Linkody vs Swappsy Link Tracker

Linkody tracks link-building campaigns and monitors backlinks for a user’s domains and competitors. It refreshes link status every 24 hours and provides backlink metrics including Ahrefs Domain Rating, Moz DA and PA, Spam Score, Trust Flow, and Citation Flow. Its Link Intersect report identifies pages that link to competitors but not to the user’s site. A disavow tool helps identify potentially harmful backlinks and manage disavow rules. Imports support Linkody’s CSV format, Google Search Console, Ahrefs, and Moz. Reporting includes email and white-label PDF reports, though CSV and PDF export are unavailable during the free trial. Linkody is available on the web and through an API; REST API access for domains, competitors, and backlinks requires a paid subscription. The service has a free plan and a 30-day trial, with paid plans listed from $14.90/mo. Monthly plans range from Webmaster at $13.90 a month to Agency XL at $138.90 a month. Competitors count toward the website quota, but their backlinks do not count toward the monitored-link quota.

Swappsy Link Tracker records backlink placements, target URLs, partners, and whether each link is pending, live, or removed. Each record can include anchor text, link type, deal type, and notes, along with do-follow, no-follow, or sponsored attributes and whether a link is free, exchanged, or paid. Users review pages and manually update statuses; the app does not check links automatically. Status summaries, filtering, and search help organize records, and CSV import and export support moving data in and out. The interface includes light and dark modes. The app is self-hosted on the web and uses a single-file SQLite database; its README says no external services are needed to run it. Documented setup options are local installation with npm and Docker Compose. Node.js 22 or newer is required. Access uses a single-user account configured with an admin email and password, along with a JWT secret for login tokens. The README says the configured admin password is hashed on first boot. The plan is Free and open source at free, with manual link checks and self-hosting.