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Comparison

SEOLint
vs SEMrush Site Audit

SEMrush Site Audit: Comprehensive SEO platform with rank tracking, backlinks, and full site audits. The industry standard for SEO teams.

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TL;DR

SEOLint is a focused single-page SEO auditor with an MCP server for Claude, LLM-ready fix prompts, a REST API, and a $79/month flat price. SEMrush Site Audit is comprehensive seo platform with rank tracking, backlinks, and full site audits. the industry standard for seo teams. The right pick depends on whether you want the broader suite or an audit that fits inside a developer workflow.

SEMrush is an all-in-one SEO platform with rank tracking, backlinks, keyword research, and competitive analysis. If you are running marketing for a larger company and need all of those pieces in one dashboard, it earns its €119+/month. SEOLint is not trying to replace it. It covers one narrow slice, single-page SEO audits, and does it with an MCP server so Claude can run the checks natively.

Side-by-side comparison

The features that matter when you are picking a tool for developer-led SEO.

Feature
SEOLint
SEMrush Site Audit
Single-page SEO audit
Full site crawl (hundreds of pages)
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MCP server for Claude
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AI-generated fix prompts
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REST API
Backlink analysis
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Rank tracking
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No install required
Results in under 60 seconds
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Free tier available
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Starting price
$79/month
€119+/month

Why founders and developers choose us

What you get with SEOLint that SEMrush Site Audit does not cover.

  • MCP server: add one config block and Claude can scan any URL
  • LLM-ready fix prompt for every issue, no SEO expertise needed
  • Focused on single-page audits, results in under 60 seconds
  • $79/month for developers who just need SEO checks

Where SEMrush Site Audit is different

Honest trade-offs. These are reasons you might still prefer SEMrush Site Audit.

  • €119+/month, you pay for rank tracking, backlinks, and features you may not need
  • No AI-generated fix instructions, you interpret the data yourself
  • No MCP server, can't connect to Claude or Cursor
  • Complex interface with a steep learning curve

Which one should you pick?

Pick SEMrush if you have a marketing team that will use rank tracking and competitive research every week. Pick SEOLint if you are a developer who wants to know whether your homepage still has a title tag after last week's deploy, without logging into yet another dashboard.

Common questions

Is SEOLint better than SEMrush Site Audit?
It depends on your needs. SEOLint is built for founders and developers who use Claude. Connect it as an MCP server in 2 minutes and Claude can scan any URL natively. Every issue comes with a LLM-ready fix prompt that Claude can execute directly on your codebase. SEMrush Site Audit is better if you need a full SEO suite or site-wide crawling. If you want AI-native output and developer ergonomics, SEOLint is the focused choice.
Does SEOLint work as an MCP server for Claude?
Yes. Add one config block to Claude Desktop or Claude Code and Claude gains access to scan_website(), get_scan(), and list_scans() as native tools. You can ask Claude "scan my homepage and fix the critical issues" and it handles the full loop, no browser tab needed. SEMrush Site Audit has no MCP integration.
How much does SEOLint cost compared to SEMrush Site Audit?
SEOLint is $79/month, one flat price per site under agent watch. Includes weekly auto-scans, 200 AI credits/month bundled in (BYOK to skip the cap), MCP server, CLI, AI fix prompts, REST API, GitHub Actions, and the PR bot. No annual commitment, cancel anytime. Multi-site Custom plan available via email.

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