# SEO Score API, $15 monthly: Backlink API

> Return observed backlinks for a target domain.

SEO Score API's backlink API on its Basic plan. It returns none of the 5 key fields we check: Source URL, Anchor text, Follow or nofollow, Authority and First and last seen.
We haven't run SEO Score API through [our backlink API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-backlink-api.txt) yet.
This plan costs $15 a month. We rank 90 plans for backlink APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.377 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.
[DataForSEO](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/dataforseo/top-up-from-50/llms.txt), [SE Ranking](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/se-ranking/29-monthly-add-on-monthly-billing-get-v1-backlinks-raw/llms.txt) and [RankParse](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/rankparse/15-monthly-pro-monthly-get-v1-backlinks/llms.txt) are the best backlink API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/seo-score-api/15-monthly
- [Backlink API: 3 providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-backlink-api.txt)
- Get it: https://seoscoreapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://seoscoreapi.com/backlinks`
- API key: with the plan, on https://seoscoreapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://seoscoreapi.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing#/default/backlinks_lookup_backlinks_get
- Sold by: SEO Score API (https://seoscoreapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 0%

## Price

- Billing: monthly
- $ a month: $15

## Charges

- Also pays for: Ada Audit · Geo Audit · Citation Check · Create Monitor

## In their words

- Their pitch: Return observed backlinks for a target domain.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Audit results generated for your URLs are yours to use freely. You may reference our scores publicly (e.g., "Scored 95/100 on SEOScoreAPI") with attribution. You agree NOT to: Use the Service to scan URLs you do not own or have authorization to test, in a manner that could constitute unauthorized access. Use the Service for any illegal purpose or in violation of any applicable laws. Attempt to circumvent rate limits, authentication, or other security measures. Reverse-engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code of the Service. Resell access to the Service without our written consent. Use automated means to create accounts or generate API keys in bulk. Overload the Service with excessive requests beyond your plan limits.

## Plan

- Pay: $15

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.5
- Batch: 1

## The call

- You send: domain. Optional: limit
- Method: GET
- Path: /backlinks

## About the plan

- Plan: Basic
- Who can get it: anyone with an email address

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

backlinks, total results, referring domains, top referring domains, data caveat

## SEO Score API's plans (7)

- [SEO Score API, $15 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/seo-score-api/15-monthly/llms.txt): 0% complete
- [SEO Score API, $39 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/seo-score-api/39-monthly/llms.txt): 0% complete
- [SEO Score API, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/seo-score-api/99-monthly/llms.txt): 0% complete
- [SEO Score API, $150 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/seo-score-api/150-yearly/llms.txt): 0% complete
- [SEO Score API, $390 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/seo-score-api/390-yearly/llms.txt): 0% complete
- [SEO Score API, $990 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/seo-score-api/990-yearly/llms.txt): 0% complete
- [SEO Score API, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/seo-score-api/contact-us/llms.txt): 0% complete

## SEO Score API's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /backlinks`: [SEO Score API, $15 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/seo-score-api/15-monthly/llms.txt)

## SEO Score API's APIs (2)

- [SEO Score API: tech stack API pricing, 10 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-technology-apis/seo-score-api/free/llms.txt)
- [SEO Score API: backlink API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/seo-score-api/15-monthly/llms.txt)

## SEO Score API: backlink API alternatives

- [Bishopi, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/bishopi/49-monthly/llms.txt): 80% complete
- [PR-CY, ₽2,490 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/pr-cy/2490-monthly/llms.txt): 60% complete, stored
- [SISTRIX, €419 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/sistrix/419-monthly/llms.txt): 40% complete
- [Boostramp, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/boostramp/29-monthly/llms.txt): 40% 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 2026-11-05.

- https://seoscoreapi.com/blog/seoscoreapi-mcp-server?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://seoscoreapi.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://seoscoreapi.com/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://seoscoreapi.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://seoscoreapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://seoscoreapi.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing