Dead Link Checker vs LinkTiger (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Dead Link Checker grades higher than LinkTiger: 2.4 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Dead Link Checker grades higher on ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan, features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Dead Link Checker
Free online broken link checker with scheduled scans by subscription
LinkTiger
Hosted broken link checker with scheduled scans and email alerts
Which one is for you
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 LinkTiger if
- Fits if you want broken links found on a schedule without installing anything
- Works for organizations whose links sit in PDFs and Office documents as well as pages
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want something free to keep, as there's only the 15-day trial
- Tight if you're on Personal, at 1,000 links on 1 domain checked once a week
- Pricey if you want daily scans, which start on Professional at $35 a month
- Watch out: the pricing table lists 1 to 100 users by plan, while its footnote says delegate users are unlimited
- Not for you if your site has over 100,000 links, as that needs a plan arranged with sales
How we grade them
| 2.4GPADead Link CheckerFair | 2.2GPALinkTigerFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BAuto Checker Standard is $9.95 a month for scheduled scans of up to 5 sites and 50,000 links, inside this category's cheapest quarter of $13. Paying $110 a year saves 7.5%. | BPersonal is $10 a month, inside this category's cheaper quarter of $13, but that buys 1,000 links on 1 domain checked weekly. Daily scans of 10,000 links on 5 domains are $35, above the category's middle. Yearly billing saves one month. |
| Free plan and trial | CSite Checker and Multi Check are free, but each scan stops at 2,000 links and nothing runs on a schedule. A mid-sized site goes past that. | CNo free plan, but the 15-day trial needs no card. After that, the least it costs is $10 a month. |
| Features | CManual scans of one site or a list of sites, and scheduled daily, weekly or monthly scans with emailed reports. It does that job fully, but it's a smaller job, with no JavaScript and a 10-step depth limit. | CScheduled link checks in HTML, PDFs, CSS, XML, images and Office documents, password-protected areas on every plan, and a highlighted page and source view. It does link checking fully, but that's a smaller job than a site audit. |
| Ease of use | BNo rating on record. The Site Checker runs in your browser with no install and no sign-up; only Multi Check needs a free account. | CNo rating on record. There's nothing to install, but you register each domain in an account, and the scans then run weekly or daily by plan. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with no app, API or integrations on record. | CWeb only, with email alerts and reports you can print or export. No API, integrations, desktop or phone app on record. |
| Best for | free one-off broken-link scans | scheduled link scans that include PDFs and documents |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Dead Link Checker and LinkTiger. How we grade
Price against what you get
Dead Link Checker starts at $9.95 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. LinkTiger starts at $10 a month and scores 2.0.
Dead Link Checker scores higher and starts $0.05 a month lower. Of the other technical SEO tools on the chart, 5 score higher than Dead Link Checker for less, and 15 score higher than LinkTiger for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
At a glance
| Dead Link Checker | LinkTiger | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $9.95 per month for up to 5 sites, billed monthly | $10 per month for up to 1,000 links, scanned weekly, billed monthly |
| Free plan | Site Checker and Multi Check are free, up to 2,000 links per scan; Multi Check needs a free account and emails the report. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 15-day free trial, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | DLC Websites | LinkTiger, Inc. |
| Price read from | deadlinkchecker.com | linktiger.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
LinkTiger
- There is no free plan, only the 15-day trial.
- Personal checks just 1,000 links on 1 domain once a week; daily scans start at Professional for $35 a month.
- The pricing table lists 1 to 100 users by plan, while its footnote says every edition includes unlimited delegate users.
- Sites with more than 100,000 links need a plan arranged through the sales team.
Key features
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.
LinkTiger
- Scheduled link scans
- Crawls each registered domain once a week on Personal and every day on the other plans, up to the plan's link limit per scan.
- Links beyond HTML
- Checks links inside PDF files, CSS, XML, images, Flash files, databases and Microsoft Office documents as well as web pages.
- Highlighted page and source view
- Clicking a report entry loads the rendered page and its source code side by side, with the broken link highlighted in both.
- Dashboard and custom reports
- Charts summarize link status per site, drill down to individual links, and reports can be customized, printed, exported or emailed.
- Password-protected areas
- Every plan can scan secure parts of a site such as intranets and client login pages.
- Email alerts and team access
- Emails say how many links were scanned and how many problems were found, and reports can be shared with delegated users.
Plans
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.
LinkTiger
Personal$10
per month for up to 1,000 links, scanned weekly, billed monthly
1 domain, weekly scans and 1 user, password-protected sites included. $110 when paid yearly.
Professional$35
per month for up to 10,000 links, scanned daily, billed monthly
5 domains, daily scans and 5 users. $385 when paid yearly.
Small Business$60
per month for up to 20,000 links, scanned daily, billed monthly
25 domains, daily scans and 25 users. $660 when paid yearly.
Enterprise$160
per month for up to 100,000 links, scanned daily, billed monthly
100 domains, daily scans and 100 users. $1,760 when paid yearly. Plans for 250,000 to 3 million+ links are arranged with sales.
Ways to pay less
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).
LinkTiger
- Annual discount
One month free with yearly billing
LinkTiger's pricing page lists yearly prices that save one month's fee, for example $110 a year for Personal instead of $10 a month.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Dead Link Checker or LinkTiger?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Dead Link Checker is cheaper to start with: $9.95 a month, against $10 a month for LinkTiger. Dead Link Checker starts at $9.95 per month for up to 5 sites, billed monthly, and LinkTiger starts at $10 per month for up to 1,000 links, scanned weekly, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, Dead Link Checker or LinkTiger?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Dead Link Checker has a free plan. LinkTiger does not, though it has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.