13 host.io alternatives in 2026

By Wayne Hamadi, founder of Datacircle. Last updated: November 8, 2026

The best host.io alternatives for domain authority APIs: BacklinkMCP, Tranco and Morningscore, by our benchmark of November 7, 2026.

Domain authority API alternatives

host.io is #9 of the 17 providers we rank.

Rank	Provider and plan	Overall score	Accuracy score	$ per 1,000 domains
1	BacklinkMCP, $19 monthly	55.8	1	$0 extra per 1,000. The $19 monthly price covers any number of domains.
2	Tranco, free	54.5	1	$0.00
3	Morningscore, $69 monthly	53.7	3	Unknown
4	SE Ranking, $29 monthly, Add-on, monthly billing	53.7	1	$0.967
5	DataForSEO, top-up from $50, Pay as you go	42.8	1	$0.036
6	AnyAPI, top-up from $10, Manual top-up	42.2	20	$4.95
7	GoAnyAPI, $10 pack	41.4	2	$2.00
8	Omkar Cloud, $16 monthly, Starter Plan	35.2	6	$0.08
10	ScrapeWhale, $9.90 pack	33.2	1	$9.90
11	Seonio, $60 monthly, Business	32.0	7	$1.33

Unknown: the provider's pages give the plan's price. They don't say how many domains come with the plan.

host.io is #7 of the 7 providers we rank.

Rank	Provider and plan	Overall score	Accuracy score	$ per 1,000 backlinks
1	DataForSEO, top-up from $50	61.5	83	$0.036
2	BacklinkMCP, $19 monthly	53.6	2	$0 extra per 1,000. The $19 monthly price covers any number of backlinks.
3	SE Ranking, $29 monthly, Add-on, monthly billing	43.9	17	$0.193
4	RankParse, $15 monthly, Pro (monthly)	34.0	3	$0.01
5	CrawlGraph, $19 monthly	31.9	2	$0.0019
6	Ranxplorer, €60 pack, Avec abonnement 150 k	26.3	15	$4.50