Choose Screaming Frog if
- you need more than 500 pages in one crawl,
- you want to set the crawl up yourself, with custom extraction and lots of settings,
- you work on Windows or Linux today,
- SEO is the main job.
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Both crawl your site from your own computer. They’re built for different jobs. Here’s when each one fits.
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| Topic | Damdit | Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
|---|---|---|
| Pages per crawl | Up to 500 | 500 free; no fixed limit with a licence (depends on memory and storage) |
| Platforms | macOS (Apple silicon) now; Windows and Linux later | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Setup | None: one Full Audit | A configurable crawl |
| Price | €119.88 a year or €12.99 a month, excl. VAT; 14-day trial; 2 computers | Free up to 500 URLs; €245 per licence per year |
Screaming Frog details as listed on screamingfrog.co.uk on 7 November 2026. Screaming Frog is a trademark of Screaming Frog Ltd; Damdit isn’t affiliated with it.
Screaming Frog for deep SEO crawls, Damdit for handover, history and the report your client reads.