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Screaming Frog

The industry-standard SEO spider and crawler

FreemiumFree TierAdded Jan 1, 2010

About

Screaming Frog SEO Spider is a desktop website crawler that's the go-to technical SEO tool for professionals worldwide. It crawls websites like a search engine would, identifying broken links, duplicate content, missing meta descriptions, redirect chains, thin content, and hundreds of other technical issues. The free version crawls up to 500 URLs. Used by virtually every professional SEO agency.

Tags

seotechnical-seocrawlersite-auditbroken-linksdesktopprofessional

Origin Story

By Dan Sharp

The Problem

Technical SEO audits required manually checking hundreds of pages for issues. An automated crawler that mimics search engine behavior could find issues instantly.

Building It

Released as a desktop Java application. Became the undisputed industry standard for technical SEO crawling. Used by agencies and in-house teams worldwide.

What It Means

The one technical SEO tool every professional has installed. The gold standard for site crawling.

The Dream

To give SEO professionals the most thorough and reliable technical audit tool possible.

Pricing

ModelFreemium
Starting at$259/mo
Free tierAvailable

Free version crawls up to 500 URLs with limited features. Paid license at $259/year per user for unlimited crawling and all features.

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Category

Seo Content

Problems Solved

  • Technical Seo Audits
  • Finding Broken Links
  • Site Crawling

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