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Dr. Link Check vs Uptime Cairn

Both stand on website monitoring software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Dr. Link Check

Free plan Web

Dr. Link Check combines crawl diagnostics, blacklist monitoring, scheduling, and exportable reports in a web service. Check its JavaScript limitation and project limits before selecting a plan.

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Uptime Cairn offers broad monitoring, alerting, reporting, and status-page features in a self-hosted package. Its lack of a hosted tier and the listed unshipped features matter if you need those capabilities.

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The facts

	Dr. Link Check	Uptime Cairn
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Web	API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web
Lowest paid plan	Standard: $13 a month	Free or on request
Plans published	4	1
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	drlinkcheck.com	uptimecairn.dev
On website monitoring software	#15 of 55	#18 of 55

Dr. Link Check: what it does well

Checks links, resources, SSL, and blacklists
Scheduled daily, weekly, or monthly scans
CSV export and source-location reporting
URL rules and crawl-speed controls
Free plan available

What to know first

JavaScript-generated links are not found
Only one check runs at a time
Paid plans start at $13 a month
Support is provided by email

Uptime Cairn: what it does well

Supports a wide range of network and service checks.
Status pages allow custom domains and branding.
Provides a REST API and scheduled reports.
No features are held back for a paid tier.

What to know first

There is no hosted tier.
Multi-region probing, SSO, and synthetic browser flows have not shipped.
The site recommends a reverse proxy before internet exposure.

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