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Backlink Audits and all things links.
Specialist backlink intelligence and link-risk management platform for audits, recovery, monitoring, competitive link research and link building.
LinkResearchTools is professional SEO software centered on backlink auditing, link disavow and penalty recovery, link checking and monitoring, redirect repair, competitor backlink research, link prospecting, link-risk simulation and link-building analysis. It combines and recrawls data from 25+ link sources and exposes 150+ SEO metrics per link.
Good fit for Professional SEOs, agencies, link builders and international brands that need deep backlink audits, link-risk management, competitor link research, monitoring and penalty recovery
Paid subscription with a 7-day trial; monthly, quarterly, half-year and annual billing are published for Superhero Small, Superhero Standard and Superhero Plus, while Enterprise is bespoke/contact sales.
Trial for Superhero Small
$17 for 7 days, then $599/month (also €17 for 7 days, then €599/month)
7-day trial; then monthly
Link Detox, Link Detox Smart, Link Detox Boost, Bulk URL Profiler, Link Recover Tool, Quick Backlinks 2, Link Simulator, Link Monitoring, Link Prospecting and LRT Classic (25 tools); email support.
1 million link crawl budget; 300,000 links simulated; 1 million links crawled; 20 credits for Backlink Profiler, Bulk URL Profiler and most listed Classic tools; 0 Link Detox Boost credits; 2 Link Recover credits; unlimited domains and users (asterisk limitations apply).
Superhero Small
$599/month or €599/month; $1,739/quarter or €1,739; $3,399/half-year or €3,399; $5,799/year or €5,799
Monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or annually
The standard module bundle includes Link Detox, Link Detox Smart, Link Detox Boost, Bulk URL Profiler, Link Recover Tool, Quick Backlinks 2, Link Simulator, Link Monitoring, Link Prospecting and LRT Classic (25 tools); email support.
Crawl budget is 1m monthly, 3m quarterly, 6m half-yearly or 12m annually; simulated links 300k/1.5m/9m/18m respectively; the pricing table lists corresponding quotas and 20/60/120/240 Backlink Profiler credits.
Superhero Standard
$999/month or €999/month; $2,899/quarter or €2,899; $5,999/half-year or €5,999; $9,499/year or €9,499
Monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or annually
The same standard module bundle; live chat and email support; larger link, crawl and Classic-tool quotas.
Crawl budget is 6m monthly, 18m quarterly, 36m half-yearly or 72m annually; simulated links 2.5m/7.5m/15m/30m respectively; 50/150/300/600 Backlink Profiler credits by term; unlimited domains and users (asterisk limitations apply).
Superhero Plus
$2,499/month or €2,499/month; $6,199/quarter or €6,199; $12,999/half-year or €12,999; $23,999/year or €23,999
Monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or annually
The standard module bundle, one private site clinic on the relevant published quota row, and live chat/email support.
Crawl budget is 18m monthly, 54m quarterly, 108m half-yearly or 216m annually; simulated links 8.75m/26.25m/52.5m/105m respectively; 175/525/1,050/2,100 Backlink Profiler credits by term; the table lists up to 10,500/31,500/63,000/126,000 boosted links.
Enterprise
Bespoke pricing; contact sales
Custom contract
Phone, live chat and email; purchase order and invoice payment, custom contracts, custom development, 1:1 training, SEO consulting, SSO/SAML and security audits.
All tools with bespoke quotas for web assets and requirements; no public numeric price or fixed quota is stated.
Last verified September 2026 against smart.linkresearchtools.com/pricing. Vendors change packaging often; confirm before buying.
Scorecard
2.4/5 overall, weighted for SEO research tools. How grades work.
Very deep backlink and link-risk investigation across domain, page, subfolder and individual-link scopes, with 25+ sources and 150+ metrics.
The product overview and tour describe 25+ combined sources, 150+ metrics, drill-down, persistent filters, bulk operations, link risk and competitor analysis: https://www.linkresearchtools.com/ and https://www.linkresearchtools.com/tour
Provides SERP research and anchor/keyword classification context, but no broad keyword database or keyword-volume workflow was found.
SERP Research Tool runs parallel Google queries for link opportunities and Link Detox uses keyword classification; reviewed catalog does not document a full keyword research suite: https://www.linkresearchtools.com/seo-tools/ and https://smart.linkresearchtools.com/docs/product-faq/link-audit-and-recovery-faq
Strong backlink, competitor and first-party context, including imported datasets and recrawled link evidence; limited outside the link ecosystem.
LRT combines 25+ sources, competitor comparisons, GSC and uploads from Ahrefs, Majestic, Semrush, Sistrix and custom URL lists: https://www.linkresearchtools.com/benefits/link-data/ and https://www.linkresearchtools.com/tour
Competitor context
No content drafting, optimization editor, briefing or publishing execution capability was found on reviewed official pages.
The official tool catalog is link audit, link building, competitor analysis, monitoring and site-audit oriented; no content production feature was found: https://www.linkresearchtools.com/seo-tools/
No AI-search visibility, generative-engine optimization or citation monitoring capability was found.
No AI-search or GEO feature appears in the official SEO tool catalog or product tour: https://www.linkresearchtools.com/seo-tools/ and https://www.linkresearchtools.com/tour
Useful link-specific diagnostics, but not a complete technical SEO crawler.
Official tools cover redirects, link checks, canonicals, and recovery workflows within a link-audit product: https://www.linkresearchtools.com/seo-tools/
No CMS publishing, editorial approval, or production deployment workflow is documented.
The official product tour covers link analysis, monitoring, and exports rather than publishing: https://www.linkresearchtools.com/tour
Strong link-centric measurement through risk, Power/Trust, link velocity, freshness and coverage KPIs, recurring analysis, alerts and summary emails.
LRT documents link-risk monitoring, velocity trends, data freshness and coverage KPIs, alerts and recurring analysis: https://www.linkresearchtools.com/benefits/ and https://www.linkresearchtools.com/tour
No agentic interface, autonomous agent, tool-calling protocol or agent API workflow was found.
Reviewed official homepage, tool catalog, tour and pricing pages describe human-directed reports and actions, not agents: https://www.linkresearchtools.com/seo-tools/ and https://www.linkresearchtools.com/tour
Agentic workflow coverage
A short paid trial and multiple term options exist, but the entry subscription is expensive and enterprise pricing is custom.
Current pricing shows $17 for seven days then $599/month, plus annual/quarterly terms and bespoke Enterprise pricing: https://smart.linkresearchtools.com/pricing/
No auditable customer count was found; brand logos, '1000s of penalties' and experience claims do not establish a customer number.
The homepage shows named brand logos and a recovered-penalties claim but no auditable customer count: https://www.linkresearchtools.com/
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Competitive Landscape Analyzer, domain comparison, competitor link velocity, Competitive Link Detox and prospecting tools provide extensive competitor context.
Internal company data
Own backlink data can be connected through Google Search Console and uploaded/custom URL datasets, though broader company knowledge ingestion is not documented.
SEO data grounding
The core product is explicitly grounded in combined, recrawled, verified backlink data and 150+ SEO metrics.
Third-party app grounding
Official pages document Google Analytics/Search Console, Ahrefs, Semrush, Sistrix, Majestic and Pitchbox connections or uploads.
Custom API grounding
The link-data page says additional data can be added via API, but no detailed public custom API grounding workflow was found.
International SEO and 130+ customer markets are mentioned, but no dedicated local/GEO execution feature is documented.
The benefits page mentions international SEO and 130+ customer markets, without documenting local rank or location workflows: https://www.linkresearchtools.com/benefits/
Reports, exports, and team-oriented plans support shared link-audit work, without a broad editorial collaboration layer.
Team and agency workflows are described around reports and link-risk work: https://www.linkresearchtools.com/pricing/
No agent-directed end-to-end workflow is documented; the product exposes reports and human-triggered actions.
Autonomous execution
No autonomous agent execution or unattended decision-making capability was found; automation is limited to scheduled/recurring analyses and alerts.
Human control and review
Human review is central and well supported through filters, screener, risk judgments, disavow decisions, exports and one-click repair actions.
Integration surface
Useful data integration surface exists for Google Search Console, Analytics, Ahrefs, Semrush, Sistrix, Pitchbox, uploads and custom URL lists, but no agent API protocol is documented.
Memory and persistent context
Persistent filters, private project link indexes, recurring monitoring and historical trends provide project context, but no AI memory is documented.
Evaluation and feedback loop
Risk, freshness and coverage KPIs plus link verification offer operational feedback, but no agent-evaluation or experiment feedback loop is documented.
Some semi-automation exists through automated recommendations, recurring analysis, scheduled recrawls, alerts and one-click actions, but review and decision-making remain human-led.
Benefits and tour document automated recommendations, recurring analysis, scheduled recrawls, summary emails and one-click repair/recrawl actions: https://www.linkresearchtools.com/benefits/ and https://www.linkresearchtools.com/tour
A free LRT SEO Toolbar is documented, but the core platform is paid and the official page does not establish a broad free-tool allowance.
The official blog calls the LRT SEO Toolbar free, while current pricing presents paid subscriptions/trial: https://www.linkresearchtools.com/blog/secret-seo-tools/ and https://smart.linkresearchtools.com/pricing/