# DataForSEO, free: Backlink API

> This endpoint will provide you with a list of backlinks and relevant data for the specified domain, subdomain, or webpage.

DataForSEO's backlink API on its $1 trial credit plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 backlinks. It returns all 5 key fields we check: Source URL, Anchor text, Follow or nofollow, Authority, First and last seen.
We rank 32 plans by price. [RankParse's $199 pack](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/rankparse/199-pack-lifetime-deal-get-v1-backlinks/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 backlinks: $0.004. RankParse charges for each page of results. We count 1,000 backlinks on each page to get the $0.004 price.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/dataforseo/free
- Get it: https://dataforseo.com/pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/backlinks/backlinks/live`
- API key: with the plan, on https://dataforseo.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/backlinks/backlinks/live/
- Sold by: DataForSEO (https://dataforseo.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Source URL: ✓
- Anchor text: ✓
- Follow or nofollow: ✓
- Authority: ✓
- First and last seen: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 backlinks: $0.00
- Per: result
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Repeat free: never
- Start fee: $0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: SERP API · AI Optimization API · Backlinks API · Content Analysis API · DataForSEO Labs API · Keywords Data API · OnPage API · Merchant API · App Data API · Business Data API · Reviews API · Domain Analytics API

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: This endpoint will provide you with a list of backlinks and relevant data for the specified domain, subdomain, or webpage.

## Data

- Freshness: stored
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: any search engine results page (SERP) data or content obtained through the Service, including but not limited to data from Google, Bing, Yahoo, and other search engine providers, shall not be used to compete with or adversely affect the business interests of the search engine providers from which such data originates

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $1
- Enough for: about 27,777 results, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 166.67
- Concurrent: 30
- Batch: 1

## The call

- You send: target (a domain). Optional: mode, custom_mode, filters, order_by, offset, search_after_token, limit, backlinks_status_type, include_subdomains, exclude_internal_backlinks, rank_scale, tag
- Method: POST
- Path: /v3/backlinks/backlinks/live

## About the plan

- Plan: $1 trial credit
- Who can get it: new accounts, one each, not in Russia, Belarus, Cuba, Iran, Syria, Myanmar, North Korea or Russian-occupied Ukraine

## The 51 fields the plan's answer can hold

total backlinks, items count, source domain, source URL, source URL is HTTPS, target domain, target URL, target URL is HTTPS, source TLD, is new, is lost, backlink spam score, backlink rank, source page rank, source domain rank, source platform type, source is IP, source IP, source country, source page external links, source page internal links, source page size, source page encoding, source page language, source page title, source page status code, first seen, previously seen, last seen, link type, link attributes, dofollow, is original, image alt text, image URL, anchor text, text before anchor, text after anchor, link location, identical links count, links from the same domain, is broken, target status code, target spam score, target redirect URL, source page keywords in top 3, source page keywords in top 10, source page keywords in top 100, is indirect link, indirect link path, next page token

## DataForSEO's plans (3)

- [DataForSEO, free](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/dataforseo/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, stored
- [DataForSEO, top-up from $50](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/dataforseo/top-up-from-50/llms.txt): $0.036 per 1,000, 100% complete, stored
- [DataForSEO, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/dataforseo/contact-us/llms.txt): 100% complete, stored

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

- `POST /v3/backlinks/backlinks/live`: [DataForSEO, free](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/dataforseo/free/llms.txt)

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## DataForSEO: backlink API alternatives

- [AnyAPI, free trial key, POST /v1/run/seo.backlinks](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/anyapi/free-trial-key-post-v1-run-seo-backlinks/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [SE Ranking, free trial, GET /v1/backlinks/raw](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/se-ranking/free-trial-get-v1-backlinks-raw/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 60% complete, 1 month
- [RankParse, free, GET /v1/backlinks](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/rankparse/free-get-v1-backlinks/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 40% complete, 3 months
- [Majestic, $15,999.90 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/majestic/15999-90-yearly/llms.txt): $0.0067 per 1,000, 60% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-29.

- https://dataforseo.com/apis/domain-analytics-api
- https://dataforseo.com/help-center/how-does-your-free-unlimited-trial-work
- https://dataforseo.com/pricing
- https://dataforseo.com/pricing/backlinks/backlinks
- https://dataforseo.com/terms-of-service/
- https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/backlinks/backlinks/live/
- https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/domain_analytics/technologies/domain_technologies/live/