# BacklinkOS review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Backlink CRM for finding link partners and tracking link exchanges Checked Oct 23, 2026 ยท graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA. BacklinkOS is a shared workspace for link builders who trade links. You can find other link builders and invite them to collaborate, track each exchange with your partner in one shared list, chat inside the app and log paid placements with their vendor and cost. Paid plans add scheduled checks that flag links that are removed or turned nofollow or sponsored. - **Category:** Backlinks & Link Building - **Made by:** BacklinkOS - **Website:** https://backlinkos.io - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you're staying free: the 50 link checks and 50 metric refreshes are one-time, with 10 domains and 40 partner matches. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026 ## Pricing As of Oct 23, 2026, BacklinkOS has a free plan, and paid plans start at $15 per month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Unlimited collaborators, chat and tracked exchanges, 40 partner matches, 50 paid links, 25 monitored links and 10 domains, plus 50 one-time link checks. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Unlimited collaborators and exchanges, 10 partner invites a day, 10 domains and one-time allowances of 50 checks and 50 metric refreshes. | | Pro | $15 per month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly) | Full partner directory, monthly monitoring, 200 checks and refreshes a month, 250 paid links, 500 monitored links, 25 domains, Slack alerts. | | Pro Max | $63 per month, billed annually ($79 billed monthly) | Weekly monitoring, 500 checks and refreshes a month, 1,000 paid links, 2,500 monitored links and 100 domains. | Read from https://backlinkos.io/pricing/ on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with BacklinkOS before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save 20% with annual billing** (Annual discount): BacklinkOS's pricing FAQ says annual billing saves 20%: Pro is $15 a month billed annually instead of $19, and Pro Max $63 instead of $79. Source: https://backlinkos.io/pricing/ ## Key features - **Find Link Partners:** A directory of other link builders to send collaboration requests to; the free plan shows 40 matches and paid plans open search, filters and unlimited invites. - **Shared link tracking:** You and a partner see the same exchanged links and their statuses in one workspace, and can chat about them in the app. - **Domains and partner sites:** List your sites with DR, traffic and link insertion guidelines, and browse the sites your partners have available for placements. - **Paid link tracking:** Log bought placements with vendor, cost and status alongside exchanged links, in one master view with filters and exports. - **Link checks and monitoring:** Check any link on demand for live, removed, nofollow or sponsored status; Pro monitors monthly and Pro Max weekly, alerting by email and Slack. - **Public profile:** A shareable profile of the domains you offer for link insertions, which other link builders can find. ## Good for - Link builders who arrange link exchanges with other site owners - Partners who want to see the same exchange status without swapping spreadsheets - Keeping bought and exchanged links in one tracked list ## Worth knowing - The free plan's 50 link checks and 50 metric refreshes are one-time allowances that do not renew. - Automated monitoring starts at Pro and runs only monthly there; weekly checks need Pro Max at $63 a month billed annually. - It is built around link exchanges and partners; it does not report a site's full backlink profile. - Slack is the only integration named; collaborators and links can be brought in by CSV import. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. BacklinkOS keeps one shared list of link exchanges between you and each partner, with chat beside it, and that part is free for good. It doesn't show a site's full backlink profile or send any outreach, and links are only checked automatically from Pro, and then just once a month. - **Value for money: B.** Pro is $15 a month billed annually, or $19 month to month, which sits at the top of the cheapest quarter of link building tools (that quarter runs to $15). It buys the full partner directory, monthly monitoring and 200 link checks a month. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free for good with no card: unlimited collaborators, chat and tracked exchanges, 10 domains and 50 paid links. One person trading links could live on it. The catch is that the 50 link checks are a one-time allowance, and nothing is checked automatically. - **Features: C.** A partner finder, shared exchange tracking, a log of bought links and checks for live, removed, nofollow or sponsored. It does the exchange job fully, but that's a smaller job: there's no email outreach, and it doesn't report a site's full backlink profile. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. You list your domains and invite partners before it's much use, and the shared view only pays off once the other side joins too. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with Slack as the one named integration and CSV import for bringing links in. No API, desktop or phone app on record. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from BacklinkOS's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among link building tools - BacklinkOS's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 37 of the 50 other link building tools we grade, and level with 5. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 43 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/link-building ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace BacklinkOS 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 is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.4 is higher than 37 of the 50 other link building tools we grade. It costs $180 a year. - You could make: Link outreach: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: An index of the links between billions of web pages. - You could not: Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Slack **Tags:** Link outreach, Backlink analysis ## Alternatives - [GuestPostCRM](https://toolgpa.com/tools/guestpostcrm): CRM for guest post sellers and buyers that runs from your Gmail inbox. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/backlinkos-vs-guestpostcrm) - [BuzzStream](https://toolgpa.com/tools/buzzstream): Outreach CRM for link building and digital PR. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/backlinkos-vs-buzzstream) - [LinkSwapy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/linkswapy): Link partnership CRM with return-link tracking and backlink checks. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/backlinkos-vs-linkswapy) - [Monitolink](https://toolgpa.com/tools/monitolink): Backlink monitor with daily checks and lost-link recovery emails. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/backlinkos-vs-monitolink) - [Linkody](https://toolgpa.com/tools/linkody): Backlink monitor that alerts you when links are gained or lost. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/backlinkos-vs-linkody) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026: - https://backlinkos.io/pricing/ - https://backlinkos.io/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/backlinkos Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).