SiteCMD ships three tiers: Free, Core, and Pro. Each is a desktop app license, validated against our license server. You pay for the desktop app and the paid-tier features; you do not pay for “access to your data” because your data lives on your machine.

For current pricing and a side-by-side feature table, see the pricing page.

What every tier gets

Available on every tier, including Free:

The desktop app itself. Full UI, dashboard, issue list, project management.
Every check in the engine. No checks are tier-gated. Free runs the same scans as Pro, against the same depth of coverage.
All integrations as data views. Connect Google Analytics, Search Console, GitHub, Cloudflare, etc. on any tier. You’ll see the raw data.
The issue summary on every finding. Title, severity, location, source.
Scheduled scans. Background scans, OS notifications, tray-icon scan-now.
Local data, audit log, export to CSV.

Free is genuinely useful on its own. It’s not a 14-day trial that locks features after the timer. It’s a permanent tier with a real product behind it.

What Free does not include

Free gives you the score and the count, but not the depth. Specifically:

No cross-source correlation. You see your scan findings and your integration data, but SiteCMD doesn’t tie them together for you. (You can still mentally correlate.)
No fix guides. You see what’s wrong, not what to do about it.
No AI fix prompts. The MCP integration that hands findings to your AI editor needs Core.
No ticket mirroring. You can’t push findings from SiteCMD into GitHub Issues or Jira on Free.
One saved site. Free supports one project.
Recent history only. The last 10 scans are kept; older ones roll off.

What Core adds

Core is the tier most people need.

Cross-source correlation. When traffic drops and a scan finding appeared on the same day, SiteCMD ties them together on the dashboard.
Fix guides for every finding, with framework-specific steps when SiteCMD detected your framework.
AI fix prompts that your AI editor can pull through the MCP server.
Issue-to-ticket mirroring for GitHub Issues and Jira.
Regression tracking. SiteCMD remembers what you fixed and reopens an issue if it comes back.
CLI integration with full data. The CLI itself works on Free, but Core-gated features (fix guides, AI prompts) require an active Core license on the machine running it.
MCP for AI tools. The MCP server exposes scan data to your AI editor.
CI/CD quality gates with full features.
Reports and exports.
Up to 10 saved sites.
Full scan history (no rolling cap).

Core is what makes SiteCMD a tool you use instead of a tool you check.

What Pro adds

Pro is for teams and agencies running multiple sites.

Unlimited saved sites.
Multi-site overview. A dashboard that aggregates score and trends across all your projects.
Webhooks and automation. Trigger external workflows when a SiteCMD event happens (score drop, new critical issue, scan completed).

The Free → Core jump is about turning SiteCMD from a checker into a working tool. The Core → Pro jump is about scaling across multiple projects.

Picking a tier

Some honest guidance:

You’re trying SiteCMD out, or you maintain one personal site. Start on Free. You can scan, see what’s broken, and decide whether you want the depth.
You ship sites regularly, work with AI editors, want fix guides and ticket mirroring. You want Core.
You’re an agency, you run more than ~10 sites, or you need webhooks. Pro.

If you’re not sure, start on Free. Upgrading is a license-key activation; no migration, no data import, no setup. You’re on Free today, Core tomorrow, with the same projects.

Per-machine vs. per-user

Licenses are activated per machine. A single Core license can be used on multiple machines you own (typically 3) by activating each one. There is no concurrent-session limit, no seat count.

If your usage pattern is “laptop and desktop, both mine,” one Core license covers both. If your usage is “five people on a team,” you need five licenses (or look at Pro and the team workflow that fits).

How license validation works

When SiteCMD launches, it validates your license against our license server (api.lemonsqueezy.com). The validation:

Sends your license key and our store identifier
Receives an “active / expired / revoked” response
Caches the response locally

If your machine is offline, SiteCMD enters an offline grace period during which premium features continue working. The grace period is generous (multiple days), so brief offline stretches don’t disrupt your work.

After the grace period, premium features pause until the next successful validation. Free-tier features still work; the app doesn’t lock you out of your data.

For more detail, see License & billing.

Refunds

If SiteCMD doesn’t work out for you, we’ll refund a recent purchase. Email us from the Contact page within 30 days of purchase. We don’t make you justify it.

For ongoing subscriptions, you can cancel anytime; cancellation stops future charges but doesn’t refund past ones. The license remains valid through the period you paid for.

Promotions and discounts

We sometimes run launch promotions. If you’re early-access, you might have a different price than today’s pricing page. That’s normal. Your price is locked at whatever you signed up at; promotional pricing for new sign-ups doesn’t change yours.