SEOnaut vs SiteGuru (2026): which should you pick?

Pick SEOnaut if

• Fits if your site fits in 500 URLs and you want a free hosted crawler
• Works for teams that want to run their SEO crawler on their own server

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you outgrow Growth's 5 projects of 10,000 URLs, as more means emailing the developer
• Watch out: self-hosting needs Docker or Go plus MySQL, and HTTPS through a reverse proxy
• Not for you if you want support beyond email, as self-hosted copies go through GitHub Issues
• Skip it if you want free audits on a schedule, as only the paid Growth plan lists recurring audits

Pick SiteGuru if

• Fits if you're a small agency sending audits to clients under your own brand
• Works for marketers who want a short list of fixes instead of a full crawl export

Look elsewhere if

• Too light for sites past 5,000 pages, the audit cap on every plan
• Watch out: the three paid plans share the same page and keyword limits, so paying more buys websites, not depth
• Skip it if you were counting on the free plan, as the pricing page doesn't say what it includes

SEOnaut

• The hosted Growth plan stops at 5 projects and 10,000 URLs each; larger needs are handled by emailing the developer.
• Self-hosting needs Docker or Go plus a MySQL database, and the project recommends adding HTTPS through a reverse proxy.
• Support is by email for the hosted service and through GitHub Issues for self-hosted copies; there is no forum.
• Of the hosted plans, only the paid Growth plan lists recurring audits; Lite crawls run on demand.

SiteGuru

• Every plan caps audits at 5,000 pages and 2,500 keywords per site, so it does not suit very large sites.
• The three paid plans share the same page, keyword and audit limits; they differ in websites, competitor analyses and support.
• The pricing page does not say what the free plan keeps after the 6-week trial.

SEOnaut

Issues ranked by severity

Each crawl produces a report that groups problems as critical, high or low, from broken links and redirect loops to duplicate titles and descriptions.

On-page and content checks

Audits titles, descriptions, heading order, hreflang tags, image alt text and file size, thin or duplicated content, canonicals and HTTP pages.

Crawl settings

The crawler can ignore robots.txt, follow nofollow links, include sitemaps and subdomains, check external links and log in to staging sites with HTTP Basic Auth.

Site structure and dashboard

Spots orphan and dead-end pages, checks response time and timeouts, and charts site health over time on a visual dashboard.

WACZ archives

Saves a crawled site as a WACZ web archive, keeping pages and assets for offline review or record-keeping.

Self-hosting with Docker

Written in Go with a MySQL database; the project publishes a Docker image and a Docker Compose file, and the interface can be translated.

SiteGuru

Technical audit and task list

Weekly scheduled crawls plus unlimited manual ones check up to 5,000 pages per site and sort the issues into a list of what to fix first.

Indexation, sitemaps and hreflang

Tracks which pages Google has indexed, keeps XML sitemaps clean, validates hreflang tags and checks structured data for rich results.

Keyword and content reports

Groups keywords into search topics and flags content decay, low-hanging keywords, branded versus non-branded traffic and Google update effects.

AI traffic report

From Google Analytics data, shows how many visits come from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini and Claude, and which pages they land on.

Links

Suggests internal links to underperforming pages, finds broken links and redirects, and monitors backlinks' anchor text and status codes.

White-label reports and MCP

PDF and HTML reports under your own logo and subdomain, a custom report builder, unlimited client seats, Slack and webhooks, and MCP access for AI assistants.

SEOnaut

• Community$0

  The open-source edition under the MIT license, which you host and manage yourself on your own infrastructure.

• Lite$0

  Cloud hosted: 1 project with up to 500 URLs per project. No credit card required.

• Growth$9

  per month for 5 projects of up to 10,000 URLs each

  Cloud hosted: 5 projects, 10,000 URLs per project and recurring audits. An annual plan gives one month free.

SiteGuru

• Free$0

  The free features left after the trial ends; the pricing page does not spell them out.

• Small$39

  per month for 5 websites, billed annually ($49 billed monthly)

  5,000 pages and 2,500 keywords per site, 15 competitor analyses a month, unlimited users, white-label reports and MCP access.

• Medium$79

  per month for 15 websites, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)

  Everything in Small for 15 websites, with 45 competitor analyses a month.

• Large$159

  per month for 50 websites, billed annually ($199 billed monthly)

  Everything in Small for 50 websites, with 150 competitor analyses a month and priority support.

SEOnaut

• Annual discount

  One month free with annual billing

  SEOnaut's pricing FAQ says the annual plan gives one month free compared with paying monthly.

SiteGuru

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with annual billing

  SiteGuru's pricing page lists annual billing at 20% less: Small is $39 a month billed annually instead of $49 billed monthly.