HONEST ALTERNATIVE · SEO + AI VISIBILITY
Linkody monitors your backlink profile — new links acquired, lost links, toxic link detection, and competitor link comparison — with daily alerts. DeepSEOAnalysis audits specific pages for on-page technical health: property-level structured data diagnosis, real CrUX field data, AI visibility scoring, and canonical verification. Off-page monitoring vs on-page auditing — entirely complementary.
At a glance
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| Criterion | Competitor | DeepSEOAnalysis |
|---|---|---|
| Core function | Linkody is a backlink monitoring and management tool. Its primary function is tracking the backlink profile for one or more domains: detecting new backlinks acquired (with source domain, anchor text, link type, and domain authority metrics), alerting on lost links (links that have been removed or changed to nofollow), identifying potentially toxic or spammy links that may need disavowal, monitoring competitor backlink profiles to identify link-building opportunities, and generating disavow files for Google Search Console submission. Linkody is positioned as an affordable alternative to the backlink tracking features in Ahrefs and Semrush for small SEO teams and agencies managing multiple client link profiles. | A per-URL technical SEO and AI visibility auditor. Submit any URL for an on-demand audit: JSON-LD structured data validation at property level, real CrUX field data (p75 LCP, CLS, INP from real Chrome users), canonical tag correctness, robots.txt and AI crawler access, llms.txt presence, FAQPage/HowTo schema server-rendering, broken outbound links, and five-signal AI visibility scoring. No backlink monitoring, no link profile tracking, no competitor link analysis. |
| Backlink monitoring and alerts | Linkody checks backlinks daily and sends email alerts (or in-app notifications) when new links are found or existing links are lost. Each link alert includes: the linking domain's Moz Domain Authority (Linkody integrates with Moz metrics), the anchor text used, whether the link is dofollow or nofollow, and the linking page's URL. This daily monitoring is Linkody's core differentiator vs tools that only pull backlink data on-demand — it catches link losses quickly, allowing outreach to recover valuable links before too much ranking impact accumulates. The alert system can be configured per client domain in agency workflows. | No backlink monitoring or alerts. DeepSEOAnalysis does not track which domains link to your site, detect new or lost backlinks, or send link-change notifications. For backlink monitoring, Linkody, Ahrefs Alerts, or Semrush's Backlink Audit tool provide the continuous monitoring function that per-URL technical auditing doesn't replace. |
| Toxic link detection and disavow | Linkody automatically flags potentially toxic links using metrics that correlate with spam (very low domain authority, link farm patterns, over-optimised anchor text, foreign-language adult or gambling domains). For each link, Linkody shows a toxicity score and allows users to mark links for disavowal. Linkody generates a Google Search Console-compatible disavow file from the marked links, which can be downloaded and submitted directly to GSC. For sites with a history of link-building activities that may have acquired questionable links, or sites that have received a manual action for unnatural links, this disavow workflow simplifies what is otherwise a manual process. | No toxic link detection or disavow file generation. DeepSEOAnalysis audits outbound links (checking for broken links on the audited page) but does not analyse inbound link quality or generate disavow files. The domains that link to your site are not part of DeepSEOAnalysis's audit scope — it audits what's on and about the page you submit, not who links to it. |
| Competitor link analysis | Linkody allows adding competitor domains alongside your own monitored domains. This provides a side-by-side view of how your backlink profile compares to competitors: domain count, referring domain growth rate, and new links your competitors are acquiring that you aren't. Identifying links competitors recently acquired is a link-building prospecting method — if site X linked to a competitor, it may be willing to link to you if you produce better or more relevant content on the same topic. Linkody's competitor analysis is more limited than Ahrefs' or Semrush's full backlink databases but is sufficient for ongoing link gap monitoring at a lower price point. | No competitor backlink analysis. DeepSEOAnalysis can audit competitor pages for technical health — checking a competitor's URL for structured data errors, Core Web Vitals issues, and AI visibility gaps — but doesn't have a backlink index for discovering who links to competitor pages or identifying link-building opportunities from competitor backlink profiles. |
| Technical SEO and page audit | Linkody does not audit on-page technical SEO signals. It does not check structured data (JSON-LD) validity, canonical tags, meta title/description quality, Core Web Vitals, robots.txt configuration, broken outbound links, or any page-level technical signal beyond what's implied by the linking page's domain quality. Linkody is exclusively an off-page (backlink) monitoring tool — the on-page technical audit dimension is entirely outside its scope. | Comprehensive on-page technical audit: property-level JSON-LD validation (specific missing required properties with corrected examples), real CrUX field data at p75 for the audited URL, canonical chain verification, robots.txt analysis including AI crawler access, broken outbound link detection, meta tag quality assessment, and five-signal AI visibility score. The complementary technical audit layer to Linkody's off-page backlink monitoring. |
| AI visibility and GEO | Linkody has no AI visibility or GEO features. Backlink monitoring tools are focused on traditional search engine signals — domain authority, link equity flow, anchor text diversity — and don't address the emerging AI search dimension. AI citations are not driven by backlink profiles (AI systems don't rank content by inbound link count the way Google web search does) but by content accessibility, structured data, and citation-worthiness. | Five-signal GEO/AI visibility score on every audit: AI crawler access in robots.txt, llms.txt presence and structure, FAQPage/HowTo JSON-LD server-rendered in initial HTML, question-heading ratio ≥20% of H2/H3 headings, and average content section ≤400 words per heading. The AI visibility dimension that backlink monitoring tools don't address. |
| Best fit | Linkody is best for: small-to-mid SEO teams and agencies that need affordable backlink monitoring without the full cost of Ahrefs or Semrush; monitoring new and lost links with daily alerts for client sites; identifying potentially toxic backlinks and generating disavow files for GSC submission; basic competitor backlink comparison at a per-seat or per-domain price point that scales for agency use. | Best for: on-page technical SEO audit depth — property-level structured data diagnosis, real CrUX performance, AI visibility scoring, and canonical verification; auditing competitor pages for technical weaknesses without account access; diagnosing why pages aren't ranking despite good backlink profiles. Complementary to Linkody: Linkody monitors the off-page backlink dimension; DeepSEOAnalysis audits the on-page technical dimension. |
What each product is
Linkody is a backlink monitoring and management tool: daily new/lost link alerts with anchor text and domain authority data; toxic link detection with disavow file generation; competitor backlink comparison; per-domain or per-client monitoring for agencies. Affordable alternative to Ahrefs/Semrush for backlink monitoring specifically.
DeepSEOAnalysis audits on-page technical health on demand: property-level JSON-LD validation, real Chrome user CrUX performance, AI visibility scoring, canonical and robots.txt verification — without signup or property access. The on-page technical audit complement to Linkody's off-page monitoring.
When to choose which
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FAQ
Linkody and Ahrefs serve different use cases at different price points. Ahrefs has one of the largest backlink databases (over 35 trillion known backlinks) with near-real-time indexation — it's the most comprehensive backlink research tool available. Linkody is a backlink monitoring tool that checks your own link profile for new/lost links daily and provides competitor link comparison. Linkody doesn't have Ahrefs' breadth of backlink database for research purposes, but it provides continuous monitoring alerts at a fraction of Ahrefs' cost. For agencies or freelancers who primarily need to monitor existing client backlink profiles (not research competitor profiles in depth), Linkody's monitoring is sufficient. For deep backlink research and competitive analysis, Ahrefs or Majestic have broader databases.
Linkody checks backlinks daily for all monitored domains. When new links are found or existing links are lost (changed to nofollow or removed entirely), Linkody sends email alerts with the link details. The daily check cadence means there's a 24-hour window before you're notified of a lost link — acceptable for most SEO monitoring workflows. For higher-value link assets where faster detection matters, some teams supplement Linkody with Google Search Console's Links report (which updates more frequently) for their most important target pages.
Linkody can detect sudden spikes in new backlinks — which is one signal of a negative SEO attack (where a competitor builds large volumes of spammy links to your domain to trigger a Google penalty). The alert system notifies you of unusual link acquisition patterns, and the toxic link detection flags potentially manipulative links. However, Linkody's backlink index is smaller than Ahrefs' or Majestic's, which means it may not detect all spammy links as quickly as tools with larger crawl coverage. For sites in competitive niches where negative SEO is a real risk, combining Linkody's monitoring alerts with periodic Ahrefs or Majestic backlink audits provides more comprehensive detection.
Use Linkody when your SEO concern is off-page: tracking which sites link to you, detecting lost links quickly, identifying potentially toxic links for disavowal, or monitoring competitor link acquisition. Use DeepSEOAnalysis when your concern is on-page technical health: validating that structured data is correctly implemented, checking real-user Core Web Vitals performance, assessing AI visibility, and verifying canonical configuration. The two tools address different SEO dimensions: Linkody = who links to your site (off-page); DeepSEOAnalysis = what's on and about your page (on-page technical). Both are relevant to a complete SEO program.
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