Alternatives
Looking for a Screaming Frog alternative?
Screaming Frog is a desktop crawler that visits live pages and reports what it finds. If your site generates its pages from a database, you may also want a check that runs before the pages are submitted.
The difference is when it runs
| Screaming Frog | Indexing Guard | |
|---|---|---|
| Runs | After pages are published | Inside your build, before you submit |
| Input | Your live site | The pages your build generated, plus the facts you keep for each |
| Output | A report on what it found | Sitemaps to publish and a reason for every page held back |
| Your deploy | Not part of it | One step; if we can't be reached, your own sitemap ships |
Use them together
A crawler is the right tool for broken links, redirects and how pages render. Indexing Guard is for sites that publish faster than anyone can review: it keeps pages with nothing behind them out of what you submit, and tells you why. Plans start at $149/month for up to 25,000 pages per build.
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Questions
Do I still need Screaming Frog?
Probably yes, if you use it today. A crawler shows how your live site looks. Indexing Guard decides what your build submits, before anything goes live. They answer different questions.
Does Indexing Guard crawl my site?
No. Your build sends it the pages it generated, with the facts you already keep for each. The one-time audit is the exception: it reads your live sitemaps and a sample of pages.
What does it cost?
Lite $149/month for up to 25,000 pages per build, Starter $499/month for up to 100,000 pages per build, Growth $1,499/month for up to 250,000 pages per build. The one-time audit is $499.
Search engines decide what they index and rank. Indexing Guard controls what you submit. Questions: terrell@myartmyrules.com