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Me and my business partner have been building it for the last 2…",{"id":57,"by":11,"text":58},"15357655","The 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…",{"value":60,"source":51,"evidence":61},"SEO consultants and agencies",[62],{"id":54,"by":11,"text":55},{"value":64,"source":51,"evidence":65},"Monthly subscription with a free 14-day trial; no credit card required.",[66,69],{"id":67,"by":11,"text":68},"15356915","Sorry, I meant to say, there's a free 14 day trial available to anyone once you download the software (no credit card required).",{"id":70,"by":11,"text":71},"15356957","Interesting comment regarding the App Store. To be honest I'm really surprised no one has ever said this to us before. 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I will say the cost gives me hesitation but you've put…",{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},"15357613","seosimon","Have 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…",{"id":99,"by":100,"text":101},"15356818","thehodge","I'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",{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"15358360","sbeckeriv","Nice to use and useful insights. Thanks!",{"value":107,"source":51,"evidence":108},"Local storage means crawls run on the user's machine with no data sent to a server.",[109],{"id":110,"by":11,"text":111},"15356907","Yep exactly. All crawls are stored locally so there is no data issue to worry about.",[113,120,128,135],{"value":114,"source":88,"evidence":115},"Monthly-only billing with no annual plan.",[116],{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"15356885","throwaway2016a","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…",{"value":121,"source":88,"evidence":122},"Expensive compared with Screaming Frog.",[123,127],{"id":124,"by":125,"text":126},"15360473","seano314","Agreed. This seems like SF + Gephi for 7x the price.",{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},{"value":129,"source":88,"evidence":130},"Email confirmation required before use.",[131],{"id":132,"by":133,"text":134},"15358645","Sujan","Some feedback: - Why require the email confirmation before using the software? 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