Comparison · Desktop crawler for technical SEO
SEO Rise vs Screaming Frog
Screaming Frog is the industry-standard desktop crawler for technical SEO. It runs locally on your laptop, fetches every URL on your site, and dumps the full inventory into filterable tables. Nothing else is quite like it.
Best for
Screaming Frog
Technical SEOs and developers who need a full site inventory, redirect maps, canonical audits and internal link graphs on demand.
Our honest take
SEO Rise
Screaming Frog is a laptop crawler, our tools are hosted single-purpose diagnostics. They are complementary. Use Screaming Frog for the full inventory, use our tools for the specific checks you share with a client or a stakeholder.
| Feature | SEO Rise | Screaming Frog |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free, no seat limit | Free up to 500 URLs, then about GBP 199 per year |
| Runs in a browser | Yes | No, desktop app only |
| Shareable public report link | Yes, on every tool | No, exports are local files |
| Branded PDF export | Yes, free | No, spreadsheet exports only |
| AI Search visibility check | Yes, via Brand Mention Snapshot | No |
| Founder-led human review add-on | Yes, one call away | No, self-serve only |
| Redirect chain analysis | Yes, hosted, free | Yes, on the desktop |
Where Screaming Frog shines
- Full local crawl of small to mid sites, blazing fast
- Custom extraction with XPath and CSS selectors
- Redirect audits, canonical audits and JavaScript rendering
- One-time purchase model rather than subscription
Where a founder gets stuck
- Desktop only, cannot be shared with a client link
- 500-URL free cap, licence needed for anything larger
- Outputs are spreadsheets, not ready-to-share reports
- No AI visibility, no human advisory
Pick SEO Rise if
You want to share a result with a client, teammate or founder in a link, without asking them to install anything.
Open the free toolsPick Screaming Frog if
You are a technical SEO or developer doing a large-scale inventory on a machine you control, and outputs are for internal use.
FAQs
Do you replace Screaming Frog?
No. We run it ourselves for large audits. Our tools cover the shareable, hosted, single-question checks that a laptop crawler is not the right shape for.
Can I combine both?
Yes, and we do. Screaming Frog for the full inventory, our free tools for the specific issue you want to send a client in a link.
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