The Monitolink Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Monitolink in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Monitolink
The Insider’s Guide
Backlink monitor with daily checks and lost-link recovery emails
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among link building tools, read from Monitolink’s own pages.
Made by Linkee, Inc. · checked Oct 23, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Monitolink’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Monitolink’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 23, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.2
GPA, above 26 of the 50 other link building tools we grade
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.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Monitolink, taken from its own pages and our grades.
You add projects and competitors, import links if you have them, and connect Gmail before recovery emails can go out.
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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.
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Paid plans start at $24 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $24 per month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly).
- 3
There is a 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.
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
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.
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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.
- 7
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.
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A 2.2 GPA, above 26 of 50
That is against the other link building tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
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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.
Monitolink at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $24 per month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial of any paid plan, no credit card required
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Linkee, Inc.
- Category
- Backlinks & Link Building
- Our grade
- 2.2 GPA, fair
The report card
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.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Starter 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. |
| Free plan and trial | C | A 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. |
| Features | C | Daily 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. |
| Ease of use | C | No rating on record. You add projects and competitors, import links if you have them, and connect Gmail before recovery emails can go out. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web 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. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
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 it 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
Good to know
Good for
- Link builders who want to know the day a paid or earned link disappears
- Agencies reporting backlink status to several clients
- Teams that want lost-link outreach in the same tool as monitoring
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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$24
A month to start. There is a free plan too
Monitolink has a free plan. Paid plans start at $24 per month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly).
Free
$0
1 project, 1 seat, weekly status checks, a monthly crawl for new links, watermarked reports and 7 days of history.
Starter
$24
per 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
$66
per 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
$124
per 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.
The 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.
Trying it first
14-day free trial of any paid plan, no credit card required
Read from backlinkmonitoring.ai on Oct 23, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
17% 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.
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Reduced 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.
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Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
Backlink monitor with daily checks and lost-link recovery emails. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: AI features, reports, backlink analysis, link outreach.
Daily checks, alerts, recovery emails to the site owner, gap analysis against competitors, AI insights from Pro and client reports.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Gmail
- Slack
- Snov.io
- Ahrefs
- Semrush
- Google Search Console
- Moz
- Majestic
Monitolink is made by Linkee, Inc.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
26/50
Other link building tools it is graded above
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
- CFree plan and trialAbove 20 of 50
- CFeaturesAbove 4 of 50
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 50
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 28 of 50
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 45 link building tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Monitolink is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
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.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Linkody, LinkChecker.pro, Backlyzer, Majestic and Ahrefs
The 5 tools Monitolink is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.6GPA
Linkody
Free trial · from $11.20/mo
Backlink monitor that alerts you when links are gained or lost.
- Monitolink has a free plan. Linkody does not, though it has a free trial.
- Monitolink also covers link outreach.
- 2.0GPA
LinkChecker.pro
From $20.8/mo
Backlink tracker that checks placed links daily and their indexing.
- Monitolink has a free plan. LinkChecker.pro does not.
- Only LinkChecker.pro lists a browser extension.
- Monitolink also covers link outreach.
- 2.0GPA
Backlyzer
Free plan · from €24/mo
Monitor for bought backlinks, with index checks and cost per link.
- Monitolink also covers link outreach.
- 2.2GPA
Majestic
Free plan · from $41.67/mo
Backlink index with Trust Flow, Citation Flow and link history.
- Only Majestic lists a browser extension.
- Monitolink also covers link outreach.
- 2.0GPA
Ahrefs
Free plan · from $29/mo
SEO toolset for backlinks, keyword research, audits and rank tracking.
- Only Ahrefs lists a browser extension.
- Monitolink also covers reports and link outreach.
- Ahrefs also covers keyword research, rank tracking and site audit.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
14
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Monitolink free?
Monitolink has a 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.
How much does Monitolink cost?
Monitolink lists 5 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does Monitolink work on?
Monitolink is available on Web.
Does Monitolink offer any discounts?
Monitolink publicly lists the following: 17% off with annual billing; Reduced rate for nonprofits and education.
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.
What does Monitolink integrate with?
Monitolink's listing names Gmail, Slack, Snov.io, Ahrefs, Semrush, Google Search Console, Moz and Majestic.
Does Monitolink have a free trial?
Yes. 14-day free trial of any paid plan, no credit card required.
Who makes Monitolink?
Monitolink is made by Linkee, Inc.
What are the alternatives to Monitolink?
The closest alternatives to Monitolink in our directory are Linkody, LinkChecker.pro, Backlyzer, Majestic and Ahrefs.
How does Monitolink compare with other link building tools?
Monitolink's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 26 of the 50 other link building tools we grade, and level with 10.
Is Monitolink good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Monitolink C for value for money. 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.
Could I make my own version of Monitolink?
To replace Monitolink you would be making an index of the links between billions of web pages.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Monitolink’s own pages on Oct 23, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 23, 2026. 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.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Linkee, Inc. Prices change, so check backlinkmonitoring.ai before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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tools graded
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categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Monitolink, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/monitolink
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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