LinkResearchTools review (2026): is it worth $599 a month?
Backlink audits, disavow files and link risk checks from 25+ sources
LinkResearchTools report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for backlink audits and cleaning up risky links
LinkResearchTools merges links from more than 25 sources, recrawls each one and scores its risk, which feeds its audits and disavow files. It starts at $599 a month with no smaller plan, the only trial costs $17 and can't export, and every report draws on a monthly crawl budget.
Who LinkResearchTools is for
- 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
Who LinkResearchTools is not for
- 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
Why LinkResearchTools gets a 1.8
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- DValue for moneySuperhero Small is $599 a month, or $5,799 a year, by far the dearest way into this category. Users and domains are unlimited, so a team of five works out near $120 a head, but there's no smaller plan for one person.
- FFree plan and trialNothing free. The only way in is a 7-day trial that costs $17, can't export data and leaves out Link Detox Boost, and then rolls on at $599 a month.
- BFeaturesRisk audits with disavow files, link data merged from 25+ sources and recrawled, competitor research, prospecting methods, a Link Simulator, monitoring and broken-link recovery. Short of sending the emails, it covers the job.
- CEase of useNo rating on record. There are dozens of tools, a monthly link crawl budget that every report draws on, and its own risk scores to learn. This is a specialist's tool.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb plus Chrome and Firefox extensions, pulling data from Ahrefs, Semrush, SISTRIX, Search Console and Google Analytics, and working with Pitchbox. No desktop or phone app, and no API on record.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from LinkResearchTools' 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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LinkResearchTools's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 2 of the 50 other link building tools we grade, and level with 10.
It stands best on features (B, above 39 of 50) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $599 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 41 of the 41 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 51 link building tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. LinkResearchTools’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 50, level with 7
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 50, level with 10
- BFeaturesAbove 39 of 50, level with 11
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 50, level with 43
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 28 of 50, level with 22
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 LinkResearchTools, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace LinkResearchTools 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.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 38 of the 50 other link building tools grade higher. It costs $7,188 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.
- It plugs into other products, Ahrefs, Semrush and SISTRIX among them.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. LinkResearchTools’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 LinkResearchTools?
LinkResearchTools (LRT) is web-based backlink software built around link audits. It combines link data from more than 25 sources, recrawls every link and scores it for risk, which feeds its Link Detox audits and disavow files. It also has tools for competitor link research, link prospecting, monitoring and repairing broken links with redirects.
Worth knowing
- 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.
Key features
- 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.
LinkResearchTools pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, LinkResearchTools is a paid product, starting at $599 per month, billed monthly.
- Starts at
- $599 per month, billed monthly
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Superhero Small | $599per 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 | $999per month, billed monthly | 6 million links crawled a month and larger tool quotas, with live chat and email support. |
| Superhero Plus | $2,499per month, billed monthly | 18 million links crawled a month and the largest standard quotas, with live chat and email support. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Phone support, purchase orders and invoices, custom contracts and development, team training, SEO consulting and SSO. |
Read from linkresearchtools.com on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with LinkResearchTools before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountAbout 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.
Stated on linkresearchtools.com - Other savings7-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.
Stated on linkresearchtools.com
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LinkResearchTools alternatives
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- LinkResearchTools vs Ahrefs
Free plan · from $29/mo
- LinkResearchTools vs Semrush
Free plan · from $117.33/mo
- LinkResearchTools vs Linkody
Free trial · from $11.20/mo
Common questions
Does LinkResearchTools have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. LinkResearchTools is listed for Web.
Does LinkResearchTools have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. LinkResearchTools is listed for Web.
Is LinkResearchTools open source?
LinkResearchTools 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.