Yoast SEO 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	Yoast SEOYoast	Screaming Frog SEO SpiderScreaming Frog
In one line	On-page SEO checks inside WordPress	Desktop site crawler, free up to 500 URLs
Starting price	Free	Free
Six-person team	$0/mo	$0/mo
Plans	Free plugin; Premium $118.80/yr per site (includes Local, Video, and News SEO)	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 tier	Free tier
Free trial	—	—
Users	Per site	Per licence
Integrations	WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify	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	Every paid plan	None listed
Support hours	Live chat: 24/7	Not published
Incidents posted	1 incident posted on Yoast's status page, which covers all Yoast products and regions, in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 1 marked major or critical by Yoast. Status page	We found no public status page for Screaming Frog.
Capterra score	4.6 / 5 from 131 reviews	4.9 / 5 from 134 reviews
Trustpilot score	4.6 / 5 from 909 reviews	Not listed
Fit: Retail shop	50	30
Fit: Restaurant or café	45	25
Fit: Service business	70	45
Fit: Agency or studio	80	92
Fit: Trades or contractor	55	25
Fit: Online store	70	70
Why people pick it	Free version covers the basics Guidance while you write	Free for small sites Finds technical problems fast
Where it falls short	WordPress-centric Premium is per 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