Does AuditOpti crawl as deeply as Screaming Frog?

No, and it is not trying to. We cap scans (500 pages by default) and focus on the checks that map to something a business owner can act on. Screaming Frog will always give you more knobs.

Can I import a Screaming Frog export into AuditOpti?

Not today. AuditOpti runs its own crawl so the data behind the report is always fresh and consistent month over month.

AuditOpti vs Screaming Frog

Desktop crawler · last checked 1 Sept 2026

Screaming Frog is a desktop crawler and one of the best there is. It runs on your machine, sees almost everything, and gives you complete control over the crawl. What it does not do is decide what matters or write anything a client can read — that is deliberate, and it is exactly the gap AuditOpti fills.

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When Screaming Frog is the better choice

You need a deep, configurable, one-off technical audit and you know what you are looking at.
You want to crawl with custom extraction, JavaScript rendering options, log file analysis or API integrations.
You are comfortable working in a spreadsheet-shaped interface and doing your own prioritization.
You need to crawl a staging site behind authentication from your own machine.

When AuditOpti is

You need something a non-technical client will read and act on, every month, without you rewriting it.
You want the crawl to happen on a schedule without anyone opening an application.
You want the output branded as your agency's work rather than exported from a tool.
You want the issues ranked by business impact rather than sorted by tab.

Side by side

The differences that actually matter.

AuditOpti compared with Screaming Frog, feature by feature
	Screaming Frog	AuditOpti
Runs	On your desktop, when you open it	In the cloud, on a monthly schedule
Output	Tabs and CSV exports	A written, branded report and a client link
Prioritization	You decide	Ranked by likely business impact
Written for	SEO specialists	The agency's client
White-label	Manual — you build the deck	Built in, on Pro and above
Depth of crawl configuration	Extensive	Deliberately simple

Most agencies should use both

Keep Screaming Frog for the deep dive when you onboard a client or when something breaks. Use AuditOpti for the monthly client-facing report that keeps the retainer visible in between. They are not competing for the same hour of your week.

Questions

What agencies ask us about this.

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AuditOpti vs Screaming Frog

Desktop crawler · last checked 1 Sept 2026

When Screaming Frog is the better choice

You need a deep, configurable, one-off technical audit and you know what you are looking at.

You want to crawl with custom extraction, JavaScript rendering options, log file analysis or API integrations.

You are comfortable working in a spreadsheet-shaped interface and doing your own prioritization.

You need to crawl a staging site behind authentication from your own machine.

When AuditOpti is

You need something a non-technical client will read and act on, every month, without you rewriting it.

You want the crawl to happen on a schedule without anyone opening an application.

You want the output branded as your agency's work rather than exported from a tool.

You want the issues ranked by business impact rather than sorted by tab.

Screaming Frog

AuditOpti

Runs

On your desktop, when you open it

In the cloud, on a monthly schedule

Output

Tabs and CSV exports

A written, branded report and a client link

Prioritization

You decide

Ranked by likely business impact

Written for

SEO specialists

The agency's client

White-label

Manual — you build the deck

Built in, on Pro and above

Depth of crawl configuration

Extensive

Deliberately simple