ListBrew review (2026): is it worth $49 a month?
Finds listicles that feature rivals but not you, with editor contacts
ListBrew report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for finding best-of lists your rivals are on
ListBrew finds 'best of', comparison and alternatives articles that name your competitors but not you, checks which ones AI answers cite and looks up the editors. Its outreach, pitch writer and email rotation are still listed as coming soon, the free credits are one-time, and Gemini and Perplexity need the $99 plan.
Who ListBrew is for
- Fits if your competitors appear on best-of lists and you don't
- Works for SaaS and ecommerce brands building listicle target lists
Who ListBrew is not for
- 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
Why ListBrew gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneySolo 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.
- CFree plan and trialA 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.
- CFeaturesListicle 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.
- CEase of useNo rating on record. You enter keywords and rivals and spend credits per search, engine and contact, which takes some working out.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with Hunter and Apollo for contact data and CSV export. No API or built-in sending on record.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ListBrew'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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ListBrew's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 13 of the 50 other link building tools we grade, and level with 12.
Its paid plans start at $49 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 19 of the 41 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 12 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. ListBrew’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 8 of 50, level with 26
- 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 ListBrew, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of ListBrew you could make: link outreach. What surrounds it you could not. The 1 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 25 of the 50 other link building tools grade higher. It costs $588 a year.
What you could make
- Link outreach: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- The same prompts asked of ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI answers every day, and the answers kept.
What this rests on. ListBrew’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 ListBrew?
ListBrew is a web tool for listicle outreach. It searches Google results and the sources that AI answers cite to find 'best of', comparison and alternatives articles that name your competitors but not you, shows each page's Google rank, domain rank and traffic, and looks up editor contacts through Hunter.io and Apollo. Built-in email outreach is listed as coming soon.
Worth knowing
- 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.
Key features
- 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.
ListBrew pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, ListBrew is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $49 per month for 100 credits, billed monthly.
- Starts at
- $49 per month for 100 credits, billed monthly
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- Free plan with 50 one-time credits and every feature; the credits do not renew. No credit card needed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 one-time credits with all AI engines, contact data and the mentions and links check. |
| Solo | $49per month for 100 credits, billed monthly | 1 team member. Google results, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT citations, contact data and CSV export. |
| Pro | $99per month for 300 credits, billed monthly | 3 team members. Adds Gemini and Perplexity citations to everything in Solo. |
| Agency | $199per month for 700 credits, billed monthly | 10 team members, with the same search engines and features as Pro. |
Read from listbrew.ai on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with ListBrew before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountTwo months free with yearly billing
ListBrew's pricing page marks yearly billing as 2 months free compared with paying monthly.
Stated on listbrew.ai
Works with
- Hunter
- Apollo
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Common questions
Does ListBrew have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. ListBrew is listed for Web.
Does ListBrew have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. ListBrew is listed for Web.
Is ListBrew open source?
ListBrew 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.