A Screaming Frog alternative that fixes what it finds
Screaming Frog SEO Spider is a respected desktop crawler for technical audits, and it costs £199 a year per licence. If you want to audit a site without installing anything, then hand the findings to an AI agent, Auditmatic does that part for free.
Screaming Frog prices checked on 3 November 2026 against its own pricing page. Plans change, so confirm before you buy.
- Screaming Frog's free version crawls up to 500 URLs. The paid licence is £199 a year per user and removes the limit. Auditmatic's audit is free with no install, and plans start at $5 a month.
- Screaming Frog is a crawler you run on your own computer. Auditmatic runs in the browser and turns findings into one prompt for your AI agent.
- Choose Screaming Frog for deep, large-scale technical crawls. Choose Auditmatic if you want audits, keyword and rank data, and an agent in one place.
Screaming Frog and Auditmatic, side by side.
| Screaming Frog | Auditmatic | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A desktop crawler you install | A browser tool with an agent |
| Price | Free to 500 URLs, then £199 a year | Free audit, plans from $5 a month |
| Install needed | Yes | No |
| Crawl size | Unlimited on the paid licence | 10 pages free audit, 50 with an account, 10,000 on paid plans |
| One prompt to fix findings | Not listed | Yes, free with an account |
| Agent (MCP) access | Not listed on its pricing page | Every paid plan |
What Screaming Frog costs.
| Plan | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Crawl limit of 500 URLs |
| Licence | £199 a year per user | Unlimited crawl, limited by your computer's memory and storage |
| 5 to 9 licences | £189 a year each | Bulk pricing |
| 10 to 19 licences | £179 a year each | Bulk pricing |
| 20 or more licences | £169 a year each | Bulk pricing |
Licences last one year and must be renewed. The page does not mention a trial. Prices are also shown in US dollars and euros. Screaming Frog is a crawler, so the comparison below covers audits only. Auditmatic also includes keyword, backlink, rank and AI visibility data on paid plans.
What the same work costs on Auditmatic.
A plan includes lookups worth its price or more, and each lookup is priced from the cost of the data it pulls. Here are three monthly workloads, priced with the real unit prices.
| Workload | Lookups used | Auditmatic plan |
|---|---|---|
| One site, light research40 keyword searches, 10 backlink checks, 0 AI answers (ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI), 25 keywords tracked weekly | $3.07 a month | Starter, $5 a monthincludes $5 of lookups |
| A growing site100 keyword searches, 30 backlink checks, 200 AI answers (ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI), 100 keywords tracked weekly | $8.89 a month | Pro, $9 a monthincludes $10 of lookups |
| Several sites400 keyword searches, 100 backlink checks, 500 AI answers (ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI), 200 keywords tracked weekly | $31.18 a month | Agency, $29 a monthincludes $35 of lookups |
Screaming Frog's plans include limits these workloads do not use, so the comparison is on price for the same jobs, not on every feature. See the full pricing page to estimate your own month.
Where each one is stronger.
Screaming Frog is stronger at
- Crawls of any size on your own machine, with no page cap.
- A one-off yearly licence price with no usage meter.
- Very detailed technical crawl data that professionals already know.
- Runs locally, so your crawl data stays on your computer.
Auditmatic is stronger at
- Nothing to install: paste a URL and read the report.
- A free fix prompt that your AI agent can run, listing every URL and change.
- Keyword, backlink, rank and AI visibility data in the same place.
- Agent access with 70 tools and 12 skills, from $5 a month.
What Auditmatic does not have
- Auditmatic caps audits at 10,000 pages on paid plans, so it is not built for very large crawls.
- It does not offer a desktop app or local-only crawling.
- Its crawl is not as configurable as a dedicated crawler for expert technical work.
Choose Screaming Frog if you do large or highly customised technical crawls as a specialist.
Questions, answered.
Is Auditmatic a Screaming Frog replacement?
For most site owners, yes: it audits a site in the browser and gives a prioritised list. For very large or highly configured crawls, a dedicated crawler is still the better tool.
How much is Screaming Frog?
The SEO Spider is free up to 500 URLs. A paid licence is £199 a year per user, with lower prices from five licences.
Does Auditmatic need to be installed?
No. It runs in the browser. Audit any site free with no account.
See what your agent can fix.
Audit your site free, with no account. Plans start at $5 a month.