# BacklinkMCP, free: Backlink API

> One GET request returns a domain's entire backlink list — ranked by linker authority — in a single response.

BacklinkMCP's backlink API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 backlinks. It returns 2 of the 5 key fields we check: Source URL, Authority.
In [our backlink API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-backlink-api.txt), the best plan from BacklinkMCP scores 53.7 out of 100. BacklinkMCP ranks 2nd of 5 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 94 plans for backlink APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.306 per 1,000 backlinks or less.
[DomDetailer's $397 pack](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/domdetailer/397-pack/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 backlinks: $0.00016. DomDetailer charges for each page of results. We count 5,000 backlinks on each page to get the $0.00016 price.
[BacklinkMCP's $19 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/backlinkmcp/19-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of backlinks. BacklinkMCP's $19 monthly plan costs less up front than DomDetailer's $397 pack.
[DataForSEO](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/dataforseo/top-up-from-50/llms.txt), [BacklinkMCP](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/backlinkmcp/19-monthly/llms.txt) and [SE Ranking](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/se-ranking/29-monthly-add-on-monthly-billing-get-v1-backlinks-raw/llms.txt) are the best backlink API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/backlinkmcp/free
- [Backlink API: the 5 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-backlink-api.txt)
- Get it: https://backlinkmcp.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://backlinkmcp.com/api/v1/backlinks`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://backlinkmcp.com/bulk-backlink-analysis-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- Sold by: BacklinkMCP (https://backlinkmcp.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 40%
- Source URL: ✓
- Authority: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 backlinks: $0.00
- Per: page of 25
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: domain_authority_score · top_linkers_for_domain · verify_link_live · find_link_prospects · flag_toxic_links · common_linkers · ai_crawler_audit · site_audit · schema_validate · core_web_vitals · indexnow_submit

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: One GET request returns a domain's entire backlink list — ranked by linker authority — in a single response.

## Data

- Freshness: 7 days
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Do not attempt to bypass rate limits, scrape internals, attack the service, or use results to claim URL-level backlink attributes the product does not provide. Automated use of the public API and MCP within the published caps is allowed.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 10 requests a day
- Enough for: 10 pages a day

## Rate limit

- Per day: 10
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Median: 5.17 s

## The call

- You send: domain
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/v1/backlinks

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 9 fields the plan's answer can hold

target, found, total results, rows returned, row cap, granularity, source domain, source domain authority, source domain outbound links

## BacklinkMCP's plans (2)

- [BacklinkMCP, free](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/backlinkmcp/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 40% complete, 7 days
- [BacklinkMCP, $19 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/backlinkmcp/19-monthly/llms.txt): no limit, 40% complete, 7 days

## BacklinkMCP's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /api/v1/backlinks`: [BacklinkMCP, free](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/backlinkmcp/free/llms.txt)

## BacklinkMCP's APIs (2)

- [BacklinkMCP: backlink API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/backlinkmcp/free/llms.txt)
- [BacklinkMCP: domain authority API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/backlinkmcp/free/llms.txt)

## BacklinkMCP: backlink API alternatives

- [Omkar Cloud, free](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/omkar-cloud/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 80% complete, live
- [VebAPI, free trial, GET /api/backlinks/live](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/vebapi/free-trial-get-api-backlinks-live/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 80% complete, 24 hours

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-05.

- https://backlinkmcp.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://backlinkmcp.com/bulk-backlink-analysis-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://backlinkmcp.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://backlinkmcp.com/domain-authority-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://backlinkmcp.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://backlinkmcp.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing