Dead Link Checker vs Siteliner (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Dead Link Checker and Siteliner share a 2.4 GPA, both have a free plan and their prices can't be set side by side, so the choice depends on whether you care more about value for money, where Dead Link Checker grades higher, or platforms, where Siteliner does.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on the free plan, features and ease of use.
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
Siteliner
Free site scan for internal duplicate content and broken links
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 Siteliner if
- Fits if your site is small and you want to find text repeated across its own pages
- Works for occasional bigger scans paid by the page rather than by the month
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, at 250 pages once every 30 days per site
- Too light for checking copies on other websites, which is Copyscape's job
- Pricey if you scan big sites often, at 1¢ a page, so $300 for a 30,000-page scan
- Watch out: summary reports are kept for 185 days and page reports for 60
How we grade them
| 2.4GPADead Link CheckerFair | 2.4GPASitelinerFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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%. | CPremium has no subscription: each page scanned costs 1¢ from prepaid credits, up to 30,000 pages. A 5,000-page scan is $50, where Spotibo's Lite crawls 5,000 URLs a month for $14. |
| 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. | CA free scan of a site's 250 most prominent pages, with no sign-up. But it's once every 30 days per site, so you can't re-check straight after a fix. |
| 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. | CInternal duplicate content with the matching passages highlighted, broken internal links, Page Power scores, skipped-page reports and an XML sitemap. It does that job fully, but it's a smaller job, and duplicates on other websites need Copyscape. |
| 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. | BNo rating on record. You type in a site address and the scan runs, with no account and nothing to set up. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with no app, API or integrations on record. | BWeb only, with no app. Premium has a JSON API, at 1¢ a request for up to 100 rows. |
| Best for | free one-off broken-link scans | finding text repeated across your own site |
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 Siteliner. How we grade
Where they differ
- Dead Link Checker also covers reports.
At a glance
| Dead Link Checker | Siteliner | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $9.95 per month for up to 5 sites, billed monthly | Not published |
| 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. | Free scan of a site's 250 most prominent pages, once every 30 days per site, with no sign-up. Premium scans cost 1¢ per page from prepaid credits. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | DLC Websites | Indigo Stream Technologies |
| Price read from | deadlinkchecker.com | siteliner.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.
Siteliner
- Siteliner Premium has no subscription: each page scanned costs 1¢, paid from credits bought in advance by card or PayPal.
- The free scan stops at 250 pages and can be run on a site only once every 30 days.
- It checks internal duplicate content only; copies on other websites are the job of Copyscape, a separate service.
- Summary reports are kept for 185 days and highlighted page reports for 60 days.
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.
Siteliner
- Internal duplicate content
- Shows how much of each page's text also appears on other pages, highlights the matching passages, and leaves out menus and other common content.
- Broken link check
- Checks every internal link and highlights the broken ones on the page where they appear.
- Page Power
- Scores each page from 0 to 100 by how prominently it is linked from other well-linked pages on the site.
- Reports and XML sitemap
- Gives a summary of every scanned page, a list of skipped pages with the reason, and a standard XML sitemap of the site.
- Premium API
- Premium accounts can query results in JSON; each request that returns results costs 1¢ and returns up to 100 rows.
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.
Siteliner
Siteliner Free$0
Scans up to 250 pages of a site once every 30 days for duplicate content, broken links and Page Power.
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).
Siteliner
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Dead Link Checker or Siteliner?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Dead Link Checker starts at $9.95 per month for up to 5 sites, billed monthly, and Siteliner publishes no starting price.
Which has a free plan, Dead Link Checker or Siteliner?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both Dead Link Checker and Siteliner have a free plan.
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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.