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Is Screaming Frog worth the $279/year USD? Or do I need to consider other tools?
Posted by on December 22, 2025 at 11:35 pmHey everyone, I'm a veteran web designer/developer making a move into providing SEO services to extend my service mix.
I've already invested in SEMRush and I've been using that with some success with my clients, but was thinking that Screaming Frog might also be a useful tool, especially when I'm doing an audit for a new client with an existing site.
Hoping the crowd here will tell me if SemRush + Screaming Frog makes sense, are they too redundant, or is there another tool stack that I should be considering.
Thanks in advance!
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It is absolutely worth it and more. I’d argue it’s the only tool you need in your stack.
I primarily just use SF and then GSC / Bing WMT
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Yes, it’s definitely worth it. I use SEMRush + Screaming frog. Screaming frog’s website audit/crawl functionality is way better than SEMRush (but SEMRush’s other data is worth paying for the subscription)
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Yes. It’s worth it. At least for us. We use it several times a week.
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A lot of the base Screaming Frog functionality is available on The Ad Shop’s publisher platform, even though their free plan. It’s not all there, but a big chunk of it is. Much cheaper as well
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Worth every penny.
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ScreamingFrog is the yearly tax that all professional SEOs must happily pay.
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Try using the free version as it’s great itself, but it’ll probably convince you it’s worth the investment to go for the paid version.
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Screaming frog is essential. No better way to start your day than with a cup of coffee and a site crawl!
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How screaming frog actually helps in seo ?
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I’m trying a free alternative that I found on Reddit, LibreCrawl. Seems to do the job for me!
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Screaming Frog is legit great… but yeah the price is rough. Ngl I’m using a cracked version (I know I know, not proud of it lol)
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It saved me from a disaster today. Was able to find the error and fix it before the client found out. Totally worth the price. An essential tool.
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It is worth so much more than their upgraded pricing. Honestly it is a suuuper powerful tool.
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Yes. Easily.
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