the free SE Ranking alternative for backlinks.
SE Ranking is $103/mo. CrawlGraph finds your competitors' backlinks on the same open Common Crawl data for $99 once - and the free gap analysis needs no signup. here's the honest version, including where SE Ranking genuinely wins.
over three years that is SE Ranking at roughly $3,714 vs $99 once. for the job most people open SE Ranking for - finding the competitor backlinks you don't have - you get the same gap.
where SE Ranking genuinely wins
- accurate daily rank tracking, its core strength
- a full suite: audits, keywords, local SEO, agency reports
- white-label reporting agencies actually use
if you live in those, SE Ranking earns its price. we say so.
where CrawlGraph wins
- $99 once, not a subscription - the same open Common Crawl link data
- free gap analysis, no signup, results in seconds
- finds the contact email and drafts the outreach - closes the loop
- open methodology, plus an API and MCP server
it is the same backlink data
SE Ranking draws its core index from the public web, the same place Common Crawl publishes its open hyperlink graph every quarter. we measured it: SE Ranking has 7,024 referring domains and a cg authority of 55 in the open graph (full method in our SEO-tools link study). for finding the domains linking to your competitors but not to you, that open graph is all you need - and it is what the free gap analysis runs on.
no signup for the free check · $99 once unlocks the full list, export, and API