Sitebulb
Dev tools
seo crawler
SHOW HN2017
120points
72comments
#354of 2,242 in 2017
Top 16%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
9 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 11 critical, out of 36 comments about the project. Thread score -0.01.
Pricing: 1 for, 4 againstPerformance: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful reporting and visualisation, a strong product for SEO audits.
From 4 comments
Ditto on the sitebulb love. It's a well-done product and a welcome challenger to the status-quo of SEO software out there. I will say the cost gives me hesitation but you've put…
EvanKRob on HNHave been using during the beta programme - really useful tool for doing site audits and focusing quickly on the areas that can make the most difference. Already using on client…
seosimon on HNI've been testing Sitebulb for a few months now and I'm really impressed, you've done solid work guys :) good luck with the launch
thehodge on HNNice to use and useful insights. Thanks!
sbeckeriv on HN
Local storage means crawls run on the user's machine with no data sent to a server.
From 1 comment
Yep exactly. All crawls are stored locally so there is no data issue to worry about.
hathawayp on HN
Objections
Monthly-only billing with no annual plan.
From 1 comment
This looks really good. My only comment I have is that if I am purchasing a piece of desktop software I expect there to be at least the option of an annual license. Monthly feels…
throwaway2016a on HN
Expensive compared with Screaming Frog.
From 2 comments
Agreed. This seems like SF + Gephi for 7x the price.
seano314 on HNDitto on the sitebulb love. It's a well-done product and a welcome challenger to the status-quo of SEO software out there. I will say the cost gives me hesitation but you've put…
EvanKRob on HN
Email confirmation required before use.
From 1 comment
Some feedback: - Why require the email confirmation before using the software? Not really necessary, is it? - No Umlauts in project name? - Standard/advanced settings switcher is…
Sujan on HN
Large download size and high resource use on desktop.
From 2 comments
why is the windows download 130mb? that seems excessve
grandpoobah on HNThe problem is for big crawls( and 500k is not large) you probably don't want to use your desktop for example my home adsl is only 3.5 as we are 6kyards from the exchange. And I…
walshemj on HN
Requests
Linux version.
From 3 comments
This looks really good. My only comment I have is that if I am purchasing a piece of desktop software I expect there to be at least the option of an annual license. Monthly feels…
throwaway2016a on HNLinux version?
chad_strategic on HNI'd also be interested
lpasselin on HN
Annual license option.
From 1 comment
This looks really good. My only comment I have is that if I am purchasing a piece of desktop software I expect there to be at least the option of an annual license. Monthly feels…
throwaway2016a on HN
Mac App Store availability.
From 1 comment
This looks really good. My only comment I have is that if I am purchasing a piece of desktop software I expect there to be at least the option of an annual license. Monthly feels…
throwaway2016a on HN
Questions
How it differs from Screaming Frog.
From 3 comments
What's this doing differently or better than screamingfrog? Which is also a desktop program and provides quite robust information. SF has been one of the standard industry tools…
SnowingXIV on HNHow does this compete against screaming frog?
hayksaakian on HNThe main difference from Screaming Frog (which is legitimately awesome) is the reporting. Once it has finished crawling it will do a lot of pre-processing for you and build…
hathawayp on HN
How it compares to Scrutiny.
From 2 comments
How does this compare to something like Scrutiny, which seems to do a similar thing?
danielsamuels on HNIt has a lot more comprehensive reporting and data visualization than the likes of Scrutiny. I have no idea of the scale limitations of Scrutiny, but I'd be very surprised if it…
hathawayp on HN
Why it is a desktop app rather than cloud.
From 2 comments
Interesting that it’s all a desktop app. What problem do you think this solves compared to something that runs in the cloud ? Apart from the cost structure, I can’t think of…
stingraycharles on HNThe other big thing, in comparison to cloud software, is convenience. You can setup a crawl and start it running -and see URLs being crawled - within a minute. On cloud software…
hathawayp on HN
Alternatives named
Screaming Frog
From 2 comments
What's this doing differently or better than screamingfrog? Which is also a desktop program and provides quite robust information. SF has been one of the standard industry tools…
SnowingXIV on HNHow does this compete against screaming frog?
hayksaakian on HN
Deepcrawl
From 1 comment
Deepcrawl does that, but again it entirely depends on the website type and infastructure you have got.
gerenuk on HN
Scrutiny
From 1 comment
How does this compare to something like Scrutiny, which seems to do a similar thing?
danielsamuels on HN