# Morningscore, $69 monthly: Domain authority API

> Returns a lean Linkscore payload for the tracked domain and saved competitor hostnames. Includes site even when no competitors are saved.

Morningscore's domain authority API on its Lite plan. It costs $0.013 per 1,000 domains. Morningscore's docs list 2 of the 5 key fields we check: Authority score, Referring domains.
You pay $69 a month for 100 keywords. This call is free for up to 5,184,000 calls a month.
We haven't run Morningscore through [our domain authority API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-authority-api.txt) yet.
Half of the 192 plans we rank by price cost $2.991 per 1,000 domains or less. This plan costs less per 1,000 domains than 98% of the 192 plans.
[BacklinkMCP's $19 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/backlinkmcp/19-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of domains. BacklinkMCP's $19 monthly plan costs less up front than this plan.
[AnyAPI](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/anyapi/top-up-from-10-manual-top-up-post-v1-run-semrush-overview/llms.txt), [SE Ranking](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/se-ranking/29-monthly-add-on-monthly-billing-get-v1-backlinks-authority-domain/llms.txt) and [DataForSEO](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/dataforseo/top-up-from-50-pay-as-you-go-post-v3-backlinks-bulk-ranks-live/llms.txt) are the best domain authority API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/morningscore/69-monthly
- [Domain authority API: the 4 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-authority-api.txt)
- Get it: https://morningscore.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.morningscore.io/v1/domains/{domainId}/refdomains-competitors`
- API key: with the plan, on https://morningscore.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://api.morningscore.io/api-docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing#tag/competitors/GET/v1/domains/{domainId}/refdomains-competitors
- Sold by: Morningscore (https://morningscore.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-06

## In the answer

- Completeness: 40%
- Authority score: ✓
- Referring domains: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 domains: $0.013
- Per: call
- Billing: monthly
- $ a month: $69

## Charges

- Start fee: $0.00
- Also pays for: 71 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Returns a lean Linkscore payload for the tracked domain and saved competitor hostnames. Includes site even when no competitors are saved.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: ACCOUNT ACCESS: "Your login may only be used by one person." NO RESALE OR REDISTRIBUTION OF SERVICE: "You are permitted to use the Service internally within the company for the purpose of obtaining insights and analysis to optimize your website(s) and related campaigns. Except as expressly authorized by Morningscore, you agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade, resell, permit access, modify, create derivative works, or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service or computer code that powers the Service." ATTRIBUTION NOTICE: "You acknowledge that all Morningscore proprietary metrics obtained through the Service remain the intellectual property of Morningscore, and agree to attribute metrics such as but not limited to the Morningscore metric, Linkscore, Onsite Health Score and Pagescore in any publication or distribution of said proprietary metrics." (Terms and Conditions, updated August 21, 2026)

## Plan

- Pay: $69
- You get: 100 keywords a month
- Enough for: 5,184,000 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 2
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: domainId
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/domains/{domainId}/refdomains-competitors

## About the plan

- Plan: Lite
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 8 fields the plan's answer can hold

domain, Linkscore, referring domains, domain rating, competitor domain, competitor Linkscore, competitor referring domains, competitor domain rating

## Morningscore's plans (9)

- [Morningscore, $69 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/morningscore/69-monthly/llms.txt): $0.013 per 1,000, 40% complete
- [Morningscore, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/morningscore/99-monthly/llms.txt): $0.019 per 1,000, 40% complete
- [Morningscore, $159 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/morningscore/159-monthly/llms.txt): $0.031 per 1,000, 40% complete
- [Morningscore, $299 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/morningscore/299-monthly/llms.txt): $0.058 per 1,000, 40% complete
- [Morningscore, $690 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/morningscore/690-yearly/llms.txt): $0.011 per 1,000, 40% complete
- [Morningscore, $990 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/morningscore/990-yearly/llms.txt): $0.016 per 1,000, 40% complete
- [Morningscore, $1,590 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/morningscore/1590-yearly/llms.txt): $0.026 per 1,000, 40% complete
- [Morningscore, $2,990 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/morningscore/2990-yearly/llms.txt): $0.048 per 1,000, 40% complete
- [Morningscore, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/morningscore/contact-us/llms.txt): 40% complete

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

- `GET /v1/domains/{domainId}/refdomains-competitors`: [Morningscore, $69 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/morningscore/69-monthly/llms.txt)

## Morningscore's APIs (6)

- [Morningscore: backlink API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/morningscore/69-monthly/llms.txt)
- [Morningscore: domain authority API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/morningscore/69-monthly/llms.txt)
- [Morningscore: keyword research API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/morningscore/69-monthly/llms.txt)
- [Morningscore: ranked keywords API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/morningscore/69-monthly/llms.txt)
- [Morningscore: related keywords API pricing, 9 plans](https://datacircle.dev/related-keywords-apis/morningscore/69-monthly/llms.txt)
- [Morningscore: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, GET /v1/keywords/serp-overview](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/morningscore/69-monthly-lite-get-v1-keywords-serp-overview/llms.txt)
- [Morningscore: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, POST /v1/domains/{domainId}/keywords/live-serp](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/morningscore/69-monthly-lite-post-v1-domains-domainid-keywords-live-serp/llms.txt)
- [Morningscore: SERP API pricing, 9 plans, GET /v1/{domainId}/tracked-keywords](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/morningscore/69-monthly-lite-get-v1-domainid-tracked-keywords/llms.txt)

## Morningscore: domain authority API alternatives

- [AnyAPI, free, Starting balance, POST /v1/run/seo.backlinks_summary](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/anyapi/free-starting-balance-post-v1-run-seo-backlinks-summary/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [SE Ranking, free trial, GET /v1/backlinks/summary](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/se-ranking/free-trial-get-v1-backlinks-summary/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 60% complete, 1 month
- [DataForSEO, free, $1 trial credit, POST /v3/backlinks/summary/live](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/dataforseo/free-1-trial-credit-post-v3-backlinks-summary-live/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, stored
- [Pixel Tools, ₽99 pack](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/pixel-tools/99-pack/llms.txt): $0.017 per 1,000, 0% 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 2026-11-06.

- https://api.morningscore.io/api-docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing
- https://api.morningscore.io/swagger.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing
- https://morningscore.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing
- https://morningscore.io/seo-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing
- https://morningscore.io/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing