SE Ranking 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	SE RankingSE Ranking	Screaming Frog SEO SpiderScreaming Frog
In one line	Rank tracking, audits, and competitor research for less than Semrush	Desktop site crawler, free up to 500 URLs
Starting price	From $103.20/mo	Free
Six-person team	$103/mo	$0/mo
Plans	Core $103.20/mo (2k keywords, 10 projects, 1 seat); Growth $223.20/mo (5k keywords, 30 projects, 3 seats), billed yearly (monthly $129/$279)	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	1 on Core; 3 on Growth	Per licence
Integrations	Google Search Console, Google Analytics, Looker Studio	Google Analytics, Google Search Console, PageSpeed Insights
Team size	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	Every plan	None listed
Support hours	Email: Monday through Friday, 9 AM till 12 PM GMT	Not published
Incidents posted	SE Ranking has a public status page. Status page	We found no public status page for Screaming Frog.
Capterra score	4.7 / 5 from 298 reviews	4.9 / 5 from 134 reviews
Trustpilot score	4.1 / 5 from 715 reviews	Not listed
Fit: Retail shop	45	30
Fit: Restaurant or café	40	25
Fit: Service business	65	45
Fit: Agency or studio	88	92
Fit: Trades or contractor	45	25
Fit: Online store	72	70
Why people pick it	Cheaper than Semrush and Ahrefs Daily rank tracking	Free for small sites Finds technical problems fast
Where it falls short	Smaller link database Overkill for one local site	Technical output Runs on your computer
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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