Monitolink review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Backlink monitor with daily checks and lost-link recovery emails
Monitolink report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for backlink alerts with lost-link recovery
Monitolink checks backlinks daily on paid plans, emails you when one drops, and can send a recovery email to the site owner from your own Gmail, from $24 a month on yearly billing. The free plan checks only weekly, white-label reports start at Agency, the API is Enterprise only, and the pricing page gives different limits in different places.
Who Monitolink is for
- Fits if you want to know within a day when a paid or earned link disappears
- Works for agencies reporting backlink status to several clients
Who Monitolink is not for
- Tight if you stay free, with weekly checks, a monthly crawl, watermarked reports and 7 days of history
- Watch out: recovery emails only go out through your own Gmail, and 500 more contact lookups cost $15 a month
- Pricey if you need white-label reports, which start at Agency for $124 a month on yearly billing
- Not for you if you need an API or SSO, which come only with custom-priced Enterprise
- Watch out: the pricing page's plan cards and comparison table disagree on some limits, so check before buying
Why Monitolink 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 moneyStarter is $24 a month billed yearly ($29 monthly) for 2,500 backlinks, 3 projects and daily checks, a little above this category's cheaper quarter. White-label reports wait on Agency at $124.
- CFree plan and trialA free plan with 1 project, a few hundred links checked weekly, a monthly crawl and watermarked reports, plus a 14-day trial of any paid plan with no card. Weekly checks and 7 days of history are a cap you'll feel.
- CFeaturesDaily checks, alerts, recovery emails to the site owner, gap analysis against competitors, AI insights from Pro and client reports. It does monitoring fully and a bit more, but it's still a smaller job, and the API is Enterprise only.
- CEase of useNo rating on record. You add projects and competitors, import links if you have them, and connect Gmail before recovery emails can go out.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It connects to Gmail, Slack and Snov.io and takes link exports from Ahrefs, Semrush, Search Console, Moz and Majestic.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Monitolink'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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Monitolink'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 $24 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 13 of the 41 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 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. Monitolink’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 Monitolink, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Monitolink 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 $288 a year.
What you could make
- Link outreach and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- An index of the links between billions of web pages.
- It plugs into other products, Gmail, Slack and Snov.io among them.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Monitolink’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 Monitolink?
Monitolink watches a site's backlinks and alerts by email when one is lost, broken, redirected or switched to nofollow. When a link drops, it can look up the site owner's address and send a recovery email from your own Gmail, by hand or automatically. It also finds sites that link to competitors but not to you, and makes white-label PDF reports.
Worth knowing
- The free plan checks links only weekly; daily checks and recovery outreach start at Starter.
- Recovery emails go out through your own Gmail account, and contact lookups are capped monthly; 500 more cost $15 a month.
- White-label reports start at Agency; API access and SSO come only with custom-priced Enterprise.
- The pricing page's plan cards and comparison table give different limits for some plans, so confirm the numbers before buying.
Key features
- Daily link checks
- Every paid plan re-checks each known backlink every 24 hours and emails when it is lost, broken, redirected, or its anchor or follow status changes.
- Link recovery outreach
- Looks up the linking site's contact through Snov.io and sends a recovery email from your connected Gmail, in one click or automatically when a link drops.
- Backlink gap analysis
- Compares your links with competitors' and lists sites that link to them but not to you, sorted by Domain Authority, with CSV export.
- AI profile insights
- From Pro, a weekly set of cards flags urgent issues, opportunities and trends such as anchor text over-optimization and toxic domains.
- Import and tagging
- Finds a domain's backlinks itself or takes a CSV from Ahrefs, Semrush, Search Console or Majestic, then groups links by client, campaign or custom tag.
- Client reports
- PDF and CSV reports of live, lost and recovered links; reports carry your own logo and colors on the Agency plan and above.
Monitolink pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, Monitolink has a free plan, and paid plans start at $24 per month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $24 per month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- 1 project with a few hundred backlinks (200 or 300; the page gives both), checked weekly, a monthly discovery crawl and watermarked reports. Trials end on it.
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial of any paid plan, no credit card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 1 project, 1 seat, weekly status checks, a monthly crawl for new links, watermarked reports and 7 days of history. |
| Starter | $24per month for 2,500 backlinks, billed annually ($29 billed monthly) | 3 projects and 3 competitors, daily status checks, weekly discovery, recovery outreach, 100 contact lookups and 10 reports a month. |
| Pro | $66per month for 10,000 backlinks, billed annually ($79 billed monthly) | 5 projects, 10 competitors, 3 seats, weekly AI insights, 400 contact lookups a month, Slack and Gmail integration and unlimited reports. |
| Agency | $124per month for 50,000 backlinks, billed annually ($149 billed monthly) | 20 projects, 60 competitors, 10 seats, discovery every 3 days, white-label reports and client dashboards. The comparison table says 75,000 links. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Unlimited projects and seats, up to 1 million backlinks, daily AI insights, API access, SSO and a dedicated manager. Through sales. |
Read from backlinkmonitoring.ai on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Monitolink before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discount17% off with annual billing
Monitolink's pricing page lists annual billing at 17% off every paid plan: Starter is $24 a month billed annually instead of $29 monthly.
Stated on backlinkmonitoring.ai - NonprofitReduced rate for nonprofits and education
The pricing FAQ says nonprofits and educational buyers who get in touch are offered a reduced rate on the Pro or Agency plan.
Stated on backlinkmonitoring.ai
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Common questions
Does Monitolink have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Monitolink is listed for Web.
Does Monitolink have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Monitolink is listed for Web.
Is Monitolink open source?
Monitolink 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.