# Screaming Frog SEO Spider: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 2 categories by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/screaming-frog-seo-spider

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [SEO and content optimization platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/seo-content-optimization/index.md) | 0% | 36 | 0% | 2 |
| [Website governance and accessibility](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/website-governance-and-accessibility/index.md) | 0% | 50 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Screaming Frog SEO Spider (Free for up to 500 URLs). Excellent for crawling your site to detect broken links" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Website governance)
- "Detects technical SEO issues at no cost." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, SEO)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Screaming Frog SEO Spider, from 5 of the 6 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- accessibilitychecker.com: 2
- eaapass.eu: 2
- testparty.ai: 2
- accessibilitychecker.org: 1
- blog.hubspot.com: 1
- clarorank.com: 1
- eesel.ai: 1
- filipkonecny.com: 1
- g2.com: 1
- getadacertify.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://accessibilitychecker.com/news/best-siteimprove-alternatives: 2
- https://eaapass.eu/en/blog/siteimprove-alternative: 2
- https://testparty.ai/blog/siteimprove-alternatives-2026: 2
- https://accessibilitychecker.com/news/best-website-accessibility-platforms: 1
- https://accessibilitychecker.org/blog/siteimprove-alternatives: 1
- https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/seo-tools-for-small-business: 1
- https://clarorank.com/se-ranking-pricing: 1
- https://eesel.ai/blog/neuronwriter-pricing: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.