Scrutiny
Website crawl-and-report. Link checking, SEO checks, sitemap, spelling and validation.·peacockmedia.software
One-time · No free plan (30-day trial) · Not open source See pricing ↓
Scrutiny is a Mac application that crawls a website and reports on link checking, SEO issues, HTML validation, accessibility, sitemap generation, spelling and grammar. After a single scan it holds detailed site information that can be searched, filtered and exported, and it can generate custom reports with charts. It also supports authenticated scans, testing links inside local PDF/Word documents, and rendering JavaScript before parsing pages.
What it's for
Features 15
- Accessibility testing to assist WCAG/ADA/DDA compliance checks
- Authentication support for scanning sites requiring login
- Configurable sitemap priority/change frequency rules
- Custom report generation with charts, custom header and footer
- HTTPS migration checks (flags old https links and mixed/insecure content)
- Link checking (includes all Integrity, Integrity Plus and Integrity Pro link-checking features)
- One-click submission of pages to the W3C validator
- Per-user licensing with upgrade paths from earlier versions
- Renders JavaScript before parsing pages
- Searchable, filterable, exportable scan data
- SEO warnings: missing title/description, thin content, keyword stuffing, images without alt text
- Site-wide HTML validation with well-formedness checks
- Spelling and grammar checking using OS X functionality and custom dictionary
- Testing hyperlinks within local PDF and Word (.docx) documents
- XML sitemap export (and other formats) with options to include images and PDF files
At a glance
Integrations
Pricing
Scrutiny is sold as a one-off purchase of 149 USD rather than a subscription; discounted bundles combining Scrutiny with other PeacockMedia apps (e.g. Watchman, Webscraper) are also offered.
Licensed 'per user'; bulk/corporate and educational discounts available; upgrade paths exist from v5/v6, v7-v9, and from Integrity Plus/Pro. Vendor states price 'compares with 3 months of CheckDog's Zebra plan or less than a year of Screaming Frog or Webbee'.
30 days free trial with only exporting disabled
Bulk/corporate licensing discounts apply
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