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Link Publishers alternative: Serpier and Link Publishers compared

Serpier makes this page. Every fact about Link Publishers comes from Link Publishers' own website, and the facts on this page were last checked on . Sources are listed at the end.

Serpier and Link Publishers both sell placements on other companies' websites through a self-serve marketplace. Link Publishers also sells managed monthly packages. Serpier also tracks how AI assistants mention your brand, so you can order placements and track AI visibility in one account.

Choose Serpier if you want to track AI visibility in the same account as your placements. Stay with Link Publishers if you want a managed monthly package, a stated publishing time, or a stated 12-month link guarantee.

As of 28 October 2026, Link Publishers Do It Yourself marketplace starts at $20 per link. Link Publishers Lite costs $999 a month for five backlinks. Serpier charges per placement and has a free account that shows every price.

Where Serpier is better

Buying a link is one step. Serpier also suggests which step to take next, and does it once you approve.

  1. Navi, Serpier's AI agent, reads your website, SEO performance, AI visibility and link monitoring, and suggests what to do next, each with why it is there: for example ordering a placement from a shortlist of publishers to work on a keyword sitting just off page one, or fixing robots.txt, llms.txt, the sitemap or meta tags.
  2. You click Hand over to Navi or I'll do it myself.
  3. Navi does the work, and you approve before anything is bought or changed. As your rankings, AI visibility and links change, new suggestions keep coming.

Link Publishers does not state whether it has a task board with an AI agent that can take tasks.

  • Serpier tracks AI visibility and sells placements in one account. Serpier states yes, on starter, growth and enterprise. Link Publishers does not state whether it measures AI visibility.
  • Serpier sells an AI Publication: AI Publication: an article with no links or only nofollow links, for brand mentions that AI assistants pick up.
  • Serpier's MCP server can place orders, and Claude connects to it on any Serpier plan. Link Publishers does not state whether you can order from an AI assistant through MCP.
  • Serpier also tracks your site's SEO performance and runs scheduled automations, such as a weekly summary. Link Publishers does not state whether it tracks SEO performance or whether it runs scheduled automations.

Where Link Publishers is better

  • Link Publishers states its link guarantee: 12 months: if a link is removed, they try to reinstate, then replace, or refund if no replacement is available. Serpier states that homepage placements last 12 months, and does not state a guarantee period or a replacement for article placements.
  • Link Publishers states a publishing time of ~36 hours. Serpier does not state a time to publish.
  • Link Publishers sells managed monthly packages. Link Publishers Standard costs $1,999 a month and Link Publishers Premium costs $2,999 a month. Serpier sells link plans through sales, and Serpier Marketplace orders are for sites you pick yourself.
  • Link Publishers states no minimums for its marketplace. Serpier does not state a minimum order.
  • Link Publishers states for its marketplace: Direct publisher pricing, no markups, no subscription; pay only for links ordered. Serpier pays each publisher a separately agreed price and does not publish its markup.

What else you get with Serpier

Serpier is one platform for AI visibility, SEO and link building. Besides what this page compares with Link Publishers, it includes:

  • AI visibility tracking

    See how often AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity mention your brand, with share of voice, rank, sentiment and the sources they cite, next to the competitors you name.[13][8][25]

  • SEO performance

    Track where your site ranks in search, find keywords close to page one, and see referring domains and page speed. With Search Console connected, Serpier also flags keywords losing clicks and pages competing for the same query.[17]

  • Suggestions and tasks with Navi

    Navi, Serpier's AI agent, suggests next steps for your site, links, rankings and AI visibility. Hand a task to Navi and it quotes the order, drafts the change to your site or drafts an email to the publisher, and waits for your approval.[19][20]

  • Automations

    Have Navi run a prompt on a schedule, such as a weekly summary of your SEO performance and AI visibility.[21]

  • Link monitoring

    The Publication Tracker checks that every link you bought or added stays live, indexed and as ordered, and spots edits to the article before they cost you the link.[26]

  • Publishing to your own site

    Connect WordPress, Shopify, Magento or Umbraco, and Navi publishes fixes and new pages after you approve them.[27]

  • Connections and MCP

    Connect Search Console, Analytics, Shopify and other tools, and use Serpier from your own AI tools through MCP.[28][29]

  • Placements on real media

    Order articles and links on other companies' websites in the Serpier Marketplace, including AI Publications: articles for brand mentions that AI assistants pick up.[30][12]

See Serpier with your own brand

Serpier Light is free, and you can order placements on it. You pay per placement.

Link Publishers pricing and Serpier pricing

Serpier

€0 a month

Order placements on the free Serpier Light plan. You pay for each placement you order, and no subscription is needed.[8]

Pay per link

Each site has its own price, shown before you order in a free account. UK media start at €13, and half cost under €400.[5][5]

Monthly plans are optional and add tracking on top: Serpier Starter (€199 a month) adds SEO and AI visibility monitoring and watches up to 500 publications, and Serpier Growth (€599 a month) covers more projects, prompts and publications.[8][8] See all plans

Link Publishers

Link Publishers plans and prices
PlanA month, billed monthlyA month, billed yearlyCurrencyIncludes
Lite (managed package)[24]$999€892.92Not statedUSDMonthly: 5 high quality backlinks (3 guest posts, 2 niche edits), Ahrefs DR 20+, traffic 150+/mo, delivery 7-14 days. Quarterly billing $2,697 per quarter shown; no annual billing shown.
Standard (managed package)[24]$1,999€1,786.74Not statedUSDMonthly: 7 high quality backlinks (4 guest posts, 2 niche edits, 1 listicle), Ahrefs DR 30+, traffic 500+/mo, delivery 7-14 days. Quarterly billing $5,397 per quarter shown.
Premium (managed package)[24]$2,999€2,680.55Not statedUSDMonthly: 10 high quality backlinks (5 guest posts, 3 niche edits, 2 listicles). Quarterly billing $8,097 per quarter shown.
Done For You (custom)[2]Not publicNot statedUSDDedicated account manager, link gap research, end-to-end execution, monitoring and monthly reports
Link Publishers prices for items, one-off work and plans with no unit stated
PlanPriceCurrencyIncludes
Do It Yourself marketplace[2]$20 per link€17.88USDBrowse 114,000+ websites, DA/traffic/spam score shown, ReleVink AI, free backlink monitoring, no minimums

Link Publishers prices as shown to a visitor in Denmark on 27 October 2026.

Prices in EUR use the ECB reference rate of 26 October 2026: 1 EUR = 1.1188 USD.

Every fact, row by row

Every feature, limit and term we compared, with the source for each value. Serpier on the left, Link Publishers on the right.

Serpier compared with Link Publishers
What we compareSerpierLink Publishers
What it doesSerpier is an AI-powered SEO and AI visibility platform. It combines SEO intelligence, prompt strategy, performance monitoring, and automated execution in one system, so you can rank on Google and get cited by AI.[1]AI-powered link building marketplace and digital PR platform for guest posts, niche edits, brand mentions and digital PR, with self-serve (Do It Yourself) and managed (Done For You) options.[2]
Link building
How you buyMix: a self-serve marketplace and link plans quoted by sales[3]Navi, the AI agent, can also search the marketplace and order. Third-party publishers publish the placements.Two ways to build links[2]
Publishers200,000 media agreements[4]Across every category and country, with filters for country, content language and category.114,521+ vetted websites, 40+ niches, 90+ countries[2]
Prices visible without an accountNo, a free account shows every price[5]Prices are shown per project, because some sites charge more for certain industries.Not stated[2]
How the vendor chargesPrice per placement, plus monthly plans[6]Serpier pays each publisher a separately agreed price and does not publish its markup. Ordering is also possible on the free Light plan.
  • Do It Yourself marketplace: Direct publisher pricing, no markups, no subscription; pay only for links ordered[2]
Published pricesUK media from €13, and half cost under €400[5]Prices differ by market and by your project's industry.
  • Do It Yourself marketplace: From $20 per link; range $20 - $20,000[2]
Minimum orderNot stated[7]
  • Do It Yourself marketplace: No minimums[2]
Article writingIncluded in publications[8]In the cart you choose whether Serpier writes the article or you supply it. Each writing product shows its fee, or Free, before you order.Content writing offered as a separate service with price estimated from word count; buyer can also provide own content[9]
Time to publishNot stated[10]~36 hours[2]
Link guaranteeHomepage placements last 12 months[6]For article placements, Serpier does not state a guarantee period or a replacement if a link disappears.12 months: if a link is removed, they try to reinstate, then replace, or refund if no replacement is available[2]
Checks after publishingYes[11]The Publication Tracker checks that each link stays live, indexed and as ordered, and that the article is unchanged. Live pages every 30 days, offline pages every 7 days. Up to 10 publications on Light, 500 on Starter, 2,000 on Growth and a custom number on Enterprise.Yes, free backlink monitoring on every order[2]
Publisher metrics shownPrice, Domain Rating (DR), organic traffic, referring domains, relevance score, country, content language and category[12]DA, traffic and spam score visible on every site[2]
Measures AI visibilityYes, on Starter, Growth and Enterprise[13]Light has no AI visibility tracking.Not stated[2]
Order from an AI assistant (MCP)Yes[14]The MCP server can search the Marketplace, change the cart, place an order and read the Publication Tracker. Claude connects on any plan. ChatGPT cannot place orders, and other clients need Enterprise.Not stated[15]
RefundsNo refunds unless agreed. If a publisher fails to deliver, Serpier may give an account credit.[3]A placement that a publisher declines is refunded, with suggested replacement sites. Subscription payments are non-refundable.Refunds to the original payment source only in exceptional cases, at Link Publishers' discretion[16]
Other features
SEO performance trackingYes[17]Included on Starter, Growth and Enterprise. SEO Performance tracks rankings in Google, Yahoo or Baidu, on desktop and mobile, daily, weekly or monthly. With Search Console connected it also flags keywords losing clicks, low click-through rates and pages competing for the same query.Not stated[18]
Suggested next stepsYes[19]Examples: order a placement for a keyword just off page one, fix robots.txt, llms.txt, the sitemap or meta tags, repair a dropped link, or write a page where competitors outrank you.Partly[18]Limit: suggests websites to place links on (link opportunities); no general list of recommended actions for the site or rankings.
Task board and AI agentYes[20]Navi can quote an order, draft a change to your site, draft an email to a publisher about a link fix, or research. Nothing is bought or changed on your site until you approve.Not stated[18]
Scheduled automationsYes[21]Schedules: every hour, day, week or month, or a custom cron.Not stated[18]
Data, contracts and switching
EU invoicing and VATEUR, prices exclude VAT[3]Your account currency can be DKK, EUR, USD or GBP.Not stated[16]
Company
HeadquartersDenmark[22]Headquarters in Aarhus. The company is Serpier ApS.Not stated[23]
Founded2024[22]2020[2]

How to switch from Link Publishers to Serpier

  1. List the links you bought at Link Publishers and where each one sits. Link Publishers states free backlink monitoring on every order, so keep tracking the existing links there.
  2. Start on the free Serpier Light plan. A free Serpier account shows every marketplace price for your project.
  3. Pick the project you are buying for, find sites that fit it and add placements to your cart. To track AI visibility as well, start Serpier Starter.
  4. Finish any open Link Publishers orders first. Link Publishers charges per link ordered on its marketplace, so there is no marketplace subscription to cancel.

Questions and answers

How many websites does Link Publishers have?

Link Publishers lists 114,521+ vetted websites, 40+ niches, 90+ countries. Serpier lists 200,000 media agreements. Link Publishers counts websites and Serpier counts media agreements, so search for the sites you need in both.

How do Link Publishers prices work?

Link Publishers Do It Yourself marketplace starts at $20 per link. Link Publishers states: Direct publisher pricing, no markups, no subscription; pay only for links ordered. Link Publishers managed packages cost $999 for Lite, $1,999 for Standard and $2,999 for Premium, each a month. Serpier states UK media from €13, and half cost under €400, and price per placement, plus monthly plans.

Does Link Publishers guarantee that a link stays live?

Link Publishers states 12 months: if a link is removed, they try to reinstate, then replace, or refund if no replacement is available. Serpier states that homepage placements last 12 months.

Does Link Publishers give refunds?

Link Publishers states: Refunds to the original payment source only in exceptional cases, at Link Publishers' discretion. Serpier states: No refunds unless agreed. If a publisher fails to deliver, Serpier may give an account credit.

Where do the facts on this page come from?

Every fact about Link Publishers comes from Link Publishers' own website. Every fact about Serpier comes from Serpier's own website. Review sites and articles about either company are not used. The facts on this page were last checked on 28 October 2026, and each one links to its source at the end of the page.

What else does Serpier do?

Serpier is one platform for AI visibility, SEO and link building. Besides what this page compares, it includes AI visibility tracking, SEO performance, suggestions and tasks with Navi, automations, link monitoring, publishing to your own site, connections and MCP and placements on real media. See how often AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity mention your brand, with share of voice, rank, sentiment and the sources they cite, next to the competitors you name. Track where your site ranks in search, find keywords close to page one, and see referring domains and page speed. With Search Console connected, Serpier also flags keywords losing clicks and pages competing for the same query. Navi, Serpier's AI agent, suggests next steps for your site, links, rankings and AI visibility. Hand a task to Navi and it quotes the order, drafts the change to your site or drafts an email to the publisher, and waits for your approval. Have Navi run a prompt on a schedule, such as a weekly summary of your SEO performance and AI visibility. The Publication Tracker checks that every link you bought or added stays live, indexed and as ordered, and spots edits to the article before they cost you the link. Connect WordPress, Shopify, Magento or Umbraco, and Navi publishes fixes and new pages after you approve them. Connect Search Console, Analytics, Shopify and other tools, and use Serpier from your own AI tools through MCP. Order articles and links on other companies' websites in the Serpier Marketplace, including AI Publications: articles for brand mentions that AI assistants pick up.

Sources and method

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    Serpier: serpier.com/faqs

    Shows: what it does.

    Checked on 27 October 2026. Archived copy

  2. 2.

    Link Publishers: linkpublishers.com

    Shows: what it does; how you buy; publishers; how the vendor charges (Do It Yourself marketplace); published prices (Do It Yourself marketplace); minimum order (Do It Yourself marketplace); time to publish; link guarantee; checks after publishing; publisher metrics shown; founded; the price of Do It Yourself marketplace.

    Does not state: prices visible without an account; measures AI visibility.

    Does not publish: the price of Done For You (custom).

    Checked on 27 October 2026.

  3. 3.

    Serpier: serpier.com/terms-conditions

    Shows: how you buy; refunds; EU invoicing and VAT.

    Checked on 27 October 2026. Archived copy

  4. 4.

    Serpier: serpier.com/media-network

    Shows: publishers.

    Checked on 27 October 2026. Archived copy

  5. 5.

    Serpier: serpier.com/lp/link-building

    Shows: prices visible without an account; published prices; placement prices; prices shown.

    Checked on 27 October 2026. Archived copy

  6. 6.

    Serpier: docs.serpier.com/publisher-deals

    Shows: how the vendor charges; link guarantee.

    Checked on 27 October 2026. Archived copy

  7. 7.

    Serpier: docs.serpier.com/cart

    Does not state: minimum order.

    Checked on 27 October 2026. Archived copy

  8. 8.

    Serpier: serpier.com/pricing

    Shows: article writing; the prices of Light, Starter and Growth; AI assistants tracked (Light, Starter, Growth and Enterprise).

    Does not publish: the price of Enterprise.

    Checked on 27 October 2026. Archived copy

  9. 9.

    Link Publishers: linkpublishers.com/services/content-writing-services

    Shows: article writing.

    Checked on 27 October 2026.

  10. 10.

    Serpier: docs.serpier.com/orders

    Does not state: time to publish.

    Checked on 27 October 2026. Archived copy

  11. 11.

    Serpier: docs.serpier.com/publication-tracker

    Shows: checks after publishing.

    Checked on 27 October 2026. Archived copy

  12. 12.

    Serpier: docs.serpier.com/marketplace

    Shows: publisher metrics shown; placements sold for AI visibility.

    Checked on 27 October 2026. Archived copy

  13. 13.

    Serpier: docs.serpier.com/ai-visibility

    Shows: measures AI visibility; what it measures.

    Checked on 27 October 2026. Archived copy

  14. 14.

    Serpier: docs.serpier.com/mcp

    Shows: order from an AI assistant (MCP).

    Checked on 27 October 2026. Archived copy

  15. 15.

    Link Publishers: linkpublishers.com/partnership

    Does not state: order from an AI assistant (MCP).

    Checked on 27 October 2026.

  16. 16.

    Link Publishers: linkpublishers.com/refund-policy

    Shows: refunds.

    Does not state: EU invoicing and VAT.

    Checked on 27 October 2026.

  17. 17.

    Serpier: docs.serpier.com/seo-performance

    Shows: SEO performance tracking.

    Checked on 28 October 2026. Archived copy

  18. 18.

    Link Publishers: linkpublishers.com

    Shows: suggested next steps.

    Does not state: SEO performance tracking; task board and AI agent; scheduled automations.

    Checked on 28 October 2026.

  19. 19.

    Serpier: docs.serpier.com/suggestions

    Shows: suggested next steps.

    Checked on 28 October 2026.

  20. 20.

    Serpier: docs.serpier.com/tasks

    Shows: task board and AI agent.

    Checked on 28 October 2026.

  21. 21.

    Serpier: docs.serpier.com/automations

    Shows: scheduled automations.

    Checked on 28 October 2026.

  22. 22.

    Serpier: serpier.com/ai-instructions

    Shows: headquarters; founded.

    Checked on 27 October 2026. Archived copy

  23. 23.

    Link Publishers: linkpublishers.com/terms-conditions

    Does not state: headquarters.

    Checked on 27 October 2026.

  24. 24.

    Link Publishers: linkpublishers.com/services/link-building-services

    Shows: the prices of Lite (managed package), Standard (managed package) and Premium (managed package).

    Checked on 27 October 2026.

  25. 25.

    Serpier: serpier.com/ai-visibility

    Shows: competitor benchmarks.

    Checked on 27 October 2026. Archived copy

  26. 26.

    Serpier: docs.serpier.com/publication-tracker

    Shows: checks links after they go live.

    Checked on 28 October 2026. Archived copy

  27. 27.

    Serpier: docs.serpier.com/suggestions

    Shows: publishes to your own website.

    Checked on 27 October 2026.

  28. 28.

    Serpier: docs.serpier.com/connectors

    Shows: integrations.

    Checked on 27 October 2026. Archived copy

  29. 29.

    Serpier: serpier.com/mcp

    Shows: MCP server.

    Checked on 27 October 2026. Archived copy

  30. 30.

    Serpier: docs.serpier.com/marketplace

    Shows: order placements on other websites.

    Checked on 28 October 2026. Archived copy

Method and what each row means

We read each company's own website: its pricing page, docs, help center, terms and announcements. Review sites, directories and articles about a company are never a source. Every value links to its source, with the date we checked it. Serpier's facts follow the same rule and come from Serpier's own website.

Plans sold by the month show a price a month. A price for something bought by the item or once shows its unit, for example per article or one-off, and is never turned into a monthly price. Prices exclude VAT, in the currency the company publishes. A price in another currency is also shown in EUR, at the ECB reference rate of 26 October 2026. Some companies show other prices or currencies depending on where the visitor is, so the page says which visitor the prices were shown to.

Each value in the table is one of these, or the number or words the company uses:

Yes:
the company's own pages say the product has it.
No:
the company's own pages say it is not offered, or a complete plan table leaves it out.
Partly:
offered with a limit, written next to the value.
Not stated:
we could not find it on the company's own pages. It does not mean No.
Not public:
the company does not publish it, for example a price behind Contact sales.

What each row means

What it does:
What the product does in one sentence, based on the company's own website.
How you buy:
Whether it is a self-serve marketplace, a managed service, a digital PR agency or a mix.
Publishers:
How many publishers or sites the vendor says it offers, with its main markets and languages.
Prices visible without an account:
Whether you can see what each publisher costs before you sign up.
How the vendor charges:
How the vendor says it earns money: a markup or commission on the publisher's price, a subscription or a fixed price per link.
Published prices:
Prices the vendor publishes, for example a price per link at a given domain rating, with the plan or tier.
Minimum order:
The smallest deposit or order the vendor accepts.
Article writing:
Whether writing the article is included, costs extra and how much, or is left to you.
Time to publish:
How long the vendor says it takes to publish.
Link guarantee:
How long a link is guaranteed and what happens if it disappears, such as a replacement or a refund.
Checks after publishing:
Whether the vendor checks after publishing that a link stays live, indexed and unchanged.
Publisher metrics shown:
Which publisher metrics you see before you buy, such as Domain Rating, Domain Authority or traffic.
Measures AI visibility:
Whether the product measures how often AI answers mention your brand.
Order from an AI assistant (MCP):
Whether you can order from an AI assistant such as Claude or ChatGPT through an MCP server.
Refunds:
The vendor's refund policy in one line.
SEO performance tracking:
Whether the product tracks your own website in search: rankings, clicks, or keywords close to page one.
Suggested next steps:
Whether the product suggests what to do next for your site, rankings, links or AI visibility.
Task board and AI agent:
Whether you can track the work in the product and hand tasks to an AI agent that does them, with your approval.
Scheduled automations:
Whether the product can run a task or report on a schedule you set, such as a weekly summary.
EU invoicing and VAT:
How the company invoices a business in the EU: the currency, and whether VAT is charged or handled by reverse charge with a valid VAT number.
Headquarters:
The country of the company's headquarters, as its own website states it.
Founded:
The year the company was founded, as its own website states it.

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Link Publishers and the Link Publishers logo are trademarks of their owner, used on this page only to identify the company. Serpier has no affiliation with Link Publishers.

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