Linkee vs Pitchbox (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Linkee if

• Fits if you run guest post and niche edit outreach for one site
• Works for cleaning up prospect lists exported from Ahrefs or Semrush before pitching

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you have more than one site or person: Essential and Pro allow 1 project and 1 seat, and more means Agency at $298.33 a month
• Watch out: the pricing page's cards, table and FAQ give different counts of linked inboxes per plan
• Skip it if you want to know what each credit buys before paying, as the page doesn't say
• Not for you if you need placed links watched afterwards, as no link monitoring is on record
• Too light for staying free, as there's no free plan, only a 14-day trial with 500 credits

Pick Pitchbox if

• Fits if you're an agency running link building for many clients and can commit for a year
• Works for in-house SEO teams that pitch publishers directly instead of hiring out

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you're one person, as every plan is a year's commitment and Pro alone is $2,520 a year
• Tight if more than 2 people pitch, as Pro has 2 users and 2 mailboxes
• Watch out: recurring campaigns, email rotation, Slack and the API start at Advanced for $420 a month
• Not for you if you want to try it yourself, as trials only come after a demo with a product specialist
• Pricey if you pay monthly, as expert onboarding then costs $2,000 to $4,000

Linkee

• There is no free plan; after the 14-day, 500-credit trial a paid plan is needed.
• Essential and Pro allow 1 project and 1 seat; more of either, and user roles, need Agency at $298.33 a month billed yearly.
• Credits pay for database prospects, email finding and verification, and SEO metrics, but the page does not say what each action costs.
• The pricing page's cards, table and FAQ give different counts of linked email accounts per plan, so confirm before buying.

Pitchbox

• Every plan needs a one-year commitment, whether billed monthly or annually; cancelling keeps access until the term ends.
• Pro has 2 users and 2 mailboxes; recurring campaigns, email rotation, Slack and the API start at Advanced for $420 a month.
• There is no self-serve trial: trials are arranged after a demo with a product specialist.
• Expert-led onboarding costs $2,000 to $4,000 by plan on monthly billing and is included with annual billing.

Linkee

Prospect database and import

Pick a guest post or niche edit campaign and draw prospects from Linkee's website database or a list exported from Ahrefs or Semrush.

AI vetting and filters

Checks each site's relevance to your keywords, filters by DA, spam score, word count and language, removes past contacts, PBNs and broken or non-HTTPS sites.

Site categories

Groups prospects by type, such as blog, news, SaaS, e-commerce or affiliate, and by niche, such as finance, health or parenting.

Email finding and verification

A built-in finder collects addresses with names and positions, third-party finders add more, and every address is validated before sending.

Outreach and follow-ups

Send personalized emails from Gmail, Outlook or SMTP, schedule automatic follow-ups, reuse templates and track results in campaign analytics.

Team roles

Agency accounts get user roles and project access controls for splitting client work across a team.

Pitchbox

Prospecting

Search by topic, keywords, competitor sites or advanced search operators, filter by SEO metrics, and get sites back with contact details found and verified.

AI personalization and replies

AI reads each prospect's site to draft a personal pitch, and an AI Reply Agent can answer and negotiate replies. Both are on every plan.

Email sequences

Multi-step follow-ups with conditional templates, holiday scheduling and one-click unsubscribe. Rotating sends across mailboxes starts at Advanced.

Deliverability monitoring

From Advanced, a built-in MXRight service scores each mailbox daily and watches more than 80 blacklists.

Link partner CRM and inbox

One inbox for every mailbox and client, with follow-up reminders, out-of-office detection that snoozes a thread, tasks and pipeline stages.

Link monitoring and reports

Checks won links are live, indexed by Google and pointing at a healthy page: 1,000 to 10,000 links by plan, with white-label client reports.

Linkee

• Essential$80.83

  per month for 10,000 credits, billed yearly ($97 billed monthly)

  1 project and 1 seat, unlimited campaigns, AI vetting, email finding and outreach, and Ahrefs metrics. The page gives 1, 2 or 3 linked inboxes.

• Pro$164.17

  per month for 25,000 credits, billed yearly ($197 billed monthly)

  Everything in Essential plus a CRM and an onboarding session, still 1 project and 1 seat, with 5 linked inboxes (3 in the FAQ).

• Agency$298.33

  per month for 60,000 credits, billed yearly ($358 billed monthly)

  Unlimited projects, seats and linked email accounts, user roles and access control, and priority live chat.

Pitchbox

• Pro$210

  per month, billed annually ($300 billed monthly)

  2 users, 2 email accounts, 2,000 outreach emails and 25 campaigns a month, 1 workspace and 1,000 links monitored.

• Advanced$420

  per month, billed annually ($600 billed monthly)

  Unlimited users, 6 email accounts, 5,000 emails a month, 25 workspaces, email rotation, deliverability monitoring, Slack and the API.

• Scale$825

  per month, billed annually ($1,200 billed monthly)

  Unlimited users, 20 email accounts, 25,000 emails a month, unlimited workspaces and campaigns, approval workflow and Looker Studio.

• Enterprise PlatformCustom

  For large companies: single sign-on, a service level agreement, vendor security review, private training and dedicated support.

Linkee

• Annual discount

  Lower price with yearly billing

  Linkee's pricing page labels yearly billing "Save 20%": Essential is $80.83 a month billed yearly instead of $97 monthly, about 17% less.

Pitchbox

• Annual discount

  Save 30% with annual billing

  Pitchbox's pricing page says annual billing saves 30% against monthly payments: Pro is $210 a month instead of $300.