SpyderNow Review: Is This $59 SEO Tool Worth It?

What Is SpyderNow and What Does It Cost?

SpyderNow is a lifetime deal SEO tool available on AppSumo that promises technical SEO auditing, on-page analysis, and website optimization for a one-time fee. The pitch is simple: why pay thousands per year for Ahrefs or SEMrush when you can get similar functionality for $59?

The tool offers three tiers, all with the same core features but different usage limits. Tier one is the entry point, tier three gives you the most generous limits including 20 saved scans per month and 300 AI-generated metadata corrections. At the time of this review, SpyderNow had 16 reviews on AppSumo, most of them positive.

Setting Up SpyderNow

Getting started with SpyderNow is straightforward. After redeeming your AppSumo license, you create an account and land on the main dashboard. One thing worth noting right away: SpyderNow asks you to leave a review on AppSumo almost immediately after signing up. This is a questionable UX decision — asking for a review before a user has had any real experience with the product doesn't inspire confidence.

The setup process also requires a Google PageSpeed API key for performance reports. SpyderNow links you directly to the key generation page, and importing the key is simple enough. The tool runs its scans locally in your browser, which means it uses your PC's CPU and RAM resources during the crawl process.

Technical SEO and Performance Report

The core of SpyderNow is its technical SEO scanner. You enter your website URL, choose between a full website scan or a single page, and hit analyze. The tool then crawls your site page by page. On a test run against clientamp.com, it scanned over 50 pages without any firewall issues.

The performance report pulls in Google PageSpeed Insights data, showing scores for performance, caching, and CSS optimization. While it's convenient to have this inside the tool, there's nothing here you can't get by visiting PageSpeed Insights directly. The real value is supposed to come from having everything consolidated in one dashboard.

Site Issues and Error Detection

After scanning, SpyderNow categorizes issues into high, medium, and low priority. The issues list includes missing meta descriptions, broken links, wrong canonical URLs, and duplicate CSS or JavaScript files. Clicking into any issue reveals the affected pages along with the pages that link to them.

The presentation here could use some work. When you click on a missing description issue, you get the offending pages on the left, but the right column shows every page that links to those pages — resulting in an overwhelming list that's hard to parse. For the test site, category archive pages were flagged for missing descriptions, which is legitimate, but login and cart pages were also flagged, which are non-issues for most site owners.

Some results felt like false positives. SVG images triggered broken image errors, and certain plugin-generated links showed as broken even though they were functioning correctly. A firewall could be partially to blame, but a good tool should account for that.

Link Tree and Site Visualization

One of SpyderNow's more visually interesting features is the Link Tree view. It maps out your site's internal linking structure, starting from the homepage and branching outward to show how every page connects to others. You can toggle between a traditional tree view and a radial mind-map layout.

It looks cool, but the practical value is limited. For most site owners, knowing that your homepage links to your main pages isn't groundbreaking information. Where this could be useful is for identifying orphaned pages or spotting unusual linking patterns, but SpyderNow doesn't surface those insights automatically — you'd have to visually hunt for them yourself.

Scan Details, Sitemap, and HT Access Editor

The Scan Details tab provides a cleaner view of the same data from the issues report. It breaks down internal versus external links, crawled pages, redirects, and missing meta descriptions in a more digestible format. This is actually the preferred view for getting a quick sense of your site's SEO health.

SpyderNow can also generate a sitemap XML file for your website, which you can download and submit to Google Search Console. If your CMS doesn't generate sitemaps automatically, this is a handy feature.

The HT Access editor lets you create an .htaccess file with settings for 404 pages, caching rules, and redirects. It won't edit your live server — it generates a file you can download and upload manually. Useful for developers who need a quick .htaccess template, but not a standout feature.

On-Page Reports and Internal Links

The on-page report consolidates information about your website's structure: images missing alt text, duplicate JavaScript files, redirections, and more. It's the most comprehensive single view SpyderNow offers, though much of the data overlaps with what you've already seen in other tabs.

The internal links section shows which pages on your site receive the most internal links. You can expand each entry to see exactly which pages are linking to it. For the test site, footer links meant every page linked back to the homepage — not exactly actionable intelligence.

The broken links tab surfaces non-functioning URLs, though the accuracy was questionable. Some links marked as broken were actually working fine, and some links marked as valid showed a 404 status code. This kind of inconsistency undermines trust in the tool's reporting.

Saved Scans and Credit Issues

Here's where things start to go sideways. SpyderNow's tier one plan should include three saved scans per month, but attempting to save a scan returned a "you have reached your limit" error — despite never having saved a single scan. The subscription page confirmed the issue: saved scans showed as "zero of blank," suggesting the limit was never properly configured.

Similarly, AI credits showed as zero even though the plan should include 50. This means two advertised features were completely inaccessible out of the box. While this could be a fixable bug on the developer's side, it's a terrible first impression and raises concerns about the tool's overall reliability.

Built-In Tools: Code Minification and Image Optimization

SpyderNow bundles several utility tools that feel like they were added to pad out the feature list. The HTML, CSS, and JavaScript minifiers work as expected — paste in your code, click minify, and get a smaller file. In testing, an HTML file went from 2,477 to 1,601 characters. But any modern CMS or code editor already handles minification, making this feature redundant for most users.

The image optimization tool is more interesting. It compressed a 671KB image down to 157KB in optimization mode, and converting to WebP brought it down to just 41KB. You can toggle between optimizing for file size versus quality. It works, but it's a manual process — you upload one image at a time, download the result, and then upload it to your site. Tools like ShortPixel or Elementor's image optimizer handle this automatically across your entire site, which is far more practical.

Text Tools and Keyword Density

The text tools include a basic word counter and a keyword density checker. The word counter does exactly what you'd expect — paste in text and get a word and character count. The keyword density checker is slightly more useful: you enter a URL and it analyzes the page content, showing how many times each keyword appears and its density percentage.

Testing it against a blog post on clientamp.com returned reasonable results: 3,400 words, 952 unique words, and a breakdown of keyword frequency. The term "my signature" appeared 35 times for a 1% density. It's functional, but free tools like Yoast or even a quick Google search for "keyword density checker" give you the same information.

Link Checker Tool

The standalone link checker scans a URL and breaks down all links into three categories: link host (external domains), valid links, and broken links. It's useful for checking if link exchange partners are still linking to your site, or for auditing which external sites you're linking to.

However, accuracy issues showed up again here. Links marked as broken with a 404 status actually loaded fine when visited directly. And some links in the "valid" column also showed 404 status codes. The inconsistency makes it difficult to trust the results without manually verifying each one, which defeats the purpose of an automated checker.

AI Features and Generators

SpyderNow includes a sitemap generator and HT Access editor under its generators section — both of which are duplicates of tools already available elsewhere in the interface. The AI-powered metadata generation is potentially the most interesting feature: after scanning a page, you can click on any title or description and use AI to generate a better version.

Unfortunately, this feature was completely inaccessible during testing due to the AI credits showing as zero. Even after signing out and back in, the credits never appeared. The smallest purchasable credit pack is $5, and spending more money on a tool that isn't delivering its advertised features didn't seem worthwhile.

Final Verdict: 5.8 Out of 10

SpyderNow earns a 5.8 out of 10. It has some potential as a basic technical SEO auditing tool, but it falls short in several critical areas. The missing saved scans and AI credits are deal-breaking bugs for a paid product. The error reporting produces false positives and inconsistent results. And many of the bundled tools — minification, image optimization, word counting — are freely available elsewhere and feel like feature padding.

The link tree visualization is visually appealing, and the scan details view provides a decent overview of site health. But the tool lacks actionable recommendations. It tells you what's wrong without giving you a clear plan to fix it.

How does SpyderNow compare to Ahrefs or SEMrush? Frankly, it doesn't. It's not in the same ballpark. If you're already paying for a professional SEO tool, SpyderNow won't replace it. If you're looking for a budget-friendly SEO auditing option, Website Auditor (also available on AppSumo) offers a more polished and concise experience. SpyderNow has potential, but in its current state, it's a pass.

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