Search & SEO

Screaming Frog AI

AI-enhanced website crawler and technical SEO tool

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★4.4ratingPricing · FreemiumRising
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Data updated 1 November 2026
Opportunity
High
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Rising
Market trend
Rating
4.4
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Screaming Frog AI does

Screaming Frog AI refers to the AI features in the Screaming Frog SEO Spider, a desktop website crawler for technical SEO audits from the UK agency Screaming Frog. It is for SEO professionals, agencies and site owners on Windows, macOS and Linux. The crawler finds broken links, redirects, duplicate content and on-page issues, renders JavaScript, validates structured data and connects to Google Analytics, Search Console and PageSpeed Insights. AI features include custom prompts run during a crawl with OpenAI, Gemini, Ollama and Anthropic, plus vector embeddings to find semantically similar pages. A free version crawls up to 500 URLs, and a paid annual licence adds further features.

How Screaming Frog AI compares with its closest alternatives

2 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Screaming Frog AI does. Among the 2 that list a starting price, the cheapest is Ahrefs AI Tools at $29 a month and the median is $139.50. 3 of the 5 offer an API, as Screaming Frog AI does. Screaming Frog AI offers a desktop app. Of the alternatives, 1 offers a desktop app. Screaming Frog AI was founded in 2010; the alternatives were founded between 2011 and 2019. The alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States.

Market position · Search & SEO

How Screaming Frog AI compares in Search & SEO

Screaming Frog AI has high opportunity and sits in the middle third of 96 live Search & SEO tools on FalcoScan. Across Search & SEO, the average opportunity score is 69.7 and the average saturation score 23.9. FalcoScan rates Screaming Frog AI's own market position as open. 11 of the 96 operating Search & SEO tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 10 shutdowns in the category.

Screaming Frog AI compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Screaming Frog AIFounded 2010HighOpenFreemium—YesYesAPI, DesktopRising
Ahrefs AI ToolsFounded 2011HighOpenPaid$29/moNoYesWebRising
Moz Local AIFounded 2013 · Seattle, United StatesModerateOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIStable
DeepCrawl Technical SEOFounded 2015HighOpenPaid—NoYesWeb, APIRising
Detailed SEO ExtensionFounded 2019ModerateOpenFreemium—YesNoExtensionRising
Cora SEO SoftwareFounded 2016ModerateOpenPaid$250/moNoNoDesktopDeclining

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Search & SEO.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Screaming Frog AI exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Data ExtractionClassificationNlp
Industry Verticals
MarketingAgencyTechnology
Tagged

Screaming Frog AI shows up when builders search for these

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Questions

Screaming Frog AI: common questions

Is the Screaming Frog SEO Spider free?

Yes, the SEO Spider has a free version limited to crawling 500 URLs; a paid annual licence adds further features.

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Is Screaming Frog AI free?

Screaming Frog AI has a free tier, with paid plans.

What are the best alternatives to Screaming Frog AI?

The closest alternatives to Screaming Frog AI that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Ahrefs AI Tools, Moz Local AI, DeepCrawl Technical SEO, Detailed SEO Extension, and Cora SEO Software.

Is Screaming Frog AI still running?

Yes. As of 1 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Screaming Frog AI as operating at screamingfrog.co.uk.

Does Screaming Frog AI have an API?

Yes. Screaming Frog AI offers an API.

Who is Screaming Frog AI for?

Screaming Frog AI is built for seo professionals, developers, and agencies.

How do I sign in to Screaming Frog AI?

Sign in on Screaming Frog AI's own website, screamingfrog.co.uk. FalcoScan reviews Screaming Frog AI but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Screaming Frog AI directly.

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