SEOlovely vs Screaming Frog
The benchmark desktop crawler - powerful for one-off audits, but it stays on your machine.
| Criteria | SEOlovely | Screaming Frog |
|---|---|---|
| Model | SaaS cloud | Desktop software |
| Prices | €19 excl. VAT per month | ~260 € / year (licence) |
| Technical crawl | ✅ cloud | ✅ desktop |
| Google Search Console | ✅ native integration | Via manual import |
| Log analysis | ✅ (Pro+) | Separate pay product |
| Prioritised issues | ✅ with estimated impact | ❌ raw list |
| History & trends | ✅ | ❌ |
| Rank tracking | ✅ | ❌ |
| AI crawlers tracking | ✅ | ❌ |
| Teamwork | ✅ | ❌ |
| Target audience | SMEs, teams | Consultants, one-off audits |
Choose SEOlovely if...
- You want a tool that's always available, accessible everywhere
- You work in a team
- You want to track changes over time
- You want automatically prioritised issues
Choose Screaming Frog if...
- You carry out in-depth spot audits
- You have a powerful PC and prefer to use it locally
- You have a good command of XPath expressions and advanced regexes