The Visual Sitemaps Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Visual Sitemaps 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.
Visual Sitemaps
The Insider’s Guide
Crawl a site into a visual sitemap with screenshots and AI review
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among technical SEO tools, read from Visual Sitemaps’s own pages.
Made by VisualSitemaps Inc. · checked Nov 12, 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 Visual Sitemaps’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Visual Sitemaps’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Nov 12, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.0
GPA, above 11 of the 91 other technical SEO tools we grade
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.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Visual Sitemaps, taken from its own pages and our grades.
You run a crawl, then edit and organise the map, which takes some setup.
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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.
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Paid plans start at $14.50 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $14.50 per month for the first 6 months, billed monthly; renewal price not stated.
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There is a free plan
25 pages per month, 3 users, 2-level crawl depth, unlimited flow boards.
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It runs on Web
Web.
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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.
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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.
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Visual QA and scheduled crawls
Compares crawls over time to spot site changes and tracks competitors.
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A 2.0 GPA, above 11 of 91
That is against the other technical SEO tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
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Keep it
Nothing Visual Sitemaps does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 3 things listed below take a company.
Visual Sitemaps at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $14.50 per month for the first 6 months, billed monthly; renewal price not stated
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- 7-day free trial of the Pro plan
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- VisualSitemaps Inc.
- Category
- Technical SEO & Site Audits
- Our grade
- 2.0 GPA, fair
The report card
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.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Mini 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. |
| Free plan and trial | C | A 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. |
| Features | C | Crawling, screenshots, annotation, planning boards and AI maps. Scheduled crawls, AI maps and private-site crawling are not on the free plan. |
| Ease of use | C | No store rating on record. You run a crawl, then edit and organise the map, which takes some setup. |
| Platforms and integrations | C | A web app with Google Drive, and no apps or 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 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 it 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
Good to know
Good for
- Designers and strategists planning or auditing site structure
- Agencies documenting competitor sites with screenshots
- Teams planning a redesign or migration
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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$14.50
A month to start. There is a free plan too
Visual Sitemaps has a free plan. Paid plans start at $14.50 per month for the first 6 months, billed monthly; renewal price not stated.
Free
$0
25 pages per month and a 25-page sitemap limit, 3 users, 2-level crawl depth and unlimited flow boards.
Mini
$14.50
per 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
$49.50
per 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
$199.50
per 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.
The free plan
25 pages per month, 3 users, 2-level crawl depth, unlimited flow boards.
Trying it first
7-day free trial of the Pro plan
Read from app.visualsitemaps.com on Nov 12, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Other savings
Cyber 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
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
Crawl a site into a visual sitemap with screenshots and AI review. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: AI features, screenshots, diagrams.
Crawling, screenshots, annotation, planning boards and AI maps.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Google Drive
Visual Sitemaps is made by VisualSitemaps Inc.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
11/91
Other technical SEO tools it is graded above
Visual Sitemaps's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 11 of the 91 other technical SEO tools we grade, and level with 10.
Its paid plans start at $14.50 a month, against a middle price of $19.95 for the category: 19 of the 58 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 23 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 92 technical SEO tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Visual Sitemaps’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 9 of 91
- CFree plan and trialAbove 19 of 91
- CFeaturesAbove 10 of 91
- CEase of useAbove 7 of 91
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 3 of 91
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 80 technical SEO tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Visual Sitemaps 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
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: 70 of the 91 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.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
DYNO Mapper, XML-Sitemaps.com, Beam Us Up and SiteGuru
The 4 tools Visual Sitemaps is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.2GPA
DYNO Mapper
Free trial · from $39/mo
Visual sitemap generator with content audits and accessibility tests.
- Visual Sitemaps has a free plan. DYNO Mapper does not, though it has a free trial.
- Visual Sitemaps also covers screenshots and diagrams.
- DYNO Mapper also covers rank tracking and site audit.
- 2.8GPA
XML-Sitemaps.com
Free plan · from $2.44/mo
Free online XML sitemap generator for sites up to 500 pages.
- XML-Sitemaps.com can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- Visual Sitemaps also covers screenshots and diagrams.
- XML-Sitemaps.com also covers site audit.
- 3.0GPA
Beam Us Up
Free
Free desktop SEO crawler for Windows, Mac and Linux.
- Only Visual Sitemaps lists a web app.
- Only Beam Us Up lists Windows, macOS and Linux apps.
- Visual Sitemaps also covers screenshots and diagrams.
- 2.2GPA
SiteGuru
Free plan · from $39/mo
SEO audit tool that turns site crawls into a prioritized task list.
- Visual Sitemaps also covers screenshots and diagrams.
- SiteGuru also covers reports, site audit, backlink analysis, schema markup, internal linking and page speed.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
14
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 Sitemaps free?
Visual Sitemaps has a free plan. 25 pages per month, 3 users, 2-level crawl depth, unlimited flow boards.
How much does Visual Sitemaps cost?
Visual Sitemaps lists 5 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does Visual Sitemaps work on?
Visual Sitemaps is available on Web.
Does Visual Sitemaps offer any discounts?
Visual Sitemaps publicly lists the following: Cyber Sale: 50% off, ends Nov 30.
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.
What does Visual Sitemaps integrate with?
Visual Sitemaps's listing names Google Drive. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.
Does Visual Sitemaps have a free trial?
Yes. 7-day free trial of the Pro plan.
Who makes Visual Sitemaps?
Visual Sitemaps is made by VisualSitemaps Inc.
What are the alternatives to Visual Sitemaps?
The closest alternatives to Visual Sitemaps in our directory are DYNO Mapper, XML-Sitemaps.com, Beam Us Up and SiteGuru.
How does Visual Sitemaps compare with other technical SEO tools?
Visual Sitemaps's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 11 of the 91 other technical SEO tools we grade, and level with 10.
Is Visual Sitemaps good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Visual Sitemaps C for value for money. On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4.
Could I make my own version of Visual Sitemaps?
Nothing Visual Sitemaps does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 3 things listed below take a company.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Visual Sitemaps’s own pages on Nov 12, 2026, and the grades were given on Nov 12, 2026. 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.
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 VisualSitemaps Inc. Prices change, so check visualsitemaps.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
7,721
Tools graded, in 95 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.
7,721
tools graded
95
categories
739
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Visual Sitemaps, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/visual-sitemaps
- 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 Visual Sitemaps’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 Sitemaps is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by VisualSitemaps Inc. Prices and plans change: check visualsitemaps.com before you buy.