Channel Workbench vs LinkOnTube
Both tools read a channel's video descriptions and report the links that no longer work, and neither one edits your channel. They differ in how they get in and how you pay: LinkOnTube takes a public channel URL with no login and sells one-time audits; Channel Workbench connects through read-only Google sign-in and runs as a subscription with a free plan. (Comparison based on each product's public materials as of October 2026 — always verify current features and prices on their site.)
| Channel Workbench | LinkOnTube | |
|---|---|---|
| YouTube access | Read-only OAuth by design — you sign in with Google; we cannot edit, upload, or post | No login: you paste your public channel URL, and their privacy policy says they scan only publicly available data |
| What's reported | Broken links, short links that now land on a homepage, missing or foreign Amazon tags, stale redirect chains, unavailable and low-rated Amazon products | Dead links and 404 pages across affiliate, short, sponsor and store links; their About page also mentions out-of-stock products and Amazon error pages |
| Amazon product data | Checks run through Amazon's official Creators API with your own Associates API credentials — never scraping. Amazon limits API access to eligible accounts (currently at least 10 qualifying sales in the past 30 days) | Their About page describes rendering the destination page to spot out-of-stock products; use of an Amazon API is not stated in public materials |
| Missing or foreign Amazon tag | Yes, on every plan, no API credentials needed | Not stated in public materials |
| Prioritization | Findings ranked by estimated revenue at risk, tunable to your own click and conversion assumptions | Report lists each broken link and affected video with an estimated revenue loss |
| Fix workflow | Per-finding suggested fix, a link straight to the video in YouTube Studio, mark fixed, and the next scan re-checks it. Available for Chrome (Edge coming soon): Fix Assist, a free browser extension that surfaces findings inside Studio and preps the exact edit for your review — you still click Save, still zero write access | You fix links yourself from the report |
| Ongoing monitoring | Weekly scans on Creator, daily on Pro, with a weekly digest email | Weekly "Automated Protection" subscription with email alerts, listed at $9/mo for up to 500 videos, $19 for 1,000, $49 for 2,500 and $99 for 3,500; their pricing page says a one-time audit is required first (as of Oct 2026) |
| Free tier | Free Starter plan: full-channel audit, top 3 findings shown, one scan a month | Homepage offers a free scan; what it includes is not detailed in public materials |
| Paid entry | Creator from $5/mo billed yearly ($7 month to month), 1 channel, up to 500 videos | One-time audits listed at $29 for up to 500 videos, $59 for 1,000, $149 for 2,500 and $299 for 3,500, one channel each; weekly monitoring is a separate subscription from $9/mo after an audit (as of Oct 2026) |
Choose LinkOnTube if…
You don't want to connect a Google account to anything, even read-only. Pasting a public URL is the lowest-commitment way to get an audit, and it also works for a channel you don't have the login for, such as a client's channel you've been asked to review. One-time pricing suits you if you'd rather pay for a single clean-up than carry another monthly subscription, and a weekly re-scan can be added afterwards.
Choose Channel Workbench if…
You want the audit to keep running and to cover more than dead pages. Channel Workbench re-scans weekly or daily, flags Amazon links whose tag is missing or isn't yours, and checks product availability and ratings only through Amazon's official Creators API with your own Associates API credentials. Findings are ranked by estimated revenue at risk using assumptions you can change, and each one is re-verified after you fix it. Connecting is read-only by design: the permission we ask Google for does not include editing, so there is nothing on your channel we can change. The free Starter plan audits the whole channel once a month and shows the top 3 findings.
Check your whole channel in one scan
Channel Workbench connects to YouTube with read-only access — we can't edit, upload, or post anything — scans every description in your back catalog, and hands you a prioritized fix queue with an estimate of the revenue at risk. The Starter plan is free forever: one scan a month, top findings included, no credit card.
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