Link Checking · Reviewed 24 Oct 2026

Dr. Link Check

Website link checker for broken, soft, and blacklisted links.

from $13 · free tier · drlinkcheck.com ↗

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Dr. Link Check at a glance

Overview

01

Summary

The useful answer before the supporting detail.

Dr. Link Check is a web-based link checker that crawls websites to identify broken links, soft errors, and blacklisted links S68. It is used by website owners and SEO professionals to maintain site quality and avoid the negative impression of broken links S6 S68. The tool provides detailed reports, filtering, and CSV export, helping users fix issues efficiently S68.

02

Product identity and positioning

Name, category, positioning, audience, and first-party claims.

  • Identity: Dr. Link Check is a web-based link checking service S68.
  • Core purpose: It identifies broken, soft-error, and blacklisted links on websites S68.
  • Intended users: Website owners and SEO professionals seeking to maintain site quality S6 S68.
  • Product scope: A single web application that crawls sites and provides reports; not a platform or family of products S68.
  • Positioning: The vendor emphasizes that broken links reflect poorly on professionalism and are bad for business S68.
  • Claimed distinction: It detects soft errors where servers return 200 OK but content indicates problems S1.
03

Use cases and audiences

Who the product serves and the jobs it is designed to handle.

AudiencePractical use case
Website ownersIdentify and fix broken links that harm user experience and credibility S6 S68.
SEO professionalsDetect soft errors and blacklisted links that could affect search rankings S68.
Web developersVerify that internal and external links, including images and stylesheets, are functional S68.

Features

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Features and capabilities

Core functions and evidence-backed product capabilities.

CapabilityWhat it does
Broken link detectionChecks URLs for validity, DNS resolution, connection, SSL certificate, and HTTP status codes S6.
Soft error detectionIdentifies pages returning 200 OK but with content indicating errors, using signature databases S1.
Blacklist checkingFlags links blacklisted by Google Safe Browsing, PhishTank, and Threatview.io for phishing or malware S9.
Crawl controlAllows setting crawl scope (same domain, root domain, folder, exact URL) and respecting robots.txt S19.
Filtering and sortingEnables filtering links by host, link depth, status, and other criteria, plus textual filter rules S19.
Report exportExports results to CSV and PDF for further analysis S68 S122.
Notification emailsSends email notifications about completed link checks to configured recipients S147.
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Integrations and ecosystem

Connected products, exports, APIs, and workflow compatibility.

Integration or interfaceTypeWhat it enables
Google Safe BrowsingIntegrationFlags links blacklisted for phishing or malware S9.
PhishTankIntegrationFlags links blacklisted for phishing S9.
Threatview.ioIntegrationProvides continuously updated feed of flagged domains S9.
CSV exportData portabilityExports results for processing in Excel S68.
PDF exportData portabilityExports reports in PDF format S122.

Pricing

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Pricing and plans

Published plans, free access, trials, credits, and pricing limitations.

Plan or offerVerified price and billingIncludedLimits
Lite$0 free S1222 websites, 1,500 links per website S122One-time checks only S122
Standard$13 per month, billed monthly; yearly billing gives one month free S1225 websites, 10,000 links per website S122Monthly or biweekly scheduled checks S19
Professional$49 per month, billed monthly; yearly billing gives one month free S12210 websites, 50,000 links per website S122Adds weekly checks S19
Premium$159 per month, billed monthly; yearly billing gives one month free S12215 websites, 200,000 links per website S122Adds daily checks S19

Competition

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Competitive landscape

Domains competing for the same organic search demand.

Sampled competitors

CompetitorFirst-page appearancesSampled queriesAverage positionQueries observed
linkdr.com111link dr
serpwatch.io111link not working
webaloha.co112link not working
linkedin.com113link dr
apps.microsoft.com113link not working
linkprimarycare.com114link dr
youtube.com114link not working
linkdoctor.io115link dr
thehoth.com115link not working
mytpmg.com116link dr

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Customers, testimonials, and first-party review claims

No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.

Independent review sources discovered

No links to supported independent review platforms were discovered on the collected pages.

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

  • First-party claims: The service checks links against blacklists including Google Safe Browsing, PhishTank, Threatview.io, and URLhaus W86W87W88W89. It identifies soft errors such as parked domains, pages with placeholder content, and expired domains W130W131W132W133W134.
  • Scout inference: The combination of broken link, blacklist, and soft error checks in one tool may be a competitive advantage over simpler link checkers.
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AI visibility

Measured ChatGPT and Google AI mentions with cited sources.

AI-assistant referral traffic

  • Estimated current generative-AI referral share: 0.5%
MonthSource
—All AI assistants

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Site-stated AI capabilities

No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.

These are first-party product claims, not independent measurements of AI-search visibility.

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Marketing opportunities

Actions calculated directly from the collected evidence.

OpportunityRecommended actionEvidence
Competitor gap1 first-page appearances across link dr

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Website evidence gaps

  • customers: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • reviews: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • changes: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • identity: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • technical: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

  • First-party claims: The pricing page provides examples of typical website sizes in terms of links, such as a local law firm (1,000 links), a fitness center chain (2,500 links), a five-year-old blog (7,500 links), and a medium-sized online shop (30,000 links) W35W36W37W38. The service offers a free Lite subscription for temporary accounts W219.
  • Scout inference: These examples can be used in marketing content to help potential customers estimate their needs and understand the value proposition for different site sizes.

Trust and proof

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Customers, proof, and reviews

Published proof, customer signals, and review evidence.

Independent reviews

PlatformPageHow it was foundNote
Shopify App StoreDr. Link Check - Find and fix broken links on your store site. / Shopify App StoreGrounded web search## Reviews (1) Overall rating 5 Counts per rating level ... - 5 100% of ratings are 5 stars 1 - 4 0% of ratings are 4 stars 0 - 3 0% of ratings are 3 stars 0 - 2 0% of ratings are 2 stars 0 - 1 0% of ratings are 1 stars 0 August 15, 2024 ... Used the free option available and was great! I was able to locate broken links and fix up the problems. Brilliant tool and I highly recommend it.
SaasHubDr. Link Check VS dislike404.com - compare differences & reviews?Grounded web search- Limited Free Version The free version of Dr. Link Check may have limitations in terms of the number of links or frequency of checks, pushing users toward paid plans for more comprehensive coverage. - Potentially Overwhelming for Large Sites For very large websites, the sheer volume of links reported can be overwhelming, requiring more time management to address all issues. - Possible False Positives Some users may experience false positives, where the tool flags working links as broken, leadin
LinkSentry BlogBest Broken Link Checkers in 2026: An In-Depth Comparison – LinkSentryGrounded web search. Link Check bolts SSL/security checks onto the same crawler model. Architecture. External crawler with added cert and reputation checks. Notable. - SSL ... and blacklist checks on destinations - Paid tiers for higher page caps and scheduled scans
letsmetrix.comWulfsoft Developer Profile & App Portfolio / LetsmetrixGrounded web searchflagship app, Dr. Link Check, is designed to help merchants identify and resolve broken links on their storefronts. This tool has garnered two reviews to date. The developer leverages this expertise to provide functional enhancements across
saashub.comDr. Link Check Down? Dr. Link Check status and issues.Grounded web search# Current Dr. Link Check status: Up ... Dr. Link Check's website is at drlinkcheck.com . There are no reported issues during the last 24h. Use the ' Report an Issue' button to report any issues you may have with the service. Check out our list of Dr. Link Check alternatives.

Customer proof

No named customers, testimonials, or customer case studies were found.

Independent mentions

  • Dr. Link Check: Broken link checker with malware and parked domain detection / Product Hunt — Dr. Link Check: Broken link checker with malware and parked domain detection / Product Hunt ... 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 to be sure the link works as intended and doesn’t point to a server known for hosting malware or phishing attacks. ... drlinkcheck.com ... Dr. Link Check Info Launched in 2018 ... No reviews yet Be the first to lea
  • Broken Link Checker – Dr. Link Check — annoying and reflect poorly on your professionalism. They not only deter visitors from ... can also negatively impact your search engine rankings. Even worse than a broken link is a link to a ... , let Dr. Link Check do the work and give you a report of
  • Pricing – Dr. Link Check — ## How much does Dr. Link Check cost? $ 0 $ 13 $ 49 $ 159 - Websites / projects: 15 - Links per website: 200,000 links - Broken link checks: - Blacklist checks: (+ ... - SSL certificate checks: - Scheduled checks: (+ daily) -
  • Dr. Link Checkcompany facts — . Link Checkcompany facts Other Analytics Software · Germany · Founded 2011 · CEO Andreas Wulf 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 provides detailed
  • Pricing Changes – Dr. Link Check — We have updated the pricing model for Dr. Link Check to make it more transparent and easier to understand. You now buy the capacity to check websites of a certain size (based on ... it contains), and you can then check those websites as often as you want

External links were grounded in one live web search. Search snippets are leads, not independently scraped page content; rejected links remain available in Review evidence.

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Company, security, and trust

Ownership, policies, security signals, and public trust evidence.

SignalFindingSource
Company and ownershipNot published on the collected pages.—
Contact and supportNot published on the collected pages.—
Legal and privacyClicking on the wrench icon opens the Subscription Settings dialog, which allows you to upgrade, downgrade, or cancel your subscription as well as update your billing information.source
Security and complianceNot published on the collected pages.—
Uptime and status pageNot published on the collected pages.—
Domain registered2011-11-15—
Domain expires2027-11-15—

Not found on the collected pages: company and ownership, contact and support, security and compliance, uptime and status page. This only means Scout did not find it on the pages it read; it says nothing about the company itself.

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Documentation and product updates

Help resources, product guidance, and visible changes over time.

Resource or updateTypeWhat is availableDate or freshness
Contact and supportSupportPublic contact and support channel. (source)Not dated
Contact and supportSupportPublic contact and support channel. (source)Not dated

Not found in the collected public sources: public roadmap, changelog or release notes, status page, separate help center or knowledge base.

Technical

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Technical and delivery signals

Delivery model, platforms, API, data ownership, reliability claims and release activity.

SignalFindingSource
Delivery model (cloud, self-hosted, desktop, browser extension)Web-based service accessed via browser S68.S68
Platforms and appsWeb platform only S68.S68
API and extensibility (API, SDK, webhooks, MCP, plugins)Not published on the collected pages.—
Data ownership and exportResults can be exported to CSV and PDF S68 S122.S68 S122
Performance and reliability claimsNot published on the collected pages.—
Release activityBlog posts indicate ongoing feature updates S147 S143.S147 S143
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Measured infrastructure

Domain, certificate, and hosting signals, measured directly.

SignalFinding
Domain registered2011-11-15 — NameCheap, Inc.
Domain expires2027-11-15
TLS certificateAmazon, valid, expires 2027-01-22
Security headersHSTS
Headers not servedCSP, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy
Server headernginx
Mail handled byin1-smtp.messagingengine.com, in2-smtp.messagingengine.com
Nameserversns-1473.awsdns-56.org, ns-1669.awsdns-16.co.uk

Not measurable: wayback: rate limited by archive.org, ladder stopped after 1 probe(s); rdap: exceeded the overall budget; wayback: exceeded the overall budget; tls: exceeded the overall budget; dns: exceeded the overall budget; headers: exceeded the overall budget. A gap here means the lookup was unavailable, not that the finding is negative.

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Technical site audit

A bounded multi-page crawl with page-level issues and URLs.

Scout — Bounded technical crawl

  • Pages crawled: 15 of 15 maximum
  • Technical health: 88/100
  • Critical issues: 0
  • Warnings: 33
  • Notices: 9

Issues

SeverityIssueValueAffected URL
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/
noticeImages are missing alt text7https://www.drlinkcheck.com/
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/
noticeImages are missing alt text7https://www.drlinkcheck.com/
noticeMeta description length should be reviewed218https://www.drlinkcheck.com/de
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/de
noticeImages are missing alt text7https://www.drlinkcheck.com/de
warningMissing meta description—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/pricing
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/pricing
warningMissing meta description—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/support/contact
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/support/contact
noticeLow visible word count74https://www.drlinkcheck.com/support/contact
warningMissing meta description—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/support/docs
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/support/docs
warningMissing meta description—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/support/faq
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/support/faq
warningMissing meta description—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/account
warningPage should have one primary H10https://www.drlinkcheck.com/account
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/account
noticeLow visible word count20https://www.drlinkcheck.com/account
warningMissing meta description—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/features/broken-link-checker
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/features/broken-link-checker
warningMissing meta description—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/features/blacklist-checker
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/features/blacklist-checker
warningMissing meta description—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/features/soft-error-checker
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/features/soft-error-checker
warningMissing meta description—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/blog
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/blog
noticePage is marked noindex—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/blog
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://www.drlinkcheck.com/blog
warningMissing meta description—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/support/terms
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/support/terms
warningMissing meta description—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/support/privacy-policy
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/support/privacy-policy
warningMissing meta description—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/support/legal-notice
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.drlinkcheck.com/support/legal-notice
noticeLow visible word count94https://www.drlinkcheck.com/support/legal-notice
warningDuplicate title in audit sample3https://www.drlinkcheck.com/
warningDuplicate title in audit sample3https://www.drlinkcheck.com/
warningDuplicate title in audit sample3https://www.drlinkcheck.com/features/broken-link-checker
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample2https://www.drlinkcheck.com/
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample2https://www.drlinkcheck.com/

Crawled pages

StatusTitleH1sWordsResponseURL
200Broken Link Checker – Dr. Link Check150330 mshttps://www.drlinkcheck.com/
200Broken Link Checker – Dr. Link Check15037 mshttps://www.drlinkcheck.com/
200Link-Checker zum Aufspüren kaputter Links – Dr. Link Check1451183 mshttps://www.drlinkcheck.com/de
200Pricing – Dr. Link Check159925 mshttps://www.drlinkcheck.com/pricing
200Contact – Dr. Link Check174279 mshttps://www.drlinkcheck.com/support/contact
200Documentation – Dr. Link Check14629169 mshttps://www.drlinkcheck.com/support/docs
200Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) – Dr. Link Check11679157 mshttps://www.drlinkcheck.com/support/faq
200Account – Dr. Link Check020261 mshttps://www.drlinkcheck.com/account
200Broken Link Checker – Dr. Link Check154669 mshttps://www.drlinkcheck.com/features/broken-link-checker
200Blacklist Checker – Dr. Link Check1390158 mshttps://www.drlinkcheck.com/features/blacklist-checker
200Soft Error Checker – Dr. Link Check1285175 mshttps://www.drlinkcheck.com/features/soft-error-checker
200Blog – Dr. Link Check18621138 mshttps://www.drlinkcheck.com/blog
200Terms of Service – Dr. Link Check1847260 mshttps://www.drlinkcheck.com/support/terms
200Privacy Policy – Dr. Link Check1664155 mshttps://www.drlinkcheck.com/support/privacy-policy
200Legal Notice – Dr. Link Check194157 mshttps://www.drlinkcheck.com/support/legal-notice

This is a bounded Scout crawl. Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse scores are not claimed unless a dedicated performance audit is connected.

22

Search Console and Analytics

First-party search and behavioral data connection state.

Modeled acquisition channels

ChannelEstimated share
direct29.4%
search66.1%
search organic66.1%
search paid0.0%
social0.9%
social organic0.9%
social paid0.0%
referrals2.2%
paid referrals0.8%
mail0.0%
gen ai0.5%
affiliate0.0%
other0.0%

First-party connections

IntegrationStatusData available after connection
Google Search ConsoleNot connectedClicks, impressions, CTR, average position, queries, pages, countries, and devices
Google AnalyticsNot connectedOrganic sessions, engagement, landing pages, conversions, geography, and devices

No first-party Search Console or Analytics numbers are shown until the site owner authorizes the corresponding Google account. Scout traffic model values above are modeled estimates, not private analytics totals.

Limits and method

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Limitations and open questions

Known constraints and missing evidence from the collected pages.

The collected pages do not mention any competitor products. Evidence gaps include lack of customer testimonials, independent reviews, uptime statistics, and detailed security/compliance information. Open questions remain about API availability and data retention policies.

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Sources, method, and limitations

Evidence inventory, collection method, provider use, and constraints.

This report is based on 15 collected pages from drlinkcheck.com, including feature pages, documentation, pricing, and blog posts. Static and browser rendering rendering were used; external proof search was performed but yielded no additional verified evidence. Limitations: no first-party customer reviews or independent review data were collected.

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