Screaming Frog SEO Spider
The desktop crawler every technical SEO ends up using.
Best for
Technical SEOs auditing sites for broken links, redirect chains and metadata
Pricing
Free up to 500 URLs · £199/yr
About Screaming Frog SEO Spider
Screaming Frog SEO Spider is an SEO platform that technical SEO audits rely on day-to-day. Unmatched depth for technical SEO at a flat annual price. On top of that, handles 500K+ URL crawls on a decent laptop. The product centres on Spider mode and List mode — everything else is scaffolding around those. There's a free plan to explore first, with paid tiers from £199/year. At £199/year for unlimited crawling, Screaming Frog is the single best-value tool in SEO.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Deeply configurable crawler
- Extracts almost any element you can imagine with custom extraction
- Handles JavaScript rendering
- Flat annual price
Cons
- Desktop-only interface shows its age
- Can hog memory on huge sites
- Learning curve for custom extraction
Bottom line
Should you use Screaming Frog SEO Spider?
If you ship technical SEO work, this is non-negotiable. The paid version pays for itself the first time you crawl a client site.