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| What matters | KeySearch | Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Publishers building a focused keyword research workflow. | Technical SEOs who need detailed crawl configuration and exports. |
| Pricing | Paid. Paid plans; check daily usage allowances and trial terms. | Freemium. Free crawling up to 500 URLs; paid licence unlocks additional features. |
| Capabilities | Keyword research · Difficulty estimates · Competitive analysis | Broken-link discovery · Metadata audits · Canonical checks · Custom extraction |
| Limitations | Difficulty is a vendor estimate. Daily allowances differ across plans. | Large crawls depend on available computer resources. Advanced configuration has a learning curve. |
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