Dead Link Checker review
A focused web tool for scheduled broken-link detection and emailed reports.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Dead Link Checker is a cloud-based web tool for webmasters, SEO professionals, agencies, and teams that need to find broken links across websites. It can check a single page or an entire site, scan multiple websites, and identify missing pages, timeouts, server errors, and invalid redirects. Its company-size fit spans solo, small, and mid-market teams, with a free plan for manual and multi-site checking and paid Auto Checker plans for recurring monitoring.
Pricing is organized into Standard, Premium, and Professional Auto Checker tiers. Standard starts at $9.95 per month or $110 per year; Premium costs $39.95 per month or $440 per year; and Professional costs $79.90 per month or $880 per year. The published monthly plan highlights show automated recurring checks, email reports, and daily, weekly, or monthly scan frequencies. The annual listings include recurring checks and email reports. The main distinction presented is tier level rather than a different monitoring category, so buyers should match the plan to their required account scope and scanning needs.
The strongest technical fit is for teams that want focused link health checks rather than broad website observability. Dead Link Checker scans URLs in HTML elements and CSS references, respects robots.txt disallow and crawl-delay directives, and supports configurable crawl depth up to ten levels. It also offers HTTP-error detection and emailed results for multi-site scans. Support is provided through email and documentation. Choose it when scheduled broken-link detection is the priority; choose another category of tool when the requirement extends beyond link and HTTP checks, such as SSL, status-page, maintenance-window, or latency monitoring.
Dead Link Checker pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Scans single pages, multiple sites, or whole websites
- Detects 404s, timeouts, server errors, and invalid redirects
- Supports scheduled scans, crawl controls, and emailed reports
- Where it doesn't
- Monitoring is focused on broken links and HTTP conditions
- Web-only deployment limits platform coverage
- Paid plans start at $9.95 per month
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