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Link Indexer alternative — the apibacklinks backlink API

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

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Link Indexer homepage, spiderindexer.com

Everyone knows Link Indexer. Far fewer enjoy its bill, its seat limits, or its export caps. Link Indexer | Backlink Indexing Service | Spider Backlink Indexer

Dashboards are built for humans clicking around, not for a service that needs a referring-domain list for ten thousand URLs by Tuesday.

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 Link Indexer and the incumbents charge.

The numbers for spiderindexer.com above come straight from that index — proof it works on the brand you’re comparing. Point your integration at the endpoint below, keep your $100 of starter credit, and bill only for the calls you actually make.

apibacklinks vs Link Indexer

 apibacklinksLink Indexer
AccessJSON APIAPI
Pricefrom $0.10 per 1,000 callsSubscription / higher
Free sign-up credit$100Limited / trial
DR & link countsFree, keylessPaid / limited

From Link Indexer to apibacklinks in one call

curl "https://apibacklinks.com/api.php?action=toppages&q=spiderindexer.com&key=YOUR_KEY"

Link Indexer alternative — FAQ

Is there a free Link Indexer 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 Link Indexer?
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

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