httpstatus.io vs Little Warden (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, httpstatus.io grades higher than Little Warden: 3.0 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
httpstatus.io grades higher on value for money, the free plan and ease of use. Little Warden grades higher on features. They get the same grade on platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
httpstatus.io
Bulk checker for HTTP status codes, headers and redirect chains
Little Warden
Website change monitoring for domains, SSL, redirects and SEO tags
Which one is for you
Pick httpstatus.io if
- Fits if you're checking redirects in bulk after a site migration
- Works for developers adding status and redirect checks to scripts or no-code flows
Look elsewhere if
- Too light for a site audit, as it takes 100 URLs a batch and doesn't crawl
- Watch out: API prices are in euros before VAT, and the free 500 calls are one-time and non-commercial
- Tight if you're on Starter, which stops at 20,000 calls a month; higher plans bill each call over
- Not for you if your staging site lets visitors in by IP, as it has no fixed address
Pick Little Warden if
- Fits if you look after many client sites and need to know before a domain or SSL certificate lapses
- Works for teams that want a warning when a release changes robots.txt, noindex tags or redirects
Look elsewhere if
- Too light for full site audits, as it watches set URLs and never crawls the whole site
- Tight if you're on Freelancer, with 20 URLs, 1 team member, no API and 2 weeks of history
- Watch out: payments aren't refunded, and your data goes once a cancelled plan's period ends
How we grade them
| 3.0GPAhttpstatus.ioVery good | 2.2GPALittle WardenFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | AThe web checker is free, with batches of up to 100 URLs, and the help page says it will stay free. The API starts at €10 once for 10,000 calls that don't expire, or €15 a month for 20,000. | CFreelancer is $34.99 a month for 20 URLs, or $349.99 a year, right at this category's middle. 20 URLs is not many, and API access and more team members start on Small Team at $54.99. |
| Free plan and trial | AThe browser checker costs nothing, with no cap beyond 100 URLs per batch. The API's free plan is a one-time 500 calls at 1 a second, and not for commercial use. | CNo free plan, but the 40-day trial needs no card. |
| Features | DStatus codes, headers, redirect chains of up to 10 hops, custom user agents, a canonical domain check and exports to Sheets, CSV or XLS. That's one narrow job: it checks the URLs you paste and doesn't crawl a site. | C30+ checks on a schedule: renewals, redirects, robots.txt, canonicals, hreflang, sitemaps, Core Web Vitals, tag and content edits, DNS and malware. It does monitoring fully, but that's a smaller job, and it doesn't crawl a whole site to audit it. |
| Ease of use | BNo rating on record. You paste a list of URLs into the page and the results come back, with nothing to install. | CNo rating on record. You add each URL, choose its checks and set up where alerts go before it watches anything. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with a JSON API and connections to Google Sheets, Make, Airtable, n8n, Pipedream, Retool, Baserow and NocoDB. No desktop or phone app. | BWeb only. Alerts go to Slack, email, a webhook or the API, and changes export to Google Sheets. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | bulk checks of status codes and redirect chains | alerts when a site's settings change |
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: httpstatus.io and Little Warden. How we grade
Where they differ
- Little Warden also covers page speed.
At a glance
| httpstatus.io | Little Warden | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | €10 one-time for 10,000 API calls; monthly API plans from €15 | $34.99 per month for 20 URLs, billed monthly |
| Free plan | The web checker is free, with batches of up to 100 URLs. The API's Free Plan gives a one-time 500 calls at 1 request per second, not for commercial use. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 40-day free trial, no credit card needed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Crafted Code | Little Warden |
| Price read from | httpstatus.io | littlewarden.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
httpstatus.io
- The web checker takes 100 URLs per batch and does not crawl a site; the help page points to crawlers for larger jobs.
- API prices are in euros and exclude VAT, and the API's free 500 calls are one-time and not for commercial use.
- Starter stops at 20,000 calls a month; higher plans bill overage per call instead of stopping.
- It has no fixed IP address, so a staging site cannot allow it by IP; the help page suggests a secret request header.
Little Warden
- It monitors set URLs for changes; it does not crawl a whole site to audit it.
- The Freelancer plan has 1 team member, no API access and only 2 weeks of history.
- Payments are not refunded, and after cancelling the account is suspended and its data is no longer available once the period ends.
Key features
httpstatus.io
- Bulk status checks
- Paste up to 100 URLs to see each status code and redirect count, then filter by status code, redirect type or request URL.
- Redirect chains and latency
- Follows up to 10 redirects and shows every hop's headers, response body and round-trip time.
- Custom request settings
- Send requests as Googlebot, Bingbot, Applebot or a chosen browser, with basic authentication or headers such as cookies and Accept-Language.
- Canonical domain check
- Tests whether the http, https, www and non-www versions of a domain all redirect to one canonical version.
- Exports
- Sends URLs, status codes, redirect targets and errors to Google Sheets or to CSV and XLS files.
- URL checking API
- Returns redirect chains, IP addresses, latency, TLS certificate checks and page metadata such as title, robots and canonical tags as JSON.
Little Warden
- Renewal report
- Lists upcoming domain name and SSL certificate expiry dates for every site, and the report can be imported into a calendar.
- Response and redirect checks
- Checks URL responses, HTTP to HTTPS and www redirects, the 404 page and geo redirects so a broken redirect is caught early.
- Search engine checks
- Watches robots.txt, indexability, canonical tags, hreflang, XML sitemaps and Core Web Vitals for changes.
- Content and tag monitoring
- Flags edits to title tags, meta descriptions, chosen elements or text matched by a regular expression, and changes to Google Analytics or Tag Manager code.
- DNS and malware checks
- Alerts on nameserver, MX record and IP address changes, and runs a malware detection check.
- Alerts and team access
- Sends changes to Slack, email, the API or a webhook, exports them to Google Sheets, and lets you control which team members and clients see what.
Plans
httpstatus.io
Web checker€0
Status codes, headers and redirect chains for up to 100 URLs per batch in the browser. The help page says it will stay free.
Basic Plan€10
one-time for 10,000 API calls, used as you go
API credits that never expire and can be topped up, at 2 requests per second.
Starter Plan€15
per month for 20,000 API calls, billed monthly
A hard limit of 20,000 calls a month at 2 requests per second.
Standard Plan€35
per month for 50,000 API calls, billed monthly
3 requests per second; calls above 50,000 cost €0.00070 each.
Pro Plan€65
per month for 100,000 API calls, billed monthly
5 requests per second; calls above 100,000 cost €0.00065 each.
Premium Plan€150
per month for 250,000 API calls, billed monthly
10 requests per second; calls above 250,000 cost €0.00060 each. Larger needs get a quote.
Little Warden
Freelancer$34.99
per month for 20 URLs, billed monthly
Up to 10 checks per URL, 2 weeks of data retention and 1 team member. $349.99 billed yearly; £24.99 a month in pounds.
Small Team$54.99
per month for 100 URLs, billed monthly
Up to 15 checks per URL, 1 month of data retention, unlimited team members and API access. $549.99 billed yearly.
Agency$89.99
per month for 650 URLs, billed monthly
Up to 20 checks per URL, 3 months of data retention, unlimited team members and API access. $899.99 billed yearly.
Large Agency$199.99
per month for 5,000 URLs, billed monthly
Up to 30 checks per URL, 6 months of data retention, unlimited team members and API access. $1,999.99 billed yearly.
Ways to pay less
httpstatus.io
No public discounts listed.
Little Warden
- Annual discount
Two months free with annual billing
Little Warden's pricing page says annual billing gets 2 months free: Freelancer is $349.99 a year instead of $34.99 a month.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, httpstatus.io or Little Warden?
As of Oct 23, 2026, httpstatus.io starts at €10 one-time for 10,000 API calls; monthly API plans from €15, and Little Warden starts at $34.99 per month for 20 URLs, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, httpstatus.io or Little Warden?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only httpstatus.io has a free plan. Little Warden 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.