $265, 10-19 $249, 20+ $235. USD prices read from the vendor pricing page with currency set to USD (?wmc-currency=USD). GBP list: 199 / 189 / 179 / 169.
Prices as published by Screaming Frog SEO Spider on the date above. Quotes for larger teams often differ, which is what a request on SaaSBid surfaces.
Pros and cons
What users like
- Very comprehensive crawl data
- Reasonable licence price
- Many export options
Common complaints
- Post-crawl analysis less guided than some rivals
Integrations, security and hosting
- Data residency
- Runs locally; crawl data stored on your machine by default
- Implementation
- Download and install
Worth knowing before you buy
- Licence is per user not per device; transferable to a new user once per annual term
- Expired licence reverts to the 500-URL free mode
- Auto-renew must be chosen at purchase and cannot be added later
- Crawl data is stored locally by default
- Price rose from GBP 149 to 199 in January 2023
