Screaming Frog - Yay or Nay?

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Just wondering on peoples thoughts on Screaming Frog?

I've always used Semrush and Moz but just wondered what people's experience of working with Screaming Frog is? Is it worth the investment?

 

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I don't know what the value of it is tbh. It doesn't look like an investment to me. More just an expense. I'm happy with free ahrefs webmaster, and just spending time working on content, and improving via SEO suggestions. You might be doing something different.

Is it going to make you money? Or is it really not just more anti-content work and more admin nonsense?

 

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Had it recommended for its technical SEO abilities and as there is more emphasis from Google now on site structure etc I was curious to see if any other Blackhatters are using it and their results

 

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Mister Digital said:

Just wondering on peoples thoughts on Screaming Frog?

I've always used Semrush and Moz but just wondered what people's experience of working with Screaming Frog is? Is it worth the investment?

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Been in the SEO business for 10 years now and SF its a MUST-HAVE tool! Especially the latest versions since you can connect it to OpenAI API key.

 

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Mister Digital said:

Just wondering on peoples thoughts on Screaming Frog?

I've always used Semrush and Moz but just wondered what people's experience of working with Screaming Frog is? Is it worth the investment?

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Some found it pretty good, but I'm good with Ahrefs only

 

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It's good, but expensive. I trend to just use Xenu and it works fine for me

 

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Screaming Frog SEO Spider is widely regarded as a powerful and essential technical SEO audit tool with a great reputation among SEO professionals, developers, and webmasters. If you prioritize technical SEO, Screaming Frog is an excellent investment that can complement your existing Semrush and Moz workflows. Its ability to crawl large websites, pinpoint technical issues, and integrate with AI tools make it extremely valuable to the SEO landscape of 2025.