Bulk URL Status Checker & Redirect Checker

How to use it: 3 steps

Make a free Apify accountApify is the cloud platform where our tools run. The free plan gives you $5 of usage every month, no credit card needed. You pay Apify, not us.
Paste your input and press StartNo code needed: you fill in a form (the input). It already has a working example. For example: {"url": "https://example.com"} in URLs to check. Each start is one run.
Download the resultsWhen the run ends, the results are in a table (the dataset). Open Output, press Export and pick Excel or CSV. JSON and the API are there too.

This tool is an Apify Actor: a small program that runs on Apify. You can also run it on a schedule, for example every Monday. New to it? Read how it works, step by step and the 8 words you need first.

Made by Cliqto Media, an independent digital media company. We made this tool and keep it working. About us

What it does

Check a list of public URLs before a site move or SEO review. This bulk URL status checker returns the final HTTP status, redirect destinations and broken-link flags for each processed URL. Start with one URL and open its result table. Each run accepts up to 100 input items. An empty list fails; a stopped run may return part of the list. The charge model is pay per useful HTTP result plus an Actor Start event and platform usage. Optional Apify Proxy traffic adds usage costs.

Who uses it

SEO specialists

Find broken links and long redirect chains in a URL list.

Site migration teams

Check that old URLs point to the right new pages.

QA engineers

Re-check key links after a release and keep a dated export.

Price

Pay per event: you pay for each result the tool saves, plus a small start fee for each run. The price includes Apify platform costs. Apify bills you, not us. Prices below are for the Apify free plan.

What you pay for	Price	When
Start fee	$0.001	Charged once per run. This tool uses 1 GB of memory or less by default; more memory costs more.
HTTP URL result	$0.00225	One stored URL result with an HTTP response, including 404 or 503. No charge for technical failures, duplicates or invalid inputs.

Examples

One URL: about $0.0032.
1,000 URLs: about $2.26 (10 runs of up to 100).
Every day 100 URLs, for 30 days: about $6.78 a month.
100 URLs once a week (4 runs a month): about $0.90 a month.

Free to try: the Apify free plan gives you $5 of usage every month, no credit card needed. That is enough for about 2,200 URLs.

Prices checked on 24 October 2026. See the current price on Apify.

Questions

Does it find soft 404 pages?

No. It reports the real HTTP status. A page that says not found with status 200 is not flagged.

Is every redirect a problem?

No. A redirect is normal. Check loops, many hops or a broken final page.

Can I check internal or login pages?

No. It checks only public HTTP and HTTPS addresses.

Does a 404 cost money?

Yes. A 404 is a useful result and counts. Network failures with status 0 do not count.

Can I see the status of every redirect hop?

The Dataset stores destination URLs, not a status code for each hop. statusCode is the final HTTP code, or 0 on technical failure.

Is a redirect always broken?

No. A redirect to 200 normally has isRedirect: true and isBroken: false. A redirect to 404 is broken.

Is the response time a speed score?

No. It is the whole URL check time from the run environment, including retries and waits. It is not a Core Web Vital.

Does a schedule compare results for me?

No. Export the dated rows and compare them in your own system.

Details

Step by step on Apify

Open the Actor in Apify Console and choose Input.
Switch to JSON and paste the minimal input below, or enter the URL objects in URLs to check.
Keep direct requests for a first check. A fresh form offers one public example.com URL; you can start this sample without editing it. API calls still require startUrls and never substitute a hidden demo.
Click Start. A run uses the selected build and run options.
Open Output → URL results → Table. Check statusCode and finalUrl.
Choose Export to save the results. Open Storage to read the separate summary.

Use cases

Task	Add to `startUrls`	Review	Next step
Site migration URL check	Your old public URLs	`redirectChain`, `finalUrl`, `isBroken`	Compare the final destination with your own migration map
Broken link list	URLs from a link report	`statusCode`, `isBroken`, `statusMessage`	Fix or replace failing links
QA after a release	Known public endpoints	`statusCode`, `responseTime`, `checkedAt`	Re-check failed endpoints and keep the dated export
Redirect audit	Known redirecting URLs	Ordered `redirectChain`, `isRedirect`	Review extra hops or broken destinations

Tips for better results

Compare the final URL with your own redirect map after a move.
Split big lists into parts of 100 URLs. One run takes up to 100.
Look at the hop list. Many steps can slow pages and hurt SEO.

Limits and good to know

At most 100 input items per run, counted before duplicate removal. Split larger lists yourself
Concurrency range 1–100, default 20. Actual Cloud capacity was checked at concurrency 3 with 100 simple HTTP results; this does not promise the same speed or success for all sites
Up to 10 redirect hops; loops and the hop limit produce broken results. A final target can be present in the chain before the cap prevents fetching it
Up to 2 extra retries per request for network failures, 429 or 5xx. HEAD→GET fallback adds a request. Requests can therefore exceed the number of URLs
Request phase timeout 1–30 seconds, default 10. Several phases, hops and retries can take longer than one timeout value
Only public HTTP/HTTPS destinations. Private-network, loopback and unsafe targets are blocked, including at redirects and retries. TLS verification stays on
URL credentials, secret query values and fragments are rejected. Custom proxy credentials are not accepted
Results are saved as a batch after checking. A graceful stop can save finished and active rows and count queued URLs in unprocessed; a hard platform kill or storage failure may lose final results. There is no streaming or resume guarantee

Troubleshooting

Symptom	Possible reason	Check	Action
Input form says “This field is required”	Empty URL list	`startUrls` object array	Add at least one full public URL
FAILED with `INVALID_INPUT`	Missing/empty/too-large list, unsupported option, or no valid URLs	Error summary and input shape	Correct the input; do not add secrets
Status 0 with null final URL	DNS, TLS, connection failure, timeout or blocked target	`statusMessage`, failed inputs and logs	Verify a public URL and retry a small subset
HTTP 404	Server returned Not Found	Submitted and final URLs	Correct the URL or redirect
Fewer rows than input items	Duplicates, rejected entries, or queued work	`duplicates`, `failedInputs`, `unprocessed`	Fix the input or split a list
Succeeded but PARTIAL	Some checks failed technically or input was rejected	Summary, status0 rows	Review the failed subset; a platform success is not proof all URLs are good
Many 429/slow checks	Server rate limits or slow response	`rateLimits`, `attempts`, `retries`	Reduce concurrency and wait before a small re-check
Run stopped before results appeared	Batch saving and hard stop	Terminal status, summary/storage presence	Use smaller lists and enough run time; do not assume saved rows

For developers

Use it from code

Actor ID: cliqtomedia/bulk-url-status-redirect-checker. You need your Apify API token from Apify Console → Settings → API & Integrations.

Python · apify-client

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("cliqtomedia/bulk-url-status-redirect-checker").call(run_input={
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://example.com"
        }
    ],
    "maxConcurrency": 20
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/cliqtomedia~bulk-url-status-redirect-checker/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"startUrls": [{"url": "https://example.com"}], "maxConcurrency": 20}'

LangChain · langchain-apify

# pip install langchain-apify
# set APIFY_TOKEN in your environment
from langchain_apify import ApifyActorsTool

tool = ApifyActorsTool("cliqtomedia/bulk-url-status-redirect-checker")
result = tool.invoke({"run_input": {"startUrls": [{"url": "https://example.com"}], "maxConcurrency": 20}})
print(result)

The cURL call waits for the results, up to 300 seconds. For longer runs, start a run (/runs) and get the results with a webhook or by checking the run. Apify API docs. LlamaIndex, MCP for AI agents and the JavaScript client: AI agents & MCP.

Data fields (9)

Field	Type
`url`	string
`statusCode`	integer
`statusMessage`	string
`isBroken`	boolean
`isRedirect`	boolean
`redirectChain`	array
`finalUrl`	string
`responseTime`	integer
`checkedAt`	string

Input settings (4)

The main fields of the input form. With the API you send them as JSON.

Setting	Name in the API	Type	Example value
URLs to check required	`startUrls`	array	`[{"url": "https://example.com"}]`
URLs checked at once	`maxConcurrency`	integer	`20`
Connection mode	`proxyConfiguration`	object	`{"useApifyProxy": false}`
Request timeout (seconds)	`requestTimeoutSecs`	integer	`10`

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Bulk URL Status and Redirect Checker for SEO and Site Moves

How to use it: 3 steps

What it does

Who uses it

SEO specialists

Site migration teams

QA engineers

Price

Examples

Questions

Details

Troubleshooting

For developers

Use it from code

Use cases with this tool

Start on Apify

Bulk URL Status and Redirect Checker for SEO and Site Moves

How to use it: 3 steps

What it does

Who uses it

SEO specialists

Site migration teams

QA engineers

Price

Examples

Questions

Details

Troubleshooting

For developers

Use it from code

Use cases with this tool

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