BacklinkGPT vs Outlink AI (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Outlink AI grades higher than BacklinkGPT: 2.2 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Outlink AI grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
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
Outlink AI
AI agent that runs link outreach from your own inbox
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 Outlink AI if
- Fits if you want link outreach to run with little of your time each week
- Works for agencies that need client approval of outreach copy and white-label reports
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you won't give a card for a trial: the 7-day trial needs one and covers only the first workspace
- Pricey if you run many clients, as each workspace is billed as its own subscription
- Tight if placements cost money, as Starter caps autopilot spend at $25 a month and Growth at $100
- Watch out: Qwoted pitches are drafted for you, but you still submit each one yourself
- Skip it if you want to send anything for free, as sending needs a paid plan
How we grade them
| 1.8GPABacklinkGPTWeak | 2.2GPAOutlink AIFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CStarter is $70 a month billed annually ($88 monthly) for 150 sends a day, inside this category's usual range. On top sits a monthly spend cap for prospect data and placements ($25 on Starter), and each workspace is its own subscription. |
| 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. | DNo free plan. You can preview prospects and sample pitches free, but sending needs a paid plan after a 7-day trial that takes a card, and the trial covers only your first workspace. |
| 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. | BDiscovery that filters out spam sites and link networks, pitches from your inbox, capped follow-ups, reply handling, placement checks with Search Console index status, Qwoted drafts, client workspaces and white-label reports. It covers the whole 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. You set targets, tone, volume and approval rules and connect inboxes, then mostly read a weekly digest, but there's setup first. |
| 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. | BWeb plus a browser extension, connected to Gmail, Outlook, Google Search Console and Qwoted. No desktop or phone app, and no API on record. |
| Best for | founders getting onto niche roundups | hands-off link outreach from your own inbox |
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 Outlink AI. 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. Outlink AI starts at $70 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and Outlink AI starts $79 a month lower. Of the other link building tools on the chart, none scores higher than BacklinkGPT for less, and none scores higher than Outlink AI 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
- Outlink AI also covers reports and journalist requests.
At a glance
| BacklinkGPT | Outlink AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free trial |
| Starts at | $149 per month for up to 6 pitches a day | $70 per month for 150 sends a day, billed annually ($88 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 7-day free trial on the first workspace; card required, no charge until day 7 |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | FMD Labs GmbH | Outlink LLC |
| Price read from | backlinkgpt.com | outlinkai.com |
| 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.
Outlink AI
- There is no free plan: you can preview prospects and sample pitches free, but sending needs a paid plan after the 7-day card-backed trial.
- Each workspace is billed as its own subscription, and the trial covers only the first one.
- Plans cap what the autopilot spends for you each month on prospect data and placements ($25 on Starter, $100 on Growth), apart from the subscription.
- Outlink drafts Qwoted pitches but does not submit them; you approve and send each one yourself.
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.
Outlink AI
- Prospect discovery and screening
- Finds candidate sites each cycle, scores them on relevance and authority, and filters out spam sites and private blog networks before any outreach.
- Pitches sent from your inbox
- Writes each email around a detail from the prospect's own page and sends it from Gmail or Outlook connected over OAuth, rotating inboxes within warm-up and daily limits.
- Follow-ups and reply handling
- Sends capped, timed follow-ups, sorts and negotiates replies, and passes the ones that need a decision to you.
- Placement checks
- Crawls each page where a link was placed, re-checks it on a schedule and confirms index status through Google Search Console.
- Qwoted auto-apply
- Watches your Qwoted alerts, matches journalist requests to your topics and drafts a pitch you submit on Qwoted in one click.
- Agency workspaces and reports
- One workspace per client with an agency overview, client approval of outreach copy through a link, and scheduled white-label proof reports.
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.
Outlink AI
Starter$70
per month for 150 sends a day, billed annually ($88 billed monthly)
3 connected inboxes, 10 concurrent campaigns, a $25 monthly spend cap, all 5 tactics, Qwoted auto-apply and link monitoring with a weekly digest.
Growth$156
per month for 500 sends a day, billed annually ($195 billed monthly)
Everything in Starter with 10 inboxes, 25 concurrent campaigns and a $100 monthly spend cap.
Scale$500
per month for unlimited sends, billed annually ($625 billed monthly)
Everything in Growth with unlimited sending, inboxes and concurrent campaigns, and no monthly spend ceiling.
Ways to pay less
BacklinkGPT
No public discounts listed.
Outlink AI
- Annual discount
Save 20% with annual billing
Outlink AI's pricing page lists annual billing at 20% off: Starter is $70 a month ($840 a year) instead of $88 billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, BacklinkGPT or Outlink AI?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Outlink AI is cheaper to start with: $70 a month, against $149 a month for BacklinkGPT. BacklinkGPT starts at $149 per month for up to 6 pitches a day, and Outlink AI starts at $70 per month for 150 sends a day, billed annually ($88 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, BacklinkGPT or Outlink AI?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither BacklinkGPT nor Outlink AI has a free plan. Outlink AI has a free trial.
Which platforms do BacklinkGPT and Outlink AI run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Outlink AI lists a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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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.