Linkody vs Majestic (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Linkody grades higher than Majestic: 2.6 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Linkody grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, 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
Majestic
Backlink index with Trust Flow, Citation Flow and link history
Which one is for you
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
Pick Majestic if
- Fits if you want to check a site's links before buying the domain or pitching it
- Works for developers who need raw link data and can pay for the API plan
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay on Lite, which only sees links from the last 120 days
- Pricey if you need the API or a second user, as both start on the API plan at $399.99 a month
- Not for you if you want a proper look first: the free account gets a few lookups a day and there's no trial
- Watch out: the homepage dates the Historic Index to March 2024, so newer links sit only in the Fresh Index
- Skip it if you want outreach or alerts for lost links, as it only does research, and prices exclude VAT
How we grade them
| 2.6GPALinkodyGood | 2.2GPAMajesticFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | CLite is $41.67 a month billed yearly ($49.99 monthly), close to this category's middle of $49. Link history and competitor comparisons sit on Pro at $83.33, and the API plan is $399.99 a month ($333.33 yearly). |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but a 30-day trial with no card. CSV and PDF exports are switched off until you pay. | CA free account gets a few Site Explorer lookups a day, a weekly showcase site and basic scores in the browser extension. That's enough for a look, not for real work. There's no trial, just a 7-day money-back guarantee on your first plan. |
| Features | 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. | CBacklinks, referring domains, anchor text, new and lost links and Trust Flow across 800+ topics, for any site. It does link research fully, but that's one part of link building: no outreach, no link alerts, and Lite only sees 120 days. |
| Ease of use | 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. | CNo rating on record. Looking up a site is simple, but analysis units, report units, two indexes and its own scores take a while to make sense of. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It pulls link metrics from Ahrefs, Moz and Majestic and has an API. | BWeb, plus a free Chrome and Firefox extension, Google Sheets and Search Console. The API comes only with the API plan. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | daily backlink checks and alerts | a dedicated backlink index with link history |
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: Linkody and Majestic. How we grade
Price against what you get
Linkody starts at $11.20 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Majestic starts at $41.67 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Linkody starts $30.47 a month lower. Of the other link building tools on the chart, none scores higher than Linkody for less, and 1 scores higher than Majestic 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
At a glance
| Linkody | Majestic | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $11.20 per month for 500 links, billed annually ($14.90 billed monthly) | $41.67 per month, billed annually ($49.99 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | Free account: a few Site Explorer clicks a day through the free backlink checker, a weekly showcase site with near-Lite access, the Majestic Million list and basic metrics in the browser extension. |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial, no credit card required; CSV and PDF exports are off during the trial | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Linkody | Majestic-12 Ltd |
| Price read from | linkody.com | majestic.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Majestic
- Lite searches only the Fresh Index of the last 120 days; history and the comparison tools need Pro.
- API access, extra users and creating OpenApps start with the API plan at $399.99 a month billed monthly.
- There is no free trial; Lite and Pro have a 7-day money-back guarantee for first-time customers, and prices exclude VAT.
- The homepage gives the Historic Index a date range ending in March 2024; newer links sit in the Fresh Index.
Key features
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.
Majestic
- Site Explorer
- Backlinks, referring domains, anchor text, new and lost links and the text around each link for any domain or URL.
- Trust Flow and Citation Flow
- Scores from 0 to 100 for the quality and the quantity of links, with Topical Trust Flow placing a site in over 800 topic categories.
- Fresh and Historic indexes
- The Fresh Index covers links seen in the last 120 days. Pro adds the Historic Index, whose records start in 2006.
- Competitor link prospecting
- Pro tools such as Compare, Clique Hunter and Link Profile Fight show sites that link to competitors but not to you.
- Author Explorer
- A beta tool on Pro that looks up web authors: what they have written, its backlinks and a timeline of their X posts.
- Browser extension and Google Sheets
- A Chrome and Firefox extension shows link counts and flow scores for any page for free; subscribers can also pull data into Google Sheets.
Plans
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.
Majestic
Free$0
A few Site Explorer clicks each day, plus the free browser extension, for trying the data.
Lite$41.67
per month, billed annually ($49.99 billed monthly)
1 user, Fresh Index only, 1 million analysis units and 60 report units a month, 5,000 rows per search.
Pro$83.33
per month, billed annually ($99.99 billed monthly)
1 user, Historic Index, comparison tools, raw exports, Author Explorer, 20 million analysis units and 300 report units.
API$333.33
per month for 100 million units, billed annually ($399.99 monthly)
5 users and the full API. 300 million units cost $799.99 a month and 1,000 million $1,599.99, billed monthly.
Ways to pay less
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.
Majestic
- Annual discount
About 17% off with annual billing
Majestic's pricing page sells Lite at $499.99 for 12 months against $49.99 a month, and Pro at $999.99 against $99.99 a month.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Linkody or Majestic?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Linkody is cheaper to start with: $11.20 a month, against $41.67 a month for Majestic. Linkody starts at $11.20 per month for 500 links, billed annually ($14.90 billed monthly), and Majestic starts at $41.67 per month, billed annually ($49.99 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Linkody or Majestic?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Majestic has a free plan. Linkody does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Linkody and Majestic run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Majestic lists a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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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.