Sitebulb vs Website Crawler (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 Website Crawler if

• Fits if your site needs a crawler for a few dollars a month
• Works for developers pulling crawl data into their own code through the API

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you stay free, as demo reports such as duplicates and Search Console show 5 URLs
• Watch out: page credits are shared by every project and expire at the end of each month
• Skip it if your site sits behind anti-bot tools, unless you add your own residential proxy
• Tight if you need JavaScript rendering, which the free plan doesn't include

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.

Website Crawler

• On the free plan, reports marked demo, such as duplicate content, cannibalization and Search Console data, show only 5 URLs.
• Page credits are shared by all projects in the account and expire at the end of each month.
• It cannot crawl sites behind anti-bot tools or blocked where it is hosted unless you add your own residential proxy.
• Refunds are offered within 14 days of buying a plan, on request by email with a reason.

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.

Website Crawler

Technical SEO reports

Finds broken links, redirect chains, canonical errors, duplicate titles and descriptions, heading gaps, missing alt text, thin content and hreflang problems.

JavaScript rendering

Paid plans can switch from the faster HTML crawler to a Chrome mode that runs each page's JavaScript before checking it, so single-page apps can be crawled.

Custom data extraction

Scrapes chosen data from pages with CSS selectors, XPath or a JavaScript snippet, exported as CSV, JSON or Markdown, with optional residential proxies.

Page speed and rendering

Paid plans add Core Web Vitals through a PageSpeed Insights key, console errors, render-blocking resources, CSS and JavaScript coverage, and screenshots.

Monitoring and scheduled crawls

Watches pages for changes and keeps up to 10 snapshots, alerts on downtime and SSL expiry, schedules crawls and compares two crawls side by side.

API and Search Console

An API with SDKs for Python, Go, JavaScript, Rust, PHP and Java starts crawls and returns the data as JSON; Search Console data can be filtered by keyword.

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.

Website Crawler

• Basic$0

  1,000 pages a month and 1 project with the HTML crawler, data extraction, API access and 3 page monitors. No card required.

• Starter$10

  per month for 2,000 pages, billed monthly

  3 projects and 2 users, JavaScript rendering, all reports, Core Web Vitals, white-label PDFs, 5-minute uptime checks and 20 page monitors.

• Growth$20

  per month for 10,000 pages, billed monthly

  10 projects and 4 users, 3-minute uptime checks, 100 page monitors and priority support.

• Scale$60

  per month for 50,000 pages, billed monthly

  50 projects and 10 users, 1-minute uptime checks, 500 page monitors and priority support.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Up to 1 million pages a month and 100 projects, unlimited team members and the fastest crawl speed. The page puts it at around $90 a month and up.

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.

Website Crawler

• Annual discount

  10% off with annual billing

  Website Crawler's pricing page shows a 10% discount on the annual plans, which are paid yearly and renew each year.