Crawlie

Crawlie is a technical SEO and GEO crawler that audits websites and offers guidance on fixes. It is best suited to developers, SEO teams, and agencies that want audits to feed into reports or automated workflows. Its mix of local and hosted use, distinct scores, and agent interfaces is useful, though hosted quotas shape which plan fits.

Overview

Crawlie combines site auditing with reporting and workflow options: run its open-source crawler locally or use the hosted service. That flexibility suits teams moving from pre-launch checks to CI/CD gates and client reporting. It is a less obvious fit for users who need only high-volume crawling and have no use for GEO audits or agent workflows.

Key features

The crawler checks broken links, redirects, missing metadata, and more than 40 SEO and generative-engine issues. JavaScript rendering and structured data audits add coverage beyond basic link checks. Each crawl returns separate Health, GEO, and Accessibility scores, which help teams distinguish areas to investigate rather than reducing results to one score.

Reports can be produced in terminal, JSON, CSV, or shareable HTML formats. That gives command-line users, downstream workflows, and client-facing reporting different ways to use the same crawl. The open-source crawler includes an MCP server; every hosted plan includes a hosted MCP server and REST API, a practical advantage for agent workflows and integrations.

Hosted deploy-triggered crawls are documented for Vercel, with GitHub, Netlify, and custom CI deploy hooks also described. The Vercel integration requests access to read the project list and says it does not read code, deployments, or environment variables, or write to the Vercel account. The CLI and MCP server install through npm, and a signed macOS DMG is provided for the desktop app.

Pricing

The hosted Free plan costs $0 per month and includes 200 credits per month, three sites, up to 1,000 pages per crawl, and one seat. Community support is the trade-off; the caps make it a sensible starting point for smaller workloads, but not for teams managing many sites or large crawls.

Pro costs $29 per month, or $24 per month billed annually. It raises the allowance to 2,000 credits per month and 250,000 pages per crawl, with unlimited sites and seats and email support. This is the step up for teams that outgrow Free's site and page limits without needing Business-level credits.

Business costs $149 per month, or $124 per month billed annually. It includes 10,000 credits per month, unlimited sites and seats, 250,000 pages per crawl, and priority support. The higher quota and support level suit heavier team use; the page cap is the same as Pro's.

Scale has custom pricing, with custom credits and page caps, custom AI prompt volume and cadence, and SAML SSO. Dedicated support and onboarding make it the plan for organizations that need tailored limits and support rather than a fixed quota. The listed plans do not state trial terms.

Platforms

Crawlie supports API, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows. Local CLI and MCP use can suit technical users who want to run the crawler in their own workflows, while the hosted service offers API access and deploy hooks.

Who it's for

Crawlie is a strong match for teams handling pre-launch QA, GEO optimization, agent workflows, CI/CD gating, or client reporting. Its separate scores and multiple report formats help address distinct audit and communication needs. Users who need only a basic crawler, or whose hosted workload exceeds the chosen plan's credits or page cap, should weigh alternatives.

Pros and cons

Pros

• More than 40 SEO and generative-engine checks, plus JavaScript rendering and structured data audits, give technical and GEO teams broad audit coverage.
• Separate Health, GEO, and Accessibility scores make different audit dimensions visible at a glance.
• Terminal, JSON, CSV, and shareable HTML reports serve both technical workflows and client communication.
• Open-source local use and hosted MCP and REST API access accommodate both self-managed and agent-driven workflows.

Cons

• Free hosted use is limited to 200 monthly credits, three sites, one seat, and 1,000 pages per crawl, so larger workloads require a paid plan.
• Pro and Business share a 250,000-page crawl cap; Business chiefly raises credits and support rather than that per-crawl ceiling.
• Scale's custom pricing and limits make cost and capacity less predictable than the fixed plans.

Alternatives

Technical SEO Software is a useful category starting point for comparing tools beyond Crawlie.

• WebCrawler Pro is worth considering for request-based access: its free tiers allow 50 requests per day for guests or 100 for signed-in users, with paid tokens at 1.00 US.
• A1 Website Analyzer may suit desktop users who want a 30-day evaluation period followed by a free mode capped at 500 page URLs per website and 500 imported URLs.
• Crawlix offers a free local option capped at 100 pages per crawl, one project, one device, and two concurrent connections; its Pro plan is $15.00 per month.
• Netpeak Spider is another desktop option, with a free plan capped at 500 URLs and five threads for Windows and macOS.
• Screaming Frog SEO Log File Analyser is the alternative to consider for log analysis, with a free limit of 1,000 log event lines and one project.
• Screaming Frog SEO Spider offers a free crawl limit of 500 URLs and a paid licence with unlimited URLs.
• Crawlr is a web and API alternative whose free plan includes 500 monthly tokens, one concurrent crawl, full site crawling, SEO intelligence and DIQ score, CSV and JSON exports, and 15-day crawl history.
• CrawlX may suit users prioritizing a free plan with 150+ SEO checks and exports in CSV, JSON, and PDF; it allows 500 URLs per crawl, five crawls per month, and one project.

Verdict

Choose Crawlie if your team needs technical SEO and GEO audits, distinct scores, and reports that can move into agent or deployment workflows. The Free plan is a useful fit for smaller workloads, while Pro or Business makes sense when credits, sites, seats, or page capacity become constraints. Look elsewhere if you need a simpler crawler or cannot work within the hosted plan's quotas.