the free Serpstat alternative for backlinks.
Serpstat is $69/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 Serpstat genuinely wins.
over three years that is Serpstat at roughly $2,484 vs $99 once. for the job most people open Serpstat for - finding the competitor backlinks you don't have - you get the same gap.
where Serpstat genuinely wins
- an all-in-one budget suite (rank tracking, audit, keywords)
- team plans that stay affordable as you add seats
- API access even on the lower tiers
if you live in those, Serpstat 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
Serpstat draws its core index from the public web, the same place Common Crawl publishes its open hyperlink graph every quarter. we measured it: Serpstat has 3,282 referring domains and a cg authority of 49 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