the free SpyFu alternative for backlinks.
SpyFu is $39/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 SpyFu genuinely wins.
over three years that is SpyFu at roughly $1,404 vs $99 once. for the job most people open SpyFu for - finding the competitor backlinks you don't have - you get the same gap.
where SpyFu genuinely wins
- PPC and AdWords competitor intelligence, its real specialty
- 10+ years of historical SERP and ad data
- generous data exports on the cheapest plan
if you live in those, SpyFu 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
SpyFu draws its core index from the public web, the same place Common Crawl publishes its open hyperlink graph every quarter. we measured it: SpyFu has 5,220 referring domains and a cg authority of 53 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