BacklinkGPT vs LinkIntel (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, BacklinkGPT and LinkIntel share a 1.8 GPA, neither has a free plan, and LinkIntel starts cheaper, at $99 a month against $149 a month.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
BacklinkGPT grades higher on platforms. LinkIntel grades higher on value for money. 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.
BacklinkGPT
AI link-building agent for owners without an SEO team
LinkIntel
AI link building agent that pitches, negotiates and verifies links
Which one is for you
Pick BacklinkGPT if
- Fits if you run a small business with no SEO team and want onto your niche's roundups
- Works for owners who want pitches sent by LinkedIn as well as email
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if your budget is small: $149 a month, plus link fees the vendor says often run $75 to $250 a site
- Skip it if you're an agency or reseller, as it's built for owners promoting their own site
- Not for you if you want to try it free: there's a preview, no trial, and refunds shrink after 24 hours
- Watch out: extra inboxes or LinkedIn profiles are $19 a month each, and extra prospect credits $0.03 each
- Tight if you want volume, as Starter sends up to 6 pitches a day from 1 inbox or profile
Pick LinkIntel if
- Fits if you don't want cold email sent from your own domain
- Works for buyers who negotiate placement fees but want to pay publishers directly
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to try before paying, as there's no free plan or trial
- Watch out: publisher fees come on top of the plan, paid by you, and outreach goes from lookalike-domain mailboxes
- Tight if you score lots of prospects: 5 credits each from Solo's 2,000 a month, with top-ups from $59 for 1,000
- Pricey if you need white-label reports or the API, which come only with Agency at $799 a month
- Skip it if you run more than one site on a small budget, as Solo covers 1 website project and Growth is $299
How we grade them
| 1.8GPABacklinkGPTWeak | 1.8GPALinkIntelWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DStarter is $149 a month for up to 6 pitches a day, the start of this category's dearest tenth. That's before link fees, which the vendor says often run $75 to $250 a site, plus $19 a month for each extra inbox. | CSolo is $99 a month for 2,000 credits, 1 site and 3 managed inboxes, at the top of this category's usual range, with 20% off yearly. Publisher fees come on top, paid by you directly; LinkIntel says it adds no markup. |
| Free plan and trial | FNothing free to use: no free plan and no trial, only a free preview. Refunds are full within 24 hours if nothing was sent, then usage-adjusted up to 7 days, which isn't a trial. | FNothing free: no free plan and no free trial, so you pay from day one. |
| Features | BA site brief, prospect verdicts with written reasons, ranked contacts, email and LinkedIn pitches, reply and counter-offer drafts, and won links re-checked for drops, with MCP and an API. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core job. | BScoring, verified contacts, managed mailboxes, negotiation with walk-away rules, the guest post or insertion written for you, and checks at 30, 60 and 90 days with a replacement if a link drops. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core job. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. The agent drafts its own brief, but you check it, set a link budget, connect inboxes and approve each pitch until you switch on auto-send. | CNo rating on record. It sets up the mailboxes, but you set authority floors, budget caps and walk-away rules, and learn what each credit pays for. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, sending from Gmail, Outlook or LinkedIn, with MCP for ChatGPT and Claude and an API on every plan. No desktop or phone app. | CWeb only, with Slack and Telegram for updates. White-label reports and the API come only with Agency at $799 a month. |
| Best for | founders getting onto niche roundups | outreach kept off your own domain |
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: BacklinkGPT and LinkIntel. How we grade
Price against what you get
BacklinkGPT starts at $149 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. LinkIntel starts at $99 a month and scores 2.3.
BacklinkGPT scores higher, and starts $50 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other link building tools on the chart, none scores higher than BacklinkGPT for less, and 3 score higher than LinkIntel 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
- LinkIntel also covers reports and inbox warm-up.
At a glance
| BacklinkGPT | LinkIntel | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| Starts at | $149 per month for up to 6 pitches a day | $99 per month for 2,000 credits, billed monthly |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | FMD Labs GmbH | LinkIntel, Inc. |
| Price read from | backlinkgpt.com | linkintel.ai |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
BacklinkGPT
- Most sites ask a fee to add a link, often $75 to $250 by the vendor's account; fees come on top of the plan and need your approval.
- The vendor says it is built for owners promoting their own site, not for agencies or resellers managing client sites.
- There is no free trial, only a free preview; refunds are full within 24 hours if nothing was sent, then usage-adjusted up to 7 days.
- Extra inboxes or LinkedIn profiles cost $19 a month each, and extra prospect credits $0.03 each.
LinkIntel
- Publisher fees come on top of the plan and are paid by you directly; LinkIntel says it adds no markup or per-link fee.
- Credits: 5 per prospect scored, 5 per outreach conversation, 100 per competitor analysis; they reset monthly, and top-ups start at $59 for 1,000.
- There is no free plan or free trial; white-label reports and the API come only with Agency at $799 a month.
- Outreach is sent from lookalike-domain mailboxes LinkIntel provides, not from your own inbox.
Key features
BacklinkGPT
- Site brief
- The agent reads your site and writes its own brief of positioning, target pages and keywords, which you check before setting a link budget.
- Prospect verdicts
- Sweeps search results and competitors' backlinks, then marks every page keep, drop or second look with the reason written down, blocking rivals and spam sites.
- Contacts
- Finds the editor, founder or writer behind each page with email and LinkedIn, ranked so the most likely person is pitched first.
- Email and LinkedIn pitches
- Drafts quote the prospect's own page and go out from your accounts. You approve each one until you switch a channel to auto-send, and you approve every fee.
- Reply handling
- Replies from email and LinkedIn land in one inbox, and the agent drafts answers and counter-offers when a site asks for a fee.
- Link monitoring, MCP and API
- Won links are re-checked on a schedule with an alert if one drops or turns nofollow. The agent also runs from ChatGPT or Claude over MCP, or through the API.
LinkIntel
- Prospect discovery and scoring
- Mines competitors' backlinks, search results and journalist requests, then scores each site on authority, traffic, spam signals and relevance against floors you set.
- Verified contacts
- Finds the person who edits the target page and verifies the address by crawling, pattern matching, SMTP checks and AI search; sites it cannot verify are skipped.
- Managed sending mailboxes
- Outreach goes from mailboxes on separate lookalike domains that LinkIntel sets up, warms, rotates and caps; sending pauses if bounces pass 2%.
- Negotiation with approval
- The agent answers replies and counters prices within budget caps and walk-away rules, remembering what each domain charged. Every final deal waits for your approval.
- Content and fulfillment
- Writes the guest post or the exact link insertion and chooses the anchor once a deal is accepted.
- Link verification
- Checks every placed link at 30, 60 and 90 days; if one disappears within 90 days, the agent works on a replacement without charging for its labor.
Plans
BacklinkGPT
Starter$149
per month for up to 6 pitches a day
1 site, 1 inbox or LinkedIn profile and about 2,000 pages checked a month, with reply and counter-offer drafts, MCP and API access.
Growth$399
per month for up to 12 pitches a day
Up to 3 inboxes or LinkedIn profiles and about 6,000 pages checked a month, with the same agent as Starter.
Scale$999
per month for up to 25 pitches a day
For several sites or a team: up to 6 inboxes or LinkedIn profiles, about 20,000 pages checked a month, priority founder support and custom integrations.
LinkIntel
Solo$99
per month for 2,000 credits, billed monthly
1 website project, 3 managed outreach inboxes, 1 seat and up to 100 scored domains per analysis.
Growth$299
per month for 7,500 credits, billed monthly
3 website projects, 10 managed outreach inboxes, 3 seats and up to 200 scored domains per analysis.
Agency$799
per month for 25,000 credits, billed monthly
15 website projects, 30 managed inboxes, 10 seats, up to 500 scored domains per analysis, white-label reports, API access and organization roles.
Ways to pay less
BacklinkGPT
No public discounts listed.
LinkIntel
- Annual discount
Save 20% with yearly billing
LinkIntel's pricing page lists yearly billing at 20% off the monthly prices; annual plans still receive their credits month by month.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, BacklinkGPT or LinkIntel?
As of Oct 23, 2026, LinkIntel is cheaper to start with: $99 a month, against $149 a month for BacklinkGPT. BacklinkGPT starts at $149 per month for up to 6 pitches a day, and LinkIntel starts at $99 per month for 2,000 credits, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, BacklinkGPT or LinkIntel?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither BacklinkGPT nor LinkIntel has 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.