# Majestic review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Backlink index with Trust Flow, Citation Flow and link history

Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA.

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.

- **Category:** Backlinks & Link Building
- **Made by:** Majestic-12 Ltd (since 2004)
- **Website:** https://majestic.com
- **Runs on:** Web, Browser extension
- **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay on Lite, which only sees links from the last 120 days.
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026

## 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).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **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 | $41.67 per 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 | $83.33 per 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 | $333.33 per 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 https://majestic.com/plans-pricing on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Majestic before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **About 17% off with annual billing** (Annual discount): 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. Source: https://majestic.com/plans-pricing

## 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.

## Good for

- SEOs who want a dedicated backlink index rather than a full suite
- Judging the link quality of a domain before buying it or pitching it
- Developers building their own tools on top of link data

## 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.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. 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.

- **Value for money: C.** Lite 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).
- **Free plan and trial: C.** A 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.
- **Features: C.** Backlinks, 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.
- **Ease of use: C.** No 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.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, 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.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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.

## Where it stands among link building tools

- 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.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/link-building

## Keep it, 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.

- You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well.
- You could not: An index of the links between billions of web pages.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Google Sheets, Google Search Console and Chrome among them, and has an API.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Google Sheets, Google Search Console, Chrome, Firefox

**Tags:** Backlink analysis, Reports, Public API

## Alternatives

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- [LinkResearchTools](https://toolgpa.com/tools/linkresearchtools): Backlink audits, disavow files and link risk checks from 25+ sources. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/linkresearchtools-vs-majestic)
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## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026:

- https://majestic.com/plans-pricing
- https://majestic.com/
- https://majestic.com/free-seo-tools
- https://majestic.com/majestic-widgets/plugins
- https://majestic.com/help/subscriptions
- https://majestic.com/account/applications/openapps
- https://majestic.com/company/about

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