BacklinkScan vs LinkChecker.pro (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, BacklinkScan grades higher than LinkChecker.pro: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
BacklinkScan grades higher on value for money and the free plan. LinkChecker.pro grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
BacklinkScan
Low-cost backlink monitor with spam scoring and disavow files
LinkChecker.pro
Backlink tracker that checks placed links daily and their indexing
Which one is for you
Pick BacklinkScan if
- Fits if you run a small site or freelance and want backlink alerts for a few dollars a month
- Works for anyone cleaning up spammy links who wants the disavow file kept current
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to try monitoring free, as the free plan has no daily checks, alerts or exports
- Watch out: the FAQ says no refunds once you upgrade, so the free plan is your only try-out
- Tight if you need competitor analysis, which starts on Pro at $18 a month billed annually
- Watch out: PDF reports are listed as coming soon, and the pricing table doesn't say which plans get the AI brand visibility checker
- Watch out: the $99 lifetime deal is shown under a countdown, and the FAQ says it may not always be offered
Pick LinkChecker.pro if
- Fits if your agency has thousands of placed links to keep live and indexed
- Works for teams comparing output across individual link builders
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to try the monitoring free, as there's no free plan or trial and refunds run 7 days
- Tight if you're on Lite, with one user and 400 backlinks
- Watch out: every plan caps monitored backlinks, redirects and monthly rescans
- Watch out: the monthly and yearly cards give different backlink and user limits for some Pro tiers
- Skip it if you want competitor data of its own, as that comes through Ahrefs, Majestic and Moz
How we grade them
| 2.4GPABacklinkScanFair | 2.0GPALinkChecker.proFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | ALite is $6 a month billed annually ($8 monthly) for 50,000 backlinks and 5 projects, under 60% of this category's cheaper quarter. Pro is $18 for 250,000, and a $99 one-time lifetime deal is shown for a limited time. | CLite is $20.80 a month billed yearly ($25 monthly) for 400 links and 1 user, just above this category's cheaper quarter. Standard, at $41.70, is the first plan for a team, with 5 users. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free plan for 1 project and 1,000 backlinks with 6 months of history, but no daily monitoring, alerts, CSV reports or disavow export, which are the reasons to use it. Support is community only. | DNo free plan or trial for the monitoring, and refunds only run for 7 days. The free Chrome extension does check links and index status on any page, with no account needed. |
| Features | CDaily checks with new and lost link alerts, AI scoring for quality and spam risk, rule-based disavow files, Search Console keywords, an internal link checker and an AI brand visibility checker. The gaps: competitor analysis waits on Pro and PDF reports are listed as coming soon. | CDaily checks, Google index checks every 5 days, per-person stats, a budget view of money lost to removed links, batch URL and Whois checks and DMCA alerts. It does monitoring fully, but competitor data comes from Ahrefs, Majestic and Moz. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. You add projects, connect Search Console and set your disavow rules before it runs on its own. | CNo rating on record. You add the links you've built, set up users and quotas, and learn a handful of batch tools before it pays off. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with Google Search Console as the one connection on record. No API, desktop or phone app. | BWeb plus a Chrome extension, with Ahrefs, Majestic and Moz integrations. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | daily backlink alerts and disavow files on a small budget | keeping bought links live and indexed |
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: BacklinkScan and LinkChecker.pro. How we grade
Price against what you get
BacklinkScan starts at $6 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. LinkChecker.pro starts at $20.80 a month and scores 2.3.
LinkChecker.pro scores higher, and starts $14.80 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other link building tools on the chart, 2 score higher than BacklinkScan for less, and none scores higher than LinkChecker.pro 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
- BacklinkScan also covers AI search visibility and link outreach.
At a glance
| BacklinkScan | LinkChecker.pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Paid |
| Starts at | $6 per month for 50,000 backlinks, billed annually ($8 billed monthly) | $20.8 per month for 400 backlinks, billed yearly ($25 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | 1 project, 1,000 backlinks and 6 months of history, with no daily monitoring, alerts, reports or disavow file export. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | BacklinkScan | Local Profy LLC |
| Price read from | backlinkscan.com | linkchecker.pro |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
BacklinkScan
- The pricing FAQ says refunds are not given once a plan is upgraded; the free plan is the way to try it.
- The free plan has no daily monitoring, alerts, CSV reports or disavow export, and gets community support only.
- Competitor analysis needs Pro, and PDF reports are listed as coming soon.
- The pricing table does not say which plans include the AI brand visibility checker.
LinkChecker.pro
- There is no free plan or free trial for monitoring; refunds can be requested within 7 days of subscribing.
- Only the Lite plan is single-user; every plan caps monitored backlinks, redirects and monthly rescans.
- The pricing page shows different backlink and user limits for some Pro tiers on the monthly and yearly cards.
- Its own data comes from checking your links; competitor metrics come through the Ahrefs, Majestic and Moz integrations.
Key features
BacklinkScan
- New and lost link alerts
- Backlinks are checked daily, with email alerts when links are gained or lost and a weekly summary, on the paid plans.
- AI link scoring
- Each backlink gets an AI rating for quality, relevance and risk, alongside link type, DR and referring domain details.
- Disavow automation
- Set rules by authority or spam score and links that match are added to a disavow file that is regenerated on a schedule.
- Search Console keywords
- Connect Google Search Console to see clicks, impressions, CTR and rankings for your pages and keywords, with history.
- Internal link checker
- Finds broken internal links and shows anchors, attributes and status codes across your own pages.
- AI brand visibility
- Asks AI models questions like a user would and records whether your brand appears, its rank, sentiment and competitors. ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are named.
LinkChecker.pro
- Daily backlink checks
- Each tracked link is checked every day for removal, broken pages, attribute changes and redirects, with alerts and reports when one goes wrong.
- Google index checks
- Scans Google's index every 5 days to confirm the pages holding your links are indexed, since an unindexed page passes little value.
- Team and budget tracking
- Shows statistics for each link builder on a team and how much of the link budget went to links that were later deleted or went inactive.
- Batch analysis
- Checks thousands of URLs or domains at once for status, IP, Whois, Wayback Machine history and indexing, within the plan's monthly quota.
- Brand, insertion and DMCA alerts
- Finds unlinked brand mentions, warns when someone adds a link to your article without approval and alerts you to DMCA notices against it.
- Free Chrome extension
- Checks the links, anchors, redirects and index status of any page in Chrome, with no account needed.
Plans
BacklinkScan
Free$0
1 project, 1,000 backlinks and 6 months of history, without daily monitoring, alerts, exports or link research.
Lite$6
per month for 50,000 backlinks, billed annually ($8 billed monthly)
5 projects, 1 year of history, daily monitoring, new and lost link alerts, 10 link searches a day, bulk outreach, CSV and disavow exports.
Pro$18
per month for 250,000 backlinks, billed annually ($24 billed monthly)
20 projects, 5 years of history, 100 link searches a day and competitor analysis, plus everything in Lite.
Lifetime Deal$99
one-time payment
Unlimited projects and tracked links, daily monitoring, lost link alerts and AI analysis, paid once. Shown as a limited-time offer.
LinkChecker.pro
Lite$20.8
per month for 400 backlinks, billed yearly ($25 billed monthly)
1 user, 100 monitored redirects, 200 rescans a month, 4,000 batch URL checks and 800 batch index checks. $250 a year.
Standard$41.7
per month for 1,000 backlinks, billed yearly ($50 billed monthly)
5 users, 300 redirects, 300 rescans a month, 10,000 batch URL checks and 2,000 batch index checks. $500 a year.
Pro$83.3
per month for 2,500 backlinks, billed yearly ($100 billed monthly)
15 users, 600 redirects, 500 rescans a month, 25,000 batch URL checks and 5,000 batch index checks. $1,000 a year.
Pro 4K$127.5
per month for 4,500 backlinks, billed yearly ($153 billed monthly)
About 20 users and 1,000 redirects. Pro 6K ($183.3) and Pro 8K ($213.3 a month, billed yearly) sit between this and Pro 12K.
Pro 12K$300
per month, billed yearly ($360 billed monthly)
12,000 backlinks on the monthly card but 22,000 on the yearly one, with 40 to 50 users. $3,600 a year.
Custom planCustom
Limits set to the customer's needs, with priority support, for agencies and larger teams.
Ways to pay less
BacklinkScan
- Annual discount
Save 25% with annual billing
BacklinkScan's pricing page lists Lite at $6 a month billed annually instead of $8 monthly, and Pro at $18 instead of $24.
- Lifetime license
Lifetime deal for a one-time $99
The pricing page shows a $99 one-time lifetime deal with unlimited projects and links, under a countdown; the FAQ says it may not always be offered.
LinkChecker.pro
- Annual discount
Lower monthly rate with yearly billing
The pricing page labels yearly billing "-20%"; Lite works out at $20.8 a month ($250 a year) against $25 paid monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, BacklinkScan or LinkChecker.pro?
As of Oct 23, 2026, BacklinkScan is cheaper to start with: $6 a month, against $20.80 a month for LinkChecker.pro. BacklinkScan starts at $6 per month for 50,000 backlinks, billed annually ($8 billed monthly), and LinkChecker.pro starts at $20.8 per month for 400 backlinks, billed yearly ($25 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, BacklinkScan or LinkChecker.pro?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only BacklinkScan has a free plan. LinkChecker.pro does not.
Which platforms do BacklinkScan and LinkChecker.pro run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only LinkChecker.pro 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.