Oncrawl vs Sitebulb (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Sitebulb grades higher than Oncrawl: 2.6 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Oncrawl grades higher on features. Sitebulb grades higher on value for money, the free plan and ease of use. They get the same grade on platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Sitebulb
Website auditing crawler for Windows and Mac, with a cloud edition
Free trial · from $18/mo
Which one is for you
Pick Oncrawl if
- Fits if you run an e-commerce, media or listing site with millions of pages
- Works for teams that want crawl data and server logs read together
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a price before a demo, as none is published
- Skip it if you want to try it first, since the site offers no free plan or trial
- Tight if you render JavaScript or audit Core Web Vitals, at 3 or 5 tokens a URL against a monthly quota
- Watch out: deleted crawls still use their tokens, and advanced settings need a verified domain
Pick Sitebulb if
- Fits if you want each audit finding ranked by priority with an explanation of what to do
- Works for freelancers auditing sites under 10,000 URLs, from $180 a year on Lite
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if your site is big, as Lite stops at 10,000 URLs per audit and lacks scheduling, comparisons and several reports
- Pricey if you want it in the browser, as Sitebulb Cloud starts at $125 a month and needs at least 2 users
- Skip it if you need keyword research or rank tracking, as it only audits
- Watch out: desktop crawls depend on your computer; Pro's default cap is 500,000 URLs, and more users are from $11 a month each
- Watch out: there's no free plan after the 14-day trial, and paying by invoice or purchase order is for yearly plans only
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAOncrawlFair | 2.6GPASitebulbGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNo price is published. Plans are sold after a demo, so you only learn the cost on a sales call. Each plan carries a monthly crawl quota in tokens, and fetched URLs still use tokens even if you delete the crawl. | BGraded against its alternatives. Lite is $180 a year, $15 a month, for 1 user and 10,000 URLs per audit, cheaper than Screaming Frog's $279 and far under Semrush or Ahrefs. Pro, with scheduling and comparisons, is $425 a year. |
| Free plan and trial | FNothing free on record: no free plan, and the site offers no free trial. You start with a demo. | CNo free plan, but the 14-day trial needs no card and works like Sitebulb Pro on the desktop. |
| Features | BA JavaScript crawler with custom extraction and crawl comparison, unsampled log analysis from Cloudflare, AWS, Google Cloud or Azure, AI Search and Content Lenses, and Search Console, GA4 and Majestic data side by side. The listing shows no gap in the core job. | CIt does the audit job fully: 100+ hints on Lite or 300+ on Pro, JavaScript crawling on every plan, crawl maps and MCP. But auditing is one slice of SEO, and Lite lacks scheduling, comparisons and several report types. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. There are logs to connect, tokens to budget (1 per URL, 3 with JavaScript, 5 with Core Web Vitals) and a domain to verify before the advanced crawl settings open up. | BNo rating on record, but there's little to set up: install it, start an audit, and each problem comes ranked by priority with an explanation in plain terms. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only. It connects to Search Console, Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, Piano, Majestic, Cloudflare, Looker Studio and Dataiku, with a REST API, its own query language and an MCP server. | BDesktop apps for Windows and Mac plus Sitebulb Cloud in the browser, with Google Analytics, Search Console, Sheets, Looker Studio, Claude and ChatGPT. The cloud version is priced separately, from $125 a month. |
| Best for | crawl and log analysis on large sites | site audits explained in plain words |
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: Oncrawl and Sitebulb. How we grade
Where they differ
- Oncrawl also covers dashboards, AI search visibility, internal linking and log file analysis.
- Sitebulb also covers reports.
In commonWebSite audit
At a glance
| Oncrawl | Sitebulb | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free trial |
| Starts at | Not published | $18 per month, billed monthly |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 14-day free trial equal to Sitebulb Pro desktop, no credit card |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Made by | Oncrawl | Sitebulb Limited |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | sitebulb.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Oncrawl
- No prices are published; plans are sold after a demo, and no free trial is offered on the site.
- Each plan has a monthly crawl quota in tokens: 1 per URL crawled, 3 with JavaScript rendering, 5 with Core Web Vitals or accessibility audits.
- URLs fetched still use tokens even if the crawl is deleted afterwards.
- Advanced crawl settings need the domain to be verified as yours.
Sitebulb
- Lite caps each audit at 10,000 URLs and lacks scheduling, comparisons and several report types.
- Desktop crawls are limited by the computer: Pro's default cap is 500,000 URLs, raisable to 2 million.
- Sitebulb Cloud is priced separately, from $125 a month, and needs at least 2 users.
- Purchase order and invoice payment is only for yearly plans.
Key features
Oncrawl
- Crawler
- Crawls millions of URLs with JavaScript rendering, custom extraction, scheduled crawls, crawl-over-crawl comparison and alerts on regressions.
- Log Analyzer
- Ingests server logs from Cloudflare, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure or uploaded files, unsampled, to show how search and AI bots crawl each page.
- AI Search Lens
- Uses log data to count visits from the AI user bots of ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Mistral and Gemini, and links them to depth, speed and other crawl metrics.
- Content Lens
- Uses AI to assess the quality and SEO readiness of content across a whole site, with prioritized recommendations.
- Ranking and traffic data
- Connects Search Console, GA4, Adobe Analytics, Piano and Majestic, and keeps Search Console history beyond Google's own retention limit.
- API, OQL and MCP
- A REST API and the Oncrawl Query Language export data and trigger crawls; an MCP server lets ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor query it.
Sitebulb
- Prioritized hints
- Each audit flags issues against 100+ hints on Lite or 300+ on Pro, ranked by priority and explained in plain terms.
- JavaScript crawling
- Render JavaScript-heavy sites during a crawl on every plan, at no extra cost.
- Audit comparison and scheduling
- On Pro, compare audits to see what changed and schedule audits to run automatically, with auto-export to Google Sheets.
- Crawl maps and reports
- See site structure as visual crawl maps, and on Pro produce customized PDF reports for clients.
- Pro-only checks
- Pro adds performance and mobile, structured data, hreflang, spelling, accessibility and AMP reports.
- MCP access
- Connect audits to Claude, ChatGPT and other AI tools through Sitebulb's MCP server, included on every plan.
Plans
Oncrawl
Pricing could not be confirmed. See oncrawl.com.
Sitebulb
Lite$18
per month, billed monthly
Desktop, 1 user, 10,000 URLs per audit, 100+ hints, JavaScript crawling, crawl maps and GA, GSC and Sheets integration.
Pro$42
per month, billed monthly
Desktop price for 1 user; more users from $11 a month each. 500,000 URLs per audit, 300+ hints, scheduling, comparisons, PDF reports.
Sitebulb Cloud$125
per month and up, billed monthly
Browser-based cloud crawling for 2+ users, no project limits, recurring crawls and Data Studio integration.
Ways to pay less
Oncrawl
No public discounts listed.
Sitebulb
- Annual discount
Save 15% with yearly plans
Paid yearly, Lite is $180 a year and Pro $425 for 1 user, with extra users at $115.60 a year; Sitebulb Cloud starts at $1,500 a year.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Oncrawl or Sitebulb?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Oncrawl has no price we could confirm, and Sitebulb starts at $18 per month, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, Oncrawl or Sitebulb?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Oncrawl nor Sitebulb has a free plan. Sitebulb has a free trial.
Which platforms do Oncrawl and Sitebulb run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Sitebulb lists macOS and Windows apps. Both list 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.