Log File Analysis
JetOctopus: what it does, what it costs
Crawl and server logs in one place, priced on volume with no seat or project limits.
JetOctopus at a glance
Every row is a verified field or an honest absence. A row is dropped rather than filled with an em dash, so the length of this table says how complete the record is.
| What it is | Crawl and server logs in one place, priced on volume with no seat or project limits. |
|---|---|
| Category | Log File Analysis |
| Best suited for | Large sites where crawl budget is a real constraint |
| Starting price | From $159/month for 500,000 crawl pages |
| Free plan | No |
| Free trial | Free trial offered at signup |
| Main strength | Crawl and log analysis in one product, which most tools split or omit |
| Main limitation | The entry price assumes scale — $159 a month for 500,000 pages is not a small-site tool |
| Evidence | Primary-source researched |
| Closest alternatives | Lumar, Screaming Frog SEO Spider, Sitebulb, Semrush |
| Pricing checked | 19 August 2026 |
| Record checked | 19 August 2026 |
What JetOctopus is
JetOctopus does the two halves of technical SEO diagnosis that most tools split: it crawls a site, and it ingests server logs so you can see what search engines actually requested. Joining those two datasets is the only way to answer the crawl-budget questions — which pages Googlebot never reaches, which it revisits pointlessly, and which section of the site is absorbing the attention.
Its pricing model is the cleanest in this part of the market. You choose a crawl volume, from 500,000 pages upward, and that is the bill: $159 a month at 500k, $298 at 1M, $507 at 2M, $716 at 3M. There are explicitly no project limits, no user limits and no simultaneous-crawl limits, which for an agency is a fundamentally different structure from per-project cloud pricing.
The log allowance is worth reading carefully. The entry volume includes two million log lines, and the vendor states it counts only search bot visits — Googlebot and Bing — rather than all traffic, which is what makes a two-million-line allowance usable on a site with far more than two million visits.
What you can use it for
- Join crawl data to server logs to answer crawl-budget questions properly
- See which pages Googlebot never requested, and which it revisits without need
- Crawl millions of pages without a project or concurrency limit
- Give a whole agency access without per-seat charges
The features that matter for SEO
Each one says what it does and the SEO job it serves. A vendor feature list without that second half tells you nothing you could not read on their own site.
Log file analysis
Ingests server logs and reports what search bots actually requested, how often and with what response.
The only source of truth on crawl budget. A crawler tells you what is reachable; logs tell you what was reached, and the gap between them is where large sites lose visibility.
Counts search bot visits only, which is what makes the allowance workable — but it means these are not general traffic logs.
Crawl and log joins
Puts crawl findings and log data in the same analysis.
Answers the questions neither dataset can alone — an orphaned page nobody links to that Googlebot still crawls daily, or a key template it never visits.
Volume-only pricing
Prices on crawl pages, with no limits on projects, users or concurrent crawls.
For an agency this is the whole commercial case. Adding a client or a colleague costs nothing; only volume does.
JavaScript rendering
Renders JavaScript, at half the page allowance of a plain crawl.
The two-to-one ratio is the honest cost of rendering, and it is stated up front rather than discovered when a crawl stalls.
Search Console and Analytics integration
Connects three GSC and three GA properties on the entry plan.
Lets technical findings be prioritised by impressions rather than by severity, which is the prioritisation that matters.
Dataset joins and Ahrefs integration
Joins your own datasets and Ahrefs data to crawl results.
Bringing link data into a crawl analysis is how you find the important orphaned pages rather than merely the orphaned ones.
Alerts
Notifies on changes and new issues.
Turns a periodic audit into monitoring, which is where regressions get caught.
Pricing and limits
Starting price: From $159/month for 500,000 crawl pages Checked 19 August 2026 Vendor’s own pricing page
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| 500K crawl pages | $159 /mo |
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| 1M crawl pages | $298 /mo |
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| 2M crawl pages | $507 /mo |
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| 3M crawl pages | $716 /mo |
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| Annual bundle | $337 /mo Billed annually, advertised as saving $1,354 a year against monthly billing. | The configurator also offers a bundled annual plan at this rate. Which crawl volume it corresponds to was not captured in this check. |
| Extra logs and GSC properties Add-on | Added per unit /mo | Additional log volume and Search Console properties are bought on top of a plan. |
Add-on rows are only ever charged on top of a plan, so they are excluded from the entry price used in the directory’s price filter.
Strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Crawl and log analysis in one product, which most tools split or omit
- No project, user or simultaneous-crawl limits at any volume
- Published volume-based pricing, where the enterprise alternative is quote-only
- Log allowance counts search bots only, making it genuinely usable
- Search Console and Analytics joins included on the entry plan
Limitations
- The entry price assumes scale — $159 a month for 500,000 pages is not a small-site tool
- JavaScript rendering halves the page allowance
- Log analysis requires you to get server logs out, which is often the real blocker
- Extra log volume and GSC properties are add-ons rather than included
- Not a research platform — no keyword database, no link index of its own
Who it is for, and who should skip it
Worth it if
- Large sites where crawl budget is a real constraint
- Agencies who want unlimited projects and seats and will pay for volume
- Anyone who needs crawl and log data in the same analysis
Skip it if
- Your site is small — the entry volume is 500,000 pages
- You cannot get server logs, which removes half the product
- You want research and link data in the same subscription
Alternatives to JetOctopus
Each one answers when it is the better choice, which is the only thing a list of competitors is useful for.
- Lumar Choose it when you need enterprise crawl scale with stakeholder reporting and accessibility auditing, and can go through procurement.
- Screaming Frog SEO Spider Choose it when you crawl locally and want unlimited crawling for $279 a year, without log analysis.
- Sitebulb Choose it when the deliverable is a client audit and you want issues explained rather than joined to logs.
- Semrush Choose it when you want a log file analyser inside a suite you already pay for, at smaller scale.
Sources and verification
Last verified 19 August 2026 1 day ago
Pricing 19 August 2026 Plans 19 August 2026 Features 19 August 2026
- JetOctopus pricing Pricing page verifies pricing, plans, limits, features checked 19 August 2026
- How to calculate logs volume Documentation verifies limits checked 19 August 2026
What changed
- 19 August 2026 — Filed under log file analysis rather than website crawlers. It crawls competently, but the log ingestion is what distinguishes it — and log analysis is the category with almost nothing in it.
Questions
Why does log file analysis matter?
Because a crawler tells you what is reachable and logs tell you what was actually reached. On a large site those diverge badly: templates Googlebot never visits, parameter URLs it crawls daily, whole sections absorbing crawl budget for nothing. No amount of crawling reveals any of that.
How much does JetOctopus cost?
From $159 a month for 500,000 crawl pages, rising with volume — $298 at 1M, $507 at 2M and $716 at 3M, up to 10 million pages. There are no project, user or concurrent-crawl limits at any volume. Verified on 19 August 2026.
Is the two-million log line allowance enough?
More than it sounds, because the vendor counts only search bot visits rather than all traffic. A site with tens of millions of human visits can sit comfortably inside a two-million-line bot allowance. Extra log volume can be added if you need it.