ColdSEO vs Uprankly (2026): which should you pick?

Pick ColdSEO if

• Fits if you do your own link outreach on a small budget
• Works for judging a campaign by the links it produced

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you're staying free: 100 sends, 50 prospect credits and 25 AI first lines a month, from 1 inbox and 1 campaign
• Not for you if you want a trial of a paid plan: billing starts on day one, with a refund only if you downgrade within 14 days
• Pricey if you need more than one seat, the API or white-label exports, which come only with Agency at $159 a month
• Watch out: monthly credits don't roll over, and top-up packs cost extra, such as $15 for 500 prospect credits
• Skip it if you don't have mailboxes of your own to send from

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

ColdSEO

• The free plan stops at 100 email sends and 50 prospect credits a month, from 1 inbox and 1 campaign.
• Paid plans have no free trial: they are billed from day one, with a full refund if you downgrade within 14 days.
• Monthly credits do not roll over; one-time packs cost $15 for 500 prospect credits, $10 for 1,000 sends and $8 for 500 AI personalizations.
• More than one seat, API access and white-label exports come only with Agency, and sending needs mailboxes of your own.

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.

ColdSEO

Prospect Finder

Search by keyword, competitor backlinks or content topic, or upload a domain list, then filter by domain authority, traffic, language, country and spam score and pull emails.

AI-written first lines

Claude writes an opening line for each prospect that refers to something on their site; personalization can be switched on or off per sequence step.

Inbox rotation and warmup

Sends go round-robin across your connected Gmail, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 or SMTP inboxes, with daily caps per inbox, automatic warmup and unsubscribe headers.

Reply inbox

Replies land in one inbox, sorted as interested, not interested, out of office or bounce. AI sorting of replies comes with Agency.

Link placement tracking

Set a target URL and ColdSEO scans the sites of prospects who replied for a backlink to it, so each campaign shows the links it earned.

Sequence templates

Ready-made sequences for guest posts, broken links and resource pages, or your own multi-step sequence.

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.

ColdSEO

• Free$0

  1 inbox, 1 active campaign, and 100 sends, 50 prospect credits and 25 AI personalizations a month.

• Pro$63

  per month for 5,000 sends, billed annually ($79 billed monthly)

  5 inboxes, 10 active campaigns, 2,000 prospect credits and 1,000 AI personalizations a month, the warmup engine and full reply detection.

• Agency$159

  per month for 25,000 sends, billed annually ($199 billed monthly)

  25 inboxes, 5 seats, unlimited campaigns, 10,000 prospect credits and 5,000 AI personalizations a month, AI reply sorting, the API and white-label exports.

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.

ColdSEO

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with annual billing

  ColdSEO's pricing page lists annual billing at 20% off: Pro is $63 a month ($758 a year) instead of $79 billed monthly.

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.