About Screaming Frog
Screaming Frog is a UK-based search marketing company best known for developing the Screaming Frog SEO Spider and Log File Analyser. The SEO Spider is a desktop tool that crawls websites to audit technical SEO issues, extract on-page data, and export crawl results for reporting. The company serves agencies and businesses worldwide with a licensing model that includes both a free option and feature-rich paid editions.
Key features
- Find Broken Links, Errors & Redirects
- Audit Page Titles & Meta Data
- Review Meta Robots & Directives
- Generate XML Sitemaps
- Crawl JavaScript Websites
- Visualise Site Architecture
- Schedule Audits
- Compare Crawls & Staging
- Custom Extraction (XPath, CSS Path, regex)
- Integrations: Google Analytics, Google Search Console, PageSpeed Insights
- Looker Studio Crawl Report
- Accessibility Auditing
- Structured Data & Validation
- Spelling & Grammar Checks
- Custom robots.txt
- Free Technical Support
Why choose Screaming Frog?
- Industry-leading, widely trusted SEO crawler used by thousands of SEOs and agencies
- Desktop-based and locally hosted, giving users full data control and privacy
- Rich feature set that covers in-depth onsite SEO auditing, redirects, duplicate content, and structured data validation
- Free version available for small sites or trialing capabilities; scalable licences for larger sites and teams
- Active development and a strong support ecosystem with tutorials and guidance
Pricing
- Free version: crawl up to 500 URLs per crawl
- Licence price: €245 per year (EU pricing) or £199 per year per licence (UK pricing)
- Multi-licence discounts: 1–4 licences £199 each per year; 5–9 licences £189 each; 10–19 licences £179 each; 20+ licences £169 each
- Licences last 1 year and require renewal
- The pricing page also indicates currency options and that the licence unlocks advanced features (e.g., JavaScript rendering, saving crawls, and more)