AutoBacklinks vs Pitchbox (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 Pitchbox if

• Fits if you're an agency running link building for many clients and can commit for a year
• Works for in-house SEO teams that pitch publishers directly instead of hiring out

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you're one person, as every plan is a year's commitment and Pro alone is $2,520 a year
• Tight if more than 2 people pitch, as Pro has 2 users and 2 mailboxes
• Watch out: recurring campaigns, email rotation, Slack and the API start at Advanced for $420 a month
• Not for you if you want to try it yourself, as trials only come after a demo with a product specialist
• Pricey if you pay monthly, as expert onboarding then costs $2,000 to $4,000

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.

Pitchbox

• Every plan needs a one-year commitment, whether billed monthly or annually; cancelling keeps access until the term ends.
• Pro has 2 users and 2 mailboxes; recurring campaigns, email rotation, Slack and the API start at Advanced for $420 a month.
• There is no self-serve trial: trials are arranged after a demo with a product specialist.
• Expert-led onboarding costs $2,000 to $4,000 by plan on monthly billing and is included with annual billing.

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.

Pitchbox

Prospecting

Search by topic, keywords, competitor sites or advanced search operators, filter by SEO metrics, and get sites back with contact details found and verified.

AI personalization and replies

AI reads each prospect's site to draft a personal pitch, and an AI Reply Agent can answer and negotiate replies. Both are on every plan.

Email sequences

Multi-step follow-ups with conditional templates, holiday scheduling and one-click unsubscribe. Rotating sends across mailboxes starts at Advanced.

Deliverability monitoring

From Advanced, a built-in MXRight service scores each mailbox daily and watches more than 80 blacklists.

Link partner CRM and inbox

One inbox for every mailbox and client, with follow-up reminders, out-of-office detection that snoozes a thread, tasks and pipeline stages.

Link monitoring and reports

Checks won links are live, indexed by Google and pointing at a healthy page: 1,000 to 10,000 links by plan, with white-label client 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.

Pitchbox

• Pro$210

  per month, billed annually ($300 billed monthly)

  2 users, 2 email accounts, 2,000 outreach emails and 25 campaigns a month, 1 workspace and 1,000 links monitored.

• Advanced$420

  per month, billed annually ($600 billed monthly)

  Unlimited users, 6 email accounts, 5,000 emails a month, 25 workspaces, email rotation, deliverability monitoring, Slack and the API.

• Scale$825

  per month, billed annually ($1,200 billed monthly)

  Unlimited users, 20 email accounts, 25,000 emails a month, unlimited workspaces and campaigns, approval workflow and Looker Studio.

• Enterprise PlatformCustom

  For large companies: single sign-on, a service level agreement, vendor security review, private training and dedicated support.

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.

Pitchbox

• Annual discount

  Save 30% with annual billing

  Pitchbox's pricing page says annual billing saves 30% against monthly payments: Pro is $210 a month instead of $300.