Screaming Frog vs Sitebulb: the technical SEO crawler comparison

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    Feature-by-feature comparison

    FeatureScreaming Frog SEO SpiderSitebulb
    DeploymentDesktop app (Win/Mac/Linux)Desktop app (Win/Mac) + Sitebulb Cloud
    Free tierFree up to 500 URLs per crawl14-day free trial, no permanent free tier
    Crawl speed (1k URL sample)Faster on raw HTML; lighter on RAMSlower; runs analysis passes after the crawl
    JavaScript renderingOptional, headless ChromiumOptional, headless Chromium
    Issue reportingRaw data tables; you interpretPrioritised Hints with severity & explanation
    VisualisationsCrawl tree, force-directed graphsBest-in-class crawl maps and internal-link visuals
    Scheduled crawlsYes (built-in scheduler)Yes; Cloud tier handles scheduling natively
    IntegrationsGA4, GSC, PSI, Majestic, Ahrefs, OpenAIGA4, GSC, PSI, Majestic, Ahrefs
    Team collaborationSingle-seat; share exportsMulti-user on Cloud tier
    Best forSolo technical SEOs, scripters, bulk extractionAgencies presenting client-friendly audit reports

    Pricing snapshot

    Public vendor pricing as of . Both vendors change pricing without notice; check their own pages before buying.

    Screaming Frog SEO Spider

    • Free$0
      Up to 500 URLs per crawl, basic features
    • Paid licence£199/yr (~$255/yr)
      Unlimited URLs, all integrations, JS rendering, scheduling

    Sitebulb

    • Lite (Desktop)$13.50/mo
      1 project, 10k URLs/crawl, single user
    • Pro (Desktop)$35/mo
      10 projects, 500k URLs/crawl, all features
    • Cloud Standard$165/mo
      30 projects, scheduled cloud crawls, team access
    • Cloud Plus$330/mo
      100 projects, 1M URLs/crawl, multi-user

    How we made this page

    Reference test domains: stripe.com, notion.so, shopify.com. We test against the same three sites on every page so results stay comparable and reproducible.

    Last tested: .

    Sources:

    We re-test both products against the same three reference domains every quarter. Pricing is screenshot-verified from the vendors' public pricing pages on the date above. We have no affiliate relationship with either vendor as of 2026-06-30.

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