Google Search ConsoleFind Google search queries, falling clicks and indexing problems for your own site.
Free hosted service · verify site ownership · reports and API have limits
Business & marketing
Screaming Frog SEO Spider (free)
Free optionLocal
Crawl a small website to find broken links, redirects and missing metadata.
What you can use it for
Crawl a small website to find broken links, redirects and missing metadata.
- Local technical audits for small sites on Windows, macOS and Linux.
- Inspect broken-link sources, titles and metadata without a cloud subscription.
Workflow coverage and comparison notes
Replace the small-site technical crawl and on-page diagnostic slice of ChatSEO. Manual interpretation and fixes required; not its conversational research, Google performance analysis, competitor datasets or writing/publishing agents.
Before you switch
The free edition caps each crawl at 500 URLs and omits crawl saving, JavaScript rendering, advanced configuration and integrations. Resources can consume the crawl allowance; it is not a promise of 500 HTML pages. Supply desktop hardware, RAM, storage and electricity; no server or paid AI API is required for the basic crawler. Website hosting is separate. Paid licence required for advanced features. No keyword database, backlink index, AI writing or automated CMS publishing.
Alternatives to these paid apps
Each comparison covers the workflow described above, rather than every paid feature.
More for the same workflow
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Ahrefs FreeAudit your own website and inspect its backlinks and organic keywords.
Free · verified sites · 5,000 crawl credits/project/month · limited Site Explorer reports
Bing Webmaster ToolsResearch Bing keywords, inspect backlinks and scan your site for SEO issues.
Free hosted tools · site verification · scan and API quotas apply