Bulk URL Status, Redirect & Broken Link Checker

Check thousands of URLs in minutes. For every URL you get the HTTP status code, a plain result group (ok, redirect, broken, blocked, server error, error), the full redirect chain with each hop's status, the final URL, response time, content type and size, server and X-Robots-Tag header.

Or switch to broken-link mode: give it your pages, and it opens each one, collects every link (and optionally images, scripts and stylesheets) and checks them all. You get the broken ones with the page they were found on and their link text, so you know exactly what to fix.

• Fast: HEAD requests first with an automatic GET fallback, up to 100 checks in parallel.
• Redirect chains: see every hop (301 → 302 → 200), loops and HTTP-to-HTTPS redirects.
• Clear results: errors are explained in plain English (domain not found, timeout, connection failed, redirect loop).
• Short reports: turn on Only report problems to see just broken links, errors and redirects.
• Cheap: a small fee per URL checked.

Who is it for?

• SEO specialists and agencies: find 404s and redirect chains that waste crawl budget and lose link equity.
• Site migrations: verify that every old URL redirects to the right new page.
• Content and marketing teams: find dead outbound links in blog posts and docs.
• Developers and QA: monitor important URLs and APIs on a schedule.
• Link builders: check that backlinks and partner pages are still live.

How to use it

1. Choose What to check:
   • Check these URLs: paste any list of URLs (from a sitemap, a spreadsheet or a crawl).
   • Find broken links on these pages: paste page URLs and every link on them is checked.
2. Optionally turn on Only report problems.
3. Click Start, then export to Excel, CSV or JSON. The SUMMARY record counts results per group.

Tip: get every URL of a website with a sitemap extractor first, then paste them here.

Input example

{
  "mode": "urls",
  "urls": ["http://apify.com", "https://example.com", "https://github.com/this-page-does-not-exist-123"],
  "onlyReportProblems": false
}

Output example

{
  "url": "http://apify.com",
  "statusCode": 200,
  "statusGroup": "ok",
  "finalUrl": "https://apify.com/",
  "redirected": true,
  "redirectCount": 1,
  "redirectChain": [{ "url": "http://apify.com", "status": 301, "to": "https://apify.com/" }],
  "httpsRedirect": true,
  "responseTimeMs": 148,
  "contentType": "text/html; charset=utf-8",
  "error": null
}

In broken-link mode each row also has foundOn (the page with the link), anchorText, linkType, isInternal and nofollow.

How much does it cost?

Pay-per-event: a small fee per URL checked plus a tiny per-run start fee, with no subscription and no separate platform usage costs. For example, 1,000 URLs cost about $0.50. Pages that can't be opened in broken-link mode are not charged. Set Maximum cost per run to cap your spending.

Good to know

• blocked (401, 403, 429) usually means the site blocks automated checks, not that the page is broken.
• Some servers answer HEAD requests wrongly, so the tool automatically re-checks with GET.
• The same URL found on several pages is checked once per run.

Use it through the API, integrations or AI agents

Run it from the Apify API, on a schedule, or connect it to Make, Zapier, n8n or Google Sheets. AI agents can call it through the Apify MCP server.

FAQ

Will it overload my website? No. Use Max concurrency to set how many checks run at once (for example 5 for a small site).

Does it run JavaScript? No. It checks HTTP responses and links in the page HTML, which is what search engines see first.

Found a bug or need a feature? Open an issue. We usually reply within 24 hours.

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