AutoBacklinks vs LinkIntel (2026): which should you pick?

Pick AutoBacklinks if

• Fits if you'd rather run guest post and listicle outreach from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor
• Works for founders doing their own outreach for one or two sites

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want a card-free trial: the 7-day trial needs one and comes with 120 credits
• Watch out: Starter's $49 is a launch price shown against $79, and credits don't roll over
• Tight if you have more than 2 sites or mailboxes, which means Growth at $179 a month
• Skip it if you need lost links caught, as no link monitoring is on record
• Pricey if you might cancel early, as the terms give no refund for the current period

Pick LinkIntel if

• Fits if you don't want cold email sent from your own domain
• Works for buyers who negotiate placement fees but want to pay publishers directly

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want to try before paying, as there's no free plan or trial
• Watch out: publisher fees come on top of the plan, paid by you, and outreach goes from lookalike-domain mailboxes
• Tight if you score lots of prospects: 5 credits each from Solo's 2,000 a month, with top-ups from $59 for 1,000
• Pricey if you need white-label reports or the API, which come only with Agency at $799 a month
• Skip it if you run more than one site on a small budget, as Solo covers 1 website project and Growth is $299

AutoBacklinks

• Credits pay for each prospect (1), SEO metrics (0.5 per site), verified email (3) and AI email step (1); they refresh monthly and do not roll over.
• Starter covers 2 websites and 2 sending mailboxes; its $49 price is a launch offer against a listed $79.
• There is no free plan, and the 7-day trial needs a card and includes only 120 credits.
• The terms say cancelling stops renewals but does not refund the current period.

LinkIntel

• Publisher fees come on top of the plan and are paid by you directly; LinkIntel says it adds no markup or per-link fee.
• Credits: 5 per prospect scored, 5 per outreach conversation, 100 per competitor analysis; they reset monthly, and top-ups start at $59 for 1,000.
• There is no free plan or free trial; white-label reports and the API come only with Agency at $799 a month.
• Outreach is sent from lookalike-domain mailboxes LinkIntel provides, not from your own inbox.

AutoBacklinks

Six prospect sources

Finds competitors' backlinks, sites that take guest posts, articles open to link insertions, product reviewers, niche directories and pages ChatGPT cites.

AI scoring and contacts

Scores each site's relevance to your niche, adds Domain Rating and organic traffic, and finds verified email addresses.

Outreach from your mailbox

AI-written emails for each sequence step with automatic follow-ups, sent from Gmail, Google Workspace, Outlook or SMTP, with free mailbox warmup.

Reply triage and deals board

Replies are classified, deal terms are pulled out, and opportunities move from review through negotiation, content and payment to published.

Scheduled campaigns

Runs the whole pipeline weekly, every two weeks or monthly, parking drafts for review or sending them automatically.

MCP server

Run the same campaigns from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or another MCP client; spending credits and sending still wait for your approval.

LinkIntel

Prospect discovery and scoring

Mines competitors' backlinks, search results and journalist requests, then scores each site on authority, traffic, spam signals and relevance against floors you set.

Verified contacts

Finds the person who edits the target page and verifies the address by crawling, pattern matching, SMTP checks and AI search; sites it cannot verify are skipped.

Managed sending mailboxes

Outreach goes from mailboxes on separate lookalike domains that LinkIntel sets up, warms, rotates and caps; sending pauses if bounces pass 2%.

Negotiation with approval

The agent answers replies and counters prices within budget caps and walk-away rules, remembering what each domain charged. Every final deal waits for your approval.

Content and fulfillment

Writes the guest post or the exact link insertion and chooses the anchor once a deal is accepted.

Link verification

Checks every placed link at 30, 60 and 90 days; if one disappears within 90 days, the agent works on a replacement without charging for its labor.

AutoBacklinks

• Starter$49

  per month for 2,500 credits, billed monthly

  A launch price shown against $79: 2 websites and 2 sending mailboxes (about 1,500 emails a month), with every link type, the agent and MCP.

• Growth$179

  per month for 7,500 credits, billed monthly

  5 websites and 5 sending mailboxes (about 4,500 emails a month), with priority support.

• Scale$399

  per month for 20,000 credits, billed monthly

  25 websites and 15 sending mailboxes (about 13,500 emails a month), with priority support and a dedicated account manager.

LinkIntel

• Solo$99

  per month for 2,000 credits, billed monthly

  1 website project, 3 managed outreach inboxes, 1 seat and up to 100 scored domains per analysis.

• Growth$299

  per month for 7,500 credits, billed monthly

  3 website projects, 10 managed outreach inboxes, 3 seats and up to 200 scored domains per analysis.

• Agency$799

  per month for 25,000 credits, billed monthly

  15 website projects, 30 managed inboxes, 10 seats, up to 500 scored domains per analysis, white-label reports, API access and organization roles.

AutoBacklinks

• Annual discount

  One month free with annual billing

  AutoBacklinks' pricing page says annual billing includes one month free; credits still refresh monthly rather than arriving all at once.

LinkIntel

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with yearly billing

  LinkIntel's pricing page lists yearly billing at 20% off the monthly prices; annual plans still receive their credits month by month.