apibacklinks apibacklinks
Get $100 free
Alternative

Ranker SEO alternative — the apibacklinks backlink API

A developer-first, 10× cheaper Ranker SEO alternative: backlinks, referring domains, anchors and Domain Rating as one JSON API. $100 free, DR & counts keyless.

Screenshot of the Ranker SEO website (ranker.one)
Ranker SEO homepage, ranker.one

Picture your product calling Ranker SEO for every domain it touches. Now picture the invoice. That's why this page exists. Buy Authority Backlinks That Move Your Rankings – Ranker SEO

The data you want — referring domains, backlinks, anchor text, a Domain Rating — is right there, just locked behind an export button and a price.

apibacklinks turns all of that into a single JSON call over a 2.7-billion-edge map of the web — no dashboard, no scraping, no SDK. Domain Rating and link counts are free and keyless; the heavy backlink and referring-domain lists cost about a tenth of what Ranker SEO and the incumbents charge.

The numbers for ranker.one above come straight from that index — proof it works on the brand you’re comparing. Domain Rating and link counts are free and keyless; the heavy lists cost about a tenth of the usual rate. Start with $100 on the house.

apibacklinks vs Ranker SEO

 apibacklinksRanker SEO
AccessJSON APIDashboard-first
Pricefrom $0.10 per 1,000 callsSubscription / higher
Free sign-up credit$100—
DR & link countsFree, keylessPaid / limited

From Ranker SEO to apibacklinks in one call

curl "https://apibacklinks.com/api.php?action=refdomains&q=ranker.one&key=YOUR_KEY"

Ranker SEO alternative — FAQ

Is there a free Ranker SEO alternative?
Yes — apibacklinks gives Domain Rating, backlink and referring-domain counts for free with no API key, plus $100 of credit (~1,000,000 calls) for full backlink, anchor and referring-domain lists.
How is apibacklinks cheaper than Ranker SEO?
Pay-as-you-go at $0.10 per 1,000 calls (about a tenth of the typical $1.00/1,000 rows), with no $500/month minimum — you only pay for calls you make.
Where does the data come from?
Our own backlink index built on the Common Crawl hyperlink graph: 181,132,097 domains and 2,774,625,913 links, refreshed every crawl.

Backlink data for the price of a rounding error

Sign in with Google, keep your $100 of credit, call the API today.

Get started free