The Uprankly Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Uprankly 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.
Uprankly
The Insider’s Guide
AI link building platform from prospecting to link monitoring
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among link building tools, read from Uprankly’s own pages.
Made by Uprankly · 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 Uprankly’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Uprankly’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
1.6
GPA, above 1 of the 50 other link building tools we grade
Uprankly is a web-based link building platform that covers the whole outreach workflow. It finds prospect sites by keyword, competitor backlink gaps and a directory of vetted sites, has AI judge each one, pulls SEO metrics and contacts, sends email sequences from your own mailboxes and sorts the replies. An optional AI agent keeps campaigns running, and placed links are monitored. Plans are monthly allowances of credits.
To get you started, here are 8 things to know about Uprankly, taken from its own pages and our grades.
Credits per action, campaigns, prospect lists and connected inboxes all need setting up and watching before the agent earns its keep.
- 1
Best for running the whole outreach loop for clients
Uprankly covers the outreach job from prospect search and AI vetting to sequences, a reply inbox and link monitoring.
- 2
What it costs
Paid plans start at $37 one-time for 1,500 credits; plans from $169 per month, billed annually.
- 3
It runs on Web
Web.
- 4
Prospect discovery
Search by keyword or niche, mine competitors' backlink gaps, watch for new competitor links, find lookalike sites or browse a directory of 50,000+ vetted sites.
- 5
AI qualification and enrichment
AI judges each prospect for editorial fit and risk, then adds Domain Rating, traffic estimates, referring domains, spam score and a verified contact.
- 6
Outreach sequences
Multi-step sequences sent from your own Gmail, Outlook or SMTP accounts, with inbox rotation, per-account limits, time-zone scheduling and automatic follow-ups.
- 7
A 1.6 GPA, above 1 of 50
That is against the other link building tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 8
Keep it
To replace Uprankly 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.
Uprankly at a glance
- Pricing
- Paid, from $37 one-time for 1,500 credits; plans from $169 per month, billed annually
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Uprankly, since 2006
- Category
- Backlinks & Link Building
- Our grade
- 1.6 GPA, weak
The report card
Best for running the whole outreach loop for clients
Uprankly covers the outreach job from prospect search and AI vetting to sequences, a reply inbox and link monitoring. It's priced at the top of this category, at $169 a month on yearly billing for one person, there's no free plan or trial, and every action draws on credits that don't roll over.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D | Starter is $169 a month billed annually ($199 monthly) for 8,400 credits and 1 team member, in the dearest tenth of this category. The $37 Test Drive is a one-off pack for a single campaign, not a low-priced way to keep using it. |
| Free plan and trial | F | Nothing free: no free plan and no trial. The cheapest way in is the $37 Test Drive, 1,500 credits that never expire, with every feature but 1 campaign and 5 monitored links. |
| Features | B | Keyword and gap prospecting, a directory of 50,000+ vetted sites, AI vetting, SEO data and contacts, sequences with inbox rotation, an AI inbox, an agent that keeps campaigns going, and link monitoring with recovery emails. It covers the whole job. |
| Ease of use | C | No rating on record. Credits per action, campaigns, prospect lists and connected inboxes all need setting up and watching before the agent earns its keep. |
| Platforms and integrations | C | Web only. It sends from the Gmail, Outlook or Microsoft 365 accounts you connect, and that's the list: no API or other integrations on record. |
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 Uprankly is for
- Fits if you run link outreach for several clients from one tool
- Works for teams that want an agent to keep campaigns going while a person approves each placement
Who it is not for
- Pricey if you're one person with one site, at $169 a month billed annually or $199 monthly
- Not for you if you want to try it free, as the way in is a $37 Test Drive pack
- Tight if you're on Starter: 1 team member, 3 active campaigns and 25 monitored links
- Watch out: credits pay for every email, search and lookup, and monthly credits don't roll over
- Skip it if you need white-label client reports, which come only with Agency at $649 a month
Good to know
Good for
- Agencies running link outreach for several clients from one tool
- Link builders who want prospects, contacts and outreach without separate subscriptions
- Teams that want an AI agent to keep campaigns going, with a human approving links
Worth knowing
- Everything runs on credits: 1 per email sent or keyword search, 3 per SEO or contact enrichment, 5 per gap analysis; monthly credits do not roll over.
- Starter allows 1 team member and 3 active campaigns; white-label client reporting comes only with Agency, $649 a month billed annually.
- Link Builder plans monitor 25 to 500 links; the separate Link Monitor product covers 300 links for a one-time $19 fee.
- There is no free plan or free trial; the cheapest way in is the $37 Test Drive pack.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$37 one-time
To start
Uprankly is a paid product, starting at $37 one-time for 1,500 credits; plans from $169 per month, billed annually.
Nothing free: no free plan and no trial.
Test Drive
$37
one-time, for 1,500 credits that never expire
1 user, 1 campaign, 3 prospect lists, 50 inventory sites and 5 monitored links, with every feature, for trying a real campaign.
Starter
$169
per month for 8,400 credits, billed annually ($199 billed monthly)
1 team member, 3 active campaigns, 10 prospect lists, 500 inventory sites, 25 monitored links and unlimited sending inboxes.
Pro
$329
per month for 17,600 credits, billed annually ($399 billed monthly)
5 team members, unlimited campaigns, 2,500 inventory sites, 100 monitored links, a client portal and priority support.
Agency
$649
per month for 40,100 credits, billed annually ($799 billed monthly)
Unlimited team members and client workspaces, 10,000 inventory sites, 500 monitored links, white-label reports and a dedicated CSM.
Enterprise
Custom
Custom quotas and enterprise governance, priced on request.
Read from uprankly.com on Oct 23, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Save 17% with annual billing
Uprankly's pricing page lists annual billing at 17% off: Starter is $169 a month billed annually instead of $199 billed monthly.
Stated on uprankly.com
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
AI link building platform from prospecting to link monitoring. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: AI features, AI agents, reports, backlink analysis, link outreach.
- Prospect discovery
- Search by keyword or niche, mine competitors' backlink gaps, watch for new competitor links, find lookalike sites or browse a directory of 50,000+ vetted sites.
- AI qualification and enrichment
- AI judges each prospect for editorial fit and risk, then adds Domain Rating, traffic estimates, referring domains, spam score and a verified contact.
- Outreach sequences
- Multi-step sequences sent from your own Gmail, Outlook or SMTP accounts, with inbox rotation, per-account limits, time-zone scheduling and automatic follow-ups.
- AI unified inbox
- Replies from every connected account in one inbox, where AI sorts them by intent, routes out-of-office and referral replies, and drafts answers.
- AI Link Agent
- An agent that keeps a campaign going: it finds and qualifies new prospects daily and sends outreach and follow-ups, while you approve every placement.
- Link monitoring and recovery
- Placed links are re-checked for presence, anchor and follow status, and a recovery email can go to the original contact from the alert.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Gmail
- Outlook
- Microsoft 365
Uprankly is made by Uprankly, and has been around since 2006.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
1/50
Other link building tools it is graded above
Uprankly's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 1 of the 50 other link building tools we grade.
It stands best on features (B, above 39 of 50) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 51 link building tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Uprankly’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 50
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 50
- BFeaturesAbove 39 of 50
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 50
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 50
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 Uprankly 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.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 49 of the 50 other link building tools grade higher. It costs $37, paid once.
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.
- An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Uprankly’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
Pitchbox, BuzzStream, Linkee and OutreachFlow
The 4 tools Uprankly is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.0GPA
Pitchbox
Free trial · from $210/mo
Outreach platform for link building and digital PR teams.
- Uprankly also covers AI agents and backlink analysis.
- Pitchbox also covers workflow automation.
- 2.2GPA
BuzzStream
Free trial · from $49/mo
Outreach CRM for link building and digital PR.
- Only BuzzStream lists a browser extension.
- Uprankly also covers AI agents and backlink analysis.
- 2.0GPA
Linkee
Free trial · from $80.83/mo
AI prospect vetting, email finding and outreach for link building.
- Uprankly also covers AI agents and backlink analysis.
- Linkee also covers email verification.
- 1.8GPA
OutreachFlow
From $1/mo
Credit-based guest post outreach with AI pitches and price haggling.
- Uprankly also covers AI agents, reports and backlink analysis.
- OutreachFlow also covers email verification and inbox warm-up.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
12
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 Uprankly free?
No. Uprankly is a paid product, starting at $37 one-time for 1,500 credits; plans from $169 per month, billed annually.
How much does Uprankly cost?
Uprankly lists 5 plans. Test Drive: $37 one-time, for 1,500 credits that never expire.
What platforms does Uprankly work on?
Uprankly is available on Web.
Does Uprankly offer any discounts?
Uprankly publicly lists the following: Save 17% with annual billing.
Does Uprankly have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Uprankly is listed for Web.
Does Uprankly have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Uprankly is listed for Web.
Is Uprankly open source?
Uprankly is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
What does Uprankly integrate with?
Uprankly's listing names Gmail, Outlook and Microsoft 365. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.
Who makes Uprankly?
Uprankly is made by a company of the same name. It dates from 2006.
What are the alternatives to Uprankly?
The closest alternatives to Uprankly in our directory are Pitchbox, BuzzStream, Linkee and OutreachFlow.
How does Uprankly compare with other link building tools?
Uprankly's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 1 of the 50 other link building tools we grade.
Could I make my own version of Uprankly?
To replace Uprankly 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 Uprankly’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 Uprankly'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 Uprankly. Prices change, so check uprankly.com 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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categories
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price changes on record
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apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Uprankly, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/uprankly
- 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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