Dead Link Checker review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Free online broken link checker with scheduled scans by subscription
Dead Link Checker report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for free one-off broken-link scans
Dead Link Checker scans a site from your browser and lists every dead link with its status code and link text, free up to 2,000 links. It doesn't run JavaScript and follows links only 10 steps deep, so pages nothing links to get missed. Scheduled scans need an Auto Checker plan from $9.95 a month.
Who Dead Link Checker is for
- 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
Who Dead Link Checker is not for
- 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
Why Dead Link Checker gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyAuto 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%.
- CFree plan and trialSite 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.
- CFeaturesManual 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.
- BEase of useNo rating on record. The Site Checker runs in your browser with no install and no sign-up; only Multi Check needs a free account.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with no app, API or integrations on record.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Dead Link Checker's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Dead Link Checker's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 41 of the 83 other technical SEO tools we grade, and level with 14.
It stands best on ease of use (B, above 62 of 83) and worst on platforms and integrations (C, above 3).
Its paid plans start at $9.95 a month, against a middle price of $22.41 for the category: 8 of the 52 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 5 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 84 technical SEO tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Dead Link Checker’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 43 of 83, level with 10
- CFree plan and trialAbove 18 of 83, level with 32
- CFeaturesAbove 10 of 83, level with 66
- BEase of useAbove 62 of 83, level with 21
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 3 of 83, level with 23
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 73 technical SEO tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Dead Link Checker, or make your own?
Your call
You could make the core of Dead Link Checker for yourself: reports.
What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. It costs $119.40 a year.
What you could make
- Reports: an app builder makes this well.
- It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too.
What you could not
- A crawler that checks every page of a site.
What this rests on. Dead Link Checker’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Dead Link Checker?
Dead Link Checker is a web-based tool that crawls a website from a starting URL and reports dead links with their status codes and the link text that points to them. Checking one site or a list of sites by hand is free up to 2,000 links. The Auto Checker subscriptions scan up to 200 sites on a daily, weekly or monthly schedule and email the reports.
Worth knowing
- 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.
Key features
- 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.
Dead Link Checker pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, Dead Link Checker has a free plan, and paid plans start at $9.95 per month for up to 5 sites, billed monthly.
- Starts at
- $9.95 per month for up to 5 sites, 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.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | $9.95per 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 | $39.95per 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 | $79.90per 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. |
Read from deadlinkchecker.com on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Dead Link Checker before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave 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).
Stated on deadlinkchecker.com
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Common questions
Does Dead Link Checker have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Dead Link Checker is listed for Web.
Does Dead Link Checker have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Dead Link Checker is listed for Web.
Is Dead Link Checker open source?
Dead Link Checker is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026.