Netpeak Software vs Semrush (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Netpeak Software grades higher than Semrush: 2.4 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Netpeak Software grades higher on value for money and the free plan. Semrush grades higher on features and platforms. They get the same grade on ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Netpeak Software
Desktop SEO apps: site crawler, bulk URL checker and link monitors
Semrush
SEO suite for keyword research, rank tracking and AI search visibility
Which one is for you
Pick Netpeak Software if
- Fits if you'd rather own a desktop crawler than rent a web suite, with lifetime licences from $496
- Works for checking hundreds of domains against Ahrefs or Moz metrics at once
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need rank tracking or keyword research, which none of the apps does
- Not for you if you're on a Mac and need Checker, as it runs on Windows only
- Tight if you want several apps, since each is bought separately and bundles are yearly only
- Watch out: Limonity Backlinks only watches links you add; it doesn't find new backlinks
- Pricey if you want Limonity On-Page, at $99 a month per user, and there's no web or phone version
Pick Semrush if
- Fits if you want research, rank tracking and audits in one account and can pay $117.33 a month or more
- Works for agencies that need keyword data for many countries and compare client sites with competitors
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you're one person with one site, at $117.33 a month even yearly, and the trial checks your card with a small charge
- Tight if your team is more than just you, since every extra user is from $45 a month
- Skip it if AI answer tracking is the point, as the SEO plan leaves it out and Starter is $165.17 a month
- Watch out: the API and share of voice need the custom-priced Advanced plan, and scheduled PDF reports are $10 to $20 a month extra
- Watch out: local, content, social and ad tools are separate toolkits with their own prices, and the free plan allows 10 reports a day
How we grade them
| 2.4GPANetpeak SoftwareFair | 2.2GPASemrushFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BGraded against other desktop crawlers. Spider Pro is $193 a year, about $16 a month, or $496 once for a lifetime licence. That's under Screaming Frog's $279 a year and close to Sitebulb Lite at $18 a month. Each other app is bought separately. | DThe SEO plan, the one Semrush aims at freelancers and small businesses, is $117.33 a month billed yearly ($139 monthly). That's in this category's dearest tenth, for one user. AI search tracking needs Starter at $165.17, and each extra person is from $45 a month. |
| Free plan and trial | BFree editions of Spider and Checker with no time limit. Spider crawls up to 500 URLs with 5 threads, so a small site can live on it; Checker stops at 20 URLs. The paid apps get a 3-day trial. | CA free account with no card: 1 project, 10 reports a day and 10 tracked keywords. Fine for a look around, but you'll hit the wall in an afternoon. The 7-day trial of the paid plans checks your card with a small charge that's refunded at once. |
| Features | CSpider does the crawling job fully, with JavaScript rendering, custom extraction, internal PageRank and white-label PDF audits, and Checker pulls 450+ metrics in bulk. But there's no rank tracking or keyword research, and Limonity Backlinks only checks links you add. | BKeyword research from a database it puts at 29 billion keywords across 142 countries, competitor and backlink analysis, daily rank tracking and Site Audit. It covers the whole job, though the SEO plan only gets the basic research tools and no AI visibility. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. Install it and point it at a URL, but reading a crawl takes technical SEO knowledge, and scraping runs on regex, XPath or CSS selectors. | CNo rating on record. It's a big suite with a lot of reports, and there are projects to set up and plenty to learn before it all makes sense. |
| Platforms and integrations | CPrograms for Windows and macOS, with Checker on Windows only, linked to Google Analytics, Search Console, Sheets, Drive, Ahrefs, Moz, Similarweb and Serpstat. Computers only, with no web or phone version. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It connects to Google Analytics, Search Console, Wix, Yoast, AIOSEO, Supermetrics and Monday.com, has MCP from Starter, and the API comes with the custom-priced Advanced plan. |
| Best for | crawling sites from your own computer | all-in-one SEO research for teams with a budget |
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: Netpeak Software and Semrush. How we grade
Price against what you get
Netpeak Software starts at $20 a month for each person and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Semrush starts at $117.33 a month and scores 2.7.
Semrush scores higher, and starts $97.33 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other SEO tools on the chart, 8 score higher than Netpeak Software for less, and none scores higher than Semrush 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
- Netpeak Software can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- Netpeak Software also covers internal linking.
- Semrush also covers keyword research and rank tracking.
At a glance
| Netpeak Software | Semrush | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $20 per user / month, billed monthly | $117.33 per month, billed annually ($139 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Free editions of Netpeak Spider (500 URLs and 5 threads per crawl) and Netpeak Checker (20 URLs). The Limonity apps have no free edition. | Free account: 1 project, 10 analytics reports a day across the main tools and 10 keywords in Position Tracking. No credit card needed. |
| Free trial | 3-day free trial of each app, and a 14-day money-back guarantee | 7-day free trial of paid plans; a card is checked with a small charge that is refunded at once |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Made by | Netpeak LTD | Semrush Holdings |
| Price read from | netpeaksoftware.com | semrush.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Netpeak Software
- These are desktop apps for Windows and macOS with no web version, and Netpeak Checker runs on Windows only.
- Each app is bought separately; bundles of two or three apps are sold yearly only.
- Limonity Backlinks monitors links you add yourself; it does not discover new backlinks to your site.
- There is no rank tracking or keyword research; the apps cover crawling, bulk URL checks and monitoring.
Semrush
- Each plan includes one user; extra users start at $45 a month each, priced by plan level.
- Scheduled PDF reports are an add-on at $10 a month, or $20 with white-labeling; Advanced includes reporting.
- API access and share of voice come only with the custom-priced Advanced plan.
- Local, content, social, advertising, AI PR and traffic tools are separate toolkits with their own prices.
Key features
Netpeak Software
- Netpeak Spider crawler
- Crawls a site from your computer and flags 100+ technical issues, with JavaScript rendering through Chromium and several domains in one crawl.
- Scraping, PageRank and sitemaps
- Spider extracts data with up to 15 conditions (regex, XPath, CSS), calculates internal PageRank, and validates or generates XML and HTML sitemaps.
- White-label audit reports
- Exports a PDF technical audit with your logo and contacts, and sends reports to Google Sheets and Google Drive.
- Netpeak Checker
- Checks lists of URLs or domains against 450+ parameters from 25 services such as Moz, Ahrefs and Similarweb, and scrapes Google, Bing and Yahoo results.
- Limonity monitoring apps
- Limonity On-Page watches pages for changes and Limonity Backlinks rechecks links you list, running in the background on a PC or server.
Semrush
- Keyword research
- Look up search volume, difficulty and intent from a database Semrush puts at 29 billion keywords across 142 country databases.
- Competitor and backlink analysis
- See which keywords and pages bring a rival site its traffic, and inspect any domain's backlink profile.
- Position Tracking
- Track daily rankings for 500 to 5,000+ keywords depending on the plan; Pro+ adds tracking by location and device.
- Site Audit
- Crawl your sites for technical SEO problems. From the Starter plan the audit also checks how ready a site is for AI search.
- AI visibility tracking
- Starter and above track daily whether set prompts in AI chat tools mention your brand, with sentiment monitoring. The SEO plan has none of this.
- MCP and API access
- Starter and above can query Semrush data from AI assistants through MCP; the API itself comes with the Advanced plan.
Plans
Netpeak Software
Netpeak Spider Free$0
Desktop crawler limited to 500 URLs and 5 threads per crawl. Netpeak Checker's free edition stops at 20 URLs.
Netpeak Spider Pro$20
per user / month, billed monthly ($193 a year billed yearly)
Unlimited URLs, 200 threads, JavaScript rendering, white-label PDF audits, and GA and Search Console data. Also $496 once for a lifetime license.
Netpeak Checker Pro$28
per user / month, billed monthly ($269 a year billed yearly)
Bulk checks of 450+ parameters on unlimited URLs and SERP scraping on Google, Bing and Yahoo. Windows only; $690 for a lifetime license.
Limonity Backlinks$29
per user / month, billed monthly ($279 a year billed yearly)
Daily or weekly checks on unlimited projects and backlinks you add, with change history and alerts. $837 for a lifetime license.
Crawl & Check bundle$390
per year for Netpeak Spider and Netpeak Checker
Both Pro apps on a yearly plan at 15% off the $462 they cost apart. Other yearly bundles pair the Limonity apps with Spider or Checker.
Limonity On-Page$99
per user / month, billed monthly ($950 a year billed yearly)
Unlimited on-page monitoring of projects and pages, with email and desktop alerts on changes. $1,900 for a lifetime license.
Semrush
Free$0
1 project, 10 analytics reports a day and 10 tracked keywords, for trying the tools.
SEO$117.33
per month, billed annually ($139 billed monthly)
1 user, 5 websites, 500 keywords tracked daily, basic keyword and competitor research, and Site Audit. No AI search tracking.
Starter$165.17
per month, billed annually ($199 billed monthly)
5 websites and 500 keywords, full keyword research tools, MCP access, 50 AI prompts tracked daily and 300 AI visibility reports a day.
Pro+$248.17
per month, billed annually ($299 billed monthly)
15 websites, 1,500 keywords, historical data, content optimization, cannibalization checks, multi-location tracking and 100 AI prompts.
AdvancedCustom
40+ websites, 5,000+ keywords, share of voice, API access, team users, reporting and unlimited AI prompts. Sold after a demo.
Ways to pay less
Netpeak Software
- Annual discount
Save 20% with yearly billing
Each app's plan page lists yearly billing at 20% off: Netpeak Spider Pro is $193 a year instead of $240.
- Lifetime license
Lifetime licenses from $496
Each app can be bought once for lifetime access: Netpeak Spider $496, Netpeak Checker $690, Limonity Backlinks $837 and Limonity On-Page $1,900.
- Other savings
15% off yearly bundles
Bundles of two or three apps are sold yearly at 15% off, such as Netpeak Spider with Netpeak Checker for $390 instead of $462.
- Other savings
80% off extra users
The pricing page says users beyond the first get 80% off on monthly and yearly plans.
- Other savings
Half off a first Limonity purchase
The Limonity On-Page and Limonity Backlinks plan pages show 50% off on the first purchase.
Semrush
- Annual discount
Save up to 17% with annual billing
Semrush's pricing page lists annual billing at up to 17% less: Starter is $165.17 a month billed annually instead of $199 billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Netpeak Software or Semrush?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Netpeak Software starts at $20 per user / month, billed monthly, and Semrush starts at $117.33 per month, billed annually ($139 billed monthly). One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, Netpeak Software or Semrush?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both Netpeak Software and Semrush have a free plan.
Which platforms do Netpeak Software and Semrush run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Netpeak Software lists macOS and Windows apps and only Semrush lists a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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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.