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

Pick LinkHunter if

• Fits if you run targeted outreach and want prospecting and sending in one tool
• Works for small agencies on 500 to 5,000 emails a month

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you send more than 500 emails or 7 campaigns a month, the Starter caps
• Skip it if you want automatic follow-up on Starter, because it starts at $99
• Watch out: phone support, training and onboarding are Agency-only at $199
• Watch out: the site footer reads 2021 and no annual pricing is shown
• Not for you if you want a free plan, as only the 14-day trial is free

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

LinkHunter

• Plans are capped by outreach emails per month (500, 2,000 or 5,000) and by new campaigns.
• Automatic follow-up and Semrush metrics start on the Small Business plan; Starter shows Moz metrics only.
• Phone support, team training and onboarding are limited to the Agency plan.
• The footer of the site reads 2021, and the site publishes no pricing for annual billing.

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.

LinkHunter

Prospect search

Finds relevant websites, shows an SEO value for each, previews sites inside the tool and downloads lists to a spreadsheet.

Email discovery

Looks up a website's contact email so outreach can be sent without leaving the tool.

Templates and personalization

Built-in email templates with dynamic fields, plus the option to submit a site's contact form from within LinkHunter.

Automatic follow-up

Follow-up emails are sent automatically on the Small Business and Agency plans.

Outreach tracking and reports

Keeps a record of every site contacted and exports prospecting and outreach reports.

Mail account connections

Sends through Gmail, Google Workspace, or any mailbox connected over SMTP and IMAP.

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.

LinkHunter

• Starter$49

  per month for 500 outreach emails

  7 new campaigns a month and 2 email accounts, with email discovery, templates and Moz metrics.

• Small Business$99

  per month for 2,000 outreach emails

  15 new campaigns and 5 email accounts a month, adding automatic follow-up and Semrush metrics.

• Agency$199

  per month for 5,000 outreach emails

  30 new campaigns and 10 email accounts a month, adding phone support, team training and onboarding.

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.

LinkHunter

No public discounts listed.

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.