Outlink AI review (2026): is it worth $70 a month, billed yearly?
AI agent that runs link outreach from your own inbox
Outlink AI report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for hands-off link outreach from your own inbox
Outlink AI finds sites, writes and sends pitches from your Gmail or Outlook, follows up, sorts replies and checks that links went live. But the trial needs a card, each client workspace is a separate subscription, and what the autopilot can spend on data and placements is capped by plan.
Who Outlink AI is for
- Fits if you want link outreach to run with little of your time each week
- Works for agencies that need client approval of outreach copy and white-label reports
Who Outlink AI is not for
- Not for you if you won't give a card for a trial: the 7-day trial needs one and covers only the first workspace
- Pricey if you run many clients, as each workspace is billed as its own subscription
- Tight if placements cost money, as Starter caps autopilot spend at $25 a month and Growth at $100
- Watch out: Qwoted pitches are drafted for you, but you still submit each one yourself
- Skip it if you want to send anything for free, as sending needs a paid plan
Why Outlink AI 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 $70 a month billed annually ($88 monthly) for 150 sends a day, inside this category's usual range. On top sits a monthly spend cap for prospect data and placements ($25 on Starter), and each workspace is its own subscription.
- DFree plan and trialNo free plan. You can preview prospects and sample pitches free, but sending needs a paid plan after a 7-day trial that takes a card, and the trial covers only your first workspace.
- BFeaturesDiscovery that filters out spam sites and link networks, pitches from your inbox, capped follow-ups, reply handling, placement checks with Search Console index status, Qwoted drafts, client workspaces and white-label reports. It covers the whole job.
- CEase of useNo rating on record. You set targets, tone, volume and approval rules and connect inboxes, then mostly read a weekly digest, but there's setup first.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb plus a browser extension, connected to Gmail, Outlook, Google Search Console and Qwoted. No desktop or phone app, and no API on record.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Outlink AI'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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Outlink AI'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 features (B, above 39 of 50) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 11).
Its paid plans start at $70 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 26 of the 41 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 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. Outlink AI’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 8 of 50, level with 26
- DFree plan and trialAbove 11 of 50, level with 8
- BFeaturesAbove 39 of 50, level with 11
- 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 Outlink AI, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Outlink AI you would be making an AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $840 a year.
What you could make
- Link outreach and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
- A network of journalists who post requests for sources.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Outlink AI’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 Outlink AI?
Outlink AI is web-based link building software that runs the outreach loop for you: it finds and screens sites worth a link, writes a pitch for each one from details on its pages, sends it from your connected Gmail or Outlook, follows up, sorts the replies and checks that the link went live. You set the targets, tone, volume and approval rules and review a weekly digest. It also drafts answers to journalist requests on Qwoted.
Worth knowing
- There is no free plan: you can preview prospects and sample pitches free, but sending needs a paid plan after the 7-day card-backed trial.
- Each workspace is billed as its own subscription, and the trial covers only the first one.
- Plans cap what the autopilot spends for you each month on prospect data and placements ($25 on Starter, $100 on Growth), apart from the subscription.
- Outlink drafts Qwoted pitches but does not submit them; you approve and send each one yourself.
Key features
- Prospect discovery and screening
- Finds candidate sites each cycle, scores them on relevance and authority, and filters out spam sites and private blog networks before any outreach.
- Pitches sent from your inbox
- Writes each email around a detail from the prospect's own page and sends it from Gmail or Outlook connected over OAuth, rotating inboxes within warm-up and daily limits.
- Follow-ups and reply handling
- Sends capped, timed follow-ups, sorts and negotiates replies, and passes the ones that need a decision to you.
- Placement checks
- Crawls each page where a link was placed, re-checks it on a schedule and confirms index status through Google Search Console.
- Qwoted auto-apply
- Watches your Qwoted alerts, matches journalist requests to your topics and drafts a pitch you submit on Qwoted in one click.
- Agency workspaces and reports
- One workspace per client with an agency overview, client approval of outreach copy through a link, and scheduled white-label proof reports.
Outlink AI pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, Outlink AI is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $70 per month for 150 sends a day, billed annually ($88 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $70 per month for 150 sends a day, billed annually ($88 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 7-day free trial on the first workspace; card required, no charge until day 7
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $70per month for 150 sends a day, billed annually ($88 billed monthly) | 3 connected inboxes, 10 concurrent campaigns, a $25 monthly spend cap, all 5 tactics, Qwoted auto-apply and link monitoring with a weekly digest. |
| Growth | $156per month for 500 sends a day, billed annually ($195 billed monthly) | Everything in Starter with 10 inboxes, 25 concurrent campaigns and a $100 monthly spend cap. |
| Scale | $500per month for unlimited sends, billed annually ($625 billed monthly) | Everything in Growth with unlimited sending, inboxes and concurrent campaigns, and no monthly spend ceiling. |
Read from outlinkai.com on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Outlink AI before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave 20% with annual billing
Outlink AI's pricing page lists annual billing at 20% off: Starter is $70 a month ($840 a year) instead of $88 billed monthly.
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Common questions
Does Outlink AI have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Outlink AI is listed for Web.
Does Outlink AI have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Outlink AI is listed for Web.
Is Outlink AI open source?
Outlink AI 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.