JetOctopus vs searchVIU (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, JetOctopus and searchVIU share a 2.2 GPA, neither has a free plan, and JetOctopus starts cheaper, at $349 a month against about $447.12 a month.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
JetOctopus
Cloud SEO crawler with log analysis, GSC data and AI bot tracking
searchVIU
Managed SEO crawling and monitoring with reports built by its team
Which one is for you
Pick JetOctopus if
- Fits if you run an e-commerce or listing site with millions of URLs
- Works for agencies that need unlimited seats and projects across client sites
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you're one person or a small site, at $349 a month even on annual billing
- Watch out: quarterly billing costs about 30% more, $459 against $349 a month on Growth
- Tight if you're judging it on the trial, which stops at 10,000 URLs and 500-row exports
- Not for you if you want a refund safety net, as refunds cover only duplicate purchases and faults on JetOctopus's side
Pick searchVIU if
- Fits if your in-house team at an online shop wants monitoring set up and explained for you
- Makes sense if you're planning a relaunch or domain move and need old and new sites compared
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you're a small site, as Basic alone is €399 a month and prices are in euros only
- Not for you if you want to sign up and start today, as trials go through a form and a call
- Tight if you need log file analysis, BI feeds or Merchant Center monitoring, which are Advanced only at €549
- Watch out: crawling past 50,000 URLs costs €50 a month more per extra 50,000, up to 500,000
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAJetOctopusFair | 2.2GPAsearchVIUFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DGrowth is $349 a month billed annually ($459 quarterly) for 500,000 URLs, in this category's dearest tenth. Seats and projects are unlimited, about $69.80 a head for a team of five, but one person pays the full $349. | DBasic is €399 a month for up to 50,000 crawled URLs, in this category's dearest tenth, which starts at $99. Analyst-built reports and a monthly call are part of that. Each extra 50,000 URLs is €50 a month more. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but the 7-day trial of every module needs no card. It's capped at 10,000 URLs, 3 months of Search Console data and 500-row exports. | CNo free plan. A free trial is requested through a form on the pricing page and arranged through a first call; its length isn't stated. |
| Features | BA JavaScript crawler with crawl comparison, logs from Nginx, Apache, Cloudflare, Fastly, Akamai, Vercel or Shopify, Search Console data past Google's 1,000-row and 16-month limits, an AI internal linker and alerts. The listing shows no gap in the core job. | BDaily checks of 2,000 key pages, weekly full crawls with JavaScript rendering, alerts on new 404s and noindex tags, crawl comparisons and relaunch checks that match old URLs to new. It covers crawling and monitoring, with log files on Advanced. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. You connect logs, Search Console and GA4 and set up segments before the reports say much. | CNo rating on record. Its team builds the reports, but buying starts with a form and a call, and Search Console and Analytics are connected before it's useful. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It connects to Search Console, GA4, Ahrefs, Cloudflare, Fastly, Akamai, BigQuery and Looker Studio, and has an API and an MCP server. | BWeb only, linked to Search Console, Google Analytics, Looker Studio and Merchant Center. No desktop or phone app, and no API on record. |
| Best for | log and crawl analysis for big sites | crawling and monitoring with reports built for you |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: JetOctopus and searchVIU. How we grade
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. searchVIU starts at about $447.12 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and JetOctopus starts $98.12 a month lower. Of the other technical SEO tools on the chart, none scores higher than JetOctopus for less, and none scores higher than searchVIU for less.
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
Where they differ
- JetOctopus also covers AI search visibility and internal linking.
- searchVIU also covers reports.
At a glance
| JetOctopus | searchVIU | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $349 per month for 500,000 URLs, billed annually ($459 billed quarterly) | €399 per month for up to 50,000 crawled URLs, billed monthly |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial of every module, up to 10,000 URLs, no credit card required | Free trial requested through a form on the pricing page; its length is not stated |
| Web | ||
| Made by | JetOctopus | searchVIU GmbH |
| Price read from | jetoctopus.com | searchviu.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
searchVIU
- Prices are given in euros only. Crawling past 50,000 URLs costs €50 more a month per extra 50,000, up to 500,000.
- There is no self-serve sign-up; trials and demos are arranged through a form and a first call.
- Log file analysis, BI data feeds and product feed monitoring come only with Advanced.
- Its free stand-alone tools, such as the robots.txt checker and hreflang tester, are separate from the paid plans.
Key features
JetOctopus
- Log Analyzer
- Shows which pages Googlebot and 40+ search and AI bots visit and how often, from Nginx, Apache, Cloudflare, Fastly, Akamai, Vercel or Shopify logs.
- JavaScript crawler
- Crawls with JavaScript rendering to compare what bots and users see, with crawl-to-crawl comparison, segmentation and unlimited simultaneous crawls.
- Search Console data
- Pulls Search Console data past the 1,000-row interface limit, keeps it beyond Google's 16 months, and flags cannibalization and query fan-outs.
- AI Internal Linker
- Suggests internal links from strong pages to weak ones to strengthen topic clusters and spread crawl budget.
- Alerts
- Sends alerts on changes in indexability, Core Web Vitals and Googlebot or AI bot behavior.
- API, MCP and Looker Studio
- An API, an MCP server for querying crawl, log and Search Console data from AI assistants, and a Looker Studio connector, with BigQuery export for GSC data.
searchVIU
- Daily page monitoring
- Checks the 2,000 (Basic) or 5,000+ (Advanced) pages that matter most every day, with weekly crawls of the whole site.
- JavaScript rendering
- Renders pages the way Google does on both plans, so content and links added by scripts are crawled.
- Alerts and change tracking
- Sends alerts on critical issues such as 404s and noindex tags, and compares crawls to list new, removed and changed pages.
- Reports built for you
- searchVIU's analysts build custom reports and data exports in Looker Studio, joined with Search Console and Analytics data.
- Relaunch checks
- Crawls the live and development versions of a site, flags lost content and links, and matches old URLs to new ones for redirect mapping.
- Log files and feeds
- Advanced adds log file analysis of bot behavior, faceted navigation checks and monitoring of Merchant Center product feeds.
Plans
JetOctopus
Growth$349
per month for 500,000 URLs, billed annually ($459 billed quarterly)
In-house plan: 2M log lines a month, 3 Search Console and GA4 properties, unlimited projects and seats, 12 months of data.
Pro$809
per month for 2M URLs, billed annually ($1,089 billed quarterly)
In-house plan: 8M log lines a month, 10 Search Console and GA4 properties and one tech SEO audit a year.
Ultra$1,559
per month for 5M URLs, billed annually ($2,069 billed quarterly)
In-house plan: 25M log lines a month, 20 Search Console and GA4 properties, a Slack support channel and three audits a year.
UnlimitedCustom
Custom crawl volume, unlimited log lines and properties, data kept for the life of the subscription, and 24/7 dedicated support.
searchVIU
Basic€399
per month for up to 50,000 crawled URLs, billed monthly
Daily checks of 2,000 key pages, weekly crawls with JavaScript rendering, alerts, Search Console and Analytics data, and a 30-minute monthly call.
Advanced€549
per month for up to 50,000 crawled URLs, billed monthly
Daily checks of 5,000+ pages, log file analysis, data from feeds and databases, BI data feeds, Merchant Center monitoring and a 1-hour monthly call.
Ways to pay less
JetOctopus
- Annual discount
Save 25% with annual billing
JetOctopus's pricing page shows a 25% saving for annual billing over quarterly: Growth is $349 a month billed annually instead of $459.
searchVIU
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, JetOctopus or searchVIU?
As of Oct 23, 2026, JetOctopus is cheaper to start with: $349 a month, against about $447.12 a month for searchVIU. JetOctopus starts at $349 per month for 500,000 URLs, billed annually ($459 billed quarterly), and searchVIU starts at €399 per month for up to 50,000 crawled URLs, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, JetOctopus or searchVIU?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither JetOctopus nor searchVIU has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.