Backlink Pilot review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Monitor for placed backlinks, organized by client and partner
Backlink Pilot report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for checking that links you've placed are still live
Backlink Pilot rechecks links you've placed for the right page, anchor and follow status, and keeps each partner and link exchange attached to the links it produced. It won't find a single new backlink, the free plan only checks once a month, and the biggest published plan stops at 5,000 links.
Who Backlink Pilot is for
- Fits if you keep placed links in a spreadsheet today and check them by hand
- Works for agencies running reciprocal or three-way link exchanges with many partners
Who Backlink Pilot is not for
- Skip it if you want backlinks discovered, as it only watches links you add or import
- Tight if you stay free, as the cap is 100 links and they're checked once a month
- Too light for portfolios over 5,000 links, where the largest published plan stops
- Not for you if your links need to flow into other tools, as no integrations or API are on record
- Watch out: paid plans are bought only from your profile inside the app, after you sign up free
Why Backlink Pilot gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyStarter is $15 a month for up to 500 links, right at the start of this category's cheaper quarter. Agency is $29 for 2,000 and Scale $59 for 5,000, all with weekly checks.
- CFree plan and trialFree with no card and no time limit, for up to 100 links with unlimited clients and partners. But those links are checked once a month, and an agency, the user it's built for, will pass 100 links quickly.
- CFeaturesChecks of destination, anchor and follow status, CSV import, sorting by client and partner, a ledger for reciprocal and three-way exchanges, and a monthly health report. It does placed-link monitoring fully, but that's a smaller job: it watches only the links you add and finds none itself.
- CEase of useNo rating on record. You import your link sheet by CSV and record the destination, anchor and follow status agreed for each link before the checks mean much.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with no apps, integrations or API on record.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Backlink Pilot's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Backlink Pilot's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 26 of the 50 other link building tools we grade, and level with 10.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 35 of 50) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $15 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 9 of the 41 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 6 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 51 link building tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Backlink Pilot’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 35 of 50, level with 4
- CFree plan and trialAbove 20 of 50, level with 22
- CFeaturesAbove 4 of 50, level with 34
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 50, level with 43
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 50, level with 27
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 45 link building tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Backlink Pilot, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Backlink Pilot you would be making an index of the links between billions of web pages. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $180 a year.
What you could make
- Reports: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- An index of the links between billions of web pages.
What this rests on. Backlink Pilot’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Backlink Pilot?
Backlink Pilot is a web app for agencies that keeps checking the backlinks they have already placed. You import or add each link with the destination, anchor text and follow status you agreed on, and it flags any page where the link has gone, changed or turned nofollow. It also records which partner gave which link, including reciprocal and three-way exchanges.
Worth knowing
- It only monitors links you add or import; finding new backlinks is outside the product.
- The free plan checks links once a month; weekly checks need a paid plan.
- The largest published plan stops at 5,000 links.
- Every account starts on the free plan, and paid plans are bought from inside the app.
Key features
- Link checks
- Revisits each linking page to confirm the destination URL is still there, the anchor text matches and the follow status is what was agreed.
- Check frequency
- Links are checked monthly on the free plan and weekly on paid plans, and each placement shows when it was last checked.
- CSV import
- Upload an existing link sheet with its partners by CSV, or add new placements one at a time as they go live.
- Clients and partners
- Sort placements by client and by partner, and track links received alongside links given in return.
- Exchange ledger
- Groups the partners and placements in each reciprocal or ABC exchange, so the whole deal stays attached to the links it produced.
- Health queue and monthly report
- One list shows every placement with its crawl result, including missing, nofollow and forbidden links, plus a monthly health report.
Backlink Pilot pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, Backlink Pilot has a free plan, and paid plans start at $15 per month for up to 500 links.
- Starts at
- $15 per month for up to 500 links
- Free plan
- Up to 100 links checked monthly, with unlimited clients and partners. No credit card and no time limit.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Up to 100 links checked once a month, with unlimited clients and partners. |
| Starter | $15per month for up to 500 links | Weekly link checks for up to 500 links. |
| Agency | $29per month for up to 2,000 links | Weekly link checks for up to 2,000 links. |
| Scale | $59per month for up to 5,000 links | Weekly link checks for up to 5,000 links. |
Read from backlinkpilot.com on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Backlink Pilot before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Backlink Pilot have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Backlink Pilot is listed for Web.
Does Backlink Pilot have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Backlink Pilot is listed for Web.
Is Backlink Pilot open source?
Backlink Pilot is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026.