Screaming Frog SEO Spider vs SpyFu
No clear leader: Screaming Frog SEO Spider (55.8) and SpyFu (55.5) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for seo tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Screaming Frog SEO Spider
Desktop software that crawls websites to identify over 300 SEO issues and opportunities. Helps analyze and improve both technical SEO performance and user experience, with integration capabilities for Google Analytics and Search Console.
SpyFu
A tool for researching competitor strategies and keywords in search engine marketing. Users can identify which keywords and ads competitors target, track their own keyword rankings, and analyze backlinks and content to discover ranking opportunities.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Screaming Frog SEO Spider
Free tier (500 URLs) or £199/year for unlimited crawls and advanced features
- FreeFree
- Crawl up to 500 URLs
- Identify SEO issues
- Find broken links
- Audit redirects
- Analyze page titles and metadata
- +4 more
- Paid License£199 per year
- Unlimited URL crawls
- All free features
- Advanced features
- Extract data with XPath and CSS selectors
- Crawl JavaScript-rendered websites
- +2 more
SpyFu
From $29/month (Basic, annual). 25% discount for annual billing. 30-day money-back guarantee.
- Basic$29/month (annual) or $39/month (monthly). Save $120/year with annual billing.
- 10k search results
- 10k data exports
- 1 live site tracking project
- 10+ years historical data
- RivalFlow (0 sites)
- +7 more
- Pro + AI$89/month (annual) or $59 first month then $119/month (monthly). Save $360/year with annual billing.
- Unlimited search results and exports
- 10 live site tracking projects
- 10+ years historical data
- RivalFlow (1 site)
- ChatGPT integration (unlimited)
- +9 more
- Team/Agency$187/month (annual) or $249/month (monthly). 5 users included; save $744/year with annual billing.
- Unlimited search results and exports
- Unlimited live site tracking projects
- 10+ years historical data
- RivalFlow (5 sites)
- ChatGPT integration (unlimited)
- +11 more
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Screaming Frog SEO Spider
- Google Analytics
- Google Search Console
- PageSpeed Insights
SpyFu
- ChatGPT
Screaming Frog SEO Spider or SpyFu: which one depends on you
A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.
Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.