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| What matters | Majestic | Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Link researchers who need a focused backlink dataset. | Technical SEOs who need detailed crawl configuration and exports. |
| Pricing | Paid. Paid plans with different query and export limits. | Freemium. Free crawling up to 500 URLs; paid licence unlocks additional features. |
| Capabilities | Backlink exploration · Link context · Proprietary link metrics | Broken-link discovery · Metadata audits · Canonical checks · Custom extraction |
| Limitations | Link metrics are not search-engine ranking scores. Different indexes may surface different links. | Large crawls depend on available computer resources. Advanced configuration has a learning curve. |
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