Screaming Frog alternative

The Screaming Frog alternative that scores AI search too

Screaming Frog is the gold standard desktop SEO crawler, and it earns that reputation. Amabrik is a web-based SEO and AEO scan that also measures how well AI engines can read your pages, hands you a copy-paste fix prompt per issue, and bundles a security scan plus 10 website widgets.

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scores per scan
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widgets included
$99
lifetime, unlimited sites
7 days
free, no card
Why switch

Why Amabrik is a web-based Screaming Frog alternative

A quick, browser-based audit that also scores your AI-search visibility, with a fix prompt per issue and no software to install.

It also scores your AI-search visibility

Screaming Frog crawls for titles, metas, headings, broken links, canonicals, and dozens of other on-page signals, but it doesn't tell you whether AI engines can actually read your pages. Amabrik's scan returns two scores side by side: an SEO score for Google ranking readiness, and an AEO score for AI-search visibility. The AEO score checks whether your content is in the raw HTML (AI crawlers don't run JavaScript), whether AI crawlers are blocked in your robots.txt, whether you have structured data, and whether your headings are clear enough for an engine to quote. If ChatGPT or Perplexity can't read your site, you won't show up in their answers, and Screaming Frog won't warn you about it.

A copy-paste fix prompt per issue, not a spreadsheet to interpret

Screaming Frog exports its results as rows in a spreadsheet. You get the data, and you figure out what to do with it (or your SEO consultant does). Amabrik gives you a ready-to-paste prompt for each finding. Drop it into Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor and the fix is written for you. The prompts are scoped to the specific pages and issues found, so the fix lands where it should without breaking anything else.

Web-based, no download, no local resources

Screaming Frog is a desktop application that uses your machine's CPU and RAM to crawl. Large sites need gigabytes of memory. Amabrik runs in your browser: point it at your verified domain, click Scan, and the results appear. There's nothing to install, update, or allocate memory for.

A security scan on the same plan

Screaming Frog has no security scanner. Amabrik's security scan finds leaked API keys (Stripe, AWS, OpenAI), open databases, exposed .env files, and missing headers, each with its own copy-paste fix prompt. It's report-only and never touches your live site.

Scheduled scans with alerts

Screaming Frog can schedule crawls on a paid licence, but you need the desktop app running on a machine with the scheduler configured. Amabrik runs scheduled scans from the cloud (daily, weekly, or monthly) and emails you when it finds new issues, each with a fix prompt. No machine to keep on.

It's also a widget platform

Screaming Frog is a focused SEO crawler. Amabrik is one snippet that also adds cookie consent, a banner, popups, forms, an AI chatbot, reviews, social feeds, social proof, bookings, and a chat button. The scanners come with the suite, not as a separate product.

Feature by feature

Amabrik vs Screaming Frog, line by line

Every row is a concrete fact. Screaming Frog figures verified against screamingfrog.co.uk as of July 2026.

AmabrikRecommended Screaming Frog
SEO crawl and audit Yes, on-page + technical audit, web-based Yes, deep technical crawl, desktop app
AEO / AI-search visibility score Yes, a separate score for AI citability No AEO score or AI-readiness check
Per-issue fix prompt Yes, copy-paste for Claude/ChatGPT/Cursor No, exports raw data to spreadsheets
JavaScript rendering analysis Detects JS-only content (flags it for AEO) Yes, full JavaScript rendering with Chromium
Custom extraction No Yes, XPath, CSSPath, and regex extraction
Log file analysis No Yes, server log analysis for crawl insights
Accessibility audit No Yes, built-in accessibility checks
Website security scan Yes, report-only, fix prompt per finding No security scanner
Scheduled scans Yes, cloud-based, daily/weekly/monthly with email alerts Yes, requires desktop app running on a machine
Free tier 7-day trial, no card Free version, 500 URL crawl limit, permanent
Website widgets 10 widgets included (consent, forms, chatbot, more) None, SEO crawler only
Entry price $59/yr for 1 site, or $99 once for unlimited sites €245/yr per user licence
Pricing

Flat plans vs per-seat licences

Amabrik is $59 a year for one site, or $99 once for unlimited sites. Screaming Frog charges per user licence, per year.

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Amabrik

Amabrik has two plans with no metering. Annual is $59 a year for one site. Lifetime is $99 once for unlimited sites. Every plan includes all 10 widgets, both scanners, and 1000 scan credits.

$199 $99one-time Launch price for the first 100 customers

Amabrik cost stays flat as users grow.
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  • 20+
  • No pageview, visitor, or usage caps on either plan
  • Both scanners and 1000 scan credits, top up 1000 more for $5
  • 7-day trial (no card), 14-day money-back, no Powered-by badge
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Screaming Frog

One price tier. Free version crawls up to 500 URLs. Paid licence is €245/yr per user, with volume discounts starting at 5 licences (€235 each). All features are in both tiers except the 500-URL crawl limit on free.

€245/yr

Screaming Frog cost climbs with users.
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  • 10
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  • Free: 500 URL limit, all features
  • Paid: €245/yr per user, unlimited crawl (depends on allocated memory)
  • Volume: €235/seat at 5+, €219 at 10+, €209 at 20+

Screaming Frog's cost grows with team size because each user needs their own licence. Amabrik's $99 lifetime plan covers unlimited sites with no per-seat charges, and includes both scanners plus all 10 widgets. For a quick SEO + AEO audit with a fix prompt per issue (and a security scan and widgets on the same plan), Amabrik is the better choice for most sites. If you need a power-user desktop crawler with JavaScript rendering, custom extraction, and log file analysis, Screaming Frog is worth the licence. See Amabrik pricing.

Everything else too

Everything else Amabrik includes

The same plan that runs the SEO/AEO scan also includes the Security scan and all 10 website widgets, with no Powered-by badge on any tier.

Cookie consent Worldwide-compliant consent, no pageview caps. AI Chatbot Chat trained on your own content. Forms Build forms, route submissions to your CRM. Bookings Scheduling synced to your calendar. Popup Modals, slide-ins and exit intent. Chat Button WhatsApp, and more in one tap. Social Proof Real sales, signups and reviews, live. Reviews Google and more, in one widget. Social Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn feeds. Banner Announcement and promo bars. Security ScanScan Find exposed keys and open databases, with a copy-paste fix. SEO and AEO ScanScan Rank on Google and get read by AI, with fixes.
FAQ

Screaming Frog alternative FAQ

Still deciding? Ask us and we answer fast.

Amabrik starts with a 7-day free trial, no card required, during which you can run the SEO and AEO scan and the security scan on your verified domain. After the trial it's $59 a year for one site, or $99 once for unlimited sites. Screaming Frog's free version is permanent but limited to 500 URLs per crawl.

Three things. It scores your AI-search visibility (an AEO score grading how citable your pages are in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews). It gives a copy-paste fix prompt per issue you can paste into Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor. And it bundles a website security scan and 10 widgets in every plan. Screaming Frog is a traditional SEO crawler with no AEO score, no fix prompts, and no security scanner.

Screaming Frog is a deeper technical SEO crawler. It renders JavaScript with Chromium so you see exactly what Google sees, supports custom extraction with XPath and regex, analyzes server log files, runs accessibility audits, visualizes site architecture, and can crawl sites with hundreds of thousands of pages from your local machine. Amabrik's scan is a lighter, web-based audit focused on the on-page and technical checks that actually hold most sites back, plus the AEO dimension and fix prompts. If you need deep crawling at scale, Screaming Frog is the stronger tool.

For most small-to-mid sites (under a few thousand pages) that want an audit with actionable fixes, yes. You get both an SEO score and an AEO score, a copy-paste fix prompt per issue, a security scan, and 10 widgets, all from a browser. For power users who need JavaScript rendering analysis, custom extraction, log file analysis, or who crawl very large sites regularly from their own machine, Screaming Frog covers territory Amabrik doesn't.

In most cases, yes. Screaming Frog is €245/yr per user. Amabrik is $59/yr for one site or $99 once for unlimited sites, and that price includes both scanners and all 10 widgets. A two-person team on Screaming Frog pays €490/yr; the same team on Amabrik pays $99 once, total. Screaming Frog's permanent free tier has no equivalent in Amabrik, though (Amabrik's trial is 7 days).

AEO stands for answer engine optimization: how well your pages are set up to be quoted in AI answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. The score checks whether your content is in the raw HTML (AI crawlers don't run JavaScript), whether AI crawlers are blocked in your robots.txt, and whether you have clear headings and structured data. Screaming Frog doesn't check for AI-search readiness.

Yes. Screaming Frog uses an embedded Chromium browser to render JavaScript, so you see exactly what Googlebot sees after rendering. Amabrik doesn't render JavaScript, but it detects when your content depends on JavaScript and flags it as an AEO issue, because AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot) don't render JavaScript either.

Yes, on every plan. The security scan finds leaked API keys, open databases, exposed .env files, and missing headers, each with a copy-paste fix prompt for Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor. It reads your site and never changes or breaks it. Screaming Frog has no security scanner.

One snippet adds 10 widgets: cookie consent, a banner, popups, forms, an AI chatbot, reviews, social feeds, social proof, bookings, and a chat button. Every plan includes all of them plus both scanners, at $59/yr for one site or $99 once for unlimited sites. Screaming Frog is a focused SEO crawler and doesn't include widgets.

Yes. The scanners and widgets work on WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Wix, Squarespace, custom sites, and AI-built sites from Lovable, v0, Bolt, Cursor, and Framer. The loader is under 5 KB, code-split, and lazy-loaded. Screaming Frog's crawler also works on any site by reading pages externally.