Broken Link Checker - Status Codes, Redirects & Sitemaps

Check thousands of links at once. For every link you get the status code (200, 404, 500…), the full redirect chain and where it ends up, how fast it was, and simple notes like "slow" or "not https".

You can give it links three ways:

1. Paste a list of links (or upload a text file, one link per line).
2. Give a sitemap link (sitemap.xml). We check every page in it, sitemap index files too.
3. Give pages to scan. We open each page, find every link on it, and check them all. Great for finding broken links on your own site.

What does it cost?

You pay only for what you use. No monthly fee.

What	Price
Each link checked	$0.001
Each page scanned for links (only with "Pages to scan")	$0.002
Duplicate links	free
Links skipped because of robots.txt	free
Sitemaps or pages that could not be opened	free

Examples:

• 1,000 links from a list or sitemap: $1.00
• Scan 50 pages that have 2,000 different links in total: 50 × $0.002 + 2,000 × $0.001 = $2.10

Apify also adds a tiny start fee for each run. You can set a max cost per run in Apify. We stop before going over it and tell you how many links were not checked. You are never charged for those.

What you get

One row for each link:

Field	What it means
url	The link we checked
status	The status code, like 200 or 404. robots means we skipped it because the site asked bots not to open it
ok	true if the link works (status under 400)
final_url	Where the link ends up after redirects
redirects / chain	How many hops, and each hop with its code
ms / slow	How long it took, and if it was slower than your limit
notes	Short notes: not https, slow, long redirect chain, http to https and more
error	Plain words when it fails, like timed out, redirect loop, no such domain
foundOn	For scanned pages: the pages where this link was found

You also get three files in the run's key-value store:

• SUMMARY: how many links were checked, broken, redirected, slow and skipped.
• report.csv: every link in a spreadsheet file.
• report.md: a short report you can read or paste into a ticket.

Be kind to websites

• We read each site's robots.txt and skip links it asks bots not to open (you can turn this off for your own site).
• We wait 0.5 seconds between requests to the same site by default. Other sites are checked at the same time, so big lists still go fast.
• We ask for headers only (a HEAD request) first. If a site refuses that, we try a normal GET.

Handy settings

• Only show problems: save only broken links and links with a note. Every checked link is still charged, and the full list is in report.csv.
• Which links on scanned pages: all, only links to the same site, or only links to other sites.
• Also check images: add image links (img src) from scanned pages.
• Flag odd-looking domains: a warning for names like paypa1.com or a brand name on someone else's domain. It is a hint, not proof.
• Max links: stop after this many links (default 5,000).

Example input

{
  "pagesToScan": [{ "url": "https://yoursite.com/" }, { "url": "https://yoursite.com/blog/" }],
  "linkScope": "all",
  "onlyProblems": true
}

Run it every week

Use Schedules in Apify to run it every week on your sitemap. Add a webhook or the Slack/email integration to hear about new broken links.

For AI agents and code

Call it through the Apify API, the Apify MCP server (mcp.apify.com), or any Apify integration. Cost is $0.001 per link checked and $0.002 per page scanned.

What it does not do

• It does not crawl a whole site by itself. It scans the pages you give it (or the pages in your sitemap list, if you put them in "Pages to scan").
• It does not run JavaScript. Links that only appear after JavaScript runs are not found on scanned pages.
• Some sites block all bots. Those links may show 403 even if they work in your browser.

FAQ

Why is a link that works in my browser marked 403? Some sites block automated checks. Try turning on "Use full GET requests".

Do I pay for broken links? Yes, a broken link is still a checked link. That is the point of the tool. Duplicates and robots.txt skips are free.

Is there a free version? Yes. link-check-lite is free on GitHub and PyPI and runs on your own computer.

Made by Tidy Byte Tools.