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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Bing Webmaster Tools

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ABing Webmaster Tools is a search engine optimization software solution offered by Microsoft.N/A

    Screaming Frog

    Score9.9 out of 10
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    $149

    per year

    Pricing
    Bing Webmaster ToolsScreaming Frog
    Editions & Modules
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    Paid Version
    $149.00
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Bing Webmaster ToolsScreaming Frog
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Bing Webmaster ToolsScreaming Frog
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Bing Webmaster Tools
    Bing, which is free to use, is a good adjunct to our use of all these tools. If I had to stop using all but two, Bing and Google would be the ones that I would keep. Others have their place in our cycle based on what Google and Bing are reporting, but these are our early …
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    Screaming Frog
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    28 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    27 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    27 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    25 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    27 Answers
    Features
    Bing Webmaster ToolsScreaming Frog
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of Bing Webmaster Tools and Screaming Frog SEO Spider
    Feature
    Bing Webmaster Tools
    8.9
    7 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Screaming Frog SEO Spider
    8.7
    52 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Keyword analysis10.07 Ratings7.419 Ratings
    Backlink management5.07 Ratings6.022 Ratings
    SERP ranking tracking9.07 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Page grader9.06 Ratings10.021 Ratings
    Competitive analysis10.06 Ratings10.026 Ratings
    Site audit / diagnostics10.07 Ratings10.052 Ratings
    Site recommendations9.06 Ratings10.023 Ratings
    Task management8.93 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of Bing Webmaster Tools and Screaming Frog SEO Spider
    Feature
    Bing Webmaster Tools
    8.0
    7 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Screaming Frog SEO Spider
    9.5
    36 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Local SEO10.05 Ratings8.116 Ratings
    Social SEO4.13 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Mobile SEO7.86 Ratings10.022 Ratings
    Global SEO10.07 Ratings10.028 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Bing Webmaster Tools and Screaming Frog SEO Spider
    Feature
    Bing Webmaster Tools
    10.0
    6 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Screaming Frog SEO Spider
    8.8
    41 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Multi-domain support10.06 Ratings10.030 Ratings
    Integration with web analytics tools10.05 Ratings7.534 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Bing Webmaster ToolsScreaming Frog
    Small Businesses
    Nozzle
    Score10 out of 10
    Nozzle
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Advanced Web Ranking
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Advanced Web Ranking
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Search Console
    Score9 out of 10
    Google Search Console
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Bing Webmaster ToolsScreaming Frog
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (54 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (18 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Bing Webmaster ToolsScreaming Frog
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    I always make sure that we are actively using Bing and Google. There is a tradeoff in your time when you use more tools, but there's also benefit in multiple perspectives. And don't forget that Bing is a very viable search engine that receives 500 million search queries each month. You may find that your business benefits from a relatively small amount of attention paid to Bing because search ranking there is easier (not easy, easier).
    Incentivized
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    Screaming Frog
    Screaming Frog SEO Spider is well suited to auditing brand new websites, when you need a quick, holistic view of the websites technical issues. Its great for providing a top line view of a websites architecture, perhaps for a new business approach where you need to assess the scale of work to maintain a website. Its also a useful tool in situations where you might need to see whether a large scale change in the website has taken place, you can see word counts, pages and their https response codes. Screaming Frog may be less useful if you need an idea of the customer experience on a website, it doesn't really provide information that helps assess how fast a website loads, what issues might come up when trying to convert or faults with the payment process. Screaming Frog is largely a technical SEO focused tool, it also can't assess the quality of a websites, layout or the quality of the content used on the website. As mentioned, its niche, but very useful within that niche.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Clarity. Bing Webmaster Tools is well-designed and easy to navigate, even for beginners.
    • Keyword rankings. Gives more visibility than Google Search Console into how your website ranks for specific keywords.
    • In-program SEO editing. Allows you to submit URLs, disavow links, block URLs, control BingBot's crawl, and more.
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    Screaming Frog
    • Crawling client sites of up to thousands of pages. Gives you almost every tool that you need to do a proper SEO audit.
    • Custom extractions using CSSpath, Xpath, or Regex. I'm not even a techy, but their support section here is a huge help with the provided examples.
    • Customer service and support - Dan is ALWAYS very prompt to respond with helpful answers on Twitter if needed.
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • The user-interface isn't as friendly or appealing as Google's - very bland overall.
    • The way they present their Page Traffic report is a big turn-off. It's basically just a grid of numbers and arrows which is hard to interpret at a high level.
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    Screaming Frog
    • Requires Java. This isn't a huge deal as many computers already have it installed, but it's yet another 3rd party component.
    • The free version has a crawl limit of 500 pages per site. This is fine for smaller sites, but if you're running a big e-commerce site then you'll need to pay for Pro version.
    • The user interface isn't very pretty. This is an analytics tool so it doesn't really have to be, but it might be helpful for improving the overall user experience.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Screaming Frog
    The tool has become integrated into our teams daily workings and I have yet to find a tool other than scremaing frog to replicate all of our use cases for it. It's a great tool and we're sticking with it
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    Very usable overall, quick to find information and conduct analysis for example of how a price of content is performing on Bing search. User interface is a bit clunky at times but easy enough once you get used to it.
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    Screaming Frog
    The main problem of Screaming Frog SEO Spider is it being an offline software which limits itself to a single pc and that creates problem when multi user agents want to get involved or even work on it, it’s a difficult task to collaborate on it and do research for keywords at one place
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Screaming Frog
    Screaming Frog is a relatively primitive system, and doesn't need to be supported by devs or other software. Screaming Frog does interface directly with some programs that are most needed (Google Analytics, Search Console, Page Speed Insights), so that's convenient. It isn't widely supported by other programs, but it also doesn't need to be.
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Screaming Frog
    If the software was a little easier to use for beginners, there really wouldn't be an issue
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    I think that Bing does a good job of being a competitive product in a space that has very basic and insanely complex products. While Bing isn't pretty, it gets the job done and also gets you the right tools in a simple and straight forward backend UI. The ability to place Bing ads, track SEO and see how your site is performing, all from one backend interface is awesome!
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    Screaming Frog
    Screaming Frog SEO Spider is probably the best non-client facing SEO audit tool in terms of technical SEO. There are other tools on the market that do a more complete job of keyword tracking, competitive analysis, and backlink profiles...however, for analyzing the technical SEO health of any website, Screaming Frog is the best
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Not really an ROI product but the ability to do more tasks than google is something that can be used as added value for clients
    • Having another search engine to do reporting on helps increase hours and client spend
    • some issues flagged in bing but not seen in google can be fixed once shown in BWT
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    Screaming Frog
    • Increased employee efficiency - We spend many less hours tracking down and reporting simple meta tags.
    • Better Client Servicing - We are able to ensure we have a total look at a client's site before we recommend anything.
    • True Pricing Structure - We are able to more accurately predict how much help a client may need based on factors such as size of site, number of redirects, proper use of meta tags, etc.
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