Software review

Sitebulb Review

Audits that explain the issue, not just list it.

EEditor’s experienceDDocumentation reviewedPPricing verified 16 Sept 2026$Pays us $0
Editorial verdict

Agencies who need to explain technical findings to non-technical clients without rewriting the crawl export themselves.

Brought in specifically for client-facing technical audits — the hint explanations save the step of rewriting a crawl export into something a client will actually read. It sits alongside Screaming Frog rather than replacing it.

From
$18 / mo
Free tier
14-day trial
Rating
4.2 / 5

Overview

Sitebulb crawls like Screaming Frog does, but spends its effort on the other side of the report: every issue comes with a prioritised hint and a plain-English explanation of why it matters. Desktop plans (Lite, Pro) run locally per seat; a separate Cloud plan adds scheduled, automated crawls with no desktop install. The gap it fills is client communication, not raw crawl speed.

Best for

Agencies who need to explain technical findings to non-technical clients without rewriting the crawl export themselves.

Not for

Anyone who just wants the fastest possible raw crawl with no interpretation layer.

How it performs

Each row is either our editorial view, drawn from using the product and reading around it, or a capability listed in the vendor’s own documentation — tagged so you know which. None of it is a controlled benchmark.

Hint explanations do real work turning a crawl into a report a client can read

EEditor’s view

Audit comparison makes regressions visible instead of buried in a new export

EEditor’s view

Desktop and Cloud plans cover both one-off and ongoing monitoring

EEditor’s view

300+ prioritised audit hints with plain-English explanations

DDocs

Automated recurring cloud crawls

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Audit comparisons across historical crawls

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JavaScript crawling included at every tier

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Pricing record

Captured from the vendor’s pricing page. Prices change — this is dated.

Verified 16 Sept 2026
PlanMonthlyNotes
Lite$181 user, 10,000 URLs per audit
Pro$421 user, 500,000 URLs per audit, scheduled audits and custom PDF reports
Cloud$245Starting price — scales with crawl volume and seats; hosted, no desktop install

Vendors change plans often — confirm before you buy.

Sources: pricing and feature information captured from sitebulb.com on 16 Sept 2026. Editor comments are our own judgement, not vendor statements.

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