Migration software
Screaming Frog SEO Spider
Suggested in 3 of our migration playbooks, mainly for Websites and ecommerce and Email and domains. Here is what it handles, how it treats key settings, and other tools for the same jobs.
What it handles
The limits of the built-in tools that Screaming Frog SEO Spider gets around, as covered in our playbooks.
Change your website domain without losing SEO
- Cover every hostname variantList mode with "Always Follow Redirects" and the All Redirects report shows each URL's final address and hop count.
- Change of Address does not move subdomains, including www, and Search Console does not test every old URL on every variant.List mode follows each old URL on each hostname variant to its final address, and reports hops, loops and temporary redirects.
Shopify to WooCommerce migration
- Build the redirect map before launch dayList mode follows each old URL to its final address and reports hops and errors.
- WooCommerce has no built-in redirect manager or bulk redirect import.List mode follows each old URL to its final address and reports hops and errors.
Wix and Squarespace to WordPress
- Choose permalinks that keep old paths where you canList mode follows each old URL to its final address and reports hops and errors.
- WordPress has no built-in redirect manager, and every changed path needs its own redirect and test.List mode follows each old URL to its final address and reports hops and errors.
How it handles key settings
From the settings checklists in our playbooks: what Screaming Frog SEO Spider carries across.
| Setting | How it handles it | Playbook |
|---|---|---|
| One-to-one redirect map | List mode follows each old URL to its final address and reports hops, loops and temporary redirects. | Change your website domain without losing SEO |
| Redirect chains | Reports the number of hops for each old URL, so you can find chains and loops. | Change your website domain without losing SEO |
| Every hostname variant | List mode can test the same paths on each hostname variant. | Change your website domain without losing SEO |
| Redirects | List mode follows each old URL to its final address and reports hops and errors. | Wix and Squarespace to WordPress |
Tools for the same jobs
Other tools our playbooks suggest for the same migrations.
We write these notes from the vendor documentation cited in each playbook. Tools cannot pay to be included or to change them. Check the vendor's current documentation and terms before you buy.