Keyword Chef vs Screaming Frog SEO Spider
Keyword Chef
keywordchef.com
Screaming Frog SEO Spider
screamingfrog.co.ukSide by side
| Figure | Keyword Chef | Screaming Frog SEO Spider |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 9 |
| Spec score · SEO tools | 7.8 (#118) | 9.5 (#1) |
| Founded | 2021 | 2010 |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Intended users | The maker says the product is primarily focused on bloggers and people publishing blog-type content. | The maker describes the tool as designed for experienced SEOs and says it is trusted by professional SEOs, agencies, and brands for technical SEO audits. |
| Security and privacy | The privacy policy says the company uses SSL encryption, does not sell, lend, or give away personal data, and takes technical and organizational security measures. | The privacy policy says software use may involve checks of username, licence key, IP address, anonymised machine ID, and timestamp, and that data is stored in secure data centres in the UK and US with access restricted to authorised personnel. |
| Support | The maker lists support by email at [email protected] and links to a Learning Center and Update Log. | Paid users receive technical support, while official self-help includes a user guide, tutorials, FAQ and issue library. |
Plans
Keyword Chef
- StarterPrice not published
- PlusPrice not published
- ProPrice not published
- Niche Insights$97 a year
Screaming Frog SEO Spider
- FreeFree
- Paid licencePrice not published
- Free VersionFree
- Free VersionFree
- Paid licence (20+)$235 a year
- Paid licence (10–19)$249 a year
- Paid licence (5–9)$265 a year
- Paid licence (1–4)$279 a year
- Paid Version$279 a year
In their own words
Keyword Chef
Keyword Chef has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Screaming Frog SEO Spider
Screaming Frog SEO Spider crawls websites to audit more than 300 SEO issues and support improvements to search performance and user experience. It finds broken links and server errors, checks redirects, and flags page titles and meta descriptions that are missing, duplicated, or too long. For JavaScript-heavy sites, it can render pages with its integrated Chromium WRS, including sites using Angular, React, and Vue.js. Data extraction supports CSS Path, XPath, regular expressions, and custom JavaScript. The crawler connects to Google Analytics, Search Console, and PageSpeed Insights APIs, with link-metrics integrations for Majestic, Ahrefs, and Moz. Crawls can be scheduled, automated from the command line, exported to destinations such as Google Sheets, and compared across runs or between staging and production. The free version costs nothing and allows 500 URLs per crawl; saving crawls, configuration, and advanced features are restricted. The paid version costs $279 a year per licence, with unlimited crawl size subject to allocated memory and storage. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.