SEO Search Engine Optimization, This free service is quite popular in the Internet Marketing world. Well I am not giving you SEO tips or marketing ideas. But today I am talking about best seo tools or SEO backlink checker tools of 2015. Now there are dozen of paid and free tools for backlink research. You can choose your favorite tool as per the budget and rating.
Here you can find most popular backlinks checker tool, API’s and software. Hope you will find something helpful in this post. Don’t forget to share it with others.
Most Popular Backlinks Checker Tool in 2015
Webmaster Tools
1. Bing Webmaster Tools
Access Free
Free Version
1. As many backlinks as they consider appropriate to show
2. For verified domains only (ie you must be the owner of the domains
Own Web Crawler Yes Bingbot
2.Bing Webmaster Tools – Link Explorer
Access Free
Free Version 1. As many backlinks as they consider appropriate to show
Own Web Crawler Yes Bingbot
3.Google Webmaster Tools
Access Free
Free Version
1. As many backlinks as they consider appropriate to show
2. For verified domains only (ie you must be the owner of the domains
Own Web Crawler Yes Googlebot
4. Yandex.Webmaster
Access Free
Free Version
1. As many backlinks as they consider appropriate to show
2. For verified domains only (ie you must be the owner of the domains
Own Web Crawler Yes Yandexbot
Online Backlinks Checker
5. Ahrefs Backlinks Report
Access Free & Paid
Free Version
1. up to 500 backlinks per report (for unverified domains)
2. up to 3 reports per month (for unverified domains)
3. up to 5,000(?) backlinks per report for verified domains (ie you must be the owner of the domains)
Paid Version
1. $79/month – up to 5,000(?) backlinks per report; up to 100 reports per month
2. $179/month – up to 15,000(?) backlinks per report; up to 250 reports per month
3. $499/month – up to 30,000(?) backlinks per report; up to 500 reports per month
Own Web Crawler Yes Ahrefsbot
6. Ahrefs Site Explorer
Access Free & Paid
Free Version
1. up to 10 backlinks per report
2. only one report per day!
Paid Version
1. $79/month – up to 5,000 backlinks per report
2. $179/month – up to 15,000 backlinks per report
3. $499/month – up to 30,000 backlinks per report
Own Web Crawler Yes Ahrefsbot
7. Alexa
Access Paid
Paid Version
1. From $9.99/month – as many backlinks as there are in their index
2. Free 30 days trial
Own Web Crawler Yes (ia_archiver)
8. Backlink Watch
Access Free
Free Version 1up to 1,000 backlinks per report
Own Web Crawler No
9. Backlinktest.com
Access Free
Free Version As many backlinks as there are in their index
Own Web Crawler yes (unknown)
10. CognitiveSEO Backlink Checker & Site Explorer
Access Free & Paid
Free Version Up to 25 backlinks per report
Paid Version
1. $99/month – 10,000 backlinks per report
2. $199/month – 15,000 backlinks per report
3. $499/month – 50,000 backlinks per report
4. $999/month – as many backlinks as there are in their index
5. free 14 days trial
Own Web Crawler Yes (James BOT – WebCrawler)
11. European-Business-Connect.de
Access Free
Free Version up to 2,500 backlinks per report
Own Web Crawler yes – ? (unknown)
Notes The website is in German only
12. Indexicon – Free Backlink Checker
Access Free
Free Version up to 16,000 backlinks per report; one report per day
Own Web Crawler No
13. linkbird
Access Paid
Paid Version
1. From €79.90/month
2. Free 14 days trial
Own Web Crawler No
14. Linkody
Access Paid
Paid Version
1. several dozens/hundreds of discovered backlinks per monitored domain (limitations are not specified)
2. $9.90/month – up to 3 monitored domains
3. $29.90/month – up to 20 monitored domains
4. $69.90/month – up to 100 monitored domains
5. Free 30 days trial (up to 2 monitored domains; no CSV export)
Own Web Crawler No
15. Linkody – Backlink Checker
Access Free
Free Version A few top backlinks per domain; up to 2 domains per week
Own Web Crawler No
16. LinkPad
Access Free
Free Version up to 5,000 backlinks per report
Own Web Crawler yes (LinkpadBot)
17. LinkResearchTools – Backlink Profiler (BLP)
Access Paid
Paid Version
1. €99/month – up to 12,500 backlinks per report; up to 10 reports per month
2. €299/month – up to 20,000 backlinks per report; up to 100 reports per month
3. €469/month – up to 40,000 backlinks per report; up to 250 reports per month
4. €1,299/month – up to 50,000 backlinks per report; up to 1,250 reports per month
Own Web Crawler yes (unknown)
18. LinkResearchTools - Quick Backlinks (QBL) Tool
Access Paid
Paid Version
1. €99/month – up to 5,000 backlinks per report; up to 100 reports per month
2. €299/month – up to 8,000 backlinks per report; up to 200 reports per month
3. €469/month – up to 16,000 backlinks per report; up to 500 reports per month
4. €1,299/month – up to 30,000 backlinks per report; up to 2,500 reports per month
5. Free 7 days trial (up to 16,000 backlinks per report; up to 10 reports)
Own Web Crawler yes (unknown)
19. Majestic
Access Free & Paid
Free Version
1. up to 5,000 backlinks per report
2. For verified domains only (ie you must be the owner of the domains)
Paid Version
1. $78.99/month – up to 5,000 backlinks per report, up to 5,000,000 downloadable backlinks/month
2. $169.99/month – up to 15,000 backlinks per report; up to 25,000,000 downloadable backlinks/month
3. $399.99/month – up to 30,000 backlinks per report; up to 100,000,000 downloadable backlinks/month
4. $799.98/month – up to 40,000 backlinks per report; up to 300,000,000 downloadable backlinks/month
5. $1,599.96/month – up to 50,000 backlinks per report; up to 1,000,000,000 downloadable backlinks/month
Own Web Crawler yes (MJ12bot)
20. Monitor Backlinks – Free Backlink Checker SEO Tool
Access Free
Free Version
1. up to 300 backlinks per report
2. up to 2 reports per week
Own Web Crawler No
21. MoonSearch
Access Free
Free Version As many backlinks as there are in their index
Own Web Crawler yes (unknown)
22. Open Site Explorer
Access Free & Paid
Free Version
1. Up to 200 backlinks per report
2. Limited functionality
Paid Version
From $99/month – up to 10,000 backlinks per report
Free 30 days trial
Own Web Crawler yes (Rogerbot)
23. OpenLinkProfiler
Access Free
Free Version
1. shows online up to 200,000 backlinks per report
2. Up to 1,000 backlinks can be exported in csv-format
Own Web Crawler Yes (spbot)
24. RankSignals.com
Access Free
Free Version As many backlinks as there are in their index
Own Web Crawler yes (unknown)
25. Searchmetrics Suite – Backlink Check & Analysis Tool
Access Free & Paid
Free Version
1. Up to 10 backlinks per report without registration
2. Up to 500 backlinks per report with a free account
Paid Version From $69/month – as many backlinks as there are in their index
Own Web Crawler Yes (SearchmetricsBot)
26. SEMrush
Access Free & Paid
Free Version Up to 10 backlinks per report
Paid Version
1. $69.95/month – up to 10,000 backlinks per report
2. $149.95/month – up to 30,000 backlinks per report
3. $499/month – up to 100,000 backlinks per report
Own Web Crawler Yes (SemrushBot)
27. SEOkicks
Access Free & Paid
Free Version Up to 50 backlinks per report
Paid Version
1. €9.90/month – up to 1,000 backlinks per report
2. €29.90/month – up to 25,000 backlinks per report
3. €99.90/month – up to 100,000 backlinks per report
4. €499.90/month – up to 100,000 backlinks per report
Own Web Crawler Yes (SEOkicks-Robot)
28. SEOlytics
Access Free & Paid
Free Version
1. up to 2,000 backlinks per registered domain
2. one registered domain per account (the domain can only be changed once every 30 days)
3. export is not available
Paid Version
1. up to 50,000 backlinks per registered domain
2. up to 2,000 backlinks per unregistered domain
3. €99/month – up to 2 registered domain per account
4. €339/month – up to 5 registered domain per account
Own Web Crawler No
29. SEOprofiler
Access Free & Paid
Free Version
1. Up to 2 projects
2. Online: up to 200,000 backlinks per project
3. Export: up to 1,000 backlinks per project
Paid Version
1. $49.95/month – up to 10 projects; online: up to 200,000 backlinks per project; export: up to 100,000 backlinks per project
2. $99.95/month – up to 50 projects; online: up to 200,000 backlinks per project; export: up to 200,000 backlinks per project
3. $249.95/month – up to 150 projects; online: up to 200,000 backlinks per project; export: up to 200,000 backlinks per project
4. $999.95/month – up to 800 projects; online: up to 200,000 backlinks per project; export: up to 200,000 backlinks per project
Own Web Crawler Yes (spbot)
30. Sheer Explorer
Access Free
Free Version As many backlinks as there are in their index
Own Web Crawler Yes (unknown)
31. Site Explorer
Access Free
Free Version As many backlinks as there are in their index
Own Web Crawler Yes (SiteExplorer)
32. SmallSEOTools.com
Access Free
Free Version up to 1000 (?) backlinks per report/td>
Own Web Crawler Yes – ? (unknown)
33. Web SEO Analytics
Access Free & Paid
Free Version
1. up to 1,000 backlinks per report
2. up to 1 report per day
Paid Version
1. From €29/month
2. Free 10 days trial
Own Web Crawler Yes – ? (unknown)
34. WebMeUp backlink tool
Access Free & Paid
Free Version
1. up to 20 backlinks per report
2.up to 3 reports per month
3.export: up to 10,000 backlinks per month
Paid Version
1. $59/month – up to 50,000 backlinks per report;
up to 100 reports per month;
export: up to 30,000,000 backlinks per month
2.$149/month – up to 100,000 backlinks per report;
up to 250 reports per month;
export: up to 70,000,000 backlinks per month
Own Web Crawler Yes (BLEXBot)
Backlink Checker API’s
35. Ahrefs API
Access Paid
Paid Version
1. $500/month – up to 500,000 backlinks/month
2. $2,000/month – up to 5,000,000 backlinks/month
3. $10,000/month – up to 30,000,000 backlinks/month
4. pricing
Own Web Crawler Yes (AhrefsBot)
36. Majestic API
Access Paid
Paid Version
1. $399.99/month – up to 100,000,000 backlinks/month
2. $799.98/month – up to 300,000,000 backlinks/month
3. $1,599.96/month – up to 1,000,000,000 backlinks/month
Own Web Crawler Yes (MJ12bot)
37. Mozscape API
Access Paid & Free
Free Version
1. up to 1,000 backlinks per report
2. up to 1,000,000 backlinks/month
3. Rate limit: one request every 10 seconds
Paid Version
1. from $500/month
2. rate limit: 200 requests per second
Own Web Crawler Yes (rogerbot)
38. SEMrush API
Access Paid
Paid Version
1. $15/month – up to 7,500 backlinks/month
2. $50 – up to 25,000 backlinks
3. $425 – up to 250,000 backlinks
4. $3,500 – up to 2,500,000 backlinks
Own Web Crawler Yes (SemrushBot)
39. SEOkicks API
Access Paid
Paid Version
1. €9.90 – up to 300,000 backlinks
2. €29.90 – up to 2,000,000 backlinks
3. €99.90 – up to 7,500,000 backlinks
4. €499.90 – up to 50,000,000 backlinks
Own Web Crawler Yes (SEOkicks-Robot)
Backlink Checker Software
40. SEO SpyGlass
Access Free & Paid
Free Version
1.up to 1,100 backlinks per project
2. limited functionality
Paid Version
1. $99.75 – unlimited backlinks per project
2. $249.75 – unlimited backlinks per project + extra functionality
41. Traffic Travis
Access Free & Paid
Free Version
1. up to 100 backlinks from Moz per project
2. limited functionality
Paid Version $97.00 – up to 1,000 backlinks from Moz + extra backlinks from Exalead & Blekko per project
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