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The Visual SEO Studio Insider’s Guide

Everything we know about Visual SEO Studio 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.

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ToolGPAOctober 2026

Visual SEO Studio

The Insider’s Guide

Desktop SEO crawler for Windows and Mac with XML sitemap tools

Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among technical SEO tools, read from Visual SEO Studio’s own pages.

Made by aStonish Studio Srl · checked Oct 23, 2026 · toolgpa.com

2.4GPA

Contents

  1. 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
  2. 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
  3. 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
  4. 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
  5. 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
  6. 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
  7. 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from Visual SEO Studio’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Visual SEO Studio’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

2.4

GPA, above 41 of the 83 other technical SEO tools we grade

Visual SEO Studio is a desktop SEO audit tool for Windows and macOS that crawls a site the way a search spider does and reports on titles, meta data, HTTP problems, broken links, robots directives and hreflang. It has tools for editing, validating and auditing XML sitemaps and robots.txt files. A free Community Edition crawls up to 500 pages, and the paid Professional Edition up to 150,000.

To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Visual SEO Studio, taken from its own pages and our grades.

You download it without registering, give it a site and crawl.
From our grade for ease of use
  1. 1

    Best for free desktop crawls of sites under 500 pages

    Visual SEO Studio is a desktop crawler for Windows and Mac with tools for XML sitemaps, robots.txt and hreflang, free up to 500 pages a crawl.

  2. 2

    Paid plans start at about $13.91 a month

    As its pricing page puts it: €149 per year, per PC, plus VAT for EU consumers.

  3. 3

    There is a free plan

    Community Edition: free, crawls up to 500 pages with 2 connections, with most inspection reports. No URL-list crawls, sitemap audits, API data or support.

  4. 4

    It runs on 2 platforms

    Windows and macOS.

  5. 5

    Site crawler

    Follows internal links like a search spider, and in the Professional Edition can also crawl a list of URLs or the pages in an XML sitemap.

  6. 6

    Reports and custom filters

    Ready-made reports cover common SEO issues, and a query engine lets you filter crawl data your own way.

  7. 7

    XML sitemap tools

    A visual editor to pick which pages go in a sitemap, plus sitemap validation and, in Professional, sitemap audits.

  8. 8

    A 2.4 GPA, above 41 of 83

    That is against the other technical SEO tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.

  9. 9

    Keep it

    The plain part of Visual SEO Studio you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.

Visual SEO Studio at a glance

Pricing
Free plan, from €149 per year, per PC, plus VAT for EU consumers
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
15-day trial of the Professional Edition; no registration needed to download
Runs on
macOS, Windows
Made by
aStonish Studio Srl
Category
Technical SEO & Site Audits
Our grade
2.4 GPA, fair

The report card

Best for free desktop crawls of sites under 500 pages

Visual SEO Studio is a desktop crawler for Windows and Mac with tools for XML sitemaps, robots.txt and hreflang, free up to 500 pages a crawl. Professional is €149 a year per PC. The newest version on its download page is dated February 2023, and there's no Linux or web version.

ToolGPA report cardVisual SEO StudioGraded Oct 23, 2026
SubjectGradeComment
Value for moneyCProfessional is €149 a year per PC, about €12.42 or $14.40 a month, for crawls of up to 150,000 pages. That's just above this category's cheapest quarter of $13 and under its $29 middle. EU consumers pay VAT on top.
Free plan and trialBThe Community Edition is free and crawls up to 500 pages with most of the inspection reports, so a blogger could live on it. It has no URL-list crawls, sitemap audits, outside data or support.
FeaturesCA spider-style crawler with ready-made reports, custom filters, a sitemap editor and validator, bulk hreflang checks and a robots.txt editor. It sits at C because the newest version on the download page, 2.5.3, is dated February 2023.
Ease of useBNo rating on record. You download it without registering, give it a site and crawl.
Platforms and integrationsCWindows and Mac, with Search Console, Bing and Moz data in Professional. A program for computers only: no web, phone or Linux version.
Grade point averageFair, out of 4.02.4

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 Visual SEO Studio is for

  • Fits if your site is under 500 pages and you want a free desktop crawler
  • Works for SEOs who manage XML sitemaps and hreflang on international sites

Who it is not for

  • Watch out: the newest version on its download page is from February 2023
  • Too light for big sites on the free edition, which stops at 500 pages a crawl with no support
  • Skip it if you use Linux or want a web app, as it's Windows and Mac only
  • Tight if you work on several computers, as Professional is licensed per PC, per year, in euros

Good to know

Good for

  • Bloggers and small-site owners who need a free crawler under 500 pages
  • SEOs managing XML sitemaps and hreflang on international sites
  • Windows and Mac users who prefer a desktop crawler to a web app

Worth knowing

  • The Community Edition stops at 500 pages per crawl and includes no technical support.
  • Professional is priced in euros only and is licensed per year for one PC.
  • The latest version on the download page, 2.5.3, is dated February 2023.
  • There is no Linux or web version.

Part 02 · Pricing

What it costs

Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved

~$13.91

A month to start. There is a free plan too

Visual SEO Studio has a free plan. Paid plans start at €149 per year, per PC, plus VAT for EU consumers.

It has no URL-list crawls, sitemap audits, outside data or support.
From our grade for free plan and trial

  • Community

    €0

    For small sites and bloggers: up to 500 pages per crawl, 2 connections, broken links, meta data, hreflang and XML sitemap generation.

  • Professional

    €149

    per year, per PC, plus VAT for EU consumers

    Up to 150,000 pages and 32 connections, URL-list crawls, sitemap audits, Search Console, Bing and Moz data, HTTP login and support.

The free plan

Community Edition: free, crawls up to 500 pages with 2 connections, with most inspection reports. No URL-list crawls, sitemap audits, API data or support.

Trying it first

15-day trial of the Professional Edition; no registration needed to download

Read from visual-seo.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

2

Places it runs: macOS and Windows

Desktop SEO crawler for Windows and Mac with XML sitemap tools. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: reports, site audit.

Windows and Mac, with Search Console, Bing and Moz data in Professional.
From our grade for platforms and integrations
Site crawler
Follows internal links like a search spider, and in the Professional Edition can also crawl a list of URLs or the pages in an XML sitemap.
Reports and custom filters
Ready-made reports cover common SEO issues, and a query engine lets you filter crawl data your own way.
XML sitemap tools
A visual editor to pick which pages go in a sitemap, plus sitemap validation and, in Professional, sitemap audits.
hreflang and international checks
Checks hreflang annotations in bulk, supports Unicode URLs and IDN domains, and runs readability analysis in 4 languages.
robots.txt editor
A robots.txt viewer and editor with syntax highlighting and a syntax checker for several search engines.
Search engine data
The Professional Edition pulls in Google Search Console and Bing search traffic data and Moz link metrics.

Where it runs

  • macOS
  • Windows

What it works with

  • Google Search Console
  • Bing Webmaster Tools
  • Moz

Visual SEO Studio is made by aStonish Studio Srl.

Part 04 · Standing

Where it stands

Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own

41/83

Other technical SEO tools it is graded above

Visual SEO Studio's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 41 of the 83 other technical SEO tools we grade, and level with 14.

It stands best on ease of use (B, above 62 of 83) and worst on platforms and integrations (C, above 3).

Its paid plans start at about $13.91 a month, against a middle price of $22.41 for the category: 14 of the 52 others that charge start lower.

On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 5 tools score higher and cost less.

Each grade against the category

Every bar is all 84 technical SEO tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Visual SEO Studio’s own letter is outlined.

  • CValue for moneyAbove 9 of 83
  • BFree plan and trialAbove 51 of 83
  • CFeaturesAbove 10 of 83
  • BEase of useAbove 62 of 83
  • CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 3 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. Visual SEO Studio is the marked dot.

D1.0C2.0B3.0A4.0Free$2$5$20$50$200$500$2k$5kMore for lessCosts more, scores moreCosts less, scores lessCosts more, scores lessVisual SEO StudioYellow Lab ToolsLighthouseGoogle Search Console

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 Visual SEO Studio you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.

It costs $166.97 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.
  • A real app for macOS and Windows. Something home-made would be a web page.

What this rests on. Visual SEO Studio’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

Screaming Frog SEO Spider, Sitebulb, Netpeak Software, Beam Us Up and SEO PowerSuite

The 5 tools Visual SEO Studio is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.

Part 06 · Questions

Quick answers

The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two

13

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 Visual SEO Studio free?

Visual SEO Studio has a free plan. Community Edition: free, crawls up to 500 pages with 2 connections, with most inspection reports.

How much does Visual SEO Studio cost?

Visual SEO Studio lists 2 plans. Community: €0.

What platforms does Visual SEO Studio work on?

Visual SEO Studio is available on Windows and macOS.

Does Visual SEO Studio have an Android app?

No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Visual SEO Studio is listed for Windows and macOS.

Does Visual SEO Studio have an iPhone app?

No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Visual SEO Studio is listed for Windows and macOS.

Is Visual SEO Studio open source?

Visual SEO Studio is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.

What does Visual SEO Studio integrate with?

Visual SEO Studio's listing names Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools and Moz.

Does Visual SEO Studio have a free trial?

Yes. 15-day trial of the Professional Edition; no registration needed to download.

Who makes Visual SEO Studio?

Visual SEO Studio is made by aStonish Studio Srl.

What are the alternatives to Visual SEO Studio?

The closest alternatives to Visual SEO Studio in our directory are Screaming Frog SEO Spider, Sitebulb, Netpeak Software, Beam Us Up and SEO PowerSuite.

How does Visual SEO Studio compare with other technical SEO tools?

Visual SEO Studio's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 41 of the 83 other technical SEO tools we grade, and level with 14.

Is Visual SEO Studio good value for money?

ToolGPA grades Visual SEO Studio C for value for money. Its paid plans start at about $13.91 a month, against a middle price of $22.41 for the category: 14 of the 52 others that charge start lower.

Could I make my own version of Visual SEO Studio?

The plain part of Visual SEO Studio you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not.

Where this guide comes from

The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Visual SEO Studio’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 Visual SEO Studio'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 aStonish Studio Srl. Prices change, so check visual-seo.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.

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    tools graded

  • 94

    categories

  • 426

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  • 579

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What else is on toolgpa.com

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Prices and grades as they are today

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Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Visual SEO Studio’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. Visual SEO Studio is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by aStonish Studio Srl. Prices and plans change: check visual-seo.com before you buy.