Our verdict on Sitebulb Desktop

Sitebulb Desktop suits adult webmasters who want prioritized, explained audits rather than raw crawl data, on sites from a few thousand to a few hundred thousand pages. It can send the cookie your age gate expects, and the free trial is enough to prove it on your own site.

Lite caps audits at 10,000 URLs, so a tube with more pages than that needs Pro.

Sitebulb home page introducing its website crawler for better SEO audits, with an Explore Sitebulb button and a demo video — Sitebulb Desktop

Sitebulb pricing: Lite vs Pro

Lite: $18 a month or $180 a year, 10,000 URLs per audit, 100+ hints.
Pro: $42 a month or $425 a year, 500,000 URLs per audit, 300+ hints, advanced configuration, audit comparisons, scheduled audits and custom PDF reports.
Extra Pro user: $11 a month.

Yearly billing saves up to 15%, and prices are also listed in euros and pounds. JavaScript crawling comes with both plans at no extra cost. Sitebulb Cloud, for remote team work, starts at $125 a month.

Can Sitebulb crawl past an age gate?

Yes, if the gate stores the visitor's confirmation in a cookie. Under the Authentication tab of the audit settings you can add custom HTTP headers, including a cookie, as well as HTTP authentication and form-based login. Since advanced configuration is listed as a Pro feature, run your test during the trial, which has every Pro feature.

How the Sitebulb free trial works

The first launch assigns a 14-day trial license equivalent to Pro, with the same crawl limits. It does not renew, and nothing is charged unless you upgrade yourself.

Sitebulb Desktop system requirements

You need 64-bit Windows 10 or 11, or macOS Sonoma or later, with at least 4 GB of free RAM and 8 GB recommended. There is no Linux build. The license agreement grants one instance of the software per license. Sitebulb Limited is registered in England, with its office in Biddenden, Kent.

Sitebulb Desktop strengths and limitations

Strengths

Custom cookies and headers for age-gated sites.
JavaScript crawling included.
14-day trial, no card, no auto-renewal.

Limitations

10,000 URLs per audit on Lite.
No Linux version.
Advanced configuration on Pro only.

Sitebulb Desktop alternatives

Screaming Frog is the other desktop crawler in this directory. SiteOne Crawler is free and runs on Linux, from the command line. SEO PowerSuite adds rank tracking and backlinks to auditing.