Free tool
Broken link checker
Paste a URL and see every link on that page that's broken or redirects: up to 50 links, same-site first, each with its status and anchor text.
How do I check a page for broken links?
A broken link is a link whose target answers with an error (404 Not Found, 410 Gone or a 5xx server error) instead of a page. A link checker requests each one and reports its status, so you can fix or remove it.
What it checks
Every link on the page, internal and external, de-duplicated
Up to 50 checked: same-site first, at most 10 on any other site
Broken (4xx, 5xx), unreachable and redirecting links
http:// links on an https page
Links with no text, or text like "click here"
Use it from your AI assistant
Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any other MCP client can run this check for you. Add the server below, then ask it to check a site: the tool is check_links. No sign-up and no key.
https://api.makerradar.io/mcpOr call the REST API, which answers the same report as JSON:
curl -X POST https://api.makerradar.io/v1/tools/broken-link-checker \
-H "content-type: application/json" -d '{"url":"https://example.com"}'Get a page that passes, free
Every product on MakerRadar gets a permanent page with a clean title and description, structured data, an FAQ, a Markdown version for AI assistants and a place in our llms.txt — and a backlink you can earn.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I find broken links on my website?
Run a link checker on your key pages, and a site crawler or Google Search Console's page-indexing report for the whole site. This tool checks every link on one page at a time, the quick way to fix a homepage, a pricing page or a launch post.
Do broken links hurt SEO?
Google has said 404s are a normal part of the web and don't, on their own, hurt a site's rankings. They do waste visitors' clicks and crawlers' time, and a link to a dead page passes nothing, so fix the ones on pages people read.
What's the difference between a broken link and a redirect?
A broken link answers with an error, usually 404 Not Found or a 5xx server error. A redirect (301, 302, 307, 308) sends the visitor on to another address; it works, but chains of redirects slow the page, so point links straight at the final URL.