httpstatus.io vs URL Profiler (2026): which should you pick?

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 URL Profiler if

• Fits if you audit long backlink lists for a penalty clean-up
• Works for building a content inventory of a site in one spreadsheet

Look elsewhere if

• Watch out: its pages still list PageRank, Alexa and Google+, and the newest update post is from November 2019
• Not for you if you don't have Moz, Majestic or Ahrefs API access, which the link metrics need
• Tight if you're on Solo, with 1 desktop device and 5,000 URLs per import
• Skip it if your computer is short on memory, as it needs 3 GB free and most desktops manage 50,000 to 100,000 URLs a run

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.

URL Profiler

• Link metrics come through Moz, Majestic and Ahrefs API access that you connect yourself.
• Solo is limited to one device, desktop only, and 5,000 URLs per import.
• It needs at least 3 GB of free memory; the vendor says most desktops handle 50,000 to 100,000 URLs per run.
• Its pages still list sources such as PageRank, Alexa and Google+, and the newest update post on its blog is dated November 2019.

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.

URL Profiler

Bulk link metrics

Pulls domain and URL metrics for thousands of URLs at once from the Moz, Majestic and Ahrefs APIs.

Unnatural link audits

Scores each backlink for a penalty clean-up, giving the reasons behind each score, and checks anchor text.

Content audits

Builds a content inventory with readability scores, topic, sentiment and Google Analytics visit data for each page.

Technical checks

Returns the HTTP status and final redirect target of each URL, robots and canonical access, and Google PageSpeed scores.

Contact and social data

Finds email addresses on a site and in WHOIS records, plus a domain's social accounts, for outreach lists.

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.

URL Profiler

• Solo$19.95

  per month, billed yearly ($29.95 billed monthly)

  1 device licence, desktop only, up to 5,000 URLs per import and unlimited URLs a month.

• Pro$25.95

  per month, billed yearly ($39.95 billed monthly)

  2 device licences on a desktop or server, up to 1,000,000 URLs per import.

• Agency$64.95

  per month, billed yearly ($99.95 billed monthly)

  20 device licences for up to 20 users employed by the agency, up to 1,000,000 URLs per import.

httpstatus.io

No public discounts listed.

URL Profiler

• Annual discount

  Save 35% with yearly billing

  URL Profiler's pricing page states a 35% saving for yearly billing: Solo is $19.95 a month billed yearly instead of $29.95 monthly.