The short answer
- Pick Netpeak Spider if you want Search Console clicks, impressions and positions and GA4 data next to each URL in the crawler, and white-label PDF audits for clients.
- Pick Netpeak Spider if you have one short project: $20 buys a month of the full Pro version, and the free version handles sites under 500 URLs.
- Pick bseoa if you work on Linux or want a command line; Netpeak Spider runs on Windows and macOS and documents no CLI.
- Pick bseoa if you want to audit from Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code or Cursor, or need checks for AI crawler access and llms.txt; and the one-time price is lower, $279 against $496.
- Use both if you already own a Netpeak lifetime license for client reports with Google data and want a scriptable crawler with AI-assistant support for engineering checks.
Netpeak Spider pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Yearly | Limit | 3-year cost, one user |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | 500 URLs, 5 threads; no saving projects, no white-label reports | $0 |
| Pro, monthly | $20 | Not applicable | Unlimited URLs, 200 threads, 2 devices per user | $720 |
| Pro, yearly | Not applicable | $193 (listed as 20% off $240) | Same as Pro | $579 |
| Pro, lifetime | Not applicable | Not applicable | $496 once, forever | $496 |
| Bundle: Crawl & Check (Spider + Checker) | Not offered | $390 | Netpeak Checker is Windows only | $1,170 |
| Bundle: Crawl & On-Page Monitoring | Not offered | $970 | Spider + Limonity On-Page | $2,910 |
| Bundle: Crawl, Check & On-Page Monitoring | Not offered | $1,200 | Spider + Checker + Limonity On-Page | $3,600 |
Netpeak Spider does have a lifetime option: $496 once for Pro. Monthly and yearly Pro plans start with a 3-day free trial, and every purchase has a 14-day money-back guarantee. The page lets you pick 1 to 5 users and says a discount applies to 2 or more users on monthly and yearly plans, but does not show the multi-user prices; above 5 users you contact sales.
Source: netpeaksoftware.com/pricing/spider, checked on 31 October 2026.
bseoa pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Yearly | What you get | 3-year cost, one user |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single License | Not offered | Not offered | $279 once; no crawl limit; updates included | $279 |
| Agency License | Not offered | Not offered | $1,999 once; for teams | $1,999 (whole team) |
| Hosted connector, with a license | $15 | $120 | Claude.ai and ChatGPT; 25,000 pages per rolling 30 days, 2,000 per crawl | $360 on top of the license ($639 with a Single License) |
| Hosted connector, without a license | $50 | $500 | Same limits as above | $1,500 |
| Free trial | $0 | $0 | 14 days, every feature, no page limit, no credit card | $0 |
Source: blackseoanalyzer.com/en/pricing, checked on 31 October 2026. The desktop app, the CLI and the local MCP server need only the license; the hosted connector is optional.
Three-year cost for one person
bseoa: $279 for a Single License, or $639 with the hosted connector for Claude.ai and ChatGPT on yearly billing. Netpeak Spider Pro: $496 on the lifetime license, $579 on three yearly plans, or $720 paying monthly. Both one-time options beat any subscription crawler over three years; bseoa is $217 cheaper and adds Linux, a CLI and AI-assistant support, while Netpeak adds Search Console and GA4 data.
Feature matrix
Yes, No or Partial, with a numbered note for every Partial. Competitor cells link to the page we read on 31 October 2026.
| bseoa | Netpeak Spider | |
|---|---|---|
| Runs where | Desktop. GUI and CLI on your machine; optional hosted connector | Desktop. Windows (PC and server) and macOS (source) |
| Price model | One-time. Updates included | Subscription or lifetime. Monthly, yearly, or $496 once (source) |
| Entry price | $279. Single License, once | $20 a month. Pro; $193 a year or $496 lifetime (source) |
| Crawl limit at entry price | No limit. Desktop and CLI; the hosted connector allows 25,000 pages per rolling 30 days | Unlimited URLs. Pro; the free version stops at 500 (source) |
| JavaScript rendering | Yes. Headless Chrome in the desktop app and CLI; the hosted connector does not render JavaScript | Yes. Chromium-based, in both Free and Pro (source) |
| Command line and automation | Yes. Full CLI; every crawl and report can be scripted | No. Not listed on the pricing page, and a search of the help center found none (source) |
| API or scriptable output | Yes. JSON, CSV, XML and HTML exports from the CLI | Partial1 |
| Scheduled crawls | No. No built-in scheduler; run the CLI from cron or Task Scheduler | No. Not listed on the pricing page or in the help center (source) |
| Log file analysis | No | No. Not listed (source) |
| Backlink data | No | No. Not in Spider; you can import backlink counts from a CSV. Netpeak sells backlink monitoring as a separate product (source) |
| Keyword and rank data | No | Partial2 |
| Search Console integration | No | Yes. In Free and Pro; GA4 as well (source) |
| AI assistant integration | Yes. Local MCP server in Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and Perplexity; hosted connector in Claude.ai and ChatGPT | No. Not listed (source) |
| AI-readiness checks | Yes. 26 checks: AI crawler access in robots.txt, llms.txt, bylines and dates, JavaScript-dependent content | No. Not listed (source) |
| Reporting and exports | Yes. HTML reports, CSV, XML, JSON | Yes. CSV, XLSX, PDF audit, Google Sheets and Drive; white-label PDF on Pro only (source) |
| Users and seats | Per license. Agency License ($1,999) for teams | Per user. 2 devices per user; 1 to 5 users on the page, more through sales (source) |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, macOS (source) |
| Free tier or trial | 14-day trial. Every feature, no page limit, no credit card | Free version and 3-day trial. Free crawls 500 URLs; 14-day money-back guarantee (source) |
| Source code guarantee | Yes. On every purchase | No. None published |
- Exports to CSV, XLSX, PDF and Google Sheets or Drive, and you can import your own CSV data into a crawl. No API is documented. Source: netpeaksoftware.com/pricing/spider.
- Imports Search Console impressions, clicks, CTR and average position per URL, and the search queries each URL ranks for. No rank tracker or keyword database. Source: netpeaksoftware.com/pricing/spider.
Where Netpeak Spider wins
- Google data in the crawler: Search Console impressions, clicks, CTR, position and queries per URL, plus GA4, in both Free and Pro. bseoa has no Search Console or analytics integration.
- Cheaper for a short job: $20 for one month of Pro, and a free version with JavaScript rendering for sites under 500 URLs.
- White-label PDF audits for clients on Pro, plus export straight to Google Sheets and Drive.
- Extra built-in tools: a scraper with up to 15 conditions (contains, regex, XPath, CSS), internal PageRank, a sitemap validator and generator, and a spell checker.
Where bseoa wins
- Linux, and a command line. Netpeak Spider runs on Windows and macOS with no documented CLI; bseoa's CLI scripts every crawl and outputs JSON, CSV, XML or HTML.
- Lower one-time price: $279 against the $496 lifetime license.
- AI assistant support: a local MCP server for Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and Perplexity, and a hosted connector for Claude.ai and ChatGPT. Netpeak lists none.
- 26 AI-readiness checks, including llms.txt, AI crawler rules in robots.txt, bylines and dates, and content that only appears after JavaScript runs.
- A 14-day trial with every feature against Netpeak's 3 days, and a source code guarantee on every purchase.
Who should pick which
- Agency: Netpeak Spider if branded PDF audits with Search Console data are what clients see. bseoa, or its Agency License, if your team scripts audits or works from Claude and ChatGPT.
- In-house technical SEO: Either works for crawling. Netpeak if you want Search Console data per URL without leaving the crawler; bseoa if you want AI-readiness checks and a CLI.
- Developer: bseoa. It runs on Linux, has a CLI with JSON output for CI, and an MCP server for your editor.
- Enterprise: Neither replaces a log-analysis platform. Of the two, bseoa fits engineering pipelines better; Netpeak fits an SEO team's desktop.