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Broken Link Check vs W3C Link Checker: catalog facts
Broken Link Check	W3C Link Checker
Freemium Free for up to 3,000 pages; advanced services are available.	Free Free to use on the W3C website.
Web	Web
No sign-up or download Shows where each broken link is in the HTML	Checks anchors as well as full URLs Recursive crawling with a configurable depth
Free version limited to 3,000 pages	Plain interface with a text-heavy report Works best when the pages already have valid markup
Web application	Web application
Closed source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Needs internet	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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