Screaming Frog alternative
Screaming Frog crawls your site like a bot and lists every technical issue, page by page. Lysible analyzes your pages too, but checks them against your Google data to tell you which ones to fix first, how long it takes and what you gain.
What Screaming Frog alternative works when you are not a technical SEO expert?
A tool that sorts before it lists. Screaming Frog flags everything, and it is up to you to know what matters. Lysible analyzes your pages with your Google Analytics 4 and Search Console data, and leads with the fixes that weigh on your traffic, with their effort and time. Nothing to install.
Which one is right for you?
They do not meet the same need. Here is how to decide in two minutes.
- You ran a crawl, got hundreds of warnings, and don't know which ones to deal with.
- You want to know whether a technical issue really costs you visits.
- You prefer daily online monitoring to software you launch from your computer.
- Technical audits are your job, as a consultant or an SEO specialist.
- You are preparing a migration or a redesign and have to check every redirect.
- Your site has thousands of pages and you need custom extractions.
The comparison, point by point
What each one actually does, checked at the source on the date shown at the bottom of the page.
| What we compare | Lysible | Screaming Frog |
|---|---|---|
| Type of tool | ✓Online, nothing to install | ~Software for Windows, macOS or Linux |
| Crawling the site | ✓Pages analyzed, content and rendering | ✓Full crawl, unlimited with a license |
| Technical depth | ~The essentials, what weighs on traffic | ✓Very deep: redirects, tags, JavaScript |
| Google data | ✓GA4 and Search Console read every day | ~GA4, Search Console, PageSpeed with a license |
| Sorting the issues | ✓By expected gain, with effort and time | ~By issue type, to prioritize yourself |
| Automatic monitoring | ✓Daily monitoring, alerts | ~Scheduled crawls with a license |
| Reading the results | ✓In plain English, with Lysa | ~Specialist vocabulary |
| Price | From €89 excl. VAT per month, free analysis with no account | Free up to 500 URLs, €245 a year |
What really changes day to day
Beyond the feature list, three differences you notice in the first week.
A plan, not a list of warnings
A crawl quickly brings back hundreds of rows. Lysible ranks the fixes by expected gain: the ones for this week, and the ones that can wait.
The issue linked to traffic
A missing tag on a page with no visits is not urgent. Lysible checks the analysis of your pages against GA4 and Search Console to sort them.
Nothing to launch
No software to open and no crawl to rerun. Lysible rereads your site and your data every day, and writes to you when something gets worse.
A technical fix, sized before it starts
Instead of one tab per error type, Lysible presents an improvement plan. Each line explains the issue, what it costs and the steps to fix it.
The progress bar tracks what is done. And if a step blocks you, Lysa picks it up with you, step by step.
What Screaming Frog does better than anyone
It crawls a site the way a search engine would and flags everything: response codes, redirects, tags, duplicate content, JavaScript rendering. With a license, it connects to GA4, Search Console and PageSpeed Insights, compares two crawls, schedules audits and can even query OpenAI or Gemini during the crawl.
Why a crawl is not enough for a small business
A crawl tells you what is technically imperfect. It does not tell you what costs you customers. Ranking hundreds of findings means knowing which ones weigh on rankings, and linking them to the traffic of each page. That is a job in itself.
It is also software to install and run from a computer. The free version stops at 500 URLs, and both the Google integrations and scheduling require a license.
What Lysible does with technical analysis
It analyzes your pages, matches them with their traffic in GA4 and Search Console, and keeps only what matters at the top. Our automated SEO audit guide explains what the machine can do and what it misses. For a first look, the free analysis measures your site's speed and technical SEO, with no account.
Where Lysible is not the best choice
A comparison that finds no fault with its author is worth nothing. Here is what works in the other option's favor, and who it matters to most.
- Depth. Redirects, canonical tags, hreflang, JavaScript rendering, custom extraction: it goes further than any mainstream tool.
- Migrations. Comparing two crawls and checking every redirect before and after a redesign is exactly its territory.
- A low price for a specialist tool. €245 a year for an unlimited crawl, and a free version up to 500 URLs.
Frequently asked questions
The questions we are asked most often on this topic.
Is Screaming Frog free?
Yes, up to 500 URLs per crawl. Beyond that, and for the Google Analytics, Search Console and PageSpeed Insights integrations, scheduling or JavaScript rendering, you need a license at €245 a year per user, according to the vendor's website.
Does Lysible crawl my site like Screaming Frog?
Lysible analyzes your pages, their content and how they render, but it does not aim for a crawler's technical completeness. Its job is to link what it finds to your Google data, so the fixes that weigh on your traffic come first.
Do I need to install software to use Lysible?
No. Lysible runs in the browser. You connect your Google account in a few clicks and the first analysis arrives in a minute, with nothing to install on your computer or your site.
Can I use Screaming Frog and Lysible together?
Yes. An SEO can keep Screaming Frog for in-depth audits and migrations, and Lysible for daily monitoring and prioritization. For a small business without a specialist, Lysible is often enough day to day.
Can I test my site for free?
Yes. Lysible's free analysis measures your site's speed, technical SEO and Core Web Vitals in thirty seconds, with no account, and gives three recommendations. The full trial lasts 30 days, with no credit card.
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Information checked on October 21, 2026.
Fewer warnings to sort, more fixes that really count.
Keep Screaming Frog for deep audits and migrations. For day-to-day monitoring, Lysible does the sorting for you.