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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Outbrain

    Score5 out of 10
    N/AOutbrain, headquartered in New York with offices globally, is an internationally known native advertising platform for curating and publishing content across a variety of channels and media spaces, containing editorial controls, analytics for judging impact, and related features.N/A

    Screaming Frog

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $149

    per year

    Pricing
    OutbrainScreaming Frog
    Editions & Modules
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    Paid Version
    $149.00
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    OutbrainScreaming 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
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    Outbrain
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    Screaming Frog
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    28 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    27 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    27 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    25 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    27 Answers
    Features
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    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of Outbrain and Screaming Frog SEO Spider
    Feature
    Outbrain
    -
    Ratings
    Screaming Frog SEO Spider
    6.6
    53 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Keyword analysis00 Ratings7.020 Ratings
    Backlink management00 Ratings5.023 Ratings
    SERP ranking tracking00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Page grader00 Ratings7.122 Ratings
    Competitive analysis00 Ratings7.827 Ratings
    Site audit / diagnostics00 Ratings8.353 Ratings
    Site recommendations00 Ratings7.824 Ratings
    Task management00 Ratings3.09 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of Outbrain and Screaming Frog SEO Spider
    Feature
    Outbrain
    -
    Ratings
    Screaming Frog SEO Spider
    7.0
    37 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Local SEO00 Ratings5.017 Ratings
    Social SEO00 Ratings7.112 Ratings
    Mobile SEO00 Ratings7.823 Ratings
    Global SEO00 Ratings7.829 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Outbrain and Screaming Frog SEO Spider
    Feature
    Outbrain
    -
    Ratings
    Screaming Frog SEO Spider
    6.1
    42 Ratings
    32% below category average
    Multi-domain support00 Ratings7.831 Ratings
    Integration with web analytics tools00 Ratings4.435 Ratings
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    Score5.5 out of 10
    Yoast
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AdSense
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Google Trends
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    OutbrainScreaming Frog
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.5
    (17 ratings)
    8.6
    (55 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (5 ratings)
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.5
    (6 ratings)
    7.9
    (18 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    Outbrain
    If your client or organization is running a high volume awareness campaign, Outbrain would be a platform to diversify your mix with. Pretty low maintenance and easy to set up, you can get ads running in a few minutes. If your primary goal is conversions, there are probably better channels you can use where the targeting is a little more transparent and would likely see a higher avg conversion rate.
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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
    Outbrain
    • Website network: Outbrain provides high-quality websites in its network so that you can get a quality audience.
    • Affordable pricing: The CPC offered by Outbrain is relatively cheaper than other alternatives.
    • Content dashboard: The dashboard allows you to edit the content before publishing it on Outbrain's platform.
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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
    Outbrain
    • Customer Service - Speaking to a human is nearly impossible, there is no "chat" function, and no phone number immediately available. Ultimately, I've had to email a generic CS contact and wait several days before heading back.
    • High Number of Guidelines - The number of guidelines one must meet before using Outbrain is much higher than any other ad platform I've used. Most of them are highly specific and not necessarily items that a website would have out-of-the-box.
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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
    Outbrain
    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
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    Usability
    Outbrain
    The use case is very obvious, brand awareness and low cost conversions because of its reach in billions. The platform is easy to use, well sorted and defined with good click optimized algorithms and brands can use it without hesitation. If monitored well and optimized accordingly, this can prove to be one of the best advertising channels.
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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
    Outbrain
    We had an account manager assigned to us, but they really didn't offer too much help outside of the financial side of things. We used the self-serve platform with mild suggestions every few weeks from our reps amounting to "spend a bit more here."
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    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
    Outbrain
    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
    Outbrain
    Here at AdRizer my personal ad sources primarily revolve around Google Ads & Outbrain. Taboola is extremely similar to Outbrain minus the fact that strategies are dictated on the account level unlike by campaign with Outbrain
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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
    Outbrain
    • None. My perspective is that further testing is needed as well as additional tracking capabilities applied to be able to assess value. However, it's a CPC model and relatively inexpensive in regards to additional reach, especially if it's packaged in with an Earned media push into the marketplace.
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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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