The Screaming Frog alternative you pay for once.
BumbleCrawl is a desktop SEO crawler for site owners, small businesses and agencies. 200+ technical checks, a free version with every feature, and unlimited URLs for a one-time $99 instead of $279 every year. A health score and a ranked issue list show you where to start.
“Another $279 for my crawler this year? No. Enough. I'll build my own.”
What it costs
One payment against a licence you renew every year.
| Compared | Screaming Frog | BumbleCrawl |
|---|---|---|
| Free version | 500 URLs, many features need a licence | Every feature, 500 URLs per crawl |
| Paid version | Unlimited URLs | Unlimited URLs |
| Licence | Yearly, renewed every year | Lifetime, paid once |
| 1 person, 1 computer, first year | $279 | $99 |
| 1 person, 1 computer, 3 years | $837 | $99 |
| 3 people, 1 computer each, 3 years | $2,511 | $199 |
| Updates | While the licence runs | All future updates included |
Screaming Frog: $279 per person and year, from their licence page (October 2026). One licence covers one person on several devices; BumbleCrawl counts computers. BumbleCrawl prices in USD, VAT may apply.
What's different
It tells you what matters first
A health score from 0 to 100 and every issue ranked by how much it costs you, so you know where to start. Click the screenshot to zoom in.
You pay once
A lifetime licence from $99, with every future update. No renewal email every year.
The free version is the full app
Every feature, including JavaScript rendering, the Google integrations and saved crawls, up to 500 URLs per crawl.
What you keep
BumbleCrawl covers the everyday technical SEO work too.
- Crawls your site like a search engine, on your own computer
- Status codes, redirects, titles, descriptions, headings and canonicals
- Hreflang, XML sitemaps, structured data and duplicate content
- JavaScript rendering in Chromium
- Google Search Console, GA4 and Core Web Vitals per URL
- List mode, crawl comparison and scheduled crawls
- Custom search and extraction, crawling behind a login
- Command line, CSV and Excel exports, an MCP server for AI assistants
When Screaming Frog is the better choice
BumbleCrawl leaves out what most site owners and agencies never use. Stay with Screaming Frog if:
- You crawl sites with millions of URLs every week.
- You rely on its AI prompts, or on link metrics from Ahrefs, Majestic or Moz inside the crawler.
- You need custom JavaScript snippets, the text of PDFs, or SERP mode.
- Your team's reports and processes are built around Screaming Frog's exports.
For everything else, try the free version on your own site. It takes a few minutes and needs no account.
Screaming Frog and SEO Spider are trademarks of Screaming Frog Ltd. BumbleCrawl is not affiliated with or endorsed by Screaming Frog.
Questions about switching.
- Is there a free alternative to Screaming Frog?
- Yes. BumbleCrawl is free for crawls of up to 500 URLs. That is the same limit as Screaming Frog's free version, but in BumbleCrawl every feature is included: JavaScript rendering, Search Console and GA4, crawl comparison, scheduled crawls and saved crawls. For bigger sites, Pro removes the limit for a one-time $99.
- Is there a cheaper Screaming Frog alternative for large sites?
- BumbleCrawl Pro crawls without a URL limit for a one-time $99, instead of $279 every year. Crawls are written to disk as they run, so the practical limit is your computer's memory and disk space. For sites with millions of URLs crawled every week, Screaming Frog's database mode is still the safer choice.
- Is BumbleCrawl a desktop or a cloud crawler?
- A desktop crawler, like Screaming Frog. It runs on your Windows PC or Mac, needs no account, and each crawl is a file on your computer. Cloud crawlers such as Lumar or the site audits in Ahrefs and Semrush run on their servers and are sold as subscriptions.
- Does BumbleCrawl find the same issues as Screaming Frog?
- It checks the same technical areas with 200+ checks: response codes, redirects, titles and descriptions, headings, canonicals, hreflang, structured data, sitemaps, duplicates, performance and accessibility. Each issue comes with why it matters and how to fix it.
- What does BumbleCrawl not have that Screaming Frog has?
- AI prompts during the crawl, link metrics from Ahrefs, Majestic and Moz, custom JavaScript snippets, the text of PDFs, and SERP mode. If you depend on one of these, Screaming Frog is the better choice for now.
- How much does BumbleCrawl cost compared to Screaming Frog?
- Screaming Frog costs $279 per person every year (as of October 2026). BumbleCrawl Pro costs $99 once for one computer, or $199 once for three, including all future updates. For one person on one computer over three years, that is $99 instead of $837.
- Does my data stay private, like with Screaming Frog?
- Yes. Both run on your computer. BumbleCrawl needs no account, saves each crawl as a local file and sends no crawl data to us.
Find out what your site needs next.
Download BumbleCrawl, enter your domain and get a full audit in minutes. Free for up to 500 URLs per crawl, Pro from $99 lifetime. No account, and your data stays on your computer.
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