# VerifiedDR, free: Backlink API

> Returns up to 60 cached referring domains with DR, link status, importance, and spam risk. It never triggers a paid backlink fetch.

VerifiedDR's Free plan for the backlink API costs $0.00 per 1,000 backlinks. VerifiedDR's docs list 1 of the 5 fields on our checklist: Source URL.
We haven't run VerifiedDR 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/verifieddr/free
- [Backlinks API: the 5 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-backlink-api.txt)
- Get it: https://verifieddr.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://verifieddr.com/api/v1/map/{domain}`
- API key: with the plan, on https://verifieddr.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://verifieddr.com/api/authority?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing#get-the-trust-map
- Sold by: VerifiedDR (https://verifieddr.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 20%
- Source URL: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 backlinks: $0.00
- Per: page of 60
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Look up a site's scores · Get badge and embed snippets · Discover trusted sites · Find link exchange matches · List category values · Get the stored AI visibility snapshot · Add or reset tracked questions · Edit tracked questions in bulk · Remove a tracked question

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Returns up to 60 cached referring domains with DR, link status, importance, and spam risk. It never triggers a paid backlink fetch.

## Data

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

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 25 requests
- Enough for: 25 pages, once

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.083
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: domain
- Method: GET
- Path: /map/{domain}

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone with a verified free VerifiedDR account

## The 11 fields the plan's answer can hold

target domain, target DR, target verified, total results, source domain, source domain DR, links from source domain, link type, link status, importance, spam score

## VerifiedDR's plans (8)

- [VerifiedDR, free](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/verifieddr/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 20% complete, stored
- [VerifiedDR, $39 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/verifieddr/39-monthly/llms.txt): $0.65 per 1,000, 20% complete, stored
- [VerifiedDR, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/verifieddr/99-monthly/llms.txt): $0.33 per 1,000, 20% complete, stored
- [VerifiedDR, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/verifieddr/199-monthly/llms.txt): $0.332 per 1,000, 20% complete, stored
- [VerifiedDR, $327 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/verifieddr/327-yearly/llms.txt): $0.454 per 1,000, 20% complete, stored
- [VerifiedDR, $831 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/verifieddr/831-yearly/llms.txt): $0.231 per 1,000, 20% complete, stored
- [VerifiedDR, $1,671 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/verifieddr/1671-yearly/llms.txt): $0.232 per 1,000, 20% complete, stored
- [VerifiedDR, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/verifieddr/contact-us/llms.txt): 20% complete, stored

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

- `GET /map/{domain}`: [VerifiedDR, free](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/verifieddr/free/llms.txt)

## VerifiedDR's APIs (4)

- [VerifiedDR: backlink API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/verifieddr/free/llms.txt)
- [VerifiedDR: domain authority API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/verifieddr/free/llms.txt)
- [VerifiedDR: keyword research API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/verifieddr/39-monthly/llms.txt)
- [VerifiedDR: ranked keywords API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/verifieddr/39-monthly/llms.txt)

## VerifiedDR: backlink API alternatives

- [DataForSEO, top-up from $50](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/dataforseo/top-up-from-50/llms.txt): $0.036 per 1,000, 100% complete, stored
- [Ahrefs, $449 monthly, Advanced, GET /v3/site-explorer/all-backlinks, Backlinks](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/ahrefs/449-monthly-advanced-get-v3-site-explorer-all-backlinks-backlinks/llms.txt): $0.225 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Keywords Everywhere, $480 yearly, Gold, POST /v1/get_domain_backlinks](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/keywords-everywhere/480-yearly-gold-post-v1-get-domain-backlinks/llms.txt): $0.24 per 1,000, 40% complete
- [Ranxplorer, €10,000 pack, Sans abonnement 50 M, GET /v1/bls/raw](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/ranxplorer/10000-pack-sans-abonnement-50-m-get-v1-bls-raw/llms.txt): $2.251 per 1,000, 100% 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://verifieddr.com/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://verifieddr.com/api/authority?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://verifieddr.com/api/keywords?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://verifieddr.com/api/reference?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://verifieddr.com/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://verifieddr.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://verifieddr.com/pricing.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing
- https://verifieddr.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=backlink-api-pricing