BacklinkGPT vs Uprankly (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, BacklinkGPT grades higher than Uprankly: 1.8 against 1.6 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
BacklinkGPT grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, 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
Uprankly
AI link building platform from prospecting to link monitoring
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 Uprankly if
- Fits if you run link outreach for several clients from one tool
- Works for teams that want an agent to keep campaigns going while a person approves each placement
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you're one person with one site, at $169 a month billed annually or $199 monthly
- Not for you if you want to try it free, as the way in is a $37 Test Drive pack
- Tight if you're on Starter: 1 team member, 3 active campaigns and 25 monitored links
- Watch out: credits pay for every email, search and lookup, and monthly credits don't roll over
- Skip it if you need white-label client reports, which come only with Agency at $649 a month
How we grade them
| 1.8GPABacklinkGPTWeak | 1.6GPAUpranklyWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | DStarter is $169 a month billed annually ($199 monthly) for 8,400 credits and 1 team member, in the dearest tenth of this category. The $37 Test Drive is a one-off pack for a single campaign, not a low-priced way to keep using it. |
| 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 trial. The cheapest way in is the $37 Test Drive, 1,500 credits that never expire, with every feature but 1 campaign and 5 monitored links. |
| 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. | BKeyword and gap prospecting, a directory of 50,000+ vetted sites, AI vetting, SEO data and contacts, sequences with inbox rotation, an AI inbox, an agent that keeps campaigns going, and link monitoring with recovery emails. 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. Credits per action, campaigns, prospect lists and connected inboxes all need setting up and watching before the agent earns its keep. |
| 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. It sends from the Gmail, Outlook or Microsoft 365 accounts you connect, and that's the list: no API or other integrations on record. |
| Best for | founders getting onto niche roundups | running the whole outreach loop for clients |
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 Uprankly. How we grade
Where they differ
- Uprankly also covers reports and backlink analysis.
At a glance
| BacklinkGPT | Uprankly | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| Starts at | $149 per month for up to 6 pitches a day | $37 one-time for 1,500 credits; plans from $169 per month, billed annually |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | FMD Labs GmbH | Uprankly |
| Price read from | backlinkgpt.com | uprankly.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.
Uprankly
- Everything runs on credits: 1 per email sent or keyword search, 3 per SEO or contact enrichment, 5 per gap analysis; monthly credits do not roll over.
- Starter allows 1 team member and 3 active campaigns; white-label client reporting comes only with Agency, $649 a month billed annually.
- Link Builder plans monitor 25 to 500 links; the separate Link Monitor product covers 300 links for a one-time $19 fee.
- There is no free plan or free trial; the cheapest way in is the $37 Test Drive pack.
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.
Uprankly
- Prospect discovery
- Search by keyword or niche, mine competitors' backlink gaps, watch for new competitor links, find lookalike sites or browse a directory of 50,000+ vetted sites.
- AI qualification and enrichment
- AI judges each prospect for editorial fit and risk, then adds Domain Rating, traffic estimates, referring domains, spam score and a verified contact.
- Outreach sequences
- Multi-step sequences sent from your own Gmail, Outlook or SMTP accounts, with inbox rotation, per-account limits, time-zone scheduling and automatic follow-ups.
- AI unified inbox
- Replies from every connected account in one inbox, where AI sorts them by intent, routes out-of-office and referral replies, and drafts answers.
- AI Link Agent
- An agent that keeps a campaign going: it finds and qualifies new prospects daily and sends outreach and follow-ups, while you approve every placement.
- Link monitoring and recovery
- Placed links are re-checked for presence, anchor and follow status, and a recovery email can go to the original contact from the alert.
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.
Uprankly
Test Drive$37
one-time, for 1,500 credits that never expire
1 user, 1 campaign, 3 prospect lists, 50 inventory sites and 5 monitored links, with every feature, for trying a real campaign.
Starter$169
per month for 8,400 credits, billed annually ($199 billed monthly)
1 team member, 3 active campaigns, 10 prospect lists, 500 inventory sites, 25 monitored links and unlimited sending inboxes.
Pro$329
per month for 17,600 credits, billed annually ($399 billed monthly)
5 team members, unlimited campaigns, 2,500 inventory sites, 100 monitored links, a client portal and priority support.
Agency$649
per month for 40,100 credits, billed annually ($799 billed monthly)
Unlimited team members and client workspaces, 10,000 inventory sites, 500 monitored links, white-label reports and a dedicated CSM.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom quotas and enterprise governance, priced on request.
Ways to pay less
BacklinkGPT
No public discounts listed.
Uprankly
- Annual discount
Save 17% with annual billing
Uprankly's pricing page lists annual billing at 17% off: Starter is $169 a month billed annually instead of $199 billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, BacklinkGPT or Uprankly?
As of Oct 23, 2026, BacklinkGPT starts at $149 per month for up to 6 pitches a day, and Uprankly starts at $37 one-time for 1,500 credits; plans from $169 per month, billed annually.
Which has a free plan, BacklinkGPT or Uprankly?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither BacklinkGPT nor Uprankly 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.