# SEObserver, contact us, API subscription, GET /backlinks/top.json: Backlink API

> Get the top backlinks pointing to a single item, ordered by link strength. Powered by Majestic GetBackLinkData.

SEObserver's backlink API on its API subscription plan. SEObserver's docs list 3 of the 5 fields on our checklist: Source URL, Anchor text, Authority.
We haven't run SEObserver through [our backlink API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-backlink-api.txt) yet.
SEObserver gives this plan's price on request. We rank 103 plans for backlink APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.242 per 1,000 backlinks or less.
[Keys.so's ₽34,900 (about $417) monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/keys-so/34900-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least 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/seobserver/contact-us-api-subscription-get-backlinks-top-json
- [Backlink API: the 5 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-backlink-api.txt)
- Get it: https://api1-docs.seobserver.com/en?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api1.seobserver.com/backlinks/top.json`
- API key: with the plan, on https://api1-docs.seobserver.com/en?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://api1-docs.seobserver.com/en?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- Sold by: SEObserver (https://www.seobserver.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 60%
- Source URL: ✓
- Anchor text: ✓
- Authority: ✓

## Price

- Per: result
- Billing: contact

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: backlinks/metrics · backlinks/metrics_archive · backlinks/anchors · backlinks/refdomains · backlinks/pages · serps/add · indexeds/add · organic_keywords/metrics · organic_keywords/index · organic_keywords/urls · organic_keywords/visibility_history · screenshots

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get the top backlinks pointing to a single item, ordered by link strength. Powered by Majestic GetBackLinkData.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Non-automated use: the user is obliged to use the service responsibly, reasonably, carefully and at a human pace. The user is strictly prohibited from using any automated system, by means of a browser or scripts or any other means, except with written agreement provided for in a specific contract. [...] The Service is reserved for professionals (companies, businesses, profit-making legal entities) only, and not for individuals. [...] The Client is prohibited from reselling their access to the Service, or from granting access to all or part of the data retrieved through the Service, for example in the case of a tool intended for the public.

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: item.item_type, item.item_value. Optional: datasource, limit
- Method: GET
- Path: /backlinks/top.json

## About the plan

- Plan: API subscription
- Who can get it: professionals only: companies, businesses and profit-making legal entities, not individuals

## The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

source URL, source Trust Flow, source Citation Flow, anchor text, target URL, redirect flag

## SEObserver's plans (1)

- [SEObserver, contact us, API subscription, GET /backlinks/top.json](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/seobserver/contact-us-api-subscription-get-backlinks-top-json/llms.txt): 60% complete

## SEObserver's calls for this API (4)

- `GET /backlinks/anchors.json`: [SEObserver, contact us, API subscription, GET /backlinks/anchors.json](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/seobserver/contact-us-api-subscription-get-backlinks-anchors-json/llms.txt)
- `GET /backlinks/pages.json`: [SEObserver, contact us, API subscription, GET /backlinks/pages.json](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/seobserver/contact-us-api-subscription-get-backlinks-pages-json/llms.txt)
- `GET /backlinks/refdomains.json`: [SEObserver, contact us, API subscription, GET /backlinks/refdomains.json](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/seobserver/contact-us-api-subscription-get-backlinks-refdomains-json/llms.txt)
- `GET /backlinks/top.json`: [SEObserver, contact us, API subscription, GET /backlinks/top.json](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/seobserver/contact-us-api-subscription-get-backlinks-top-json/llms.txt)

## SEObserver's APIs (4)

- [SEObserver: domain authority API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/seobserver/contact-us/llms.txt)
- [SEObserver: ranked keywords API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/seobserver/contact-us/llms.txt)
- [SEObserver: SERP API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/seobserver/contact-us-agency/llms.txt)
- [SEObserver: backlink API pricing, 1 plan, GET /backlinks/top.json](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/seobserver/contact-us-api-subscription-get-backlinks-top-json/llms.txt)

## SEObserver: backlink API alternatives

- [RankParse, contact us, 1M credits or more, GET /v1/backlinks, Backlinks](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/rankparse/contact-us-1m-credits-or-more-get-v1-backlinks/llms.txt): 80% complete, 3 months
- [SEOkicks, contact us, Account, GET /SEOkicksService/V1/inlinkData, Link details](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/seokicks/contact-us-account-get-seokicksservice-v1-inlinkdata-link-details/llms.txt): 60% complete
- [DomDetailer, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/domdetailer/contact-us/llms.txt): 60% complete
- [SISTRIX, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/sistrix/contact-us/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 2026-11-07.

- https://api1-docs.seobserver.com/en?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://www.seobserver.com/terms.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing