# LinkHunter review (2026): is it worth $49 a month? > Link prospecting and email outreach in one tool Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. LinkHunter is a link-building tool for finding websites to approach, looking up contact emails and sending outreach from the same screen. It shows SEO metrics for each prospect, tracks which sites have been contacted, and exports outreach reports. - **Category:** Backlinks & Link Building - **Made by:** LinkHunter - **Website:** https://www.linkhunter.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you send more than 500 emails or 7 campaigns a month, the Starter caps. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, LinkHunter is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $49 per month for 500 outreach emails. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 14 days free, no credit card required. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Starter | $49 per month for 500 outreach emails | 7 new campaigns a month and 2 email accounts, with email discovery, templates and Moz metrics. | | Small Business | $99 per month for 2,000 outreach emails | 15 new campaigns and 5 email accounts a month, adding automatic follow-up and Semrush metrics. | | Agency | $199 per month for 5,000 outreach emails | 30 new campaigns and 10 email accounts a month, adding phone support, team training and onboarding. | Read from https://www.linkhunter.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with LinkHunter before buying. ## Key features - **Prospect search:** Finds relevant websites, shows an SEO value for each, previews sites inside the tool and downloads lists to a spreadsheet. - **Email discovery:** Looks up a website's contact email so outreach can be sent without leaving the tool. - **Templates and personalization:** Built-in email templates with dynamic fields, plus the option to submit a site's contact form from within LinkHunter. - **Automatic follow-up:** Follow-up emails are sent automatically on the Small Business and Agency plans. - **Outreach tracking and reports:** Keeps a record of every site contacted and exports prospecting and outreach reports. - **Mail account connections:** Sends through Gmail, Google Workspace, or any mailbox connected over SMTP and IMAP. ## Good for - Small agencies and site owners running targeted outreach campaigns - Teams that want prospecting and email sending in one place ## Worth knowing - Plans are capped by outreach emails per month (500, 2,000 or 5,000) and by new campaigns. - Automatic follow-up and Semrush metrics start on the Small Business plan; Starter shows Moz metrics only. - Phone support, team training and onboarding are limited to the Agency plan. - The footer of the site reads 2021, and the site publishes no pricing for annual billing. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. LinkHunter finds sites to approach, looks up their contact emails and sends the outreach from the same screen. It costs $49 to $199 a month and each plan caps emails and campaigns. The site footer reads 2021, so we'd check it's still kept up before paying. - **Value for money: C.** $49 a month for 500 outreach emails, which is level with this category's middle of $49. $99 buys 2,000 emails and $199 buys 5,000. - **Free plan and trial: C.** 14 days free with no card, and no free plan after. - **Features: C.** Prospect search, email lookup, templates, tracking and reports. Automatic follow-up and Semrush metrics need the $99 plan, and Starter shows Moz numbers only. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You connect mailboxes and build templates before sending. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, but it sends through Gmail, Google Workspace or any SMTP and IMAP mailbox and exports to spreadsheets. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from LinkHunter's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among link building tools - LinkHunter's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 28 of the 53 other link building tools we grade, and level with 11. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 30 of 53) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $49 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 19 of the 42 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs 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 LinkHunter you would be making newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $588 a year. - You could make: Link outreach: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Gmail, Google Workspace, Moz, Semrush **Tags:** Link outreach, Email campaigns ## Alternatives - [BuzzStream](https://toolgpa.com/tools/buzzstream): Outreach CRM for link building and digital PR. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/buzzstream-vs-linkhunter) - [Pitchbox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pitchbox): Outreach platform for link building and digital PR teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/linkhunter-vs-pitchbox) - [GuestPostCRM](https://toolgpa.com/tools/guestpostcrm): CRM for guest post sellers and buyers that runs from your Gmail inbox. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/guestpostcrm-vs-linkhunter) - [JustReachOut](https://toolgpa.com/tools/justreachout): Journalist search, pitch requests and link outreach in one tool. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/justreachout-vs-linkhunter) - [ontolo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ontolo): Prospecting crawler that finds link-building and marketing targets. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/linkhunter-vs-ontolo) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.linkhunter.com Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/linkhunter Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).