Screaming Frog SEO Spider

Screaming Frog SEO Spider

The industry-leading website crawler for technical SEO audits on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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What is Screaming Frog SEO Spider?
Screaming Frog SEO Spider is a desktop website crawler trusted by SEOs and agencies worldwide for technical site audits. It crawls a site to surface 300+ SEO issues and opportunities — broken links and errors, page titles and meta descriptions, duplicate content, redirect chains, and robots directives — and renders JavaScript-heavy pages using an integrated Chromium. Beyond crawling, it generates XML sitemaps, visualizes site architecture, validates structured data, audits accessibility, and pulls in data from Google Analytics, Search Console, and PageSpeed Insights. Custom extraction via XPath and CSS lets you scrape any on-page data, and crawl comparison plus scheduling support ongoing monitoring. The free version crawls up to 500 URLs; a paid license is $279 per year, removing the URL limit and unlocking saving, scheduling, and advanced features.
Key Features

Crawls 300+ technical SEO issues and opportunities

JavaScript rendering via integrated Chromium

XML sitemap generation and site architecture visualization

Custom data extraction with XPath and CSS

Integrations with Analytics, Search Console, and PageSpeed

Use Cases
  • Technical SEO audits of broken links, titles, and redirects
  • Finding duplicate content and indexability issues
  • Generating XML sitemaps for large sites
  • Scraping custom on-page data at scale
How to Use Screaming Frog SEO Spider
  1. 1Download the SEO Spider for Windows, macOS, or Linux
  2. 2Enter a URL and run a crawl
  3. 3Review issues by tab (titles, redirects, duplicates, etc.)
  4. 4Connect GSC/GA and export reports or sitemaps
Best For
SEO professionals and agenciesTechnical SEOs auditing site healthTeams that need deep, configurable crawling
FAQ

Is Screaming Frog free?

There's a free version that crawls up to 500 URLs per crawl. A paid license costs $279 per year, removing the URL limit and unlocking saving, scheduling, and advanced features.

Can Screaming Frog render JavaScript?

Yes. It uses an integrated Chromium to render JavaScript-heavy sites, so it can crawl and audit pages that rely on client-side rendering.

What platforms does it run on?

Screaming Frog SEO Spider is a desktop app for Windows, macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), and Linux (Ubuntu and Fedora).

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