BacklinkGPT vs Pitchbox (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Pitchbox grades higher than BacklinkGPT: 2.0 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Pitchbox grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on value for money, 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
Pitchbox
Outreach platform for link building and digital PR teams
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 Pitchbox if
- Fits if you're an agency running link building for many clients and can commit for a year
- Works for in-house SEO teams that pitch publishers directly instead of hiring out
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you're one person, as every plan is a year's commitment and Pro alone is $2,520 a year
- Tight if more than 2 people pitch, as Pro has 2 users and 2 mailboxes
- Watch out: recurring campaigns, email rotation, Slack and the API start at Advanced for $420 a month
- Not for you if you want to try it yourself, as trials only come after a demo with a product specialist
- Pricey if you pay monthly, as expert onboarding then costs $2,000 to $4,000
How we grade them
| 1.8GPABacklinkGPTWeak | 2.0GPAPitchboxFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | DPro is $210 a month billed yearly ($300 monthly) for 2 users, and every plan is a one-year commitment, so one person pays at least $2,520 a year. That's in this category's dearest tenth. A team of five needs Advanced at $420, about $84 a head. |
| 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 and no self-serve trial. Pitchbox offers a trial only after a demo with one of its product specialists, and the pricing page doesn't say how long it lasts. |
| 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. | BProspecting by topic or competitor, AI-written pitches and replies, follow-up sequences, a CRM for link partners, and checks that won links stay live and indexed. It covers the whole job. Email rotation, Slack and the API wait on Advanced. |
| 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 connect mailboxes and set up campaigns and sequences, and Pitchbox charges $2,000 to $4,000 for expert onboarding on monthly billing, which tells you something. |
| 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 only, with no desktop or phone app. It pulls metrics from Ahrefs, Semrush, Moz and Majestic, sends through Gmail and Microsoft 365, and works with Slack and Zapier. The API starts at Advanced. |
| Best for | founders getting onto niche roundups | link-building outreach at agency scale |
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 Pitchbox. 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. Pitchbox starts at $210 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and BacklinkGPT starts $61 a month lower. Of the other link building tools on the chart, none scores higher than BacklinkGPT for less, and none scores higher than Pitchbox 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
- BacklinkGPT also covers AI agents.
- Pitchbox also covers workflow automation and reports.
At a glance
| BacklinkGPT | Pitchbox | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free trial |
| Starts at | $149 per month for up to 6 pitches a day | $210 per month, billed annually ($300 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | Free trial offered after a demo with a product specialist |
| Web | ||
| Made by | FMD Labs GmbH | Pitchbox |
| Price read from | backlinkgpt.com | pitchbox.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.
Pitchbox
- Every plan needs a one-year commitment, whether billed monthly or annually; cancelling keeps access until the term ends.
- Pro has 2 users and 2 mailboxes; recurring campaigns, email rotation, Slack and the API start at Advanced for $420 a month.
- There is no self-serve trial: trials are arranged after a demo with a product specialist.
- Expert-led onboarding costs $2,000 to $4,000 by plan on monthly billing and is included with annual billing.
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.
Pitchbox
- Prospecting
- Search by topic, keywords, competitor sites or advanced search operators, filter by SEO metrics, and get sites back with contact details found and verified.
- AI personalization and replies
- AI reads each prospect's site to draft a personal pitch, and an AI Reply Agent can answer and negotiate replies. Both are on every plan.
- Email sequences
- Multi-step follow-ups with conditional templates, holiday scheduling and one-click unsubscribe. Rotating sends across mailboxes starts at Advanced.
- Deliverability monitoring
- From Advanced, a built-in MXRight service scores each mailbox daily and watches more than 80 blacklists.
- Link partner CRM and inbox
- One inbox for every mailbox and client, with follow-up reminders, out-of-office detection that snoozes a thread, tasks and pipeline stages.
- Link monitoring and reports
- Checks won links are live, indexed by Google and pointing at a healthy page: 1,000 to 10,000 links by plan, with white-label client 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.
Pitchbox
Pro$210
per month, billed annually ($300 billed monthly)
2 users, 2 email accounts, 2,000 outreach emails and 25 campaigns a month, 1 workspace and 1,000 links monitored.
Advanced$420
per month, billed annually ($600 billed monthly)
Unlimited users, 6 email accounts, 5,000 emails a month, 25 workspaces, email rotation, deliverability monitoring, Slack and the API.
Scale$825
per month, billed annually ($1,200 billed monthly)
Unlimited users, 20 email accounts, 25,000 emails a month, unlimited workspaces and campaigns, approval workflow and Looker Studio.
Enterprise PlatformCustom
For large companies: single sign-on, a service level agreement, vendor security review, private training and dedicated support.
Ways to pay less
BacklinkGPT
No public discounts listed.
Pitchbox
- Annual discount
Save 30% with annual billing
Pitchbox's pricing page says annual billing saves 30% against monthly payments: Pro is $210 a month instead of $300.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, BacklinkGPT or Pitchbox?
As of Oct 23, 2026, BacklinkGPT is cheaper to start with: $149 a month, against $210 a month for Pitchbox. BacklinkGPT starts at $149 per month for up to 6 pitches a day, and Pitchbox starts at $210 per month, billed annually ($300 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, BacklinkGPT or Pitchbox?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither BacklinkGPT nor Pitchbox has a free plan. Pitchbox has a free trial.
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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.