Scheduling Regular Audits
Schedule Audits in the Site Audit tab runs audits automatically (daily, weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly) and emails the report; fresh crawls are charged per page, and failed runs fall back to emailing your latest completed audit.
Scheduled audits run your site audit automatically on a recurring schedule and email the report when it's done - so site health gets checked every week or month whether or not anyone remembers to click. You configure everything from one modal in the Site Audit tab.
Creating a Schedule
Open your project's Site Audit tab and click Schedule Audits (the button shows a count badge once schedules exist). In the modal:
- Project - which project (and domain) to audit.
- Frequency - Daily, Weekly, Bi-weekly, or Monthly.
- Day and time - a weekday for weekly and bi-weekly schedules, a day of the month (1-31) for monthly, plus the send time.
- Report - Detailed (every issue per page) or Summary (grouped overview).
- Branding Profile - defaults to the project's brand; pick another profile to send this schedule's reports under different branding.
- Email Recipients - comma-separated addresses that receive the report.
Fresh Crawl Settings
With run a fresh audit ticked (the default), each scheduled run crawls the site again before reporting:
- Pages to Crawl - 1 to 500 pages, default 50.
- Crawl Depth - 1 to 10 link-levels from the start page, default 3.
Each fresh audit charges credits based on pages crawled, so the page limit sets the cost per run. Size the page limit to what you actually need - a 100-page site doesn't benefit from a 500-page limit.
If a scheduled fresh audit fails for any reason, the report is emailed from your most recent completed audit instead, so recipients still get their update.
Choosing a Cadence
- Weekly - sites under active development or optimization, where new issues appear with each deploy.
- Bi-weekly or Monthly - stable sites where the audit is a health check rather than a work queue.
- Daily - short bursts during migrations or major releases; a fresh crawl every day is an expensive steady state.
A consistent schedule also builds comparable history: every run lands in the audit list with its date, score, and issue count, which is what makes trends readable (see Tracking Progress Over Time).
Managing Schedules
The Scheduled Audits modal lists your existing schedules with their frequency. Open one to change its settings, recipients, or crawl limits - edits take effect from the next run.
FAQ
What does a scheduled audit cost?
The same as a manual one: credits charged per crawled page. Untick the fresh-audit option if you only want the latest existing results re-sent.
What happens if I run out of credits?
A fresh audit can't run without credits; the schedule falls back to emailing your most recent completed audit until the balance is topped up.
Can different clients get differently branded reports?
Yes - each schedule can use its own Branding Profile, or inherit the project's brand by default.
Where do the results go besides email?
Every completed run is stored in the Site Audit tab's audit list like any manual audit - open it, export the PDF, or re-send it any time.