LinkResearchTools vs URL Profiler (2026): which should you pick?

Pick LinkResearchTools if

• Fits if a site has a Google penalty and you need to find the links behind it
• Works for agencies auditing link risk across many client domains

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you're one person, at $599 a month or $5,799 a year with no smaller plan
• Not for you if you want a free look, as the 7-day trial costs $17, can't export and leaves out Link Detox Boost
• Tight if you audit big link profiles, as each report uses the plan's crawl budget and large ones need extra
• Skip it if you need phone support, which only comes with Enterprise; Superhero Small gets email only
• Too light for link builders who pitch, as there's no outreach and pitches go out from another tool

Pick URL Profiler if

• Fits if you audit long backlink lists for a penalty clean-up
• Works for building a content inventory of a site in one spreadsheet

Look elsewhere if

• Watch out: its pages still list PageRank, Alexa and Google+, and the newest update post is from November 2019
• Not for you if you don't have Moz, Majestic or Ahrefs API access, which the link metrics need
• Tight if you're on Solo, with 1 desktop device and 5,000 URLs per import
• Skip it if your computer is short on memory, as it needs 3 GB free and most desktops manage 50,000 to 100,000 URLs a run

LinkResearchTools

• There is no free plan or free trial: a 7-day trial of Superhero Small costs $17, cannot export data and leaves out Link Detox Boost.
• Domains and users are listed as unlimited, but each report uses the plan's link crawl budget, and large profiles need extra budget.
• Phone support comes only with Enterprise; Superhero Small has email support only.
• Plans can also be paid quarterly, every six months or yearly, and are priced at the same figures in euros.

URL Profiler

• Link metrics come through Moz, Majestic and Ahrefs API access that you connect yourself.
• Solo is limited to one device, desktop only, and 5,000 URLs per import.
• It needs at least 3 GB of free memory; the vendor says most desktops handle 50,000 to 100,000 URLs per run.
• Its pages still list sources such as PageRank, Alexa and Google+, and the newest update post on its blog is dated November 2019.

LinkResearchTools

Link Detox audits

Rates the risk of every backlink to a site and helps build and manage disavow files for Google's Disavow Tool.

Combined, recrawled link data

Pulls links from more than 25 data sources, recrawls each one to check it is still live and adds over 150 SEO metrics per link.

Competitor research

Compares domains, finds backlinks that several competitors share and tracks how fast rivals gain links.

Link building methods

Tools for SERP research, missing links, broken link building and finding sites that link to competitors' strongest pages.

Link Simulator

Estimates a planned link's likely effect and risk before it is built, using LRT's own risk scoring.

Monitoring and link repair

Link Alerts flags new links, the link checker verifies existing ones, and Link Recover finds broken inbound links to fix with redirects.

URL Profiler

Bulk link metrics

Pulls domain and URL metrics for thousands of URLs at once from the Moz, Majestic and Ahrefs APIs.

Unnatural link audits

Scores each backlink for a penalty clean-up, giving the reasons behind each score, and checks anchor text.

Content audits

Builds a content inventory with readability scores, topic, sentiment and Google Analytics visit data for each page.

Technical checks

Returns the HTTP status and final redirect target of each URL, robots and canonical access, and Google PageSpeed scores.

Contact and social data

Finds email addresses on a site and in WHOIS records, plus a domain's social accounts, for outreach lists.

LinkResearchTools

• Superhero Small$599

  per month, billed monthly

  1 million links crawled a month, Link Detox, Link Simulator, link monitoring and prospecting and the 25 classic tools. Email support.

• Superhero Standard$999

  per month, billed monthly

  6 million links crawled a month and larger tool quotas, with live chat and email support.

• Superhero Plus$2,499

  per month, billed monthly

  18 million links crawled a month and the largest standard quotas, with live chat and email support.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Phone support, purchase orders and invoices, custom contracts and development, team training, SEO consulting and SSO.

URL Profiler

• Solo$19.95

  per month, billed yearly ($29.95 billed monthly)

  1 device licence, desktop only, up to 5,000 URLs per import and unlimited URLs a month.

• Pro$25.95

  per month, billed yearly ($39.95 billed monthly)

  2 device licences on a desktop or server, up to 1,000,000 URLs per import.

• Agency$64.95

  per month, billed yearly ($99.95 billed monthly)

  20 device licences for up to 20 users employed by the agency, up to 1,000,000 URLs per import.

LinkResearchTools

• Annual discount

  About 19% off with yearly billing

  LRT's pricing page sells Superhero Small at $5,799 a year against $599 a month, and Standard at $9,499 a year against $999 a month.

• Other savings

  7-day trial of Superhero Small for $17

  The pricing page offers a limited 7-day trial for $17, after which the plan continues at $599 a month.

URL Profiler

• Annual discount

  Save 35% with yearly billing

  URL Profiler's pricing page states a 35% saving for yearly billing: Solo is $19.95 a month billed yearly instead of $29.95 monthly.