LinkCheck vs LinkChecker.pro (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, LinkCheck grades higher than LinkChecker.pro: 3.0 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
LinkCheck grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
LinkChecker.pro
Backlink tracker that checks placed links daily and their indexing
Which one is for you
Pick LinkCheck if
- Fits if you find links in Ahrefs or Semrush and want the ones that matter watched for free
- Works for agencies watching placed links across up to 25 client domains
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want links discovered for you, as it only watches what you import or add
- Watch out: there's no fixed check interval, and each link's page shows when it will next be checked
- Not for you if you want lost links chased, as it records changes but sends no outreach and recovers nothing
- Watch out: managed link placements are sold separately, with prices shown only after you sign in
- Too light for more than 5,000 backlinks or 25 domains, the limits of the one free account
Pick LinkChecker.pro if
- Fits if your agency has thousands of placed links to keep live and indexed
- Works for teams comparing output across individual link builders
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to try the monitoring free, as there's no free plan or trial and refunds run 7 days
- Tight if you're on Lite, with one user and 400 backlinks
- Watch out: every plan caps monitored backlinks, redirects and monthly rescans
- Watch out: the monthly and yearly cards give different backlink and user limits for some Pro tiers
- Skip it if you want competitor data of its own, as that comes through Ahrefs, Majestic and Moz
How we grade them
| 3.0GPALinkCheckVery good | 2.0GPALinkChecker.proFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | AFree, with no paid monitoring plan at all: up to 5,000 backlinks across 25 domains for nothing. What it sells is managed link placements, as separate orders. | CLite is $20.80 a month billed yearly ($25 monthly) for 400 links and 1 user, just above this category's cheaper quarter. Standard, at $41.70, is the first plan for a team, with 5 users. |
| Free plan and trial | AFree with no card and no time limit, for 5,000 backlinks across 25 verified domains. That's a cap a normal site owner won't reach. | DNo free plan or trial for the monitoring, and refunds only run for 7 days. The free Chrome extension does check links and index status on any page, with no account needed. |
| Features | CFlags missing, blocked and redirected pages, changed destinations, nofollow and anchor text, with an evidence view and notes beside each link. It does monitoring fully, but that's a smaller job, and it discovers no links, so you need Ahrefs, Semrush or your own list first. | CDaily checks, Google index checks every 5 days, per-person stats, a budget view of money lost to removed links, batch URL and Whois checks and DMCA alerts. It does monitoring fully, but competitor data comes from Ahrefs, Majestic and Moz. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. You verify your email and domain, then import a CSV or add links by hand before anything gets checked. | CNo rating on record. You add the links you've built, set up users and quotas, and learn a handful of batch tools before it pays off. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It reads Google Search Console and Google Analytics and takes Ahrefs and Semrush exports. No API on record. | BWeb plus a Chrome extension, with Ahrefs, Majestic and Moz integrations. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | free monitoring of backlinks you've already found | keeping bought links live and indexed |
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: LinkCheck and LinkChecker.pro. How we grade
Price against what you get
LinkCheck has no paid plan and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. LinkChecker.pro starts at $20.80 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and LinkCheck starts $20.80 a month lower. Of the other link building tools on the chart, none scores higher than LinkCheck for less, and none scores higher than LinkChecker.pro 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
- LinkCheck also covers link outreach.
- LinkChecker.pro also covers reports.
At a glance
| LinkCheck | LinkChecker.pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Starts at | Free | $20.8 per month for 400 backlinks, billed yearly ($25 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Free account: monitoring for up to 5,000 backlinks across up to 25 verified domains, with no time limit and no payment card. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | LinkCheck | Local Profy LLC |
| Price read from | linkcheck.app | linkchecker.pro |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
LinkCheck
- It does not discover backlinks; you import them from another tool or add them by hand.
- There is no fixed check interval: the timing varies by link, and each link's page shows its next check.
- It does not send outreach or recover lost links for you; it records changes and keeps follow-up notes.
- Marketplace placements are bought separately, and their prices are shown only after you sign in.
LinkChecker.pro
- There is no free plan or free trial for monitoring; refunds can be requested within 7 days of subscribing.
- Only the Lite plan is single-user; every plan caps monitored backlinks, redirects and monthly rescans.
- The pricing page shows different backlink and user limits for some Pro tiers on the monthly and yearly cards.
- Its own data comes from checking your links; competitor metrics come through the Ahrefs, Majestic and Moz integrations.
Key features
LinkCheck
- Backlink import
- Bring in Ahrefs or Semrush backlink exports, any CSV with referring-page and target columns, or single links by hand, with a preview that flags import problems.
- Change detection
- Records missing or blocked pages, redirects, changed destinations, nofollow and other attribute changes, anchor text changes and recovered links.
- Evidence view
- Shows what was recorded next to what the latest check found, with the referring page and target URL open together for review.
- Notes and recovery guidance
- Keep notes, contact details and recovery steps beside each link, and export a filtered view as CSV for a teammate.
- Google connections
- Optional read-only connections to Google Search Console and Google Analytics, plus Google Sign-In.
- Marketplace placements
- Paid managed link placements that feed into monitoring once verified, with one year of placement support and a full refund if delivery fails.
LinkChecker.pro
- Daily backlink checks
- Each tracked link is checked every day for removal, broken pages, attribute changes and redirects, with alerts and reports when one goes wrong.
- Google index checks
- Scans Google's index every 5 days to confirm the pages holding your links are indexed, since an unindexed page passes little value.
- Team and budget tracking
- Shows statistics for each link builder on a team and how much of the link budget went to links that were later deleted or went inactive.
- Batch analysis
- Checks thousands of URLs or domains at once for status, IP, Whois, Wayback Machine history and indexing, within the plan's monthly quota.
- Brand, insertion and DMCA alerts
- Finds unlinked brand mentions, warns when someone adds a link to your article without approval and alerts you to DMCA notices against it.
- Free Chrome extension
- Checks the links, anchors, redirects and index status of any page in Chrome, with no account needed.
Plans
LinkCheck
Free$0
Up to 5,000 monitored backlinks across 25 verified domains, with CSV import and export.
LinkChecker.pro
Lite$20.8
per month for 400 backlinks, billed yearly ($25 billed monthly)
1 user, 100 monitored redirects, 200 rescans a month, 4,000 batch URL checks and 800 batch index checks. $250 a year.
Standard$41.7
per month for 1,000 backlinks, billed yearly ($50 billed monthly)
5 users, 300 redirects, 300 rescans a month, 10,000 batch URL checks and 2,000 batch index checks. $500 a year.
Pro$83.3
per month for 2,500 backlinks, billed yearly ($100 billed monthly)
15 users, 600 redirects, 500 rescans a month, 25,000 batch URL checks and 5,000 batch index checks. $1,000 a year.
Pro 4K$127.5
per month for 4,500 backlinks, billed yearly ($153 billed monthly)
About 20 users and 1,000 redirects. Pro 6K ($183.3) and Pro 8K ($213.3 a month, billed yearly) sit between this and Pro 12K.
Pro 12K$300
per month, billed yearly ($360 billed monthly)
12,000 backlinks on the monthly card but 22,000 on the yearly one, with 40 to 50 users. $3,600 a year.
Custom planCustom
Limits set to the customer's needs, with priority support, for agencies and larger teams.
Ways to pay less
LinkCheck
No public discounts listed.
LinkChecker.pro
- Annual discount
Lower monthly rate with yearly billing
The pricing page labels yearly billing "-20%"; Lite works out at $20.8 a month ($250 a year) against $25 paid monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, LinkCheck or LinkChecker.pro?
As of Oct 23, 2026, LinkCheck is cheaper to start with: it is free, against $20.80 a month for LinkChecker.pro. LinkCheck is free, and LinkChecker.pro starts at $20.8 per month for 400 backlinks, billed yearly ($25 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, LinkCheck or LinkChecker.pro?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only LinkCheck has a free plan. LinkChecker.pro does not.
Which platforms do LinkCheck and LinkChecker.pro run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only LinkChecker.pro lists a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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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.