Starting Your First Site Audit

You don't need a project to audit a site: the standalone Site Audit tool runs the same crawler and the same check suite from a public page. It's the fastest route for a first look at any domain - yours, a client's, or a prospect's.

Running the Standalone Audit

1. Open the Site Audit tool.
2. Enter the URL to audit.
3. Pick Full Site Audit or Single Page Audit. For a full audit, set Pages to Scan (1-500, default 50) and Crawl Depth (default 3).
4. Start the audit. You'll be asked to sign in or create an account at this point if you aren't already - the audit itself runs on credits (5 plus 1 per page for a full site; 6 for a single page).

The report scores the site 0-100 and groups findings into errors, warnings, and passed checks across SEO, technical, performance, content, and security categories - the full catalog is in the Site Audit Overview.

Standalone vs Project Audits

The checks and costs are identical. The difference is what happens around them:

• Standalone - quick, no setup; good for one-off checks and evaluating a site you don't manage yet.
• In a project - audits accumulate in the project's audit list for progress tracking, can run on a schedule with emailed reports, and sit next to your rank tracking and competitor data.

If the domain is one you'll keep working on, create a project and audit there - the history is worth it. The project walkthrough is at Starting Your First Audit.

FAQ

Is the standalone tool free?
The page is open to everyone, but running an audit requires an account and credits - the same pricing as project audits.

Can I audit a site I don't own?
Yes. The audit only reads publicly accessible pages, the same way a search engine crawler does.

Where do standalone audit results go?
They're saved to your account's audit history, so you can reopen or export them later.

Related Documentation

• Starting Your First Audit (project walkthrough)
• Site Audit Overview
• Crawl Settings & Configuration