# Vee3, free: Backlink API

> Discover backlinks pointing to a URL with overview stats and a detailed list of linking pages.

Vee3's Free plan for the backlink API costs $0.00 per 1,000 backlinks. We check each provider's docs for 5 fields. Vee3's docs list 3: Source URL, Anchor text, Authority.
We haven't run Vee3 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 or less per 1,000 backlinks. [See the best free backlink API plan.](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. [AnyAPI's pay-as-you-go plan](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/anyapi/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-with-x402-and-mpp-post-v1-run-seo-backlinks/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 backlinks a month: $0.50.
[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/vee3/free
- [Backlinks API in 2026: the 7 best of 40+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-backlink-api.txt)
- Get it: https://vee3.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.vee3.io/v1/seo/backlinks`
- API key: with the plan, on https://vee3.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://vee3.io/docs/seo/seo-backlink-checker?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- Sold by: Vee3 (https://vee3.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-08

## In the answer

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

## Price

- $ per 1,000 backlinks: $0.00
- Per: page, size not stated
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 269 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Discover backlinks pointing to a URL with overview stats and a detailed list of linking pages.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Terms of Service, 11. Intellectual property: Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Service for your internal business or personal purposes. [...] You retain rights in your inputs and in how you lawfully use outputs, subject to third-party rights in captured content. 5. Acceptable use: Prohibited uses include, without limitation: [...] Reselling or sublicensing the Service without our prior written consent, Using the Service in a manner that violates the terms of third-party websites or services you target, Using connected TikTok, X, YouTube, or other platform APIs in ways that violate that platform's developer policies, spam rules, or content rules, [...] using YouTube data from the Service for advertising or for a purpose other than the feature you requested

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 tokens a month
- Enough for: 100 pages a month

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url, include_subdomains
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/seo/backlinks

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 10 fields the plan's answer can hold

target, domain rating, URL rating, total backlinks, referring domains, anchor text, source domain rating, source page title, source URL, target URL

## Vee3's plans (4)

- [Vee3, free](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 60% complete
- [Vee3, $5 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/vee3/5-monthly/llms.txt): 60% complete
- [Vee3, $20 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/vee3/20-monthly/llms.txt): 60% complete
- [Vee3, $100 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/vee3/100-monthly/llms.txt): 60% complete

## Vee3's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /v1/seo/backlinks`: [Vee3, free](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)

## Vee3's APIs (14)

- [Vee3: search autocomplete API pricing, 4 plans, GET /v1/google-search/autocomplete](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/vee3/free-get-v1-google-search-autocomplete/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: search autocomplete API pricing, 4 plans, GET /v1/youtube/search-autocomplete](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/vee3/free-get-v1-youtube-search-autocomplete/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: local business reviews API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-reviews-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: TikTok profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: TikTok video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: backlink API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: domain authority API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: keyword research API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: X post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: X profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: video search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: YouTube channel API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: YouTube channel video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/vee3/free/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: domain WHOIS API pricing, 4 plans, GET /v1/domains/lookup](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/vee3/free-get-v1-domains-lookup/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: domain WHOIS API pricing, 4 plans, GET /v1/domains/rdap](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/vee3/free-get-v1-domains-rdap/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: domain WHOIS API pricing, 4 plans, GET /v1/domains/whois](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/vee3/free-get-v1-domains-whois/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: local business search API pricing, 4 plans, GET /v1/google-maps/search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/vee3/free-get-v1-google-maps-search/llms.txt)
- [Vee3: local business search API pricing, 4 plans, GET /v1/google-maps/nearby-search](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/vee3/free-get-v1-google-maps-nearby-search/llms.txt)

## Vee3: backlink API alternatives

- [DataForSEO, free](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/dataforseo/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, stored
- [BacklinkMCP, free](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/backlinkmcp/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 40% complete, 7 days
- [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, 100% complete, 1 month
- [RankParse, free, GET /v1/backlinks, Backlinks](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/rankparse/free-get-v1-backlinks/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, 3 months

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-08.

- https://vee3.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://vee3.io/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://vee3.io/docs/seo?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://vee3.io/docs/seo/seo-backlink-checker?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://vee3.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://vee3.io/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing