Content inventory tools help you crawl your site, export URLs, and organize content data without manual copy and paste. This list covers lightweight options and full SEO crawlers.
Need page-level insights after your inventory? Use the content audit tool.
1) Screaming Frog
Fast crawler for exporting URLs, titles, status codes, and metadata. Great for building your initial inventory list.
2) Sitebulb
Visual crawler that adds site structure insights, helpful for large inventories.
3) Ahrefs Site Audit
SEO-focused crawler with strong reporting for broken links and duplicates.
4) Semrush Site Audit
Crawl plus SEO diagnostics. Useful if you already use Semrush.
5) Google Search Console
Not a crawler, but useful for identifying indexed pages and errors.
6) ContentKing
Real-time monitoring and content change tracking.
7) Airtable or Google Sheets
Simple content inventory tools for sorting and tagging pages.
8) CMS exports
Most CMS platforms let you export pages or posts directly.
How to pick the right tool
- Small site: CMS export + spreadsheet is enough.
- Large site: crawler + spreadsheet is faster.
- Ongoing updates: monitoring tools help prevent drift.
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Final thoughts
Choose content inventory tools based on size and frequency. The goal is a clean list of URLs with owners and next actions, not another dashboard.