LinkCheck vs Linkody (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, LinkCheck grades higher than Linkody: 3.0 against 2.6 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
LinkCheck 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.
Linkody
Backlink monitor that alerts you when links are gained or lost
Which one is for you
Pick LinkCheck if
- Fits if you find links in Ahrefs or Semrush and want the ones that matter watched for free
- Works for agencies watching placed links across up to 25 client domains
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want links discovered for you, as it only watches what you import or add
- Watch out: there's no fixed check interval, and each link's page shows when it will next be checked
- Not for you if you want lost links chased, as it records changes but sends no outreach and recovers nothing
- Watch out: managed link placements are sold separately, with prices shown only after you sign in
- Too light for more than 5,000 backlinks or 25 domains, the limits of the one free account
Pick Linkody if
- Fits if you've paid for links and want an email the day one goes missing
- Works for agencies sending clients a monthly report of new and lost links
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you track competitors, as each one uses one of your plan's site slots, from 2 on Webmaster
- Not for you if a team needs logins on a small plan, as Webmaster and Advanced have one user
- Skip it if you need links checked more often than once every 24 hours
- Watch out: CSV and PDF exports are off during the trial, and the free plan you drop to after cancelling has no published limits
How we grade them
| 3.0GPALinkCheckVery good | 2.6GPALinkodyGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | AFree, with no paid monitoring plan at all: up to 5,000 backlinks across 25 domains for nothing. What it sells is managed link placements, as separate orders. | AWebmaster is $11.20 a month billed yearly ($14.90 monthly) for 500 links on 2 sites. That's under 60% of this category's cheaper quarter, and yearly billing includes 3 months free. |
| Free plan and trial | AFree with no card and no time limit, for 5,000 backlinks across 25 verified domains. That's a cap a normal site owner won't reach. | CNo free plan, but a 30-day trial with no card. CSV and PDF exports are switched off until you pay. |
| Features | CFlags missing, blocked and redirected pages, changed destinations, nofollow and anchor text, with an evidence view and notes beside each link. It does monitoring fully, but that's a smaller job, and it discovers no links, so you need Ahrefs, Semrush or your own list first. | CDaily checks on every link, alerts for lost and changed links, Link Intersect for links your rivals have, metrics from Ahrefs, Moz and Majestic, and a disavow tool. It does monitoring fully, but that's a smaller job. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. You verify your email and domain, then import a CSV or add links by hand before anything gets checked. | CNo rating on record. Add your site and it finds the links, but you'll also add competitors and set up alerts and reports, and each competitor takes a site slot. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It reads Google Search Console and Google Analytics and takes Ahrefs and Semrush exports. No API on record. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It pulls link metrics from Ahrefs, Moz and Majestic and has an API. |
| Best for | free monitoring of backlinks you've already found | daily backlink checks and alerts |
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: LinkCheck and Linkody. How we grade
Price against what you get
LinkCheck has no paid plan and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Linkody starts at $11.20 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and LinkCheck starts $11.20 a month lower. Of the other link building tools on the chart, none scores higher than LinkCheck for less, and none scores higher than Linkody 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
- LinkCheck also covers link outreach.
- Linkody also covers reports.
At a glance
| LinkCheck | Linkody | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Free trial |
| Starts at | Free | $11.20 per month for 500 links, billed annually ($14.90 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Free account: monitoring for up to 5,000 backlinks across up to 25 verified domains, with no time limit and no payment card. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 30-day free trial, no credit card required; CSV and PDF exports are off during the trial |
| Web | ||
| Made by | LinkCheck | Linkody |
| Price read from | linkcheck.app | linkody.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
LinkCheck
- It does not discover backlinks; you import them from another tool or add them by hand.
- There is no fixed check interval: the timing varies by link, and each link's page shows its next check.
- It does not send outreach or recover lost links for you; it records changes and keeps follow-up notes.
- Marketplace placements are bought separately, and their prices are shown only after you sign in.
Linkody
- The website quota covers your own sites and every competitor you track; each competitor uses one slot.
- Links are rechecked once every 24 hours rather than continuously.
- Webmaster and Advanced have a single user; Pro, at $49.90 a month, is the first plan with more than one.
- After cancelling, the account drops to a free plan whose limits the pricing page does not give; Linkody keeps your links.
Key features
LinkCheck
- Backlink import
- Bring in Ahrefs or Semrush backlink exports, any CSV with referring-page and target columns, or single links by hand, with a preview that flags import problems.
- Change detection
- Records missing or blocked pages, redirects, changed destinations, nofollow and other attribute changes, anchor text changes and recovered links.
- Evidence view
- Shows what was recorded next to what the latest check found, with the referring page and target URL open together for review.
- Notes and recovery guidance
- Keep notes, contact details and recovery steps beside each link, and export a filtered view as CSV for a teammate.
- Google connections
- Optional read-only connections to Google Search Console and Google Analytics, plus Google Sign-In.
- Marketplace placements
- Paid managed link placements that feed into monitoring once verified, with one year of placement support and a full refund if delivery fails.
Linkody
- Daily backlink checks
- Every monitored link is rechecked every 24 hours for status, follow or nofollow, meta robots and HTTP status, and pages it points to are checked for 404s.
- Email alerts and reports
- Daily or weekly emails about lost, changed and newly discovered links, for your sites and for competitors you track.
- Link Intersect
- Lists pages that link to several of your competitors but not to you, along with the competitors' most linked pages.
- Link metrics
- Each link shows Ahrefs Domain Rating, Moz DA and PA, Spam Score, Trust Flow and Citation Flow, and whether Google has indexed it.
- Disavow tool
- Filter out likely harmful links by Spam Score and other metrics, keep disavow rules in Linkody and export a file for Google.
- Team access and client reports
- Add team members or clients with roles and per-domain access, and send white-label PDF reports with your own logo.
Plans
LinkCheck
Free$0
Up to 5,000 monitored backlinks across 25 verified domains, with CSV import and export.
Linkody
Webmaster$11.20
per month for 500 links, billed annually ($14.90 billed monthly)
2 websites, counting your own and competitors', and 1 user.
Advanced$18.70
per month for 2,000 links, billed annually ($24.90 billed monthly)
5 websites, counting your own and competitors', and 1 user.
Pro$37.40
per month for 5,000 links, billed annually ($49.90 billed monthly)
20 websites, counting your own and competitors', and 3 users.
Agency$74.90
per month for 20,000 links, billed annually ($99.90 billed monthly)
50 websites, counting your own and competitors', and 5 users.
Agency XL$115.40
per month for 50,000 links, billed annually ($153.90 monthly)
100 websites, counting your own and competitors', and 10 users.
Ways to pay less
LinkCheck
No public discounts listed.
Linkody
- Annual discount
3 months free with yearly billing
Linkody's pricing page says every annual plan comes with 3 months free: Webmaster is $11.20 a month billed yearly instead of $14.90.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, LinkCheck or Linkody?
As of Oct 23, 2026, LinkCheck is cheaper to start with: it is free, against $11.20 a month for Linkody. LinkCheck is free, and Linkody starts at $11.20 per month for 500 links, billed annually ($14.90 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, LinkCheck or Linkody?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only LinkCheck has a free plan. Linkody does not, though it 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.