Skip to content

URL Validator

Find the broken path.

URL Validator crawls your site, checks every link it finds, and lists the broken ones with the page that contains each, so you know exactly what to edit.

What the film shows: A crawl follows links across a site and surfaces a broken destination. Illustrative, with example data.

Follow every route.

Pages get renamed, products get removed and partner sites move. The links pointing to them stay, and visitors land on error pages.

Crawl.

Starting from your domain, it follows links page by page, respects robots.txt, and stops at your plan’s URL limit.

Find.

Each broken link comes with the page that contains it and the error it returned. Redirect chains and loops are traced hop by hop.

Fix.

Edit the page, or, if the site is connected to Reflect, approve a suggested replacement and Reflect publishes the fix.

Site Monitor tells you when a page stops responding. URL Validator finds the links that lead nowhere. Many sites use both.

Broken paths, in priority order.

Crawls your site for broken links and redirect chains, and shows the page each problem is on.

  • Beyond broken linksThe same scan can also flag suspicious redirects, certificate problems and security headers to review.Available on Growth and Pro
  • Catch regressionsCompare scans after a launch or migration.Available on Growth and Pro
  • Share the findingsExport results and send scheduled reports to the people who fix them.
See all 10 URL Validator capabilities

Capabilities without a plan label are in every plan. Capacity depends on the plan, so compare the limits before choosing.

Broken link detection

Find links returning errors across the site, with the page that links to each.

Redirect chain analysis

Trace each redirect hop and find unnecessary chains and loops.

Scheduled reports

Email reports to your recipients on the schedule your plan offers.

CSV export

Download the findings as a spreadsheet.

Suggested fixes with Reflect

For sites connected to Reflect, suggested replacements for broken links that you approve or reject.

Crawl comparison

See new, removed and changed URLs between scans.

Available on Growth and Pro

Security checks

Flag suspicious redirects, validate certificates and review security headers.

Available on Growth and Pro

Search audit

Check titles, descriptions, canonical tags, headings, alt text, structured data and robots rules on each internal page, then score them.

Available on Growth and Pro

Slack and webhook alerts

Send findings to Slack or your own systems.

Available on Growth and Pro

PDF reports

Download a formatted report to share.

Available on Pro

Scan the domain. Fix what matters first.

  1. Add a domainEnter the website you want to check. There is nothing to install.
  2. Run a scanReview its broken links and redirects.
  3. Work through the fixesStart with the links on your most visited pages, then scan again.

Before you start

What you need
Your domain. Nothing to install on your site.
What a scan covers
Pages reachable by links from your start page, up to your plan’s URL limit and the crawl depth you set, following robots.txt. Links that only appear after JavaScript runs may be missed.
Good to know
It reports what to fix; your team makes the change, unless the fix is approved through Reflect.

For sites where links break quietly.

Plans differ in URL capacity, report recipients and checks. Higher plans add crawl comparison, security checks and a search audit.

Up to 500, 2,500 or 10,000 URLs per scan, depending on the plan.

URL Validator plans

From $25CAD / month

Includes ADI access: our desktop assistant, unlocked for your account while the plan is active. You download it and choose what it connects to.

How URL Validator compares with alternatives

A few useful answers.

How is this different from Site Monitor?

Site Monitor checks that your site is up. URL Validator crawls your pages for links that lead nowhere. They answer different questions.

How many URLs can I check?

It depends on the plan. Each unique address found during a crawl counts, internal or external. The plan cards list the URL capacity for each plan.

Does it fix the links?

It shows where each one is. For sites connected to Reflect, it can suggest a replacement that Reflect publishes once you approve it.

Can I schedule scans?

Yes. Scheduled reports run weekly or monthly on every plan, and daily on the top plan.

Essential cookies keep the site and your account working and are always on. Choose whether we may use the others. You can change this at any time from the footer.

Optional cookies