Sitebulb vs Sitechecker (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Sitebulb grades higher than Sitechecker: 2.6 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
Sitebulb grades higher on value for money and ease of use. They get the same grade on the free plan, features and 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
Sitechecker
Site audits, monitoring, rank and AI visibility tracking for agencies
Which one is for you
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
Pick Sitechecker if
- Fits if you look after many client sites and need to know when one breaks
- Works for agencies with many people, since every plan has unlimited users
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need keyword or backlink research, which it doesn't list
- Tight if you track keywords in several places, as each engine, location, language or device uses another keyword
- Pricey if you want the app under your own brand, which starts at Premium for $375
- Tight if you're on Basic, with 3 websites, weekly rescans and 12 months of data
- Watch out: refunds cover only the first payment within 48 hours, and a failed payment ends access
How we grade them
| 2.6GPASitebulbGood | 2.2GPASitecheckerFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | CBasic is $83 a month on yearly billing ($99 monthly) for 3 websites, 500 keywords and 50 AI prompts. That's toward the dear end of this category's middle, with unlimited users on every plan. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but the 14-day trial needs no card and works like Sitebulb Pro on the desktop. | CNo free plan, but 14 days of full access free. Refunds only cover the first payment, within 48 hours, so do your testing in the trial. |
| Features | 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. | CSite audits for 300+ issues, change and uptime monitoring, rank tracking on Google, Bing and Yahoo, Search Console dashboards and AI visibility. There's no keyword or backlink research on record, and Basic rescans weekly. |
| Ease of use | 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. | CNo rating on record. You add sites and keywords, then alerts, dashboards and reports for each client take setting up. |
| Platforms and integrations | 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. | BWeb plus a browser extension, connected to Search Console, GA4, Looker Studio, Sheets, Slack, ChatGPT and Claude, with an API and an MCP server. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | site audits explained in plain words | watching many client sites for breakage |
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: Sitebulb and Sitechecker. How we grade
Price against what you get
Sitebulb starts at $18 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Sitechecker starts at $83 a month and scores 2.3.
Sitebulb scores higher and starts $65 a month lower. Of the other SEO tools on the chart, none scores higher than Sitebulb for less, and 13 score higher than Sitechecker 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
- Sitechecker also covers rank tracking, dashboards and AI search visibility.
At a glance
| Sitebulb | Sitechecker | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $18 per month, billed monthly | $83 per month for 500 keywords, billed annually ($99 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial equal to Sitebulb Pro desktop, no credit card | 14 days of full access free |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Sitebulb Limited | Cyber Circus Limited |
| Price read from | sitebulb.com | sitechecker.pro |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Sitechecker
- Refunds cover only the first payment, within 48 hours of the subscription starting.
- Each extra search engine, location, language or device for a keyword uses another keyword from the plan's limit.
- Basic rescans sites weekly and keeps 12 months of data; app branding and a custom domain start at Premium.
- Cancelling or a failed payment ends access, and data stops being collected.
Key features
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.
Sitechecker
- Site audit
- Crawls sites for more than 300 technical and on-page issues, with JavaScript rendering, unlimited recrawls and how-to-fix guides.
- Website monitoring and alerts
- Watches for content, status code, robots.txt and hreflang changes, removed tracking codes, SSL and domain expiry, with uptime checks every 5 minutes.
- Rank Tracker
- Tracks the top 100 positions in Google, Bing or Yahoo by location, language and device, with SERP history and up to 15 competitors.
- Search Console and GA4 dashboards
- Reports on Search Console data past its 1,000-row export limit, blended GSC and GA4 reports, and SEO tests comparing page versions.
- AI visibility tracking
- Tracks brand mentions and citations on ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Perplexity, Copilot and AI Overviews, plus AI traffic from GA4.
- White label, API and MCP
- White-label PDF reports and app branding, an API across six data sources, and an MCP server for ChatGPT, Claude and Codex.
Plans
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.
Sitechecker
Basic$83
per month for 500 keywords, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)
3 websites, 50 AI prompts, 10,000 crawl pages and weekly monitoring. A larger step with 6 websites and 2,000 keywords costs more.
Standard$208
per month for 2,500 keywords, billed annually ($249 billed monthly)
20 websites, 150 prompts on 5 AI models, 50,000 crawl pages, daily monitoring, Slack alerts and SEO tests. A larger step has 40 sites.
Premium$375
per month for 5,000 keywords, billed annually ($449 billed monthly)
50 websites, 250 prompts, 200,000 crawl pages, checks every 12 hours, and the app white-labeled on your own domain.
EnterpriseCustom
Unlimited websites, keywords and prompts, team training, a dedicated success manager, custom exports and integrations.
Ways to pay less
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.
Sitechecker
- Annual discount
Two months free with annual billing
Annual billing gives 2 months free: Basic is $83 a month instead of $99, saving $198 a year.
- Education
Free premium access for students of partner schools
Through Sitechecker's educational partnership, schools can give their students free access to premium features during training.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Sitebulb or Sitechecker?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Sitebulb is cheaper to start with: $18 a month, against $83 a month for Sitechecker. Sitebulb starts at $18 per month, billed monthly, and Sitechecker starts at $83 per month for 500 keywords, billed annually ($99 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Sitebulb or Sitechecker?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Sitebulb nor Sitechecker has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
Which platforms do Sitebulb and Sitechecker run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Sitebulb lists macOS and Windows apps and only Sitechecker lists a browser extension. 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.