Alternatives · Technical SEO
JetOctopus alternatives
As of Oct 23, 2026, the highest-graded JetOctopus alternative is Website Crawler (2.4 GPA). It's also the best free one.
JetOctopus compared with 12 alternatives: Oncrawl, Botify, Lumar, Screaming Frog SEO Spider, Sitebulb and 7 more.
JetOctopus is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $349 per month for 500,000 URLs, billed annually ($459 billed quarterly). 3 of the 12 alternatives are free or have a free plan. 3 more offer a free trial.
Listings checked up to Oct 23, 2026 · Where the facts come from
At a glance
| Tool | Price | Free plan | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|
| JetOctopusThis tool | Free trial · from $349/mo | Trial only | Web |
| Oncrawl | Paid | No | Web |
| Botify | Paid | No | Web |
| Lumar | Paid | No | Web |
| Screaming Frog SEO Spider | Free plan · from $279/yr | Yes | macOS, Windows, Linux |
| Sitebulb | Free trial · from $18/mo | Trial only | Web, macOS, Windows |
| Audisto | From €99/mo | No | Web |
| Encited | Free trial · from $39/mo | Trial only | Web |
| FandangoSEO | From $90/mo | No | Web |
| Redirection.io | Free plan · from €20/mo | Yes | Web |
| searchVIU | Free trial · from €399/mo | Trial only | Web |
| Seolyzer | Paid | No | Web |
| Website Crawler | Free plan · from $10/mo | Yes | Web |
Price against what you get
JetOctopus starts at $349 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. None of the 6 alternatives on this chart both scores higher and starts lower.
Audisto, Encited, FandangoSEO, Redirection.io and Website Crawler start lower without scoring higher.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
How each one differs from JetOctopus
Oncrawl
Cloud SEO crawler and log analyzer for large websites
- Oncrawl also covers dashboards.
Suits: SEO teams on e-commerce, media and listing sites with millions of pages
Botify
Enterprise search platform for crawling, log analysis and AI search
- Botify also covers a/B testing.
Suits: Large retailers and publishers with millions of pages
Lumar
Enterprise website crawler for technical SEO, GEO and accessibility
- Lumar also covers dashboards and page speed.
- Lumar does not cover internal linking and log file analysis, which JetOctopus does.
Suits: Enterprise SEO teams crawling sites with hundreds of thousands of pages or more
Screaming Frog SEO Spider
Desktop website crawler for technical SEO audits
- Screaming Frog SEO Spider starts at $279 per user / year.
- Screaming Frog SEO Spider has a free plan, which JetOctopus lacks.
- Screaming Frog SEO Spider also lists Windows, macOS and Linux apps.
- Screaming Frog SEO Spider lists no web app, which JetOctopus has.
- Screaming Frog SEO Spider also covers reports.
Suits: Technical SEOs auditing large sites from their own computer
Sitebulb
Website auditing crawler for Windows and Mac, with a cloud edition
- Sitebulb starts at $18 per month, billed monthly.
- Sitebulb also lists Windows and macOS apps.
- Sitebulb also covers reports.
- Sitebulb does not cover AI search visibility, internal linking and log file analysis, which JetOctopus does.
Suits: SEO consultants and agencies who want audits explained for clients
Audisto
Cloud crawler and automated SEO monitoring priced by pages crawled
- Audisto starts at €99 per month for 10,000 HTML pages per crawl, billed monthly.
- Audisto also covers page speed.
- Audisto does not cover AI search visibility and log file analysis, which JetOctopus does.
Suits: Technical SEOs auditing large or multilingual sites
Encited
Prerendering, SEO audits and AI visibility tracking in one platform
- Encited starts at $39 per month for 3 sites, billed annually ($49 billed monthly).
- Encited also covers AI agents and reports.
- Encited does not cover internal linking, which JetOctopus does.
Suits: Sites built with Lovable and similar app builders that crawlers cannot read
FandangoSEO
Cloud SEO crawler with server log analysis and rank tracking
- FandangoSEO starts at $90 per month, billed yearly ($113 billed monthly).
- FandangoSEO also covers rank tracking.
- FandangoSEO does not cover AI search visibility and internal linking, which JetOctopus does.
Suits: Large e-commerce and publishing sites with hundreds of thousands of pages
Redirection.io
Redirect manager and traffic log monitor for websites
- Redirection.io starts at €20 per month for 100 rules, billed yearly (€25 billed monthly).
- Redirection.io has a free plan, which JetOctopus lacks.
- Redirection.io also covers web analytics.
- Redirection.io does not cover AI search visibility and internal linking, which JetOctopus does.
Suits: Site migrations that need thousands of redirects managed by the SEO team
searchVIU
Managed SEO crawling and monitoring with reports built by its team
- searchVIU starts at €399 per month for up to 50,000 crawled URLs, billed monthly.
- searchVIU also covers reports.
- searchVIU does not cover AI search visibility and internal linking, which JetOctopus does.
Suits: In-house SEO teams at online shops who want monitoring set up and explained for them
Seolyzer
French SEO crawler and real-time server log analyzer
- Seolyzer does not cover AI search visibility, which JetOctopus does.
Suits: SEO teams on large French or European sites that want Googlebot activity in real time
Website Crawler
Cloud SEO crawler, data scraper and page monitor priced by pages
- Website Crawler starts at $10 per month for 2,000 pages, billed monthly.
- Website Crawler has a free plan, which JetOctopus lacks.
- Website Crawler also covers page speed.
- Website Crawler does not cover AI search visibility, internal linking and log file analysis, which JetOctopus does.
Suits: Small sites that need a crawler for a few dollars a month
Limits worth knowing in JetOctopus
- There is no free plan; the trial caps crawls at 10,000 URLs, 3 months of Search Console data and 500-row exports.
- Paying quarterly instead of annually costs about 30% more, for example $459 against $349 a month on Growth.
- Agency plans are $409, $809 and $1,729 a month billed annually, with more GSC properties and lifetime data but lower log-line caps.
- Refunds are limited to duplicate purchases and modules that could not be used because of a problem on JetOctopus's side.
Common questions
What are the alternatives to JetOctopus?
The alternatives to JetOctopus in this directory are Oncrawl, Botify, Lumar, Screaming Frog SEO Spider, Sitebulb, Audisto, Encited, FandangoSEO, Redirection.io, searchVIU, Seolyzer and Website Crawler. Each one has a side-by-side comparison with JetOctopus.
Is there a free alternative to JetOctopus?
Yes. Screaming Frog SEO Spider, Redirection.io and Website Crawler have a free plan alongside paid ones.
Which JetOctopus alternatives work on Windows?
The JetOctopus listing does not include a Windows app. Screaming Frog SEO Spider and Sitebulb list one.
Which JetOctopus alternatives work on macOS?
The JetOctopus listing does not include a macOS app. Screaming Frog SEO Spider and Sitebulb list one.
When were these prices checked?
Each listing shows its own date. On this page they run from Oct 17, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. Vendors change prices without notice, so confirm on their site before you buy.