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Backlink API

DataForSEO, top-up from $50

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100% complete: all 5 key fields we checkSee the 5 fields
$0.036per 1,000 backlinksYou also pay $0.024 for each call, however many backlinks you ask for.In our backlink API benchmark, this plan scores 64.8 out of 100. DataForSEO ranks first of 5 providers.Half of the 105 plans we rank by price cost $0.225 per 1,000 backlinks or less. This plan costs less per 1,000 backlinks than 69% of the 105 plans.Keys.so's ₽34,900 monthly plan costs the least per 1,000 backlinks. Keys.so's ₽34,900 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many backlinks as Keys.so's rate limit allows.BacklinkMCP's $19 monthly plan covers any number of backlinks. BacklinkMCP's $19 monthly plan costs less up front than Keys.so's ₽34,900 monthly plan.DataForSEO, BacklinkMCP and SE Ranking are the best backlink API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.
Type a number to see the cheapest DataForSEO plan for that many backlinks. The table below then sorts the other plans by what each costs.
Plan: Pay as you go one of DataForSEO's 3 plans
Call: POST /v3/backlinks/backlinks/live DataForSEO's only call for this API
API: Backlink API one of DataForSEO's 25 APIs

About this item

  • Stored. You get backlinks from DataForSEO's index. DataForSEO doesn't say how old the data is.
  • All 5 key fields we check. Source URL, Anchor text, Follow or nofollow, Authority, First and last seen.
  • A balance you top up. You pay $50 or more. You spend the whole balance on calls. $50 is enough for about 1,388,888 results. The balance never expires.
  • One call. You send a domain or a page's URL as target to POST /v3/backlinks/backlinks/live. The call returns the links that point to the domain or page you send.
  • Who can get it: with conditions. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

DataForSEO: backlink API alternatives

DataForSEO alternatives: every backlink API provider ranked

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 backlinks.

This planDataForSEO, top-up from $50Ranxplorer, free, Essai gratuit, GET /v1/bls/rawAIsa, free, Starter, POST /apis/v1/dataforseo/backlinks/backlinks/liveXOVI, $499 monthlyRankParse, $199 pack, Lifetime deal, POST /v1/batch
$ per 1,000 backlinks$0.036$0.00$0.00$0.033$0.04
Completeness100%100%100%40%80%
Billingpay firstfreefreemonthlypay first
Pay$50$0$0$499$199
Enough forabout 1,388,888 results1,000 results, oncenot published150,000 pages a month50,000 pages
Freshnessstoredstoredstoredunknown3 months
Who can get itanyone not in Russia, Belarus, Cuba, Iran, Syria, Myanmar, North Korea or Russian-occupied Ukraineanyoneanyone, no card requiredAdults with a XOVI account, the Terms are "directed to businesses only" but for Services that "allow consumers to purchase own subscriptions, directly", the API terms bind a "geschäftsfähige natürliche Person über 18 Jahre oder eine juristische Person", and "Ein Anspruch auf Annahme als API User besteht nicht"anyone with a valid email address

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.

  1. dataforseo.com/apis/domain-analytics-api
  2. dataforseo.com/help-center/how-does-your-free-unlimited-trial-work
  3. dataforseo.com/pricing
  4. dataforseo.com/pricing/backlinks/backlinks
  5. dataforseo.com/terms-of-service/
  6. docs.dataforseo.com/v3/backlinks/backlinks/live/
  7. docs.dataforseo.com/v3/domain_analytics/technologies/domain_technologies/live/

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Source URL
  • Anchor text
  • Follow or nofollow
  • Authority
  • First and last seen
Score
Overall score64.8
Price score35
Accuracy score93
Cost to get started score82
Bundle score92
Performance score26
Price
$ per 1,000 backlinks$0.036
Perresult
Billingpay first
Charges
Repeat freenever
Start fee$0.024
Also pays forfrom the same budget: SERP API · AI Optimization API · Backlinks API · Content Analysis API · DataForSEO Labs API · Keywords Data API · OnPage API · Merchant API · App Data API · Business Data API · Reviews API · Domain Analytics API
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$ per 1,000$24.00
In their words
Their pitchThis endpoint will provide you with a list of backlinks and relevant data for the specified domain, subdomain, or webpage.
Data
Freshnessstored
Keep datano limit
Use dataany 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$50
You get$50
Enough forabout 1,388,888 results
Expiresnever
Rate limit
Per second166.67
Concurrent30
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
Median0.39 s
The call
You sendtarget (a domain or a page's URL). Optional: mode, custom_mode, filters, order_by, offset, search_after_token, limit, backlinks_status_type, include_subdomains, exclude_internal_backlinks, rank_scale, tag
MethodPOST
Path/v3/backlinks/backlinks/live
About the plan
PlanPay as you go
Who can get itanyone 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

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