agentlinkopsAgentLinkOps vs Screaming Frog
A Screaming Frog alternative for link checks that run in the cloud: broken internal links, the backlinks you earned and the pages they point to.
Check one page against your site without an account.
The short answer
Pick Screaming Frog if you audit websites. The SEO Spider crawls a whole site from your computer and reports broken links, redirects, page titles, duplicates, structured data and much more. The free version covers 500 URLs, and £199 a year per user removes the limit.
AgentLinkOps covers a narrower job: links. It scans your internal links in the cloud on a weekly or monthly schedule, traces each broken link back to the pages that hold it, and checks that the backlinks you added are still in place. Your agent reads the results over MCP, the CLI or the REST API. Many teams keep the crawler for audits.
Which one to pick
Screaming FrogPick Screaming Frog if
- You run full technical audits: titles, directives, hreflang, duplicates, structured data and more.
- You crawl large sites and want no per-page cost once you hold a licence.
- You need JavaScript rendering, custom extraction or forms-based login during a crawl.
- Your site has fewer than 500 URLs and you want a free crawler.
AgentLinkOpsPick AgentLinkOps if
- You want internal-link scans to run in the cloud every week or month, with no desktop app to keep open.
- You need each broken internal link traced to the pages that hold it, plus suggested links for underlinked pages.
- You also watch backlinks on other sites, and the pages they point to, in the same workspace.
- Your agent should read the findings over MCP, the CLI or the REST API.
AgentLinkOps vs Screaming Frog at a glance
| AgentLinkOps | Screaming Frog | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ||
| Free option | Free backlink checker for one page, no account | Free version, up to 500 URLs per crawl |
| Watching links | ||
| Broken links | Broken internal links, traced to the pages that hold them | Broken links, errors and redirects, free version included |
| Schedule | Weekly or monthly rescans in the cloud, compared between scans | Scheduled crawls and crawl comparison in the desktop app, with a licence |
| Search data | Search Console data beside each finding | Search Console and Google Analytics integrations, with a licence |
| Agent access | ||
| How an agent connects | MCP server, CLI and REST API | Command-line mode for headless crawls |
Where Screaming Frog is stronger
- A full technical audit: page titles, meta robots, hreflang, duplicate content, structured data, accessibility and more.
- Unlimited crawls for £199 a year per user, limited only by your computer's memory and storage. On large sites that costs less per page than a hosted scan.
- JavaScript rendering, custom extraction and forms-based login on the paid licence.
- A free version for sites up to 500 URLs.
Questions about Screaming Frog and AgentLinkOps
Can AgentLinkOps replace Screaming Frog?
For site audits, no. AgentLinkOps checks links: internal links on your site, backlinks on other sites and the pages they point to. Screaming Frog also audits titles, directives, duplicates, structured data and much more.
Does AgentLinkOps find broken links on my site?
Yes. An internal-link scan maps how your pages link to each other, flags links to pages that return 404 or 410, and traces each one back to the pages that contain it. After you fix a link, a rescan confirms the repair.
Do I need to keep a computer running for scheduled scans?
No. AgentLinkOps scans run in the cloud on a weekly or monthly schedule and compare findings between scans.
Can my agent read the results?
Yes. Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another MCP client can read scan findings and link checks over MCP, the CLI or the REST API.
Prices and features checked 25 Oct 2026 from SEO Spider pricing and SEO Spider user guide. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.