Screaming Frog
screamingfrog.co.ukBuild Difficulty: 5/5
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Website crawling and SEO auditing tool
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Features
39 features across 12 categories
Analysis(12)
Audit images for missing or thin alt text and accessibility issues.
Validate canonical tags and identify self-referential or broken canonicals.
Identify duplicate content on your website using title, meta description, and content analysis.
Check heading hierarchy (H1-H6) compliance and identify missing headers.
Validate hreflang implementations for international and multi-language sites.
Analyze internal linking structure and identify orphaned or poorly linked pages.
Crawl and analyze JavaScript-rendered content and dynamically loaded pages.
Analyze server logs to identify actual crawler behavior and indexation patterns.
Analyze and identify missing, duplicate, or problematic meta descriptions and titles.
Check Open Graph meta tags for proper social media sharing configuration.
Check for proper implementation of structured data and schema markup.
Identify technical SEO issues including duplicate content, missing meta tags, and broken links.
Analytics(1)
Track changes in crawl results over time with historical comparisons.
Auditing(5)
Check for WCAG accessibility violations and compliance issues.
Find and report all broken internal and external links across your website.
Monitor and categorize all HTTP status codes to identify server errors.
Discover and analyze redirect chains and loops that may impact SEO performance.
Check robots.txt file for syntax errors and validate crawling directives.
Automation(2)
Perform batch operations on crawled data including bulk find and replace.
Schedule automated crawls to run at specific times and frequencies.
Collaboration(1)
Share crawl projects and reports with team members in a collaborative environment.
Configuration(5)
Handle cookie consent and manage session cookies during crawls.
Define crawl depth limits and URL patterns to control crawl scope.
Add custom HTTP headers to crawl requests for authentication and testing.
Configure how URL parameters are treated during crawling to avoid duplicate crawls.
Choose different user agents to crawl pages as desktop or mobile browsers.
Content(1)
Automatically generate and validate XML sitemaps for search engines.
Core(2)
Crawl large websites and complex JavaScript sites using cloud-based infrastructure.
Crawl websites to discover and analyze all pages, including internal and external links.
Data(4)
Filter crawled URLs by various criteria including status, content type, and custom attributes.
Export all crawl data and reports in CSV format for further analysis.
Extract custom data using regex patterns and CSS selectors from crawled pages.
Create custom rules to filter and segment crawl data for specific analysis.
Integration(1)
Access crawl data and reports programmatically via REST API.
Performance(3)
Audit mobile-friendliness and responsive design issues across pages.
Measure and analyze page load times and identify performance bottlenecks.
Measure server response times for all crawled pages.
Reporting(2)
Automatically generate and email crawl reports on a recurring schedule.
View website structure and crawl data in interactive visual representations.
Pricing
Free
- ✓Desktop tool with basic crawling up to 500 URLs
Professional
- ✓Desktop tool with unlimited crawling and advanced features
Business
Popular- ✓Cloud-based platform with unlimited crawling and collaboration
Enterprise
- ✓Custom solution with unlimited features and support
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Integrations
25 known integrations