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| What matters | Yoast SEO | Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | WordPress publishers maintaining SEO settings in their CMS. | Technical SEOs who need detailed crawl configuration and exports. |
| Pricing | Freemium. Free plugin and paid Premium options. | Freemium. Free crawling up to 500 URLs; paid licence unlocks additional features. |
| Capabilities | Metadata controls · XML sitemaps · Content guidance | Broken-link discovery · Metadata audits · Canonical checks · Custom extraction |
| Limitations | Guidance requires editorial judgment. Check plugin and theme compatibility. | Large crawls depend on available computer resources. Advanced configuration has a learning curve. |
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