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CAQA SEO and Screaming Frog
Screaming Frog SEO Spider is website crawling software you install on your own computer, with deep technical settings. The Log File Analyser is a separate desktop tool.
CAQA SEO
Search visibility workspace
Audits, rankings, keyword and competitor research, backlinks, content tools, local SEO, AI answer visibility and branded reports in one place, with practical guidance from the CAQA team.
Often a good fit for: businesses, agencies and training providers who want audits, rankings, content and AI visibility together, with help on hand.
Screaming Frog
Desktop crawler
Screaming Frog SEO Spider is website crawling software you install on your own computer, with deep technical settings. The Log File Analyser is a separate desktop tool.
Often a good fit for: technical SEO specialists who want very fine control over large crawls on their own machine.
By area
Side by side
Capabilities offered in each area, out of the total on our list.
| Area | CAQA SEO | Screaming Frog | On our list |
|---|---|---|---|
| Projects and portfolio | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| Site audit and crawler | 16.5 | 26 | 35 |
| Log file analysis | 5 | 9 | 9 |
| On-page and content | 11.5 | 2 | 23 |
| Keyword research | 13 | 1 | 25 |
| Rank tracking | 12.5 | 0 | 22 |
| Competitor and domain research | 7.5 | 0 | 15 |
| Backlinks | 7.5 | 0 | 20 |
| Paid search research | 2.5 | 0 | 10 |
| Traffic and market intelligence | 1.5 | 0 | 12 |
| Local SEO | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| AI search visibility | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| Reporting | 2.5 | 0 | 10 |
| Integrations | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| Enterprise and teams | 1.5 | 0 | 10 |
Where CAQA SEO goes further
On our list, CAQA SEO offers these and Screaming Frog does not describe them.
- Cross-project dashboard summarising health, visibility, traffic and links for every projectProjects and portfolio
- Batch analysis: paste hundreds of domains or URLs and get metrics side by sideProjects and portfolio
- Scheduled cloud crawl of a whole site with health score and issue countsSite audit and crawler
- Issue prioritisation, plain-language explanation and how-to-fix guidanceSite audit and crawler
- Index status per URL via URL InspectionSite audit and crawler
- Page-level audit of a single URL on demandSite audit and crawler
- On-page checker for a URL and target keyword, with prioritised recommendationsOn-page and content
- Live content score in an editor, benchmarked against current top resultsOn-page and content
- Related term and entity suggestions with suggested usage rangesOn-page and content
- Structure targets from the SERP: word count, headings, images, paragraphsOn-page and content
- Content brief generator (intent, outline, questions, competitor headings, terms)On-page and content
- Outline builderOn-page and content
- Full AI article drafting from a briefOn-page and content
- AI rewrite, expand, shorten, change tone, apply brand voiceOn-page and content
And 43 more in the full comparison.
Where Screaming Frog goes further
Screaming Frog describes these and CAQA SEO does not offer them yet.
- MCP server so external AI agents can query the platformProjects and portfolio
- JavaScript rendering in headless Chromium, with raw versus rendered HTML comparisonSite audit and crawler
- Custom user agent (search, AI or own bot), custom headers, cookies, basic and form authenticationSite audit and crawler
- Custom source search (page contains or does not contain a string or regex)Site audit and crawler
- Custom JavaScript snippets executed on each page during the crawlSite audit and crawler
- Store raw and rendered HTML plus a rendered screenshot per URLSite audit and crawler
- Staging versus production comparison with URL mapping rulesSite audit and crawler
- Spelling and grammar checks in many languagesSite audit and crawler
- Per-page AI prompts during the crawl (e.g. alt text, classification, summary)Site audit and crawler
- Merge external link metrics into crawl rowsSite audit and crawler
- Command-line, headless and scheduled crawls with automatic exportsSite audit and crawler
- Average response time and bytes per URLLog file analysis
- Crawl budget waste report (parameters, redirects, 404s, low-value folders)Log file analysis
- Referrer counts per URL from logsLog file analysis
And 4 more in the full comparison.
Partly covered by CAQA SEO
- Exports to CSV, Excel and Google Sheets from every tableProjects and portfolio
- Credit or quota metering per plan, user and projectProjects and portfolio
- Self-run crawl with very high URL limits (disk-backed storage)Site audit and crawler
- Scope controls: include and exclude patterns, depth, speed, robots obey or ignore, subdomains, parameter stripping, URL rewritingSite audit and crawler
- Custom extraction of any element by XPath, CSS selector or regexSite audit and crawler
- Segmentation of URLs into site sections for reportingSite audit and crawler
- Site architecture visuals: link graph, directory tree, crawl depth distributionSite audit and crawler
- Join GA4 and Search Console metrics to crawled URLs (orphans, zero-traffic pages)Site audit and crawler
And 4 more in the full comparison.
Questions
Choosing between them
Is CAQA SEO a replacement for Screaming Frog?
For some teams, yes; for others, no. If what you need is in the lists above under where CAQA SEO goes further or where both cover it, CAQA SEO may do the job. If you rely on the capabilities listed under where Screaming Frog goes further, keep using it or use both.
Can I use CAQA SEO alongside Screaming Frog?
Yes. Many teams use more than one tool. CAQA SEO exports every table to CSV, so its findings sit comfortably beside other tools.
Is CAQA SEO connected with Screaming Frog?
No. CAQA SEO is an independent product built by CAQA. Screaming Frog is a trademark of its owner.
How current is this comparison?
It reflects public information as at 8 November 2026. Products change, so check details with each provider.
How this comparison was made
We listed the capabilities each product describes on its own public website, feature pages and help centre as at 8 November 2026, described them in our own words, and marked which products offer each one. A tick means the provider describes the capability; it says nothing about quality, price or how well it suits you. Moz and Ubersuggest details could not be confirmed against their websites on that date, so treat those columns with extra care.
Products change often. Please check details with each provider before you decide. Product names and trademarks belong to their owners. CAQA SEO is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any of them. If anything here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
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