AutoBacklinks vs Uprankly (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 Uprankly if

• Fits if you run link outreach for several clients from one tool
• Works for teams that want an agent to keep campaigns going while a person approves each placement

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you're one person with one site, at $169 a month billed annually or $199 monthly
• Not for you if you want to try it free, as the way in is a $37 Test Drive pack
• Tight if you're on Starter: 1 team member, 3 active campaigns and 25 monitored links
• Watch out: credits pay for every email, search and lookup, and monthly credits don't roll over
• Skip it if you need white-label client reports, which come only with Agency at $649 a month

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.

Uprankly

• Everything runs on credits: 1 per email sent or keyword search, 3 per SEO or contact enrichment, 5 per gap analysis; monthly credits do not roll over.
• Starter allows 1 team member and 3 active campaigns; white-label client reporting comes only with Agency, $649 a month billed annually.
• Link Builder plans monitor 25 to 500 links; the separate Link Monitor product covers 300 links for a one-time $19 fee.
• There is no free plan or free trial; the cheapest way in is the $37 Test Drive pack.

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.

Uprankly

Prospect discovery

Search by keyword or niche, mine competitors' backlink gaps, watch for new competitor links, find lookalike sites or browse a directory of 50,000+ vetted sites.

AI qualification and enrichment

AI judges each prospect for editorial fit and risk, then adds Domain Rating, traffic estimates, referring domains, spam score and a verified contact.

Outreach sequences

Multi-step sequences sent from your own Gmail, Outlook or SMTP accounts, with inbox rotation, per-account limits, time-zone scheduling and automatic follow-ups.

AI unified inbox

Replies from every connected account in one inbox, where AI sorts them by intent, routes out-of-office and referral replies, and drafts answers.

AI Link Agent

An agent that keeps a campaign going: it finds and qualifies new prospects daily and sends outreach and follow-ups, while you approve every placement.

Link monitoring and recovery

Placed links are re-checked for presence, anchor and follow status, and a recovery email can go to the original contact from the alert.

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.

Uprankly

• Test Drive$37

  one-time, for 1,500 credits that never expire

  1 user, 1 campaign, 3 prospect lists, 50 inventory sites and 5 monitored links, with every feature, for trying a real campaign.

• Starter$169

  per month for 8,400 credits, billed annually ($199 billed monthly)

  1 team member, 3 active campaigns, 10 prospect lists, 500 inventory sites, 25 monitored links and unlimited sending inboxes.

• Pro$329

  per month for 17,600 credits, billed annually ($399 billed monthly)

  5 team members, unlimited campaigns, 2,500 inventory sites, 100 monitored links, a client portal and priority support.

• Agency$649

  per month for 40,100 credits, billed annually ($799 billed monthly)

  Unlimited team members and client workspaces, 10,000 inventory sites, 500 monitored links, white-label reports and a dedicated CSM.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom quotas and enterprise governance, priced on request.

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.

Uprankly

• Annual discount

  Save 17% with annual billing

  Uprankly's pricing page lists annual billing at 17% off: Starter is $169 a month billed annually instead of $199 billed monthly.