What are the best backlink analysis tools?

By AI visibility, the backlink analysis tools named most often across Claude and Perplexity are Majestic, Respona. Honeyb ranks them by how many buyer questions each is named in.

What does a backlink analysis tool do?

Backlink tools crawl the web's link graph to show who links to a site, the authority of those links, and gaps you can target for link building.

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This directory compares 7 backlink analysis tools, each scored on how often the measured AI engines name it in real buyer questions. The most-named so far are Majestic and Respona — see the full ranking below or open each tool for its footprint.

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The verbatim short list each of ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity returned, with where they agreed.

Majestic

Majestic is a specialist backlink index built around its own Trust Flow and Citation Flow metrics, with historic and fresh indexes covering the link graph over time.

Named in 1 of 41 questions, 2/4 engines

Respona

Respona is a link-building and outreach platform combining prospecting, contact discovery and email campaign management, sold alongside a done-for-you link building service.

Named in 1 of 41 questions, 2/4 engines

BacklinkGPT

BacklinkGPT is an AI-driven link prospecting and outreach tool that scans search results, evaluates prospects and drafts outreach, with optional autopilot.

BacklinkScan

BacklinkScan is a backlink checker offering daily link monitoring, automated disavow file generation and Search Console integration.

linkresearchtools

LinkResearchTools aggregates data from many link sources for backlink auditing, link risk assessment and disavow work, aimed at penalty recovery and link quality control.

Monitor Backlinks

Monitor Backlinks, now part of SEOptimer, tracks a site's link profile and alerts on new and lost links, with disavow support and competitor link monitoring.

Open Link Profiler

OpenLinkProfiler is a free backlink checker reporting recent links to a domain along with anchor text, link context and basic domain metrics.

FAQ

What are the best backlink analysis tools?: By AI visibility, the backlink analysis tools named most often across Claude and Perplexity are Majestic, Respona. Honeyb ranks them by how many buyer questions each is named in.
What does a backlink analysis tool do?: Backlink tools crawl the web's link graph to show who links to a site, the authority of those links, and gaps you can target for link building.

Data source: Honeyb measurements. See the methodology. Site: https://www.honeyb.ai.