Backlink Pilot vs LinkCheck (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, LinkCheck grades higher than Backlink Pilot: 3.0 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
LinkCheck grades higher on value for money, the free plan and platforms. They get the same grade on features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Backlink Pilot
Monitor for placed backlinks, organized by client and partner
Free plan · from $15/mo
Which one is for you
Pick Backlink Pilot if
- Fits if you keep placed links in a spreadsheet today and check them by hand
- Works for agencies running reciprocal or three-way link exchanges with many partners
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want backlinks discovered, as it only watches links you add or import
- Tight if you stay free, as the cap is 100 links and they're checked once a month
- Too light for portfolios over 5,000 links, where the largest published plan stops
- Not for you if your links need to flow into other tools, as no integrations or API are on record
- Watch out: paid plans are bought only from your profile inside the app, after you sign up free
Pick LinkCheck if
- Fits if you find links in Ahrefs or Semrush and want the ones that matter watched for free
- Works for agencies watching placed links across up to 25 client domains
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want links discovered for you, as it only watches what you import or add
- Watch out: there's no fixed check interval, and each link's page shows when it will next be checked
- Not for you if you want lost links chased, as it records changes but sends no outreach and recovers nothing
- Watch out: managed link placements are sold separately, with prices shown only after you sign in
- Too light for more than 5,000 backlinks or 25 domains, the limits of the one free account
How we grade them
| 2.2GPABacklink PilotFair | 3.0GPALinkCheckVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BStarter is $15 a month for up to 500 links, right at the start of this category's cheaper quarter. Agency is $29 for 2,000 and Scale $59 for 5,000, all with weekly checks. | AFree, with no paid monitoring plan at all: up to 5,000 backlinks across 25 domains for nothing. What it sells is managed link placements, as separate orders. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree with no card and no time limit, for up to 100 links with unlimited clients and partners. But those links are checked once a month, and an agency, the user it's built for, will pass 100 links quickly. | AFree with no card and no time limit, for 5,000 backlinks across 25 verified domains. That's a cap a normal site owner won't reach. |
| Features | CChecks of destination, anchor and follow status, CSV import, sorting by client and partner, a ledger for reciprocal and three-way exchanges, and a monthly health report. It does placed-link monitoring fully, but that's a smaller job: it watches only the links you add and finds none itself. | CFlags missing, blocked and redirected pages, changed destinations, nofollow and anchor text, with an evidence view and notes beside each link. It does monitoring fully, but that's a smaller job, and it discovers no links, so you need Ahrefs, Semrush or your own list first. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. You import your link sheet by CSV and record the destination, anchor and follow status agreed for each link before the checks mean much. | CNo rating on record. You verify your email and domain, then import a CSV or add links by hand before anything gets checked. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with no apps, integrations or API on record. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It reads Google Search Console and Google Analytics and takes Ahrefs and Semrush exports. No API on record. |
| Best for | checking that links you've placed are still live | free monitoring of backlinks you've already found |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Backlink Pilot and LinkCheck. How we grade
Price against what you get
Backlink Pilot starts at $15 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. LinkCheck has no paid plan and scores 2.3.
LinkCheck scores higher and starts $15 a month lower. Of the other link building tools on the chart, 6 score higher than Backlink Pilot for less, and none scores higher than LinkCheck for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Backlink Pilot also covers reports.
- LinkCheck also covers link outreach.
In commonFree planWebBacklink analysis
At a glance
| Backlink Pilot | LinkCheck | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free |
| Starts at | $15 per month for up to 500 links | Free |
| Free plan | Up to 100 links checked monthly, with unlimited clients and partners. No credit card and no time limit. | Free account: monitoring for up to 5,000 backlinks across up to 25 verified domains, with no time limit and no payment card. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Client Solutions Ltd | LinkCheck |
| Price read from | backlinkpilot.com | linkcheck.app |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Backlink Pilot
- It only monitors links you add or import; finding new backlinks is outside the product.
- The free plan checks links once a month; weekly checks need a paid plan.
- The largest published plan stops at 5,000 links.
- Every account starts on the free plan, and paid plans are bought from inside the app.
LinkCheck
- It does not discover backlinks; you import them from another tool or add them by hand.
- There is no fixed check interval: the timing varies by link, and each link's page shows its next check.
- It does not send outreach or recover lost links for you; it records changes and keeps follow-up notes.
- Marketplace placements are bought separately, and their prices are shown only after you sign in.
Key features
Backlink Pilot
- Link checks
- Revisits each linking page to confirm the destination URL is still there, the anchor text matches and the follow status is what was agreed.
- Check frequency
- Links are checked monthly on the free plan and weekly on paid plans, and each placement shows when it was last checked.
- CSV import
- Upload an existing link sheet with its partners by CSV, or add new placements one at a time as they go live.
- Clients and partners
- Sort placements by client and by partner, and track links received alongside links given in return.
- Exchange ledger
- Groups the partners and placements in each reciprocal or ABC exchange, so the whole deal stays attached to the links it produced.
- Health queue and monthly report
- One list shows every placement with its crawl result, including missing, nofollow and forbidden links, plus a monthly health report.
LinkCheck
- Backlink import
- Bring in Ahrefs or Semrush backlink exports, any CSV with referring-page and target columns, or single links by hand, with a preview that flags import problems.
- Change detection
- Records missing or blocked pages, redirects, changed destinations, nofollow and other attribute changes, anchor text changes and recovered links.
- Evidence view
- Shows what was recorded next to what the latest check found, with the referring page and target URL open together for review.
- Notes and recovery guidance
- Keep notes, contact details and recovery steps beside each link, and export a filtered view as CSV for a teammate.
- Google connections
- Optional read-only connections to Google Search Console and Google Analytics, plus Google Sign-In.
- Marketplace placements
- Paid managed link placements that feed into monitoring once verified, with one year of placement support and a full refund if delivery fails.
Plans
Backlink Pilot
Free$0
Up to 100 links checked once a month, with unlimited clients and partners.
Starter$15
per month for up to 500 links
Weekly link checks for up to 500 links.
Agency$29
per month for up to 2,000 links
Weekly link checks for up to 2,000 links.
Scale$59
per month for up to 5,000 links
Weekly link checks for up to 5,000 links.
LinkCheck
Free$0
Up to 5,000 monitored backlinks across 25 verified domains, with CSV import and export.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Backlink Pilot or LinkCheck?
As of Oct 23, 2026, LinkCheck is cheaper to start with: it is free, against $15 a month for Backlink Pilot. Backlink Pilot starts at $15 per month for up to 500 links, and LinkCheck is free.
Which has a free plan, Backlink Pilot or LinkCheck?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both Backlink Pilot and LinkCheck have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.