Backlink Pilot vs Monitolink (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Backlink Pilot and Monitolink share a 2.2 GPA, both have a free plan, and Backlink Pilot starts cheaper, at $15 a month against $24 a month.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Backlink Pilot grades higher on value for money. Monitolink grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan, 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
Monitolink
Backlink monitor with daily checks and lost-link recovery emails
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 Monitolink if
- Fits if you want to know within a day when a paid or earned link disappears
- Works for agencies reporting backlink status to several clients
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, with weekly checks, a monthly crawl, watermarked reports and 7 days of history
- Watch out: recovery emails only go out through your own Gmail, and 500 more contact lookups cost $15 a month
- Pricey if you need white-label reports, which start at Agency for $124 a month on yearly billing
- Not for you if you need an API or SSO, which come only with custom-priced Enterprise
- Watch out: the pricing page's plan cards and comparison table disagree on some limits, so check before buying
How we grade them
| 2.2GPABacklink PilotFair | 2.2GPAMonitolinkFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CStarter is $24 a month billed yearly ($29 monthly) for 2,500 backlinks, 3 projects and daily checks, a little above this category's cheaper quarter. White-label reports wait on Agency at $124. |
| 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. | CA free plan with 1 project, a few hundred links checked weekly, a monthly crawl and watermarked reports, plus a 14-day trial of any paid plan with no card. Weekly checks and 7 days of history are a cap you'll feel. |
| 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. | CDaily checks, alerts, recovery emails to the site owner, gap analysis against competitors, AI insights from Pro and client reports. It does monitoring fully and a bit more, but it's still a smaller job, and the API is Enterprise only. |
| 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 add projects and competitors, import links if you have them, and connect Gmail before recovery emails can go out. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with no apps, integrations or API on record. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It connects to Gmail, Slack and Snov.io and takes link exports from Ahrefs, Semrush, Search Console, Moz and Majestic. |
| Best for | checking that links you've placed are still live | backlink alerts with lost-link recovery |
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 Monitolink. 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. Monitolink starts at $24 a month and scores 2.3.
Monitolink scores higher, and starts $9 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other link building tools on the chart, 6 score higher than Backlink Pilot for less, and none scores higher than Monitolink 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
- Monitolink also covers link outreach.
At a glance
| Backlink Pilot | Monitolink | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $15 per month for up to 500 links | $24 per month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Up to 100 links checked monthly, with unlimited clients and partners. No credit card and no time limit. | 1 project with a few hundred backlinks (200 or 300; the page gives both), checked weekly, a monthly discovery crawl and watermarked reports. Trials end on it. |
| Free trial | None listed | 14-day free trial of any paid plan, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Client Solutions Ltd | Linkee, Inc. |
| Price read from | backlinkpilot.com | backlinkmonitoring.ai |
| 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.
Monitolink
- The free plan checks links only weekly; daily checks and recovery outreach start at Starter.
- Recovery emails go out through your own Gmail account, and contact lookups are capped monthly; 500 more cost $15 a month.
- White-label reports start at Agency; API access and SSO come only with custom-priced Enterprise.
- The pricing page's plan cards and comparison table give different limits for some plans, so confirm the numbers before buying.
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.
Monitolink
- Daily link checks
- Every paid plan re-checks each known backlink every 24 hours and emails when it is lost, broken, redirected, or its anchor or follow status changes.
- Link recovery outreach
- Looks up the linking site's contact through Snov.io and sends a recovery email from your connected Gmail, in one click or automatically when a link drops.
- Backlink gap analysis
- Compares your links with competitors' and lists sites that link to them but not to you, sorted by Domain Authority, with CSV export.
- AI profile insights
- From Pro, a weekly set of cards flags urgent issues, opportunities and trends such as anchor text over-optimization and toxic domains.
- Import and tagging
- Finds a domain's backlinks itself or takes a CSV from Ahrefs, Semrush, Search Console or Majestic, then groups links by client, campaign or custom tag.
- Client reports
- PDF and CSV reports of live, lost and recovered links; reports carry your own logo and colors on the Agency plan and above.
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.
Monitolink
Free$0
1 project, 1 seat, weekly status checks, a monthly crawl for new links, watermarked reports and 7 days of history.
Starter$24
per month for 2,500 backlinks, billed annually ($29 billed monthly)
3 projects and 3 competitors, daily status checks, weekly discovery, recovery outreach, 100 contact lookups and 10 reports a month.
Pro$66
per month for 10,000 backlinks, billed annually ($79 billed monthly)
5 projects, 10 competitors, 3 seats, weekly AI insights, 400 contact lookups a month, Slack and Gmail integration and unlimited reports.
Agency$124
per month for 50,000 backlinks, billed annually ($149 billed monthly)
20 projects, 60 competitors, 10 seats, discovery every 3 days, white-label reports and client dashboards. The comparison table says 75,000 links.
EnterpriseCustom
Unlimited projects and seats, up to 1 million backlinks, daily AI insights, API access, SSO and a dedicated manager. Through sales.
Ways to pay less
Backlink Pilot
No public discounts listed.
Monitolink
- Annual discount
17% off with annual billing
Monitolink's pricing page lists annual billing at 17% off every paid plan: Starter is $24 a month billed annually instead of $29 monthly.
- Nonprofit
Reduced rate for nonprofits and education
The pricing FAQ says nonprofits and educational buyers who get in touch are offered a reduced rate on the Pro or Agency plan.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Backlink Pilot or Monitolink?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Backlink Pilot is cheaper to start with: $15 a month, against $24 a month for Monitolink. Backlink Pilot starts at $15 per month for up to 500 links, and Monitolink starts at $24 per month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Backlink Pilot or Monitolink?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both Backlink Pilot and Monitolink 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.