
Screaming Frog SEO Spider Reviews
Total 12 reviews
5
All reviews are from verified customers
Rating Distribution
5
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4
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3
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2
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1
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Satisfaction score
Ease of use
9
Value for money
9
Customer Support
9
Functionality
9
Shawn
Marketing and Advertising, N/A employees
More than a year
“Go-to SEO crawl tool
Pros
It is a super thorough crawl tool with tons of features. It really covers everything you need to check on a website.
Cons
The user interface might look old-school but it works really well and gets the job done.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
7
Value for money
10
Customer Support
8
Functionality
10
Bijendra
Computer & Network Security, 51-100 employees
More than a year
“Very helpful tool
Pros
I mostly use It to check if URLs are giving a 200 OK status and to generate XML sitemaps. It basically gives a full SEO checkup for the whole site which is really handy.
Cons
I really like the XML sitemap generator feature and it's very useful for SEO stuff.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
10
Value for money
10
Customer Support
9
Functionality
10
Patrick
Retail, 500+ employees
More than a year
“hands down best value software!
Pros
I've been using this tool for years now and it's excellent. The price is fair for what you get. We use it for lots of different things and I love that they keep adding new features with every update. It's become a fixed part of how we work.
Cons
Honestly, I can't think of anything bad about it. Nothing comes to mind.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
10
Value for money
10
Customer Support
9
Functionality
10
Anonymous
Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
More than a year
“Big fan of ScreamingFrog
Pros
I really love this tool and it's powerful and sold at a fair price. Even though the basics stay the same, it keeps getting better with each new version which is awesome.
Cons
Back in the day, my computer used to crash when crawling big sites but that hasn't happened in a long time.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
10
Value for money
10
Customer Support
10
Functionality
9
Mike
Business Supplies and Equipment, 11-50 employees
More than a year
“Practical tool for optimization
Pros
This tool is great for auditing and reviewing websites. It quickly checks all the usual SEO and usability problems like broken links, duplicate content, alt tags, meta data, redirects and more. You can even check page speed and compare mobile vs desktop experience. Plus the free version lets you crawl up to 500 pages which is pretty cool.
Cons
I don't have any negatives to share, nothing significant anyway.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
10
Value for money
10
Customer Support
9
Functionality
10
Ryan
Automotive, 500+ employees
More than a year
“Quick & user- friendly
Pros
It's fast and something I use daily. Unlike some cloud tools, it doesn't limit your credits. Exporting info is easy and it works for beginners and experts alike.
Cons
It would be perfect if it was cloud-based so it wouldn't use up so much memory on my computer.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
10
Value for money
10
Customer Support
9
Functionality
10
Anonymous
Arts and Crafts, 1-10 employees
More than a year
“Simple SEO with this tool
Pros
I appreciate using It because I need to analyze different websites. I'm not very technical but this tool is really cool and gives me all the info I need without requiring technical skills.
Cons
The website looks kind of old-fashioned and sometimes it's not very clear how things are presented.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
10
Value for money
10
Customer Support
10
Functionality
9
Apurva
Information Technology and Services, 51-100 employees
More than a year
“Awesome site audit solution
Pros
It'a great for digging deep into your website's SEO health. It helps you find broken links, duplicate content and other problems easily. You can tweak the settings to fit what you want and the results come with charts and graphs that are easy to understand.
Cons
It can use a lot of your computer's power especially when crawling large sites. Also if you're new to SEO tools, it might take a while to figure out how to use it. Plus while there's a free version, the full features cost money which might not be affordable for everyone.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
9
Value for money
6
Customer Support
10
Functionality
9
Melisa
Financial Services, 51-100 employees
More than a year
“We had a great experienc
Pros
It's easy to use, connects well to other tools, doesn't crash and offers some really neat features.
Cons
Sometimes the data from Google Search Console doesn't match up or seems off.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
9
Value for money
8
Customer Support
10
Functionality
9
Angus
Broadcast Media, 1-10 employees
More than a year
“Highly effective & cost-efficient
Pros
It is a simple platform that makes it easy to audit and spot technical SEO issues on your site. Honestly, it's one of the most essential SEO tools anyone should have. I like that it runs as a desktop app instead of online even though it uses a lot of system resources, it's fast and doesn't suffer from slow loading like web tools. The user interface is pretty clean even if it looks busy at first but you get used to it quickly.
Cons
The UI could use some improvements. There are tools like Sitebulb that feel more flexible and actually give suggestions on how to fix problems. Screaming Frog mostly just shows you what's wrong without telling you how to fix it.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
7
Value for money
8
Customer Support
8
Functionality
7
Christopher
Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees
More than a year
“Perfect for SEO
Pros
I love how simple It is to use. It's a bit tricky to master fully but plugging in a URL and running a scan is very easy. It also tells you exactly what problems to watch out for on the website.
Cons
Since it runs locally, if you're crawling a big site, you might run out of internal memory and your computer could slow down.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
7
Value for money
10
Customer Support
5
Functionality
7
Emily
Insurance, 500+ employees
Less than a year
“My number one SEO software
Pros
It's easy to use and helps me keep track of website health stuff like 404 errors, duplicate meta data and file sizes.
Cons
You have to buy the pro version to get all the features and it's not very clear what you get without it.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
8
Value for money
8
Customer Support
10
Functionality
9