Whether you are auditing a 10-page brochure site or a 2-million-page e-commerce giant, Screaming Frog SEO Spider 19.5—once properly activated—will be the most reliable tool in your technical SEO arsenal.
| Feature | Version 17.x | Version 18.x | | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | JavaScript Engine | Old Chromium 69 | Chromium 92 | Chromium 118+ | | Dark Mode | No | No | Yes | | Crawl Dashboard | No | No | Yes | | Adaptive Speed | No | Beta | Full | | Custom Extraction | Basic | Improved | Live Preview + JSON Lines | | RAM Usage (per 100k URLs) | ~2.5 GB | ~2.0 GB | ~1.6 GB | screaming frog seo spider 195activation new
The tool is free to use for crawling up to 500 pages, which is sufficient for many smaller websites. Whether you are auditing a 10-page brochure site