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The best tool for tracking backlink changes over time.
Former standalone MonitorBacklinks.com functionality is now presented through the SEOptimer platform; the official page retains the Monitor Backlinks product positioning and advertises a 14-day trial.
Monitor Backlinks is a backlink-monitoring tool presented by SEOptimer. It tracks new and lost links, shows backlink changes in a dashboard, sends regular email summaries, exports backlink-change data, and supports competitor backlink monitoring and backlink research.
Good fit for Marketers, SEO practitioners, agencies, and site owners who need to watch their own or competitors' backlink changes, recover valuable lost links, identify suspicious links, and report link-building or Digital PR outcomes
14-day free trial; current access is presented through SEOptimer plans. White Label is $39/month monthly or $29.25/month billed annually; Lead Generation is $59/month monthly or $44.25/month billed annually. Custom enterprise/special-use-case pricing is available.
White Label
$39
per month, monthly billing
SEO audits, white-label PDF reporting, backlink monitoring, backlink changes dashboard, changes by backlink/referring domain, email alerts
10 SEO crawls; 100 tracked keywords; 100 keyword searches; 50 backlink searches; 3 users; 3 sites monitored
White Label Annual
$29.25
per month, billed annually at $351
SEO audits, white-label PDF reporting, backlink monitoring, backlink changes dashboard, changes by backlink/referring domain, email alerts
10 SEO crawls; 100 tracked keywords; 100 keyword searches; 50 backlink searches; 3 users; 3 sites monitored
Lead Generation
$59
per month, monthly billing
SEO audits, white-label PDF reporting, lead generation tool, backlink monitoring, backlink changes dashboard, changes by backlink/referring domain, email alerts
50 SEO crawls; 250 tracked keywords; 250 keyword searches; 150 backlink searches; 6 users; 10 sites monitored
Lead Generation Annual
$44.25
per month, billed annually at $531
SEO audits, white-label PDF reporting, lead generation tool, backlink monitoring, backlink changes dashboard, changes by backlink/referring domain, email alerts
50 SEO crawls; 250 tracked keywords; 250 keyword searches; 150 backlink searches; 6 users; 10 sites monitored
Custom
Custom
custom
Custom solutions for enterprise or special use cases, including API and advanced integration
Custom limits and requirements
Last verified September 2026 against monitorbacklinks.com. Vendors change packaging often; confirm before buying.
Scorecard
1.3/5 overall, weighted for SEO research tools. How grades work.
Strong backlink-change and backlink-profile research, but narrow in scope.
The product page promises detailed tables for every gained or lost link and backlink metrics/details for referring domains and backlinks: https://monitorbacklinks.com/
No exact-product keyword research capability is established.
The allowed Monitor Backlinks page describes backlink monitoring and research, not keyword research: https://monitorbacklinks.com/
Provides competitor backlink context and link-level/domain-level context.
The page explicitly describes competitor link-change tracking and detailed backlink/referring-domain data: https://monitorbacklinks.com/
Competitor context
Competitor link changes are explicitly monitored for opportunities and strategic insight.
No content creation, optimization execution, or publishing workflow is claimed.
The official feature copy is limited to backlink monitoring, alerts, exports, and research: https://monitorbacklinks.com/
No AI-search or generative-engine optimization support is established for Monitor Backlinks.
The exact product page contains no AI-search or LLM monitoring feature claim: https://monitorbacklinks.com/
No local or geographic SEO execution feature is established for the exact product.
No technical SEO audit/crawl capability is attributed to Monitor Backlinks itself.
The exact product description covers backlink monitoring and research only: https://monitorbacklinks.com/
No CMS publishing, editorial calendar, or content workflow is described.
Official product features describe alerts, dashboards, exports, and backlink research, with no publishing workflow: https://monitorbacklinks.com/
Core strength: longitudinal tracking of backlink changes, metrics, alerts, and exports.
The page specifies up to a year of visual history, weekly/monthly summaries, new/lost-link tables, and export formats: https://monitorbacklinks.com/
No autonomous agent or agent API workflow is established for the exact product.
The product page describes human-facing dashboards, email summaries, and exports, not agents: https://monitorbacklinks.com/
Agentic workflow coverage
No agentic workflow is documented.
Offers a 14-day trial and two published paid tiers relevant to monitoring, but no standalone free monitoring tier is shown.
The official product page advertises a 14-day free trial and the pricing page lists White Label and Lead Generation plans: https://monitorbacklinks.com/
Official indexed product copy reports adoption above 100K users, but this is a historical/marketing claim rather than a current audited count.
The official homepage is indexed with the statement that the former standalone tool was established in 2012 and gained over 100K users: https://monitorbacklinks.com/
Internal company data
The tool can monitor a user's own backlink profile, but no broader internal company-data connection is documented.
SEO data grounding
Backlink metrics, referring domains, link status, anchors, and link history ground the product in SEO data.
Third-party app grounding
No third-party app data connection is documented for this exact product.
Custom API grounding
No custom API grounding is documented for Monitor Backlinks itself.
The product page focuses on backlink changes, not local listings or geographic optimization: https://monitorbacklinks.com/
Supports reporting/sharing outputs and paid plans list multiple users, but collaborative work management is not established.
The page says exports can be used in client reports, while the official pricing page lists 3 or 6 users on plans: https://monitorbacklinks.com/pricing
Autonomous execution
No autonomous SEO or link-remediation execution is documented.
Human control and review
Email alerts and reports support human review, but no explicit review-control system is documented.
Integration surface
No integration surface is established for the exact Monitor Backlinks product in the allowed product page.
Memory and persistent context
Historical change visibility up to a year provides limited retained context.
Evaluation and feedback loop
No agent evaluation or feedback loop is documented.
Alerts and scheduled summaries reduce manual checking, but actions remain human-led.
Weekly/monthly email summaries and new/lost-link notifications are documented; no autonomous remediation is claimed: https://monitorbacklinks.com/
No free tool is part of the exact Monitor Backlinks product; the separate free checker is not credited as monitoring functionality.
The official free checker is described as a free version of the premium Backlink Research tool, not Monitor Backlinks monitoring: https://monitorbacklinks.com/seo-tools/free-backlink-checker