The searchVIU Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about searchVIU in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
searchVIU
The Insider’s Guide
Managed SEO crawling and monitoring with reports built by its team
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among technical SEO tools, read from searchVIU’s own pages.
Made by searchVIU GmbH · checked Oct 23, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from searchVIU’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on searchVIU’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 23, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.2
GPA, above 20 of the 83 other technical SEO tools we grade
searchVIU is a cloud crawler from Bonn that monitors a site's most important pages every day, crawls the whole site weekly with JavaScript rendering, and alerts on problems such as new 404s or noindex tags. Its analysts build custom Looker Studio reports and meet customers monthly, and a migration tool compares a live site with its development copy before a relaunch.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about searchVIU, taken from its own pages and our grades.
Its team builds the reports, but buying starts with a form and a call, and Search Console and Analytics are connected before it's useful.
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Best for crawling and monitoring with reports built for you
If you want to run a crawler yourself for less, look elsewhere.
- 2
Paid plans start at about $447.12 a month
As its pricing page puts it: €399 per month for up to 50,000 crawled URLs, billed monthly.
- 3
You can try it first
Free trial requested through a form on the pricing page; its length is not stated
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
Daily page monitoring
Checks the 2,000 (Basic) or 5,000+ (Advanced) pages that matter most every day, with weekly crawls of the whole site.
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JavaScript rendering
Renders pages the way Google does on both plans, so content and links added by scripts are crawled.
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Alerts and change tracking
Sends alerts on critical issues such as 404s and noindex tags, and compares crawls to list new, removed and changed pages.
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A 2.2 GPA, above 20 of 83
That is against the other technical SEO tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
The plain part of searchVIU you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
searchVIU at a glance
- Pricing
- Free trial, from €399 per month for up to 50,000 crawled URLs, billed monthly
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- Free trial requested through a form on the pricing page; its length is not stated
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- searchVIU GmbH
- Category
- Technical SEO & Site Audits
- Our grade
- 2.2 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for crawling and monitoring with reports built for you
searchVIU crawls a site weekly with JavaScript rendering, checks the key pages daily, and its analysts build your Looker Studio reports and meet you each month. It starts at €399 a month, there's no self-serve sign-up, and log files and feed monitoring wait on Advanced at €549. If you want to run a crawler yourself for less, look elsewhere.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D | Basic is €399 a month for up to 50,000 crawled URLs, in this category's dearest tenth, which starts at $99. Analyst-built reports and a monthly call are part of that. Each extra 50,000 URLs is €50 a month more. |
| Free plan and trial | C | No free plan. A free trial is requested through a form on the pricing page and arranged through a first call; its length isn't stated. |
| Features | B | Daily checks of 2,000 key pages, weekly full crawls with JavaScript rendering, alerts on new 404s and noindex tags, crawl comparisons and relaunch checks that match old URLs to new. It covers crawling and monitoring, with log files on Advanced. |
| Ease of use | C | No rating on record. Its team builds the reports, but buying starts with a form and a call, and Search Console and Analytics are connected before it's useful. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web only, linked to Search Console, Google Analytics, Looker Studio and Merchant Center. No desktop or phone app, and no API on record. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who searchVIU is for
- Fits if your in-house team at an online shop wants monitoring set up and explained for you
- Makes sense if you're planning a relaunch or domain move and need old and new sites compared
Who it is not for
- Pricey if you're a small site, as Basic alone is €399 a month and prices are in euros only
- Not for you if you want to sign up and start today, as trials go through a form and a call
- Tight if you need log file analysis, BI feeds or Merchant Center monitoring, which are Advanced only at €549
- Watch out: crawling past 50,000 URLs costs €50 a month more per extra 50,000, up to 500,000
Good to know
Good for
- In-house SEO teams at online shops who want monitoring set up and explained for them
- Sites going through a relaunch or domain move
- Large sites that change daily across several teams
Worth knowing
- Prices are given in euros only. Crawling past 50,000 URLs costs €50 more a month per extra 50,000, up to 500,000.
- There is no self-serve sign-up; trials and demos are arranged through a form and a first call.
- Log file analysis, BI data feeds and product feed monitoring come only with Advanced.
- Its free stand-alone tools, such as the robots.txt checker and hreflang tester, are separate from the paid plans.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
~$447.12
A month to start
searchVIU is a paid product with a free trial, starting at €399 per month for up to 50,000 crawled URLs, billed monthly.
Analyst-built reports and a monthly call are part of that.
Basic
€399
per month for up to 50,000 crawled URLs, billed monthly
Daily checks of 2,000 key pages, weekly crawls with JavaScript rendering, alerts, Search Console and Analytics data, and a 30-minute monthly call.
Advanced
€549
per month for up to 50,000 crawled URLs, billed monthly
Daily checks of 5,000+ pages, log file analysis, data from feeds and databases, BI data feeds, Merchant Center monitoring and a 1-hour monthly call.
Trying it first
Free trial requested through a form on the pricing page; its length is not stated
Read from searchviu.com on Oct 23, 2026.
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
Managed SEO crawling and monitoring with reports built by its team. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: reports, site audit, log file analysis.
It covers crawling and monitoring, with log files on Advanced.
- Daily page monitoring
- Checks the 2,000 (Basic) or 5,000+ (Advanced) pages that matter most every day, with weekly crawls of the whole site.
- JavaScript rendering
- Renders pages the way Google does on both plans, so content and links added by scripts are crawled.
- Alerts and change tracking
- Sends alerts on critical issues such as 404s and noindex tags, and compares crawls to list new, removed and changed pages.
- Reports built for you
- searchVIU's analysts build custom reports and data exports in Looker Studio, joined with Search Console and Analytics data.
- Relaunch checks
- Crawls the live and development versions of a site, flags lost content and links, and matches old URLs to new ones for redirect mapping.
- Log files and feeds
- Advanced adds log file analysis of bot behavior, faceted navigation checks and monitoring of Merchant Center product feeds.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Google Search Console
- Google Analytics
- Looker Studio
- Google Merchant Center
searchVIU is made by searchVIU GmbH.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
20/83
Other technical SEO tools it is graded above
searchVIU's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 20 of the 83 other technical SEO tools we grade, and level with 20.
It stands best on features (B, above 77 of 83) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at about $447.12 a month, against a middle price of $22.41 for the category: 50 of the 52 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 84 technical SEO tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. searchVIU’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 83
- CFree plan and trialAbove 18 of 83
- BFeaturesAbove 77 of 83
- CEase of useAbove 7 of 83
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 27 of 83
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 73 technical SEO tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. searchVIU is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
The plain part of searchVIU you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 43 of the 83 other technical SEO tools grade higher. It costs $5,365.43 a year.
What you could make
- Reports: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- A crawler that checks every page of a site.
- Millions of server log lines read to see what search bots crawl.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. searchVIU’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Lumar, Botify, Oncrawl, JetOctopus and Little Warden
The 5 tools searchVIU is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.0GPA
Lumar
Paid
Enterprise website crawler for technical SEO, GEO and accessibility.
- searchVIU also covers reports and log file analysis.
- Lumar also covers dashboards, AI search visibility and page speed.
- 2.2GPA
Botify
Paid
Enterprise search platform for crawling, log analysis and AI search.
- searchVIU also covers reports.
- Botify also covers a/B testing, AI search visibility and internal linking.
- 2.0GPA
Oncrawl
Paid
Cloud SEO crawler and log analyzer for large websites.
- searchVIU also covers reports.
- Oncrawl also covers dashboards, AI search visibility and internal linking.
- 2.2GPA
JetOctopus
Free trial · from $349/mo
Cloud SEO crawler with log analysis, GSC data and AI bot tracking.
- searchVIU also covers reports.
- JetOctopus also covers AI search visibility and internal linking.
- 2.2GPA
Little Warden
Free trial · from $34.99/mo
Website change monitoring for domains, SSL, redirects and SEO tags.
- searchVIU also covers reports and log file analysis.
- Little Warden also covers page speed.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
12
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is searchVIU free?
No, searchVIU is a paid product, but you can try it first. Free trial requested through a form on the pricing page; its length is not stated.
How much does searchVIU cost?
searchVIU lists 2 plans. Basic: €399 per month for up to 50,000 crawled URLs, billed monthly.
What platforms does searchVIU work on?
searchVIU is available on Web.
Does searchVIU have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. searchVIU is listed for Web.
Does searchVIU have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. searchVIU is listed for Web.
Is searchVIU open source?
searchVIU is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
What does searchVIU integrate with?
searchVIU's listing names Google Search Console, Google Analytics, Looker Studio and Google Merchant Center.
Who makes searchVIU?
searchVIU is made by searchVIU GmbH.
What are the alternatives to searchVIU?
The closest alternatives to searchVIU in our directory are Lumar, Botify, Oncrawl, JetOctopus and Little Warden.
How does searchVIU compare with other technical SEO tools?
searchVIU's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 20 of the 83 other technical SEO tools we grade, and level with 20.
Is searchVIU good value for money?
ToolGPA grades searchVIU D for value for money. Its paid plans start at about $447.12 a month, against a middle price of $22.41 for the category: 50 of the 52 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of searchVIU?
The plain part of searchVIU you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from searchVIU’s own pages on Oct 23, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 23, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from searchVIU's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by searchVIU GmbH. Prices change, so check searchviu.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- searchVIU, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/searchviu
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what searchVIU’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. searchVIU is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by searchVIU GmbH. Prices and plans change: check searchviu.com before you buy.