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Log Analysis

Log analysers read server logs to show what search engines actually crawled — as opposed to what you assume they crawled. Still the most under-used data source in technical SEO.

5 tools · 5 free or with a free tier · 4 more cover this area as a secondary feature

ToolWhat it doesPricingFromHQ
Elastic Stack
elastic.co
Open-source search and observability stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) commonly self-hosted to ingest and visualise server logs for crawl budget analysis.Open SourceNetherlands
GoAccess
goaccess.io
Open-source real-time web log analyser and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal on Unix-like systems or renders an HTML dashboard in the browser, with JSON output for further processing.Open Source
Screaming Frog Log File Analyser
screamingfrog.co.uk
Desktop application for importing and analysing server log files to study search engine crawl behaviour, response codes and crawl frequency by URL.FreemiumUnited Kingdom
Seolyzer
seolyzer.io
Log analysis and crawl monitoring service that streams server logs to show real-time search engine bot activity, crawl budget and page category performance.FreemiumFrance
Splunk
splunk.com
General-purpose machine data platform used by some SEO teams to index and query large volumes of server logs for crawl analysis.EnterpriseUnited States

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