(Originally posted this on another sub and figured it makes sense to share it here as well.)

Hi everyone, Screaming Frog is obviously one of the most essential tools for SEO. Yet I noticed many experts only use it for rather basic tasks (e.g. getting reports regarding internal linking, URL status codes, etc.). After starting to dive into the more advanced use cases, I'm honestly pretty overwhelmed as to where to start. Hence my questions leading to this post:

• Do you make use of SF beyond such common reports and possibly automate SF exporting integrated with other tools?

• Are there any general best practices to keep in mind regarding SF configs or so? (e.g. DB storage mode, crawl frequency and other options)

• Does SF serve you specifically regarding reportings for clients? (I understand it's essential when working with SEOs so I'm mostly curious if there are ways to use SF for comprehensible reportings providing relevant insights for potentially non-SEO folks)

• Are there generally any visualition methods you could share?

I understand these aspects mostly touch more advanced aspects and don't expect anyone to share specific workflows they had to work out themselves. Even general input as to which extend you professionals are utilizing Screaming Frog would be greatly appreciated as I'm quite lost right now and simply would like to know whether this is something I should generally spend time on or if it's rather negligible. So I'm grateful for any kind of input!