ListBrew vs Pitchbox (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, ListBrew and Pitchbox share a 2.0 GPA, neither has a free plan, and ListBrew starts cheaper, at $49 a month against $210 a month.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
ListBrew grades higher on value for money and the free plan. Pitchbox grades higher on features and platforms. They get the same grade on ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
ListBrew
Finds listicles that feature rivals but not you, with editor contacts
Pitchbox
Outreach platform for link building and digital PR teams
Which one is for you
Pick ListBrew if
- Fits if your competitors appear on best-of lists and you don't
- Works for SaaS and ecommerce brands building listicle target lists
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want pitches sent from the same tool, as outreach is still listed as coming soon
- Tight if you're staying free, as the 50 credits are a one-time grant that doesn't renew
- Pricey if you track Gemini or Perplexity citations, which need Pro at $99 a month
- Watch out: credits go per keyword, results depth, AI engine per prompt and contact found
- Too light for link building beyond listicles, comparisons and alternatives pages
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
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAListBrewFair | 2.0GPAPitchboxFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CSolo is $49 a month for 100 credits, the middle of this category. Gemini and Perplexity citations need Pro at $99, and credits are spent per keyword, engine, prompt and contact. | DPro is $210 a month billed yearly ($300 monthly) for 2 users, and every plan is a one-year commitment, so one person pays at least $2,520 a year. That's in this category's dearest tenth. A team of five needs Advanced at $420, about $84 a head. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free plan with 50 credits and every feature, no card needed. The credits are one-time and don't renew, so in practice it's a trial. | DNo free plan and no self-serve trial. Pitchbox offers a trial only after a demo with one of its product specialists, and the pricing page doesn't say how long it lasts. |
| Features | CListicle discovery, AI citation checks, Google rank and domain data, an editor finder through Hunter.io and Apollo, and a check for existing mentions. It does listicle prospecting fully, but that's a smaller job, and outreach is still coming soon. | BProspecting by topic or competitor, AI-written pitches and replies, follow-up sequences, a CRM for link partners, and checks that won links stay live and indexed. It covers the whole job. Email rotation, Slack and the API wait on Advanced. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. You enter keywords and rivals and spend credits per search, engine and contact, which takes some working out. | CNo rating on record. You connect mailboxes and set up campaigns and sequences, and Pitchbox charges $2,000 to $4,000 for expert onboarding on monthly billing, which tells you something. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with Hunter and Apollo for contact data and CSV export. No API or built-in sending on record. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It pulls metrics from Ahrefs, Semrush, Moz and Majestic, sends through Gmail and Microsoft 365, and works with Slack and Zapier. The API starts at Advanced. |
| Best for | finding best-of lists your rivals are on | link-building outreach at agency scale |
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: ListBrew and Pitchbox. How we grade
Price against what you get
ListBrew starts at $49 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Pitchbox starts at $210 a month and scores 2.7.
Pitchbox scores higher, and starts $161 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other link building tools on the chart, 12 score higher than ListBrew for less, and none scores higher than Pitchbox 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
- ListBrew also covers AI search visibility.
- Pitchbox also covers workflow automation and reports.
At a glance
| ListBrew | Pitchbox | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $49 per month for 100 credits, billed monthly | $210 per month, billed annually ($300 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | Free plan with 50 one-time credits and every feature; the credits do not renew. No credit card needed | Free trial offered after a demo with a product specialist |
| Web | ||
| Made by | SDN Software Services Ltd | Pitchbox |
| Price read from | listbrew.ai | pitchbox.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
ListBrew
- Email outreach, the AI pitch writer and email rotation are listed as coming soon, so pitches go out from your own tools for now.
- Gemini and Perplexity citations need Pro at $99 a month; Solo covers Google, AI Overviews and ChatGPT only.
- Credits are spent per keyword, per results depth, per AI engine per prompt and per contact found, at 0.25 credits each.
- The free plan's 50 credits are a one-time grant; extra credits can be bought at any time.
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.
Key features
ListBrew
- Listicle discovery
- Scans for listicles, comparisons and alternatives pages where competitors appear and you do not, with filters for domain authority, traffic and relevance.
- AI citation check
- Shows which pages are cited by AI engines. Solo covers Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT; Pro and Agency add Gemini and Perplexity.
- Google rank and domain data
- Each opportunity shows its Google ranking position, domain rank and domain traffic.
- Contact finder
- Search a site's editors, content managers and writers by job title through Hunter.io and Apollo data, or add contacts by hand.
- Mentions and links check
- Checks whether your brand is already mentioned or linked on a page, so only missing placements are shown.
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.
Plans
ListBrew
Free$0
50 one-time credits with all AI engines, contact data and the mentions and links check.
Solo$49
per month for 100 credits, billed monthly
1 team member. Google results, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT citations, contact data and CSV export.
Pro$99
per month for 300 credits, billed monthly
3 team members. Adds Gemini and Perplexity citations to everything in Solo.
Agency$199
per month for 700 credits, billed monthly
10 team members, with the same search engines and features as Pro.
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.
Ways to pay less
ListBrew
- Annual discount
Two months free with yearly billing
ListBrew's pricing page marks yearly billing as 2 months free compared with paying monthly.
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.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, ListBrew or Pitchbox?
As of Oct 23, 2026, ListBrew is cheaper to start with: $49 a month, against $210 a month for Pitchbox. ListBrew starts at $49 per month for 100 credits, billed monthly, and Pitchbox starts at $210 per month, billed annually ($300 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, ListBrew or Pitchbox?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither ListBrew nor Pitchbox has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
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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.