Sitebulb vs squirrelscan (2026): which should you pick?

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 squirrelscan if

• Fits if you fix sites with Claude Code, Cursor or another coding agent
• Works for CI pipelines that should fail a build when the audit score drops

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you don't use a terminal, as it's a command-line tool first
• Watch out: the terms call it a beta product, and the CLI is still at version 0.0.x
• Tight if you lean on cloud audits, at 50 credits plus 2 a page, with credits that reset each month
• Tight if you stay free, as cloud audits stop at 500 pages and top-ups are for paid plans only
• Pricey if you want white-label reports or pooled credits, which need Team at 2 seats of $29

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.

squirrelscan

• The terms call it a beta product, and the CLI is still at version 0.0.x.
• Cloud audits cost 50 credits plus 2 per page, and 1 more per external link checked; monthly credits reset and do not roll over.
• Free cloud audits stop at 500 pages with one weekly scheduled site, and only paid plans can buy top-ups ($1 per 100 credits, from $10).
• Team is sold per seat with a 2-seat minimum, and pooled credits, roles and white-label reports come only with 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.

squirrelscan

300+ audit rules in 22 categories

Checks core SEO, crawlability, links, schema, hreflang, Core Web Vitals, security headers, accessibility, E-E-A-T signals and AI crawler readiness such as llms.txt.

Fixes written for coding agents

Every finding comes with its fix in output an agent can apply. Skills for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and others run an audit, fix and re-audit loop.

CLI, MCP server and CI gate

A single binary for macOS, Windows and Linux, a local MCP server that exposes the audit as agent tools, and exit codes that can fail a build on score or severity.

Incremental crawling

Re-crawls use ETag, Last-Modified and content hashing to skip unchanged pages, and an interrupted crawl resumes from a checkpoint.

Reports in seven formats

A health score and letter grade, with output as a self-contained HTML file, Markdown or console text for people, and LLM, JSON, XML or text for agents.

Cloud audits

Signed in, audits add headless-browser rendering for JavaScript sites, AI page analysis, technology detection, dead-link checks, scheduled runs and published reports.

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.

squirrelscan

• Free$0

  Unlimited local audits, 500 cloud credits a month, 500 pages per cloud audit and a weekly scheduled audit of one site. No card needed.

• Pro$19

  per month, billed monthly

  3,000 credits a month (an audit costs 50 plus 2 per page), 2,000 pages per audit, daily audits of all sites and score history. $190 a year.

• Team$29

  per seat / month, billed monthly

  Minimum 2 seats. 3,000 pooled credits per seat, 10,000 pages per audit, roles, shared projects and white-label reports. $290 per seat a year.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom contracts and invoiced billing for larger teams, with single sign-on on request.

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.

squirrelscan

• Annual discount

  Two months free with annual billing

  Annual billing is 12 months for the price of 10: Pro is $190 a year and Team $290 per seat a year, with credits still arriving monthly.