Linkee vs Uprankly (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 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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.