BrightLocal vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider

Two SEO & local search tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	BrightLocalBrightLocal	Screaming Frog SEO SpiderScreaming Frog
In one line	Local rank tracking, citations, and reviews for storefronts	Desktop site crawler, free up to 500 URLs
Starting price	From $31/mo	Free
Six-person team	$31/mo	$0/mo
Plans	Track $31/mo; Manage $40/mo; Grow $49/mo for 1 location, billed annually (monthly $41/$54/$65); more locations cost more	Free up to 500 URLs; licence $279/yr per user (about $23/mo); $265, $249, or $235 each when buying 5 or more
Pricing model	Free trial	Free tier
Free trial	14 days	—
Users	Unlimited	Per licence
Integrations	Google Business Profile, Facebook, Yelp	Google Analytics, Google Search Console, PageSpeed Insights
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people	Just me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	None listed	None listed
Live chat	Plans not stated	None listed
Support hours	Live chat: Mon-Fri 5am-7pm ET / 10am-Midnight GMT	Not published
Incidents posted	BrightLocal has a public status page. Status page	We found no public status page for Screaming Frog.
Capterra score	4.8 / 5 from 283 reviews	4.9 / 5 from 134 reviews
Trustpilot score	4.0 / 5 from 770 reviews	Not listed
Fit: Retail shop	85	30
Fit: Restaurant or café	85	25
Fit: Service business	85	45
Fit: Agency or studio	70	92
Fit: Trades or contractor	85	25
Fit: Online store	20	70
Why people pick it	Built for local Affordable	Free for small sites Finds technical problems fast
Where it falls short	Not for e-commerce SEO Citation building costs extra	Technical output Runs on your computer
	Visit BrightLocal ↗	Visit Screaming Frog SEO Spider ↗

Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. How we calculate prices