Screaming Frog SEO Spider EULA

Before you use the Software, we ask you to give your express agreement to the terms and conditions of this EULA.

If you do not agree to this EULA, you must not use the Software for any purpose whatsoever.

1. Definitions and interpretation

1.1 In this EULA:

“AI System” means any machine learning model, large language model, AI assistant, autonomous or semi-autonomous agent, code-generation tool or similar system, whether operated by the Licensee, the User or any third party;

“Computer” means a desktop, notebook, netbook or similar computer owned by and in the control of the Licensee;

“Competing Product” means any software, service, tool, plug-in, script or other product that provides functionality substantially similar to, or that is marketed as an alternative to or replacement for, all or any material part of the Software;

“Effective Date” means the date when the User agrees to the terms and conditions of this EULA, as detailed in the preamble to this EULA;

“EULA” means this end user licence agreement (including the preamble), and any amendments to it from time to time;

“Force Majeure Event” means an event, or a series of related events, that is outside the reasonable control of the party affected (including failures of or problems with the internet or a part of the internet, power failures, industrial disputes affecting any third party, changes to the law, disasters, explosions, fires, floods, riots, terrorist attacks and wars);

“Free Version” means any version of the Software that the Licensor makes available without charge, including the Software when used without a Licence Key;

“Intellectual Property Rights” means all intellectual property rights wherever in the world, whether registered or unregistered, including any application or right of application for such rights (and the “intellectual property rights” referred to above include copyright and related rights, database rights, confidential information, trade secrets, know-how, business names, trade names, trademarks, service marks, passing off rights, unfair competition rights, patents, petty patents, utility models, semiconductor topography rights and rights in designs);

“Licence” means a single Username with a single Licence Key for the use by the User until the licence expiry date.

“Licensee” means the licensee of the Software under this EULA, including any person who downloads, installs or uses the Free Version;

“Licensor” means Screaming Frog Ltd, a limited company incorporated in England and Wales (registration number 07277243) having its registered office at CENTURY HOUSE, WARGRAVE ROAD, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, RG9 2LT;

“Outputs” means crawl data, reports, exports, configuration files, screenshots, logs and any other data or material generated by the Software;

“Permitted Acts” means the acts the Licensee is entitled to perform under sections 29A, 50A, 50B and 50BA of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under any equivalent applicable law, which cannot be excluded or restricted by contract;

“Software” means Screaming Frog SEO Spider including following the application of any Upgrade, and includes the Free Version; and

“Upgrade” an upgrade, update, enhancement, improvement or patch to the Software supplied by the Licensor.

“User” means an individual person designated by the Licensee to operate the Software under each Licence or, in the case of the Free Version, the individual who downloads, installs or uses it.

1.2 In this EULA, a reference to a statute or statutory provision includes a reference to:

(a) that statute or statutory provision as modified, consolidated and/or re-enacted from time to time; and

(b) any subordinate legislation made under that statute or statutory provision.

1.3 The Clause headings do not affect the interpretation of this EULA.

1.4 The ejusdem generis rule is not intended to be used in the interpretation of this EULA.

2. Term of EULA

This EULA will come into force on the Effective Date and will continue in force indefinitely, unless and until terminated in accordance with Clause 9.

3. Licence

3.1 The Licensee may use the Software for the Licensee’s business, internal business and/or own private and non-commercial purposes and in accordance with the provisions of this Clause 3.

3.2 Subject to the payment by the Licensee of the relevant charges and fees in respect of the Software Licence (where applicable), and the Licensee’s compliance with Clause 3.4 and the other provisions of this EULA, the Licensor grants to the Licensee a non-exclusive non-transferable licence to:

(a) download the Software;

(b) install the Software on computers that are owned or controlled by the licensee on the condition that only the User will operate the Software at any time. A Licence does not permit the Licensee or User to install the Software on a network, shared computer or drive for use by anyone other than the authorised User.

3.3 Subject to the payment by the Licensee of the relevant charges and fees in respect of the Software Licence, and the Licensee’s compliance with Clause 3.4 and the other provisions of this EULA, the Licensor further grants to the Licensee the rights to:

(a) make not more than 1 back-up copy of the Software anywhere in the world.

3.4 The Licensee must not:

(a) copy or reproduce the Software or any part of the Software other than in accordance with the Licence granted in this Clause 3;

(b) sell, resell, rent, lease, loan, supply, distribute, share, redistribute, publish or re-publish the Software or Licence or any part of the Software;

(d) except to the extent permitted as a Permitted Act, decompile, disassemble, decrypt or reverse engineer the Software or any part of the Software, or attempt to derive its source code, algorithms, data structures or file formats;

(e) circumvent or remove or attempt to circumvent or remove the technological measures applied to the Software for the purposes of preventing unauthorised use, providing that nothing in this Clause 3.4 will prohibit or restrict the Licensee or any other person from doing any act expressly permitted by applicable law (including any Permitted Act).

(f) use the Software to create any automated tool or service capable of being accessed by anyone other than the User authorised by the Licensee.

(g) utilise the Software in an unprofessional, irresponsible, malicious or illegal manner; or

(h) permit, instruct or assist any other person or any AI System to do any of the acts in paragraphs (a) to (g).

3.5 All Intellectual Property Rights in the Software are and will remain, as between the parties, the property of the Licensor. This includes all Intellectual Property Rights in the Documentation and, to the extent such rights subsist, in the format, structure, templates, column definitions and report designs of the Outputs, but not the data about the Licensee’s or its clients’ websites contained in the Outputs.

3.6 The User must comply with the terms & conditions of any 3rd party API or other data providers accessed via the Software.

3.7 Users shall comply with all copyright and data retention requirements when storing and sharing data, images and other items extracted or downloaded using the Software.

3.8 Where instructed to do so by the User, our software applications may share crawl data with third party services or APIs. The User accepts full responsibility for ensuring the privacy of all such data.

3.9 The Licensee accepts the Licensor’s privacy policy which is available at https://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/privacy/

3.10 If the Licensee requires information necessary to achieve the interoperability of an independently created program with the Software or another program, the Licensor will provide that information on written request to [email protected].

3.11 Any information obtained by decompiling the Software under section 50B of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (or any equivalent applicable law) must not be used for any purpose other than achieving the interoperability permitted by that section, must not be supplied to any third party or AI System except where necessary for that purpose, and must not be used to create a program which is substantially similar in its expression to the Software.

3.12 Competing products and AI systems

3.12.1 The Licensee must not use the Software, the Documentation or the Outputs, or any information derived from them (other than information obtained through a Permitted Act, the use of which is subject to Clause 3.11 where applicable), to design, develop, train, improve or market a Competing Product, or to assist any third party to do so.

3.12.2 Without limiting Clause 3.12.1, the Licensee must not:

(a) reproduce the text, graphics, icons, help text, error messages or other distinctive presentation of the Software, or any substantial part of them, in any other product; or

(b) provide the Software or the Documentation to any person the Licensee knows or reasonably suspects intends to develop a Competing Product.

3.12.3 The Licensee must not, and must not instruct or permit any AI System or third party to:

(a) upload, input or otherwise provide the Software, any part of its code (including any decompiled code) or any substantial part of the Documentation to an AI System for the purpose of generating, replicating or reconstructing all or part of the Software or a Competing Product;

(b) use the Software, the Documentation or the Outputs to train, fine-tune or ground an AI System that is, or is intended to be, a Competing Product or a component of one; or

(c) use automated means, including scripts, crawlers or AI agents, to extract the Documentation in bulk for any purpose other than the Licensee’s own use of the Software.

3.12.4 The Licensee and the User may use AI Systems to help them use the Software for the purposes permitted by Clause 3.1, for example to configure a crawl, interpret Outputs or troubleshoot an issue, including by sharing relevant extracts of the Documentation or Outputs with an AI System.

3.12.5 The Licensee is responsible for the acts and omissions of any AI System or agent acting on its or the User’s behalf as if they were its own.

3.12.6 Where the Licensor reasonably believes that this Clause 3.12 has been breached, the Licensee will, within 14 days of written notice, provide written confirmation of its compliance and reasonable information about its use of the Software.

3.13 Documentation

3.13.1 The Documentation is licensed to the Licensee only to support its use of the Software under this EULA. The Licensee may copy and share extracts internally and with its clients for that purpose, and with AI Systems as permitted by Clause 3.12.4.

3.13.2 The Licensee must not reproduce, republish, translate or adapt the Documentation, or any substantial part of it, in any other product’s documentation, help text or marketing.

3.13.3 The Licensor expressly reserves all rights to carry out, and to authorise others to carry out, text and data mining of the Software and the Documentation, including for the purposes of Article 4(3) of Directive (EU) 2019/790. No such right is granted to the Licensee except as expressly set out in this EULA.

3.13.4 Any materials the Licensor makes available only to licensees (for example, in a logged-in area), including configuration file specifications, API details and pre-release information, are the Licensor’s confidential information. The Licensee must keep them confidential and use them only for its licensed use of the Software.
This Clause 3.13.4 does not apply to information that is or becomes public other than through the Licensee’s breach, was lawfully known to the Licensee before the Licensor disclosed it, is independently developed by the Licensee, or is required to be disclosed by law (to the extent so required).

3.14 Trade marks

3.14.1 “Screaming Frog”, “SEO Spider”, the frog logo and related names and logos are trade marks of the Licensor. This EULA grants no right to use them, except to refer accurately to the Software.

3.14.2 The Licensee must not use the Licensor’s trade marks, or any confusingly similar name, logo, icon or get-up, in connection with any Competing Product, or in any way that suggests a connection with or endorsement by the Licensor that does not exist. This includes describing a product as a “clone”, “copy” or “version” of the Software.

3.14.3 The Licensee must not remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trade mark or other proprietary notice in the Software, the Documentation or the Outputs.

3.15 Statutory rights

3.15.1 Nothing in this EULA excludes or restricts any Permitted Act, or any other right the Licensee has under applicable law that cannot be excluded or restricted by contract. Any provision of this EULA is to be read as not applying to the extent that it would do so.

3.16 Free Version

3.16.1 Where the Licensee uses the Free Version:

(a) no charges or fees are payable, and the rights in Clauses 3.2 and 3.3 are granted without charge;

(b) references in this EULA to a Licence are to be read as references to the licence granted to the Licensee under Clauses 3.2 and 3.3, so that the restrictions in Clauses 3.2(b), 3.4 and 4 apply, and references to a Licence Key or a licence expiry date do not apply;

(d) subject to Clause 8.1, the Licensor will have no liability to the Licensee in connection with the Free Version, and Clause 8.7 does not apply; and

(e) all other provisions of this EULA apply in full, including Clauses 3.4 and 3.11 to 3.15.

4. Other Users

The Licensee must not permit any person or entity other than the authorised User to use the Software or to exercise any of the other rights granted by the Licensor to the Licensee in this EULA.

5. Upgrades

5.1 The User must promptly apply to the Software each Upgrade released by the Licensor and made available by the Licensor to the Licensee from time to time.

5.2 The Licensor will have no obligation to provide support for the Software under Clause 6 in relation to any version of the Software that does not incorporate the most recent Upgrade to the Software.

6. Support

6.1 The Licensor will provide to the Licensee email support during the period of the licence for the purpose of resolving issues with the Software raised by the Licensee acting reasonably.

6.2 The Licensee acknowledges that:

(a) the Licensor’s obligation under Clause 6.1 is subject to such limits (as to time spent in relation to an issue and in relation to the Licensee in aggregate) as the Licensor may determine from time to time;

(b) the Licensor’s sole obligation under Clause 6.1 is to make reasonable endeavours to resolve issues raised by the Licensee;

(d) the Licensor will not provide any on-site support under this EULA.

6.3 The Licensor may subcontract any of its obligations under this Clause 6 to any third party.

7. Limited warranties

7.1 The User warrants to the Licensor that it has the legal right and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this EULA.

7.2 The Licensor warrants to the User:

(a) that it has the legal right and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this EULA;

(b) that the use of the Software by the User in accordance with the terms of this EULA will not infringe the UK Intellectual Property Rights of any third party;

7.3 The Licensee acknowledges that:

(a) the Software may not be error-free and that non-material errors in the Software will not constitute a breach of this EULA;

(b) the Software has not been developed to meet the specific requirements of the Licensee, and accordingly, the Licensee will be responsible for ensuring that the Software is suitable to meet the Licensee’s requirements.

7.4 All of the parties’ liabilities and obligations in respect of the subject matter of this EULA are expressly set out herein. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, no other terms concerning the subject matter of this EULA will be implied into this EULA or any related contract.

8. Limitations and exclusions of liability

8.1 Nothing in the EULA will:

(a) limit or exclude the liability of a party for death or personal injury resulting from negligence;

(b) limit or exclude the liability of a party for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation by that party;

(d) exclude any liability of a party that may not be excluded under applicable law, and, if you are a consumer, any statutory rights which you have, which cannot be excluded or limited, will not be affected by the EULA.

8.2 The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this Clause 8:

(a) are subject to Clause 8.1; and

(b) govern all liabilities arising under the EULA or in relation to the subject matter of the EULA, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for breach of statutory duty.

8.3 The Licensor will not be liable to the Licensee for any losses arising out of a Force Majeure Event.

8.4 The Licensor will not be liable to the Licensee in respect of any business losses, such as loss of or damage to profits, income, revenue, use, production, anticipated savings, business, contracts, commercial opportunities or goodwill.

8.5 The Licensor will not be liable to the Licensee in respect of any loss or corruption of any data, database or software.

8.6 The Licensor will not be liable to the Licensee in respect of any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage.

8.7 The Licensor’s aggregate liability to the Licensee will not exceed the greater of:

(a) the price paid by you for the Software item giving rise to the damage, or

(b) one hundred and ninety-nine pounds (£199)

9. Termination

This EULA will terminate immediately if:

(a) the User breaches any provision of this EULA;

(b) the Licensee: (i) is dissolved; (ii) ceases to conduct all (or substantially all) of its business; (iii) is or becomes unable to pay its debts as they fall due; (iv) is or becomes insolvent or is declared insolvent; or (v) convenes a meeting or makes or proposes to make any arrangement or composition with its creditors;

(c) an administrator, administrative receiver, liquidator, receiver, trustee, manager or similar is appointed over any of the assets of the Licensee;

(d) an order is made for the winding up of the Licensee, or the Licensee passes a resolution for its winding up; or

(e) (where the Licensee is an individual) the Licensee dies, or as a result of illness or incapacity becomes incapable of managing his or her own affairs, or is the subject of a bankruptcy petition or order.

10. Effects of termination

10.1 Upon termination all the provisions of this EULA will cease to have effect, save that the following provisions will survive and continue to have effect (in accordance with their terms or otherwise indefinitely): Clauses 1, 3.5, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14, 3.15, 8, 10.4 and 11.

10.2 Termination of this EULA will not affect either party’s accrued rights and liabilities.

10.3 Save as expressly provided in this EULA, the Licensee will not be entitled to a refund upon the termination of this EULA.

10.4 Upon termination, the Licensee must stop using the Software and delete all copies of the Software and of the materials referred to in Clause 3.13.4 in its possession or control, including any copies provided to or held by an AI System under its control.

11. General

11.1 No breach of any provision of this EULA will be waived except with the express written consent of the party not in breach.

11.2 If a Clause of this EULA is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other Clauses of this EULA will continue in effect. If any unlawful and/or unenforceable Clause would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of the Clause will continue in effect (unless that would contradict the clear intention of the parties, in which case the entirety of the relevant Clause will be deemed to be deleted).

11.3 The Licensor may freely assign this EULA and/or its rights and/or obligations under this EULA without the Licensee’s consent. Save as expressly provided in this EULA, the Licensee must not assign, transfer, charge, licence or otherwise dispose of or deal in this EULA and/or any its rights and/or obligations under this EULA.

11.4 This EULA is made for the benefit of the parties, and is not intended to benefit any third party or be enforceable by any third party. The rights of the parties to terminate, rescind, or agree any amendment, waiver, variation or settlement under or relating to this EULA are not subject to the consent of any third party.

11.5 This EULA constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties in relation to the subject matter of this EULA, and supersedes all previous agreements, arrangements and understandings between the parties relating to the subject matter of this EULA. Subject to Clause 8.1, each party acknowledges that no representations or promises not expressly contained in this EULA have been made by or on behalf of the other party.

11.6 This EULA will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales; and the courts of England will have exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate any dispute arising under or in connection with this EULA.

11.7 The Licensee acknowledges that a breach of Clause 3.4, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13 or 3.14 may cause the Licensor harm for which damages would not be an adequate remedy, and that the Licensor will be entitled to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in addition to any other remedy.

Last updated 28th October 2026

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