SEO tools
Backlink Monitoring tools
Backlink monitoring watches the links you already have and tells you when one breaks, goes nofollow, changes its anchor or disappears entirely.
What Backlink Monitoring tools do
This is the least glamorous category in SEO and one of the highest-return, because link decay is invisible by default. A placement you spent weeks earning can be removed in a site redesign, buried by a CMS migration, switched to nofollow by a new plugin, or lost when the page 404s, and nothing announces any of it. Traffic drifts down months later and the cause is untraceable by then. A monitor turns that into an email the week it happens, when the link can still be reclaimed with a polite message. Most of these tools also watch competitors, which quietly doubles as prospecting: whoever linked to a rival has demonstrated they will link to something like you. Note that the discovery half is usually borrowed, the metrics shown are typically third-party (Ahrefs DR, Moz DA, spam scores) rather than the vendor's own, so treat them as a way to sort a list rather than as verdicts.
The sub-types inside this category
- Dedicated monitors One job, priced like a utility. Cheapest way to get lost-link alerts if you do not already pay for a platform.
- Platform monitoring Included in the big research suites. If you already subscribe, you probably have this and may not have switched it on.
- Outreach-integrated monitoring Tracks the links a campaign won, inside the tool that won them, which is where the accountability belongs.
The Backlink Monitoring tools in this directory
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| Tool | What it is for | From | Evidence | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linkody Backlink Monitoring | Get alerted when a backlink is lost, broken or turned nofollow | From $14.90/month, or $11.20/month billed annually | Free trial | 20 August 2026 |
| BuzzStream Link Building | Run link building and digital PR outreach with a full relationship history | From $49/month (Starter); ListIQ priced separately from $24/month | Free trial | 20 August 2026 |
| Link Research Tools Backlink Analysis | Audit a backlink profile for risk before or after a penalty | From $599/month, or $5,799/year; $17 for a 7-day trial | Free trial | 20 August 2026 |
| LinkMiner Backlink Analysis | Find a competitor's strongest backlinks to target the same sources | Included in Mangools from $37.70/month; backlink volume rises with the plan | Free trial | 20 August 2026 |
| Majestic Backlink Analysis | Query a link index that is independent of Ahrefs, Semrush and Moz for a second opinion | From $41.67/month billed annually ($499.99/year); $49.99 monthly | 19 August 2026 | |
| Morningscore All-in-One SEO Platforms | Get a prioritised list of what to do next rather than a report to interpret | From $69/month (Lite); no permanent free tier | Alston testedFree trial | 19 August 2026 |
| Pitchbox Link Building | Run continuous link building outreach across many campaigns | From $300/month, or $210/month billed annually | 20 August 2026 |
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