Dead Link Checker Alternatives

Dead Link Checker is described as 'Check for broken links on any website. Links that don't work damage your search rankings and provide for a poor user experience. No downloads - just enter the name (URL) of the website you wish to check' and is an website. There are more than 10 alternatives to Dead Link Checker, not only websites but also apps for Mac, Windows, Linux and Wine. The best Dead Link Checker alternative is Xenu's Link Sleuth, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to Dead Link Checker are LinkChecker, Integrity, Scrutiny and Broken Links at a Glance.

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  1. Xenus Link Sleuth checks Web sites for broken links. Link verification is done on "normal" links, images, frames, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets, scripts and java applets.

    59 Xenu's Link Sleuth alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine
     
    • Xenu's Link Sleuth is the most popular Windows alternative to Dead Link Checker.

    • Xenu's Link Sleuth is the most popular free alternative to Dead Link Checker.

    • Xenu's Link Sleuth is Free and ProprietaryDead Link Checker is also Free and Proprietary
  2. LinkChecker icon
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    LinkChecker is a free, GPL licensed website validator. LinkChecker checks links in web documents or full websites. Check websites and HTML documents for broken links.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • LinkChecker is the most popular Linux alternative to Dead Link Checker.

    • LinkChecker is the most popular Open Source alternative to Dead Link Checker.

    • LinkChecker is Free and Open SourceDead Link Checker is Free and Proprietary
  3. Integrity icon
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    If you've maintained a website for any length of time, you'll know that links very quickly become broken. Unless you enjoy clicking every single link on your site followed by the back button, then you'll need to use a website crawler like Integrity!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Integrity is the most popular Mac alternative to Dead Link Checker.

    • Integrity is Freemium and ProprietaryDead Link Checker is Free and Proprietary
  4. Scrutiny icon
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    If you need more features than only a website link checker - such as XML sitemap (conforming to the standard protocol), html validity, essential SEO checks such as page title, headings, meta description and keywords - then try Scrutiny.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Scrutiny is the most popular commercial alternative to Dead Link Checker.

    • Scrutiny is Paid and ProprietaryDead Link Checker is Free and Proprietary
  5. The goal of Broken Links at a Glance was to create an easy broken link checker for small websites. Therefor the user interface should be as simple as possible. To test broken links at a website you only have to enter the address of the website and press enter.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Broken Links at a Glance is the most popular Web-based alternative to Dead Link Checker.

    • Broken Links at a Glance is Free and ProprietaryDead Link Checker is also Free and Proprietary
  6. DRKSpiderJava icon
     3 likes

    DRKSpider is an open source website crawler (sitemap generator) and link checker.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Meta Forensics is a website architecture, internal link and SEO analysis tool that helps identify unseen website problems on your website.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. A1 Website Analyzer can crawl websites and collect data to be used for finding site and SEO problems. Filter results to see which URLs are blocked by robots.txt, which are noindex, nofollow, canonical to self, canonical to other, response codes etc.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  9. dislike404.com is a free service that regularly scans websites for errors such as HTTP 404 and connection failures, notifying users by email when issues are detected.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Free online broken link checker up to 3,000 web-pages (and unlimited number of links within those pages!). Will pinpoint broken link location in your HTML, so finding and fixing those will be like a breeze.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. Broken Link Checker provides a comprehensive solution to identify and fix broken inbound and outbound links swiftly, ensuring your site remains optimized and professional.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. Dr. Link Check helps you track down broken and malicious links on your website. The service crawls through the entire code of your site and gives each discovered link a thorough examination.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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