Netpeak Software vs Visual SEO Studio (2026): which should you pick?

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 Visual SEO Studio if

• Fits if your site is under 500 pages and you want a free desktop crawler
• Works for SEOs who manage XML sitemaps and hreflang on international sites

Look elsewhere if

• Watch out: the newest version on its download page is from February 2023
• Too light for big sites on the free edition, which stops at 500 pages a crawl with no support
• Skip it if you use Linux or want a web app, as it's Windows and Mac only
• Tight if you work on several computers, as Professional is licensed per PC, per year, in euros

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.

Visual SEO Studio

• The Community Edition stops at 500 pages per crawl and includes no technical support.
• Professional is priced in euros only and is licensed per year for one PC.
• The latest version on the download page, 2.5.3, is dated February 2023.
• There is no Linux or web version.

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.

Visual SEO Studio

Site crawler

Follows internal links like a search spider, and in the Professional Edition can also crawl a list of URLs or the pages in an XML sitemap.

Reports and custom filters

Ready-made reports cover common SEO issues, and a query engine lets you filter crawl data your own way.

XML sitemap tools

A visual editor to pick which pages go in a sitemap, plus sitemap validation and, in Professional, sitemap audits.

hreflang and international checks

Checks hreflang annotations in bulk, supports Unicode URLs and IDN domains, and runs readability analysis in 4 languages.

robots.txt editor

A robots.txt viewer and editor with syntax highlighting and a syntax checker for several search engines.

Search engine data

The Professional Edition pulls in Google Search Console and Bing search traffic data and Moz link metrics.

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.

Visual SEO Studio

• Community€0

  For small sites and bloggers: up to 500 pages per crawl, 2 connections, broken links, meta data, hreflang and XML sitemap generation.

• Professional€149

  per year, per PC, plus VAT for EU consumers

  Up to 150,000 pages and 32 connections, URL-list crawls, sitemap audits, Search Console, Bing and Moz data, HTTP login and support.

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.

Visual SEO Studio

No public discounts listed.