# Which Crawlwise plan fits your workflow? > Starter vs Growth vs Agency — credits, API limits, and when yearly billing wins. Canonical: https://crawlwise.site/guides/plans-and-credits/pick-a-plan Last updated: 2026-03-15 Match plan tier to how many audits you run and whether you need API/MCP. by Adnan Arodiya Updated March 15, 2026 · 8 min read ## Key takeaways - Credits map to operations — audits are ~1.25 each. - Yearly is ten months price for twelve months of credits. - API, MCP and the search data (backlinks, keywords, ranks) start at Growth. - Agency adds white-label PDFs and higher limits. Crawlwise pricing is credit-first: you pay for work you run, with plan tiers bundling credits and features. ## Choose by volume - **Starter** — audits, site crawls, Search Console and monitoring for up to three sites. - **Growth** — adds backlinks, keyword research, rank tracking, local SEO, the API and MCP. - **Agency** — white-label reporting and highest limits. ## Yearly vs monthly Yearly charges ten months for twelve months of credits. If you audit every month, yearly is the better deal. [Open the pricing page](https://crawlwise.site/plans) for live numbers and operation costs. ## You are already further along than it feels “Which Crawlwise plan fits your workflow?” is the kind of page people open when something feels off and they want a calm next step. That instinct is the whole job. You do not need a new stack, a new agency, or a weekend of tabs. You need one true thing you can fix, then another, then a re-check so you can see the page get cleaner. > You do not need a perfect site this week. You need the next true fix, and the patience to check it again after you ship. > > Adnan Arodiya, Crawlwise Start with the page a customer actually lands on. Read what the server returns, not what you remember pasting into the CMS. If a crawler is blocked, fix that before you rewrite a headline. If a title is doing its job, leave it alone and move to the next check. Small honest wins beat a dashboard full of red. When the free check has told you what it can, a full audit is the natural next sitting. It scores the checks that apply, says when something was not measured, and keeps the story if you save it. Plans start at $14.99 a month for Starter. Growth and Agency are there when a few sites become a client list. Nothing here asks you to buy a seat you will not use. ## What a plan actually costs The free tools stay free. You can open them, run them, and leave without an account. A plan is for the moment you want the report saved, a few sites watched, or the same checks from the API. The price on this table is the price at checkout. A yearly plan is ten months of the monthly price, so two months are on us. | Plan | Monthly | Credits | A good fit when | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Starter | $14.99 | 40 | Regular audits of up to three of your own sites, with Search Console and watched URLs | | Growth | $49.99 | 150 | Client work: backlinks, keyword research, rank tracking and the API | | Agency | $99.99 | 400 | Many locations, reported under your own name | A single-page audit is about 1.25 credits, and that includes the live probe of answer-engine crawlers. You see the estimate before anything runs. If a hold is not used, it comes back to your balance. Extra credits, when you already subscribe, are $9.99 for 20. ## A comparison worth keeping A typical SEO suite is wonderful at the work it was built for: a giant keyword database, a backlink index, ads research, seats for a team. Crawlwise is wonderful at a smaller, sharper job. We show the evidence on the page, we test whether answer-engine crawlers can actually fetch it, and we price the work in credits you can see before you click. If you need their index, keep it. If you need a clear read on this URL, you are in the right place. Take the win that is in front of you. Run the check, fix one thing on staging, and come back. The page will still be here, and so will we. ## Crawlwise vs a typical SEO suite | What you get | Crawlwise | Typical suite | | --- | --- | --- | | Monthly price for audits + crawler checks | From $14.99 | $139+ typical suite | | Evidence shown per finding | Value + check name | Often score only | | Answer-engine crawler live test | Included in audit | Rare | | Fractional credit pricing | Yes | Seat bundles | | Backlink index | Not our focus | Core | Try it on your URL ## Run the checks on your live site Free tools answer one question. A full audit scores the page, tests answer-engine crawlers, and saves to history on a plan. - Live crawler probes - Core Web Vitals - One free full audit [Get my free report](https://crawlwise.site/#audit-url) [Compare plans](https://crawlwise.site/plans) ## Frequently asked questions ### What counts as one audit? One URL through the full checklist plus answer-engine crawler probe — about 1.25 credits total. ### Can I buy credits without a subscription? Credit packs are available on /plans for top-ups; subscriptions are cheaper per credit if you audit monthly. ### Do yearly plans lock the price? Existing yearly subscriptions keep their rate when list prices rise — see /plans for current tiers. ### When do I need Growth instead of Starter? When you want backlinks, keyword research, rank tracking, local SEO or the API and MCP, when 40 credits a month runs out, or when you look after more than three sites. ### Is monitoring included? URL monitoring is a separate add-on that grants zero credits but schedules diffs — see /plans. ### Can I cancel anytime? Monthly plans cancel at period end; yearly runs the full term unless noted in billing terms. ### Do free tools use credits? No. The toolkit on /tools is free without an account. ### How do trials work? New accounts receive a trial credit for one full audit including crawler probe. ## Meet the author Adnan Arodiya Crawlwise Writes about what Crawlwise actually measures: on-page evidence, crawler access, and performance signals — with the limits stated up front.