AutoBacklinks vs Outlink AI (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 Outlink AI if

• Fits if you want link outreach to run with little of your time each week
• Works for agencies that need client approval of outreach copy and white-label reports

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you won't give a card for a trial: the 7-day trial needs one and covers only the first workspace
• Pricey if you run many clients, as each workspace is billed as its own subscription
• Tight if placements cost money, as Starter caps autopilot spend at $25 a month and Growth at $100
• Watch out: Qwoted pitches are drafted for you, but you still submit each one yourself
• Skip it if you want to send anything for free, as sending needs a paid plan

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.

Outlink AI

• There is no free plan: you can preview prospects and sample pitches free, but sending needs a paid plan after the 7-day card-backed trial.
• Each workspace is billed as its own subscription, and the trial covers only the first one.
• Plans cap what the autopilot spends for you each month on prospect data and placements ($25 on Starter, $100 on Growth), apart from the subscription.
• Outlink drafts Qwoted pitches but does not submit them; you approve and send each one yourself.

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.

Outlink AI

Prospect discovery and screening

Finds candidate sites each cycle, scores them on relevance and authority, and filters out spam sites and private blog networks before any outreach.

Pitches sent from your inbox

Writes each email around a detail from the prospect's own page and sends it from Gmail or Outlook connected over OAuth, rotating inboxes within warm-up and daily limits.

Follow-ups and reply handling

Sends capped, timed follow-ups, sorts and negotiates replies, and passes the ones that need a decision to you.

Placement checks

Crawls each page where a link was placed, re-checks it on a schedule and confirms index status through Google Search Console.

Qwoted auto-apply

Watches your Qwoted alerts, matches journalist requests to your topics and drafts a pitch you submit on Qwoted in one click.

Agency workspaces and reports

One workspace per client with an agency overview, client approval of outreach copy through a link, and scheduled white-label proof reports.

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.

Outlink AI

• Starter$70

  per month for 150 sends a day, billed annually ($88 billed monthly)

  3 connected inboxes, 10 concurrent campaigns, a $25 monthly spend cap, all 5 tactics, Qwoted auto-apply and link monitoring with a weekly digest.

• Growth$156

  per month for 500 sends a day, billed annually ($195 billed monthly)

  Everything in Starter with 10 inboxes, 25 concurrent campaigns and a $100 monthly spend cap.

• Scale$500

  per month for unlimited sends, billed annually ($625 billed monthly)

  Everything in Growth with unlimited sending, inboxes and concurrent campaigns, and no monthly spend ceiling.

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.

Outlink AI

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with annual billing

  Outlink AI's pricing page lists annual billing at 20% off: Starter is $70 a month ($840 a year) instead of $88 billed monthly.