LinkRescue is an automated affiliate link monitoring tool that crawls your content archive daily to find broken links, stripped tracking parameters, expired offers, and silent attribution failures that are costing you commissions.

How does LinkRescue detect broken affiliate links?

LinkRescue crawls your site via sitemap or page-by-page discovery, extracts all outbound links, and checks each one for HTTP errors (404, 500), redirect chains, missing tracking parameters, soft 404 pages, and content changes that indicate an expired or deprecated offer.

What does LinkRescue cost?

LinkRescue has a free Starter tier (1 site, 200 pages, weekly scans), a Pro tier at $29/month (5 sites, 2000 pages, daily scans, API access), and an Agency tier at $79/month (25 sites, unlimited pages, hourly scans, webhooks, whitelabel reports).

How much revenue am I losing to broken affiliate links?

Studies show that 5-15% of affiliate links break within 6 months due to program changes, URL updates, and merchant site redesigns. For a site earning $5,000/month in affiliate revenue, that could mean $250-$750/month in lost commissions from links you don't know are broken.

Does LinkRescue have an API?

Yes. Pro and Agency plans include API access for programmatic link checking. There is also an npm SDK, a GitHub Action for CI/CD integration, and webhook support on the Agency tier for real-time notifications.

LinkRescue vs Screaming Frog

Always-on cloud monitoring with affiliate intelligence vs manual desktop crawls.

Feature Comparison

Feature	LinkRescue	Screaming Frog
Deployment	Cloud SaaS (nothing to install)	Desktop app (Windows/Mac/Linux)
Monitoring	Continuous (hourly to weekly)	Manual runs only
API access	REST API from $29/mo	No API
Affiliate detection	30+ networks, param tracking	Not available
Alerts	Email, Slack, webhooks	None (desktop app)
Fix suggestions	AI-powered	Not available
Pricing	Free / $29 / $79 per month	Free (500 URLs) / $259/year

Screaming Frog is the gold standard for technical SEO crawling — it's incredibly powerful for site audits. But it's a desktop application that requires manual runs, has no API, and doesn't understand affiliate links.

LinkRescue runs in the cloud, checks your links continuously, and understands affiliate networks. You get alerts the moment something breaks — no need to remember to run a crawl.

When to choose Screaming Frog

Choose Screaming Frog for deep technical SEO audits, JavaScript rendering analysis, and one-time site migrations. It's unmatched for manual analysis.

When to choose LinkRescue

Choose LinkRescue for continuous affiliate link monitoring, API integration into your workflow, and automated detection of revenue-impacting issues.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Screaming Frog free?

Screaming Frog has a free version limited to 500 URLs. The paid version is $259/year for unlimited URLs. LinkRescue has a free tier (1 site, 200 pages) with paid plans at $29/mo and $79/mo.

Can Screaming Frog monitor links continuously?

No. Screaming Frog is a desktop application that runs manual crawls. There's no scheduled monitoring or alerting built in. LinkRescue runs continuous scans from hourly to weekly.

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