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Alternatives to Screaming Frog SEO Spider
24 seo tools sit alongside Screaming Frog SEO Spider in this directory. Below is what separates each from Screaming Frog SEO Spider on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 24
- With a free tier
- 6
- Cheaper to start
- 8
- Screaming Frog SEO Spider starts at
- Free, then £199/year
Why people look past Screaming Frog SEO Spider
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Screaming Frog SEO Spider entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Screaming Frog SEO Spider starts at £199/year. Across the 6 seo tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $72/month.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Do SEO, content marketing, competitor research, PPC and social media marketing from just one platfor
- Starts $81.67 a month cheaper, at $117.33/month.
- 5 tiers to Screaming Frog SEO Spider's 2.
The enterprise platform for AI & search visibility
- No free tier, where Screaming Frog SEO Spider has one.
- Sold on a usage-based model rather than subscription.
Audit web page performance and quality
- Starts $199 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a free model rather than subscription.
- 1 tier to Screaming Frog SEO Spider's 2.
SEO and AI visibility platform with daily rank tracking, priced on published tiers plus per-unit extras
- No free tier, where Screaming Frog SEO Spider has one.
- Starts $70 a month cheaper, at $129/month.
- Sold on a Per month by tracked keywords and projects model rather than subscription.
- 4 tiers to Screaming Frog SEO Spider's 2.
WordPress SEO plugin with a free tier that undercuts Yoast on schema and feature count
- Sold on a Freemium, paid tiers billed annually only model rather than subscription.
- 4 tiers to Screaming Frog SEO Spider's 2.
Google's free tool for monitoring how a site appears in Search
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than subscription.
- 1 tier to Screaming Frog SEO Spider's 2.
Every Screaming Frog SEO Spider alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screaming Frog SEO Spider (this page) | Free, then £199/year | Subscription | 2 | |
| SEMrushDo SEO, content marketing, competitor research, PPC and social media marketing from just one platfor | Free, then $117.33/month | Subscription | 5 | vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
| ConductorThe enterprise platform for AI & search visibility | On request | Usage-based | - | vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
| LighthouseAudit web page performance and quality | Free | Free | 1 | vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
| SE RankingGrow your visibility with AI SEO | $129/month | Per month by tracked keywords and projects | 4 | vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
| Rank Math | Free | Freemium, paid tiers billed annually only | 4 | vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
| Google Search Console | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
| Yoast SEO | Free | Freemium, per site per year | 2 | vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
| MarketMuse | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
| Mangools | On request | Per month by usage volume | 3 | vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
| OnCrawl | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
| Linkody | On request | Per month by tracked domains and backlinks | 5 | vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
| AccuRanker | On request | Per month by tracked keyword count | 3 | vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
| Keyword Insights | On request | Per month by credit volume, with pay-as-you-go available | 3 | vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
| Advanced Web Ranking | On request | Per month by tracked keyword count | 3 | vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
| Nightwatch | On request | Per month by tracked keywords, sites and AI usage volume | 3 | vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
| Wincher | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
| SISTRIX | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
| Botify | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
| seoClarity | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
| Lumar | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
| SpyFu | $29/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
| Majestic | $41.67/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
| Sitebulb | $95/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
| Frase | $49/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Screaming Frog SEO Spider badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (6)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- SEMrush , Free, then $117.33/month
- Lighthouse , Free
- Rank Math , Free
- Google Search Console , Free
- Yoast SEO , Free
- MarketMuse , Free
Cheaper than Screaming Frog SEO Spider (8)
Entry price under Screaming Frog SEO Spider's £199/year. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- SEMrush , Free, then $117.33/month
- Lighthouse , Free
- SE Ranking , $129/month
- MarketMuse , Free
- SpyFu , $29/month
- Majestic , $41.67/month
- Sitebulb , $95/month
- Frase , $49/month
What you would be giving up
Screaming Frog SEO Spider is most often brought in for identify broken links and server errors on large sites, audit redirect chains during site migrations, analyze and fix duplicate content issues, extract and validate structured data on pages, monitor site health with scheduled crawls. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Screaming Frog SEO Spider is broadly right and the question is cost, the Screaming Frog SEO Spider pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the SEO category lists everything the directory holds, and best seo tools ranks them.
Screaming Frog SEO Spider runs on windows, macos, linux. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Screaming Frog SEO Spider alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Screaming Frog SEO Spider?
- 24 other seo tools are listed in this directory, led by SEMrush, Conductor, Lighthouse, SE Ranking. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Screaming Frog SEO Spider?
- 6 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: SEMrush, Lighthouse, Rank Math, Google Search Console, Yoast SEO.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Screaming Frog SEO Spider?
- Yes. 8 of the alternatives below start under Screaming Frog SEO Spider's £199/year: SEMrush at Free, then $117.33/month, Lighthouse at Free, SE Ranking at $129/month, MarketMuse at Free.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Screaming Frog SEO Spider?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: it costs more than the category median. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Screaming Frog SEO Spider?
- Screaming Frog SEO Spider is most often brought in for identify broken links and server errors on large sites, audit redirect chains during site migrations, analyze and fix duplicate content issues, extract and validate structured data on pages, monitor site health with scheduled crawls. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Screaming Frog SEO Spider?
- None of the seo tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Screaming Frog SEO Spider alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, SEO, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Screaming Frog SEO Spider against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Screaming Frog SEO Spider covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every seo tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the SEO category, 24 tools beside Screaming Frog SEO Spider. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.