# VerifiedDR, free: Domain authority API

> Returns DR, TrueDR, trust score, confidence, traffic validation, backlink evidence, changes, and public links for any approved site.

VerifiedDR's Free plan for the domain authority API costs $0.00 per 1,000 domains. VerifiedDR's docs list 2 of the 5 fields on our checklist: Backlinks, Referring domains.
We haven't run VerifiedDR through [our domain authority API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-authority-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 227 plans for domain authority APIs by price. Half the plans cost $3.98 per 1,000 domains or less. [See the best free domain authority API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-authority-api.txt)
[Morningscore's $69 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/morningscore/69-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 domains. Morningscore's domain authority API costs nothing beyond the plan price.
[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 Morningscore's $69 monthly plan.
[BacklinkMCP](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/backlinkmcp/19-monthly/llms.txt), [Tranco](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/tranco/free/llms.txt) and [Morningscore](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/morningscore/69-monthly/llms.txt) are the best domain authority API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/verifieddr/free
- [Domain authority API: the 16 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-authority-api.txt)
- Get it: https://verifieddr.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://verifieddr.com/api/v1/lookup/{domain}`
- API key: with the plan, on https://verifieddr.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://verifieddr.com/api/authority?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing#look-up-a-site-s-scores
- Sold by: VerifiedDR (https://verifieddr.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 40%
- Backlinks: ✓
- Referring domains: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 domains: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Get the Trust Map · 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 DR, TrueDR, trust score, confidence, traffic validation, backlink evidence, changes, and public links for any approved site.

## Data

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

## Plan

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

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.083
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

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

## About the plan

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

## The 14 fields the plan's answer can hold

domain, slug, DR, TrueDR, trust score, confidence, traffic validated, DR weekly change, TrueDR weekly change, traffic change, traffic, referring domains, backlinks, verified

## VerifiedDR's plans (8)

- [VerifiedDR, free](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/verifieddr/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 40% complete
- [VerifiedDR, $39 monthly, Start, GET /lookup/{domain}](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/verifieddr/39-monthly-start-get-lookup-domain/llms.txt): $39.00 per 1,000, 40% complete
- [VerifiedDR, $99 monthly, Grow, GET /lookup/{domain}](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/verifieddr/99-monthly-grow-get-lookup-domain/llms.txt): $19.80 per 1,000, 40% complete
- [VerifiedDR, $199 monthly, Scale, GET /lookup/{domain}](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/verifieddr/199-monthly-scale-get-lookup-domain/llms.txt): $19.90 per 1,000, 40% complete
- [VerifiedDR, $327 yearly, Start (yearly), GET /lookup/{domain}](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/verifieddr/327-yearly-start-yearly-get-lookup-domain/llms.txt): $27.25 per 1,000, 40% complete
- [VerifiedDR, $831 yearly, Grow (yearly), GET /lookup/{domain}](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/verifieddr/831-yearly-grow-yearly-get-lookup-domain/llms.txt): $13.85 per 1,000, 40% complete
- [VerifiedDR, $1,671 yearly, Scale (yearly), GET /lookup/{domain}](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/verifieddr/1671-yearly-scale-yearly-get-lookup-domain/llms.txt): $13.925 per 1,000, 40% complete
- [VerifiedDR, contact us, Enterprise, GET /lookup/{domain}](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/verifieddr/contact-us-enterprise-get-lookup-domain/llms.txt): 40% complete

## VerifiedDR's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /lookup/{domain}`: [VerifiedDR, free](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/verifieddr/free/llms.txt)
- `GET /dr/{domain}`: [VerifiedDR, $39 monthly, Start, GET /dr/{domain}](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/verifieddr/39-monthly-start-get-dr-domain/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: domain authority API alternatives

- [RankParse, $600 pack, Scale, GET /v1/domain-rank](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/rankparse/600-pack-scale-get-v1-domain-rank/llms.txt): $12.00 per 1,000, 20% complete, 3 months
- [Ahrefs, $2,490 yearly, Standard, GET /v3/site-explorer/domain-rating](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/ahrefs/2490-yearly-standard-get-v3-site-explorer-domain-rating/llms.txt): $12.969 per 1,000, 20% complete
- [x402agent.no, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/x402agent-no/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $15.00 per 1,000, 20% complete, 3 months
- [1Lookup, $19,990 yearly, Enterprise (annual), POST /bulk/jobs, Create a bulk job (type domain_authority)](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/1lookup/19990-yearly-enterprise-annual-post-bulk-jobs/llms.txt): $16.658 per 1,000, 20% 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://verifieddr.com/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing
- https://verifieddr.com/api/authority?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing
- https://verifieddr.com/api/keywords?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing
- https://verifieddr.com/api/reference?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing
- https://verifieddr.com/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing
- https://verifieddr.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing
- https://verifieddr.com/pricing.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing
- https://verifieddr.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing