The following table summarizes the trade-offs for the new and refresh rewalk types.
| Method | Advantages | Disadvantages | 
| New | Guarantees most accurate representation of current site. | Uses more bandwidth and temporary disk space. | 
| Does not disturb live search database. | Longer time before site changes are reflected in live search. | |
| Refresh,Refresh All, orSingles Only | Faster. | Could get out of sync with actual site under rare circumstances. | 
| Uses less bandwidth and temporary disk space. | A lot of changed pages could substantially slow searches during the walk. | |
| Site changes are reflected in live search much sooner. | Works best with If-Modified-Sincesupport on walked web server. | |