Majestic review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Backlink index with Trust Flow, Citation Flow and link history
Majestic report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for a dedicated backlink index with link history
Majestic runs its own crawler and shows who links to any site, scored with its Trust Flow and Citation Flow. Lite at $41.67 a month on yearly billing only sees links from the last 120 days, history and competitor tools wait on Pro at $83.33, and there's no trial, only a 7-day money-back guarantee.
Who Majestic is for
- Fits if you want to check a site's links before buying the domain or pitching it
- Works for developers who need raw link data and can pay for the API plan
Who Majestic is not for
- Tight if you stay on Lite, which only sees links from the last 120 days
- Pricey if you need the API or a second user, as both start on the API plan at $399.99 a month
- Not for you if you want a proper look first: the free account gets a few lookups a day and there's no trial
- Watch out: the homepage dates the Historic Index to March 2024, so newer links sit only in the Fresh Index
- Skip it if you want outreach or alerts for lost links, as it only does research, and prices exclude VAT
Why Majestic gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyLite is $41.67 a month billed yearly ($49.99 monthly), close to this category's middle of $49. Link history and competitor comparisons sit on Pro at $83.33, and the API plan is $399.99 a month ($333.33 yearly).
- CFree plan and trialA free account gets a few Site Explorer lookups a day, a weekly showcase site and basic scores in the browser extension. That's enough for a look, not for real work. There's no trial, just a 7-day money-back guarantee on your first plan.
- CFeaturesBacklinks, referring domains, anchor text, new and lost links and Trust Flow across 800+ topics, for any site. It does link research fully, but that's one part of link building: no outreach, no link alerts, and Lite only sees 120 days.
- CEase of useNo rating on record. Looking up a site is simple, but analysis units, report units, two indexes and its own scores take a while to make sense of.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, plus a free Chrome and Firefox extension, Google Sheets and Search Console. The API comes only with the API plan. No desktop or phone app.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Majestic'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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Majestic'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 platforms and integrations (B, above 28 of 50) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $41.67 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 18 of the 41 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.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 51 link building tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Majestic’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
- 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 Majestic, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Majestic 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 $500.04 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, Google Sheets, Google Search Console and Chrome among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. Majestic’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 Majestic?
Majestic is a backlink research tool that runs its own web crawler and sells access to the link index it builds. Site Explorer shows who links to any domain or URL, scored with Majestic's Trust Flow and Citation Flow metrics, and Pro adds a historic index back to 2006 plus tools for comparing sites and finding pages that link to rivals.
Worth knowing
- Lite searches only the Fresh Index of the last 120 days; history and the comparison tools need Pro.
- API access, extra users and creating OpenApps start with the API plan at $399.99 a month billed monthly.
- There is no free trial; Lite and Pro have a 7-day money-back guarantee for first-time customers, and prices exclude VAT.
- The homepage gives the Historic Index a date range ending in March 2024; newer links sit in the Fresh Index.
Key features
- Site Explorer
- Backlinks, referring domains, anchor text, new and lost links and the text around each link for any domain or URL.
- Trust Flow and Citation Flow
- Scores from 0 to 100 for the quality and the quantity of links, with Topical Trust Flow placing a site in over 800 topic categories.
- Fresh and Historic indexes
- The Fresh Index covers links seen in the last 120 days. Pro adds the Historic Index, whose records start in 2006.
- Competitor link prospecting
- Pro tools such as Compare, Clique Hunter and Link Profile Fight show sites that link to competitors but not to you.
- Author Explorer
- A beta tool on Pro that looks up web authors: what they have written, its backlinks and a timeline of their X posts.
- Browser extension and Google Sheets
- A Chrome and Firefox extension shows link counts and flow scores for any page for free; subscribers can also pull data into Google Sheets.
Majestic pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, Majestic has a free plan, and paid plans start at $41.67 per month, billed annually ($49.99 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $41.67 per month, billed annually ($49.99 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- Free account: a few Site Explorer clicks a day through the free backlink checker, a weekly showcase site with near-Lite access, the Majestic Million list and basic metrics in the browser extension.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | A few Site Explorer clicks each day, plus the free browser extension, for trying the data. |
| Lite | $41.67per month, billed annually ($49.99 billed monthly) | 1 user, Fresh Index only, 1 million analysis units and 60 report units a month, 5,000 rows per search. |
| Pro | $83.33per month, billed annually ($99.99 billed monthly) | 1 user, Historic Index, comparison tools, raw exports, Author Explorer, 20 million analysis units and 300 report units. |
| API | $333.33per month for 100 million units, billed annually ($399.99 monthly) | 5 users and the full API. 300 million units cost $799.99 a month and 1,000 million $1,599.99, billed monthly. |
Read from majestic.com on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Majestic before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountAbout 17% off with annual billing
Majestic's pricing page sells Lite at $499.99 for 12 months against $49.99 a month, and Pro at $999.99 against $99.99 a month.
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Common questions
Does Majestic have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Majestic is listed for Web.
Does Majestic have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Majestic is listed for Web.
Is Majestic open source?
Majestic is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Does Majestic have an API?
Yes. Majestic offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026.