Backlyzer vs LinkChecker.pro (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Backlyzer if

• Fits if you buy links from several sellers and want to compare how long they last
• Works for European agencies that pay in euros

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you have many links, as Starter stops at 100 and the free plan at 10
• Skip it if you want backlinks discovered for you, as it only monitors links you add
• Pricey if you need index checks or brand mentions, as both start at Pro for €66 a month
• Watch out: its pages give Starter's check as every 72 hours in one place and every 7 days in another
• Not for you if you pay in dollars, as prices are in euros only

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

Backlyzer

• Prices are in euros only; the pricing pages show no dollar prices.
• It monitors links you add; it does not discover a site's backlinks the way Ahrefs or Semrush do.
• Google index checks and brand mentions start at Pro; the Free and Starter plans lack both.
• Check frequencies differ between pages (Starter every 72 hours or every 7 days), so confirm before relying on them.

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.

Backlyzer

Link change detection

Revisits each article holding your link and checks the link's status, rel attribute, anchor text and the page's HTTP status code.

Email alerts

Sends an email when a change is found, such as a dofollow link turned nofollow or an article that now returns a 404.

Google index check

On Pro and Agency, checks whether the articles that carry your backlinks are indexed in Google.

Cost and ROI per link

Record what each link cost and see its survival rate and return by link, by provider and by project, from the Starter plan up.

Unlinked brand mentions

Pro and Agency follow articles that name your brand without linking, which Backlyzer ties to how AI tools such as ChatGPT and Perplexity see a brand.

Projects and CSV import

Organize links into projects by client or domain and bring them in from a CSV file, which is crawled in a staggered queue.

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.

Backlyzer

• Free€0

  10 links, 1 project, a check every 7 days and email alerts. No Google index check or brand mentions.

• Starter€24

  per month for 100 links, billed annually (€29 billed monthly)

  3 projects, bulk CSV import, Domain Rating per article, and cost and ROI per active link. No index check.

• Pro€66

  per month for 500 links, billed annually (€79 billed monthly)

  15 projects, Google index checks, unlinked brand mentions and anchor diversity analysis.

• Agency€166

  per month for 2,000 links, billed annually (€199 billed monthly)

  Unlimited projects, a check every 24 hours and priority support. More than 2,000 links is a custom plan.

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.

Backlyzer

• Annual discount

  Lower monthly price with annual billing

  Billed annually, Starter is €24 a month instead of €29, Pro €66 instead of €79 and Agency €166 instead of €199.

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.