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Bulk URL Checker vs Screaming Frog

Honest comparison. Different tools for different jobs — here's when each one is the right choice.

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Quick verdict

Screaming Frog SEO Spider is the industry standard for full-site crawling and deep SEO audits. If you need to crawl a site from a seed URL, audit on-page elements, extract structured data, or work entirely offline, Screaming Frog wins.

Bulk URL Checker is purpose-built for "I have a list of URLs, check them all." Cloud-based, no install, lower price floor, API-driven. If you start with a list rather than a seed, this tool is faster end-to-end.

Feature comparison

Where the tools overlap, here's how they stack up:

  • Bulk URL list checking — both do this; we're cloud, they're desktop
  • Full-site crawl from seed — Screaming Frog only
  • On-page SEO audit (titles, meta, H1) — Screaming Frog only
  • XPath / CSS extraction — Screaming Frog only
  • Status code checking at scale — both, our cap is 75K/job
  • Redirect chain tracing — both
  • Free tier — Screaming Frog: 500 URL crawl limit; us: 300 URL credits/signup
  • Paid tier — Screaming Frog: £239/yr licence; us: $9.99 for 10,000 URLs (no expiry)
  • API access — both have it; ours doesn't require a paid licence
  • MCP server for AI agents — us only
  • Multi-user / team — us (cloud-native)
  • Runs offline — Screaming Frog only

When to pick Screaming Frog

You're doing comprehensive SEO audits with on-page extraction. You crawl regularly from seed URLs. You need offline capability. You want one-time licence pricing for unlimited use.

When to pick Bulk URL Checker

You start with a URL list (sitemap, backlinks, CSV) rather than a crawl seed. You want pay-as-you-go pricing without an annual licence. You want to share results with teammates or automate via API. You want AI agents to be able to drive the tool.

Frequently asked questions

Can I use both?
Plenty of teams do — Screaming Frog for the deep monthly audit, Bulk URL Checker for ad-hoc list-based checks and ongoing monitoring. The tools complement each other.
Which is cheaper?
For one-off list checking, we're cheaper — $9.99 covers 10,000 URLs vs Screaming Frog's £239/yr ($300+/yr) licence. For unlimited heavy crawling all year, Screaming Frog amortises better.
What about Sitebulb / DeepCrawl?
Sitebulb and DeepCrawl/Lumar are both crawl-first tools more in the Screaming Frog category. Same trade-off applies — we're list-first, they're crawl-first.

Related tools

A Screaming Frog Alternative That Runs in the Cloud

Same job — bulk URL checking, status codes, redirects, broken links — without the desktop install, 500-URL free limit, or yearly licence fee.

Bulk URL Checker Software

Check status codes, redirect chains, and response times across thousands of URLs at once. Cloud-based, browser-only, no installs or server setup.

Bulk Broken Link Checker

Paste or upload your link list — we hit every URL, follow redirects, and surface every broken target with its status code and redirect chain.

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