Link-building is tough, it’s no secret.
But AI is making it easier. If you’ve had enough of endless prospecting, cold emails, or tired of researching a million sites, AI-powered tools can help.
Here are four AI-driven platforms that can streamline your link-building efforts in 2025.
1. Ranking Raccoon
How it works:
Ranking Raccoon is a spam-free link-building networking platform where SEOs and marketers build high-quality backlinks through direct chats with genuine site admins, without the tedious cold emailing or shady offers.
With Ranking Raccoon, you can ditch low-quality link farms, expensive link placements, and endless cold emails forever. All sites submitted to Ranking Raccoon get manually checked for quality, making it a safe space to build links.
Once approved, you get AI-driven recommendations of the best backlink partners and find pages by your target keyword in seconds. Then, you can request a link from real site admins directly. With 71% of requests getting a reply within one week and 35% turning into published links, you get a much higher success rate than with cold emails.
Pricing:
Try the Pro plan for 7 days for free.
Then, stay on Pro for just $25/month to send unlimited link requests, or revert to the free plan which allows you to be contacted by other SEOs.
What we like:
- A zero-spam community of manually vetted, trustworthy websites
- AI-driven recommendations of the best backlink partners, based on your sites’ topics and authority
- Lots of high-authority sites - 40% of websites on Ranking Raccoon have DA 65-90
- No prospecting and cold emails, no guesswork - you reach out to site admins directly
- You can find site pages that contain your target keywords in seconds
- Flat pricing - build as many links as you need for $25/month
Downsides:
- No link outreach service — Ranking Raccoon only provides a platform, but you’ll need to message site admins yourself
- Limited to the opportunities available in the community (though it's constantly growing)
2. Pitchbox
How it works:
Pitchbox is an all-in-one outreach platform that now comes with AI features to make your link-building campaigns smoother. It helps you craft personalized email templates, automate replies, and manage outreach like a pro—all with the power of AI.
Pricing:
Free plan available. The paid plans are:
- Pro: $165/month
- Pro Plus: $250/month
- Advanced: $420/month
What we like:
- Saves time by automating prospecting and follow-ups
- AI-powered personalization boosts your email response rates
- Integrates with other SEO platforms (Ahrefs, Semrush, Majestic) to keep everything in sync
- Powerful reports and campaign overviews
- Link monitoring capabilities
Downsides:
- No direct contact with editors - it’s still cold email outreach, just automated
- Pricey, especially for small teams
3. Linkee.ai
How it works:
Linkee.ai is an AI-driven link-building assistant for SEO freelancers, small, businesses, and agencies.
It helps you find backlink opportunities, vet prospects, and handle personalized outreach — all in one platform. It’s great for automating the tedious parts of link building while keeping things personalized.
Pricing:
You can go for the Free plan with limited features, or choose one of the paid options:
- Basic: $20/month
- Pro: from $99/month (credit-based pricing)
What we like:
- Cuts down on manual research by giving you a list of backlink opportunities, where each page gets a relevancy score
- Connects with email platforms to streamline outreach
- In-built CRM system
Downsides:
- No direct messaging - you still need to do prospecting and cold email outreach, which takes time
- DR and Organic Traffic are only shown with a paid plan
- No opportunity to search for pages by keyword
- The UX is not always intuitive (types of links are mixed with industries)
- Not clear how the relevancy score is calculated
- AI-generated outreach messages still need some personal tweaking
4. BacklinkGPT
How it works:
Similarly to Pitchbox and Linkee.ai, BacklinkGPT automates your link-building outreach. It scans your website, finds backlink opportunities, gathers contact info, and drafts outreach emails using LLMs — so you don’t have to do it all manually.
According to user reviews, the platform automatically identifies authors, analyzes sites for relevant interests, and obtains contact details from sources like email and LinkedIn. BacklinkGPT doesn’t provide a free trial. The Lite plan starts at $49.99/month. It includes up to 2 campaigns per month with unlimited AI-personalized outreach messages.
Pricing:
- Lite: $49.99/month
- Basic: $99.99/month
- Pro: $299.99/month
What we like:
- Saves tons of time on prospecting and outreach
- AI-generated emails help personalize your approach
- Works seamlessly with your email provider
- You can track how your link-building campaigns perform
Downsides:
- Like on Linkee, there’s no way to contact site admins directly - you need to collect contact info and send cold emails
- No free trial
- Can get expensive for small businesses
- Not a lot of info about its advanced features
Streamline your Link-Building with AI Platforms
If you’re tired of the manual grind of link-building, these AI tools can take a lot off your plate. For example, Ranking Raccoon’s AI finds perfect backlink partners for your site in seconds - and you can message site admins right away. Give it a try today for free!
Natalia Toth
Head of Marketing