# SearcherLite, free: Backlink API

> Individual backlinks, strongest first, with anchor, dofollow, rank and first/last seen.

SearcherLite's Free credits plan for the backlink API costs $0.00 per 1,000 backlinks. SearcherLite's docs list 4 of the 5 fields on our checklist: Anchor text, Follow or nofollow, Authority, First and last seen.
We haven't run SearcherLite through [our backlink API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-backlink-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 114 plans for backlink APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.25 per 1,000 backlinks or less. [See how many backlink API plans are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-backlink-api.txt)
[Keys.so's ₽34,900 (about $417) monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/keys-so/34900-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 backlinks. Keys.so's ₽34,900 (about $417) monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many backlinks as Keys.so's rate limit allows.
[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 Keys.so's ₽34,900 (about $417) monthly plan.
[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/searcherlite/free
- [Backlinks API: the 5 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-backlink-api.txt)
- Get it: https://searcherlite.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- Request: Docs behind sign-up
- API key: with the plan, on https://searcherlite.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://searcherlite.com/mcp?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing#tools
- Sold by: SearcherLite (https://searcherlite.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 80%
- Anchor text: ✓
- Follow or nofollow: ✓
- Authority: ✓
- First and last seen: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: keyword_overview · serp_analysis · related_keywords · keyword_suggestions · keyword_questions · bulk_keyword_overview · domain_overview · domain_keywords · domain_pages · domain_competitors · domain_compare · backlinks_overview · backlinks_referring_domains · backlinks_anchors · backlinks_pages · backlinks_competitors · backlinks_compare · ai_overview · ai_trend · ai_compare · ai_pages · ai_sources · ai_prompts · ai_check

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Individual backlinks, strongest first, with anchor, dofollow, rank and first/last seen.

## Data

- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 20 credits
- Enough for: 2 pages
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.33
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: Docs behind sign-up

## About the plan

- Plan: Free credits
- Who can get it: anyone with a SearcherLite account (sign up with an email, no credit card needed)

## The 5 fields the plan's answer can hold

anchor text, dofollow, backlink rank, first seen, last seen

## SearcherLite's plans (5)

- [SearcherLite, free](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/searcherlite/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 80% complete
- [SearcherLite, $7 pack](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/searcherlite/7-pack/llms.txt): $1.40 per 1,000, 80% complete
- [SearcherLite, $37 pack](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/searcherlite/37-pack/llms.txt): $0.74 per 1,000, 80% complete
- [SearcherLite, $147 pack](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/searcherlite/147-pack/llms.txt): $0.49 per 1,000, 80% complete
- [SearcherLite, $297 pack](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/searcherlite/297-pack/llms.txt): $0.297 per 1,000, 80% complete

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

- Docs behind sign-up: [SearcherLite, free](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/searcherlite/free/llms.txt)

## SearcherLite's APIs (10)

- [SearcherLite: ChatGPT scraper API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/chatgpt-scraper-apis/searcherlite/free/llms.txt)
- [SearcherLite: Gemini scraper API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/gemini-scraper-apis/searcherlite/free/llms.txt)
- [SearcherLite: Google AI Mode scraper API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-mode-scraper-apis/searcherlite/free/llms.txt)
- [SearcherLite: Google AI Overview scraper API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-overview-scraper-apis/searcherlite/free/llms.txt)
- [SearcherLite: SERP API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/searcherlite/free/llms.txt)
- [SearcherLite: backlink API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/searcherlite/free/llms.txt)
- [SearcherLite: domain authority API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/searcherlite/free/llms.txt)
- [SearcherLite: ranked keywords API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/searcherlite/free/llms.txt)
- [SearcherLite: keyword research API pricing, 5 plans, bulk_keyword_overview](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/searcherlite/free-credits-bulk-keyword-overview/llms.txt)
- [SearcherLite: keyword research API pricing, 5 plans, keyword_overview](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/searcherlite/free-credits-keyword-overview/llms.txt)
- [SearcherLite: related keywords API pricing, 5 plans, keyword_suggestions](https://datacircle.dev/related-keywords-apis/searcherlite/free-credits-keyword-suggestions/llms.txt)
- [SearcherLite: related keywords API pricing, 5 plans, related_keywords](https://datacircle.dev/related-keywords-apis/searcherlite/free-credits-related-keywords/llms.txt)

## SearcherLite: backlink API alternatives

- [SEO Review Tools, $4,320 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/seo-review-tools/4320-yearly/llms.txt): $0.288 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Keywords Everywhere, $150 pack, 500,000 credits, POST /v1/get_domain_backlinks](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/keywords-everywhere/150-pack-500000-credits-post-v1-get-domain-backlinks/llms.txt): $0.30 per 1,000, 40% complete
- [Ahrefs, $249 monthly, Standard, GET /v3/site-explorer/all-backlinks, Backlinks](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/ahrefs/249-monthly-standard-get-v3-site-explorer-all-backlinks-backlinks/llms.txt): $0.311 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [VerifiedDR, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/verifieddr/99-monthly/llms.txt): $0.33 per 1,000, 20% complete, stored

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-07.

- https://searcherlite.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://searcherlite.com/mcp?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://searcherlite.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing