Dr. Link Check review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Online broken link checker with blacklist and scheduled checks
Dr. Link Check report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for scheduled broken-link checks
Dr. Link Check crawls a site's HTML and CSS and checks every link, image and resource, with malware and phishing blacklists and scheduled email reports on paid plans. It doesn't run JavaScript, so links built by scripts are missed. And export and soft-error checks wait for Professional at $49 a month.
Who Dr. Link Check is for
- Fits if you want broken links found and emailed to you on a schedule
- Works for checking outbound links against malware and phishing lists
Who Dr. Link Check is not for
- Skip it if your site builds links with JavaScript, which the crawler doesn't run
- Tight if you stay free, at 1,500 links on 2 sites, run by hand with no export
- Watch out: CSV or PDF export and soft-error checks start on Professional at $49, as do login checks, set up on request
- Pricey if your site has lots of resources, as prices rise per 10,000 links and every unique file counts
- Tight if you check several sites, as only one check runs at a time per account
Why Dr. Link Check gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyStandard is $13 a month for 10,000 links on 5 websites, right at the top of this category's cheapest quarter, $13. Prices rise with the link limit, and Premium is $159 for 200,000.
- CFree plan and trialThe free Lite plan checks up to 1,500 links on each of 2 websites, by hand, broken links only, with no scheduling, rules or export. Every image and file counts toward the 1,500.
- CFeaturesChecks links, images and other resources for errors, slow responses and bad SSL, against Google Safe Browsing and PhishTank, on a schedule. It does link checking fully, but that's a smaller job, and the crawler doesn't run JavaScript.
- CEase of useNo rating on record. You add each website to an account and set rules and schedules, and only one check runs at a time.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with email reports and no API on record.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Dr. Link Check'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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Dr. Link Check's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 20 of the 83 other technical SEO tools we grade, and level with 20.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 43 of 83) and worst on platforms and integrations (C, above 3).
Its paid plans start at $13 a month, against a middle price of $22.41 for the category: 13 of the 52 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 18 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. Dr. Link Check’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
- CEase of useAbove 7 of 83, level with 54
- 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 Dr. Link Check, or make your own?
Your call
You could make the core of Dr. Link Check for yourself: reports.
What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. It costs $156 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. Dr. Link Check’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 Dr. Link Check?
Dr. Link Check is a web-based service from Germany that crawls the HTML and CSS of a site and checks every internal link, outbound link, image and other resource for errors. Paid plans also check links against malware and phishing blacklists, look for soft errors and invalid SSL certificates, and run checks on a schedule with email reports. Subscriptions are billed by the number of links per website.
Worth knowing
- The crawler does not run JavaScript, so links created by scripts are missed unless you start from the XML sitemap.
- Prices rise with the link limit, billed per 10,000 links; each website counts unique resources, not just pages.
- Export to CSV or PDF and soft error checks start at Professional; checking behind a login is set up by request on Professional and up.
- Only one check runs at a time per account, and payment is by card or PayPal only.
Key features
- Whole-site link crawl
- Starts from one URL and checks internal links, outbound links, images, style sheets and other resources found in the HTML and CSS.
- Several checks per link
- Looks at URL format, server response time, error codes such as 404 and 500, and, on paid plans, SSL certificate validity.
- Malware and phishing blacklists
- Paid plans check outbound links against Google Safe Browsing, Professional adds PhishTank, and Premium two more lists.
- Soft error detection
- From Professional, flags pages that answer 200 OK but whose content shows an error or placeholder message.
- Scheduled checks and reports
- Runs checks monthly, biweekly, weekly or daily depending on plan, and emails a status report to chosen recipients.
- URL lists and rules
- Accepts up to 10,000 URLs to check in bulk, and lets you include or exclude URLs and limit crawl speed.
Dr. Link Check pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, Dr. Link Check has a free plan, and paid plans start at $13 per month for 10,000 links, billed monthly.
- Starts at
- $13 per month for 10,000 links, billed monthly
- Free plan
- Lite plan: one-time checks of up to 1,500 links on each of 2 websites, broken link checks only, with no scheduling, rules or export.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Lite | $0 | 2 websites and 1,500 links each, broken link checks only, run one at a time by hand. |
| Standard | $13per month for 10,000 links, billed monthly | 5 websites, Google Safe Browsing blacklist checks, SSL checks, include and exclude rules, and monthly or biweekly scheduled checks. |
| Professional | $49per month for 50,000 links, billed monthly | 10 websites, soft error checks, PhishTank, weekly checks and CSV or PDF export. Can be set from 20,000 links; the price follows the limit. |
| Premium | $159per month for 200,000 links, billed monthly | 15 websites, two more blacklists and daily checks. Can be set from 30,000 links; the price follows the limit. |
Read from drlinkcheck.com on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Dr. Link Check before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountOne month free with yearly billing
Dr. Link Check's pricing page offers yearly billing with one month free compared with paying monthly.
Stated on drlinkcheck.com
Works with
- Google Safe Browsing
- PhishTank
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Common questions
Does Dr. Link Check have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Dr. Link Check is listed for Web.
Does Dr. Link Check have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Dr. Link Check is listed for Web.
Is Dr. Link Check open source?
Dr. Link Check is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Sources for this page
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