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Free & open-source backlink price checker

Type a website and see what guest post marketplaces charge to publish your link there. Use it free in your browser, or run the open-source version from GitHub with your own API keys.

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northwind-daily.com
News & media · United States
Example
DA 52 TF 31 Traffic 41.2k dofollow
Lowest listed price $145
  • Guest post$145
  • Link insertion$110
  • Content writing+$25

How the backlink price checker works

No spreadsheets and no emailing publishers for a quote. Three steps, about a minute.

  1. 1

    Enter one site or a list

    Paste up to 20 domains or URLs from your outreach sheet. We clean them up and remove duplicates.

  2. 2

    See live marketplace prices

    We ask each partner guest post marketplace for its current listing and line the offers up, cheapest first.

  3. 3

    Buy where it is cheapest

    Press Go to open that publisher on the marketplace and order there. You pay the marketplace directly.

How much does a backlink cost?

Backlink prices swing a lot. A guest post on a small niche blog can cost under $100, while a placement on a major news site can cost thousands. And the very same site is often listed at different prices by different sellers.

These are the things that move the price. The checker shows each of them next to the offer, so you can tell a fair price from an inflated one.

Authority
Domain Authority (Moz), Trust Flow and Citation Flow (Majestic). Higher authority usually means a higher price.
Real traffic
Monthly visitors and the main country. A site with real readers is worth more than a high DA with no audience.
Link type
Dofollow, nofollow or sponsored, and how many links the article may contain.
Format
A new guest post, or a link insertion (niche edit) in an existing article, which is often cheaper.
Writing
Some publishers write the article for an extra fee. We show it separately.
Niche fees
Casino, crypto, CBD, dating and forex links usually carry a surcharge.

Compare guest post marketplaces in one search

Instead of opening a tab per marketplace, check them together. Live prices come from partners that give us API access, with quick links to other marketplaces. We add and remove partners from time to time.

  • Collaborator
  • MeUp
  • GuestPostLinks
  • Adsy
  • iCopify
  • LinkPublishers
  • More marketplaces coming soon

Guest posts

New articles on the publisher's site, with or without content writing included.

Link insertions

Your link added to an existing, already indexed article. Also called niche edits.

Sensitive niches

See which publishers accept casino, crypto or CBD links and what they charge extra.

Free. Not a trial.

There is no paid plan waiting behind a timer. Marketplaces may pay us a referral fee when you buy through our links, which keeps the checker free. Offers are always sorted by price, never by commission.

What is included

  • Not a guest post service or outreach agency: no markup, no middleman
  • Compare the price a publisher quoted you with marketplace prices
  • Bulk check a whole outreach list at once
  • Works for agencies, in-house SEOs, affiliates and site owners
  • Developer? Try the open-source backlink price checker CLI

Open source

An open-source backlink price checker, too

Have your own marketplace API keys? Run the MIT-licensed command-line version on your machine, check hundreds of domains at once and export prices to CSV or JSON. No account needed.

Star on GitHub How it works 

git clone https://github.com/jayxconnect/linkacquire
cd linkacquire && pip install .
# add your marketplace API key (see README)
bpc example.com another-blog.net:250

Guides on backlink prices

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Backlink pricing questions

What is a backlink price checker?

A backlink price checker shows what marketplaces charge for a guest post or link on a specific website. With LinkAcquire you paste a domain (or a list), and it pulls the live listed prices from partner guest post marketplaces so you can see the cheapest offer before you buy.

How much does a backlink cost?

There is no single price. A guest post on a small niche blog can cost well under $100, while placements on large news and media sites can run into the thousands. The price depends on the site's authority, real organic traffic, niche, link type, whether writing is included and extra fees for sensitive topics. The same site is often listed at different prices on different marketplaces, which is why it pays to check before buying.

Is LinkAcquire really free?

Yes. There is no paid plan, trial or credit card. Some marketplaces pay us a referral commission when you buy through our links, at no extra cost to you. Offers are always sorted by price, never by commission.

Which guest post marketplaces do you compare?

We pull live prices from marketplaces that give us API access, and add quick links to other popular guest post marketplaces so you can compare there too. We add and remove partners from time to time, so your results always show the current list.

Where do the prices come from?

From each marketplace's official API, fetched when you run a check. Results may be cached for up to an hour to respect the marketplaces' limits.

Is there an open-source backlink price checker?

Yes. The LinkAcquire backlink price checker CLI is open source under the MIT license. It runs on your own computer, uses your own marketplace API keys, and compares guest post and link insertion prices for any list of websites.

Is the open-source tool the same as linkacquire.com?

No. The CLI is a separate, minimal tool for people who already have marketplace API keys. linkacquire.com is a free hosted price checker that needs no keys or installation.

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