Screaming Frog SEO Spider
Crawl websites for SEO audits on Windows, macOS and Ubuntu using the Screaming Frog SEO Spider.
About Screaming Frog SEO Spider
Screaming Frog SEO Spider is a downloadable website crawler for Windows, macOS and Linux that audits a site for over 300 SEO issues, warnings and opportunities. It finds broken links, server errors and redirect chains, analyses page titles and meta data, checks robots and canonical directives, detects exact and near-duplicate content, validates structured data, and generates XML sitemaps.
It can render JavaScript-heavy sites through an integrated Chromium renderer, pull performance and user data from the Google Analytics, Search Console and PageSpeed Insights APIs, schedule crawls with automatic export, compare crawls over time or against staging, and extract data with CSS Path, XPath or regex. The free download is limited to crawling 500 URLs; a licence costs €245 per year, removes the crawl limit and is described as unlocking advanced features. Licences last one year and must then be renewed. Connecting to third-party APIs, including OpenAI and Gemini crawling, sends data to those external services.
Key features
- Crawls sites and flags over 300 SEO issues, warnings and opportunities
- Finds broken links, server errors, redirect chains and loops
- Analyses titles, meta descriptions, canonicals, robots directives and hreflang
- Detects exact and near-duplicate content and low content pages
- Renders JavaScript sites via integrated Chromium (Angular, React, Vue.js)
- Schedules crawls, exports data, and compares crawls or staging versus production
Best for: SEO professionals and agencies running technical SEO audits of their own or clients' websites.
Good for
- Free download can crawl up to 500 URLs before a licence is needed
- Runs as a desktop tool on Windows, macOS and Linux (Ubuntu)
- Integrates with Google Analytics, Search Console and PageSpeed Insights APIs
Watch out for
- Free version is capped at 500 crawled URLs; further use requires a paid licence
- Licence costs €245 per year and must be renewed after one year
- API integrations and OpenAI/Gemini crawling depend on external services
Screaming Frog SEO Spider at a glance
- Category
- Marketing & SEO › SEO & Web Analytics
- Type
- Website
- Pricing
- Paid
- Platforms
- Linux, macOS, Web, Windows
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 6, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Screaming Frog SEO Spider FAQ
Is there a free version?
Yes. The free download allows you to crawl up to 500 URLs.
How much does a licence cost?
€245 per year. Licences last one year, after which renewal is required.
Which operating systems are supported?
Windows, macOS and Linux (Ubuntu).
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