Visual Sitemaps review (2026): is the free plan enough?
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Visual Sitemaps report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for drawing a site as a visual map with screenshots
Visual Sitemaps crawls a site into a map with screenshots, and adds AI review maps, scheduled crawls and planning boards on paid plans. The free plan stops at 25 pages a month and 2 levels deep. The page shows sale prices only, with the regular price after 6 months not stated.
Who Visual Sitemaps is for
- Fits if you plan a redesign and want the whole site laid out as boxes with screenshots
- Works for agencies that present site structure to clients
Who Visual Sitemaps is not for
- Tight if you stay free: 25 pages a month and 2 levels of crawl depth
- Skip it if you need to know the regular price, as the page shows only 6-month sale prices
- Watch out: a Cyber Sale banner shows 50% off ending Nov 30, so the prices shown are not the long-run ones
- Not for you if you want AI maps or scheduled crawls on a small budget, as they start on the paid plans
Why Visual Sitemaps gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyMini is $14.50 a month for the first 6 months and the renewal price is not shown, so we can't place it against the cheaper quarter at $13.
- CFree plan and trialA free plan with 25 pages a month, 3 users and a 2-level crawl depth, which a real site passes at once. The Pro trial is 7 days and also caps at 25 pages.
- CFeaturesCrawling, screenshots, annotation, planning boards and AI maps. Scheduled crawls, AI maps and private-site crawling are not on the free plan.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You run a crawl, then edit and organise the map, which takes some setup.
- CPlatforms and integrationsA web app with Google Drive, and no apps or API on record.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Visual Sitemaps's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Visual Sitemaps's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 10 of the 87 other technical SEO tools we grade, and level with 10.
Its paid plans start at $14.50 a month, against a middle price of $22.34 for the category: 16 of the 55 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 20 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 88 technical SEO tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Visual Sitemaps’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 9 of 87, level with 36
- CFree plan and trialAbove 18 of 87, level with 34
- CFeaturesAbove 10 of 87, level with 69
- CEase of useAbove 7 of 87, level with 57
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 3 of 87, level with 25
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 77 technical SEO tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Visual Sitemaps, or make your own?
Keep it
Nothing Visual Sitemaps does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 3 things listed below take a company.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 67 of the 87 other technical SEO tools grade higher. It costs $174 a year.
What you could not
- A diagram editor.
- Capture tools hooked into the operating system.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Visual Sitemaps’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.
What is Visual Sitemaps?
VisualSitemaps crawls a website and turns it into a visual sitemap with page screenshots, for planning information architecture and reviewing UX and SEO. Maps can be edited, annotated, compared between crawls, and run through an AI optimization report.
Worth knowing
- The pricing page shows only sale prices, and the regular monthly price that applies afterward is not displayed.
- The free plan stops at 25 pages per month and 2 crawl levels, and lacks AI maps, scheduled crawls and private-site crawling.
- A Cyber Sale banner lists 50% off, ending Nov 30, for the first 6 months on monthly plans or the first year on annual plans.
- The Pro trial allows 25 pages and 3 AI optimized maps before paid limits apply.
Key features
- Automated crawling with screenshots
- Crawls a public site, or a password-protected one on paid plans, and builds a sitemap with HD screenshots of each page.
- AI optimized maps
- Generates a report on structure issues, topical gaps and navigation, exportable as PDF, Markdown and CSV. Paid plans include a monthly allowance, with more when you bring your own key.
- Visual QA and scheduled crawls
- Compares crawls over time to spot site changes and tracks competitors.
- Content and SEO planner
- Holds page-level SEO data and content plans in the sitemap, with a Google Drive integration.
- Editing and annotation
- Sitemaps can be edited and tagged, and screenshots annotated, with export to PDF, CSV and JSON.
- Flow boards
- A whiteboard-style canvas for user flows and journeys, listed as unlimited on every plan.
Visual Sitemaps pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Visual Sitemaps has a free plan, and paid plans start at $14.50 per month for the first 6 months, billed monthly; renewal price not stated.
- Starts at
- $14.50 per month for the first 6 months, billed monthly; renewal price not stated
- Free plan
- 25 pages per month, 3 users, 2-level crawl depth, unlimited flow boards.
- Free trial
- 7-day free trial of the Pro plan
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 25 pages per month and a 25-page sitemap limit, 3 users, 2-level crawl depth and unlimited flow boards. |
| Mini | $14.50per month for 1,500 pages, first 6 months; renewal price not stated | 500-page sitemap limit, 1 AI optimized map, 3 users and 4-level crawl depth. A 50% launch sale applies to the first 6 months. |
| Pro | $49.50per month for 4,000 pages, first 6 months; renewal price not stated | 1,500-page sitemap limit, 30 AI optimized maps and 100 with your own key, 10 users and unlimited crawl depth. A 50% launch sale applies to the first 6 months. |
| Team | $199.50per month for 25,000 pages, first 6 months; renewal price not stated | 4,000-page sitemap limit, 150 AI optimized maps and 400 with your own key, 20 users. A 50% launch sale applies to the first 6 months. |
| Agency | Custom | Custom pages per month, 5,000-page maximum sitemap size and all features of the other plans. |
Read from app.visualsitemaps.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Visual Sitemaps before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Other savingsCyber Sale: 50% off, ends Nov 30
Monthly plans 50% off for 6 months, annual plans 50% off the first year ($10.88, $37.13 and $149.63 per month for Mini, Pro, Team). Annual renewal price is not shown.
Stated on app.visualsitemaps.com
Works with
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Common questions
Does Visual Sitemaps have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Visual Sitemaps is listed for Web.
Does Visual Sitemaps have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Visual Sitemaps is listed for Web.
Is Visual Sitemaps open source?
Visual Sitemaps is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.