# LinkCheck review (2026): is it any good? > Free backlink monitor for up to 5,000 links you import Checked Oct 23, 2026 ยท graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA. LinkCheck is a web app that watches a list of backlinks you already have and flags the ones that go missing, redirect, change anchor text or turn nofollow. You import links from Ahrefs or Semrush exports or another CSV, then review each change with the recorded and detected values side by side. Monitoring is free; LinkCheck also sells managed link placements as separate orders. - **Category:** Backlinks & Link Building - **Made by:** LinkCheck - **Website:** https://linkcheck.app - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want links discovered for you, as it only watches what you import or add. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026 ## Pricing As of Oct 23, 2026, LinkCheck is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **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. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Up to 5,000 monitored backlinks across 25 verified domains, with CSV import and export. | Read from https://linkcheck.app/ on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with LinkCheck before buying. ## Key features - **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. ## Good for - SEO teams that find links in Ahrefs or Semrush and want them watched - Agencies tracking placed links across several client domains - Anyone who wants backlink monitoring without a subscription ## Worth knowing - 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 3.0 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. LinkCheck watches up to 5,000 backlinks you import from Ahrefs, Semrush or a CSV, for free, and flags the ones that go missing, redirect or change. It finds no links itself, there's no fixed check schedule, and the managed link placements it sells on the side are priced only once you sign in. - **Value for money: A.** Free, 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. - **Free plan and trial: A.** Free 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. - **Features: C.** Flags 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. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. You verify your email and domain, then import a CSV or add links by hand before anything gets checked. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web 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. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from LinkCheck's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among link building tools - LinkCheck's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 50 of the 50 other link building tools we grade. - It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 47 of 50) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0). - LinkCheck has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/link-building ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** LinkCheck is free, so making your own would save you nothing. And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.0 is higher than 50 of the 50 other link building tools we grade. - You could make: Link outreach: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: An index of the links between billions of web pages. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Google Search Console, Google Analytics **Tags:** Backlink analysis, Link outreach ## Alternatives - [Backlink Pilot](https://toolgpa.com/tools/backlink-pilot): Monitor for placed backlinks, organized by client and partner. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/backlink-pilot-vs-linkcheck) - [Linkody](https://toolgpa.com/tools/linkody): Backlink monitor that alerts you when links are gained or lost. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/linkcheck-vs-linkody) - [LinkChecker.pro](https://toolgpa.com/tools/linkchecker-pro): Backlink tracker that checks placed links daily and their indexing. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/linkcheck-vs-linkchecker-pro) - [Monitolink](https://toolgpa.com/tools/monitolink): Backlink monitor with daily checks and lost-link recovery emails. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/linkcheck-vs-monitolink) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026: - https://linkcheck.app/ - https://linkcheck.app/marketplace-terms/ - https://linkcheck.app/terms/ - https://linkcheck.app/contact/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/linkcheck Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).