Dead Link Checker vs LinkOK (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Dead Link Checker if

• Fits if you want a quick free broken-link check of a small site
• Works for agencies that need scheduled link scans across many client sites

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you stay free, with 2,000 links a scan and no schedule
• Skip it if your links are built with JavaScript, which the crawler doesn't run
• Watch out: subdomains count as separate websites, and pages more than 10 links deep are missed
• Watch out: billing goes through PayPal, though you can pay by card without a PayPal account

Pick LinkOK if

• Fits if your site has under 100 pages and a monthly link check is enough
• Works for schools, libraries, nonprofits and open-source projects, which it says it serves free

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you stay free, at one 100-page scan a month with public reports
• Pricey if your site is big, as daily scans of 100,000 pages are $333 a month billed yearly
• Too light for SEO audits, as it checks links only, with no API or integrations
• Watch out: the terms make every purchase non-refundable, and cancelling takes effect at the term's end

Dead Link Checker

• Free scans stop at 2,000 links; larger scans need an Auto Checker subscription.
• The crawler does not run JavaScript and follows links at most 10 steps deep, so pages with no incoming links are missed.
• Subdomains count as separate websites, so their pages are not crawled as part of the main site.
• Paid plans bill through PayPal; a card can be used without a PayPal account.

LinkOK

• The free plan scans up to 100 pages once a month, and its reports are public.
• Prices climb with page count and scan frequency: daily scans of 100,000 pages cost $333 a month billed annually ($400 monthly).
• It checks links only; its pages list no on-page SEO, speed or content checks, and no API or integrations.
• The terms say all purchases are non-refundable; a cancellation takes effect at the end of the paid term.

Dead Link Checker

Site Checker

Scans a whole website or a single page from your browser and lists each broken link with its status and source link text.

Multi Check

With a free account, scans a list of websites in one go and emails the report when it finishes.

Auto Check scheduling

Paid plans scan chosen sites daily, weekly or monthly at a set depth and email a report after each run, also kept online.

Competitor link checks

Any site can be scanned, so the vendor suggests it for finding broken links on competitors' sites for link building.

LinkOK

Scheduled scans

Scans the whole site on a fixed schedule, monthly, weekly or daily depending on the plan, without anyone starting a check.

Email reports

After each scan it sends an email with a summary of the results and a link to the full report.

Retries after temporary errors

Links that fail with a temporary error are checked again before they are reported, to reduce false positives.

Unlimited links per site

Every plan, the free one included, checks an unlimited number of links; the limit is the number of pages on the site.

Public or private reports

Reports on the free plan are public; every paid plan keeps them private.

Tiers up to 100,000 pages

Paid tiers run from 100 to 100,000 pages, and larger sites can ask sales for a bigger plan.

Dead Link Checker

• Site Checker and Multi Check$0

  Manual scans of one site, or of a list of sites with an emailed report after a free sign-up, up to 2,000 links.

• Auto Checker Standard$9.95

  per month for up to 5 sites, billed monthly

  Scheduled daily, weekly or monthly scans of up to 5 websites and 50,000 links a month, with emailed reports. Or $110 a year.

• Auto Checker Premium$39.95

  per month for up to 100 sites, billed monthly

  Scheduled scans of up to 100 websites and 500,000 links a month. Or $440 a year.

• Auto Checker Professional$79.90

  per month for up to 200 sites, billed monthly

  Scheduled scans of up to 200 websites and 1,000,000 links a month. Or $880 a year.

LinkOK

• Free$0

  Monthly scans of a site with up to 100 pages, with email reports and public reports.

• Weekly scans$4

  per month for up to 100 pages, billed annually ($5 billed monthly)

  $50 a year, with private reports. The price rises with page count: $100 a month at 10,000 pages, billed annually ($120 monthly).

• Monthly scans$8

  per month for up to 500 pages, billed annually ($10 billed monthly)

  $100 a year, with private reports, for sites past the free 100 pages. $50 a month at 10,000 pages, billed annually ($60 monthly).

• Daily scans$8

  per month for up to 100 pages, billed annually ($10 billed monthly)

  $100 a year, with private reports. $200 a month at 10,000 pages, billed annually ($240 monthly).

• CustomCustom

  For sites larger than the 100,000-page top tier, arranged by contacting sales.

Dead Link Checker

• Annual discount

  Save up to 8% with annual payment

  The subscription page lists a single yearly payment of $110 for Standard (7.5% off), and $440 and $880 for Premium and Professional (8% off).

LinkOK

• Annual discount

  Two months free with yearly billing

  LinkOK's pricing page gives two months free when paying yearly: weekly scans of 100 pages cost $50 a year instead of $5 a month.

• Education

  Free for schools and libraries

  LinkOK's mission page says the service is free forever for educational institutions and for libraries.

• Nonprofit

  Free for nonprofits, charities and open source

  The mission page says LinkOK is free forever for non-profit organizations, charities and open-source projects.