Linkbroker alternative: Serpier and Linkbroker compared
Serpier makes this page. Every fact about Linkbroker comes from Linkbroker's own website, and the facts on this page were last checked on . Sources are listed at the end.
Serpier and Linkbroker both sell placements on other companies' websites, and both let you open an account for free. Linkbroker also runs managed campaigns on the same catalog. Serpier also tracks how AI assistants mention your brand.
Pick Serpier if you want to track AI visibility prompt by prompt and order placements in one account. Stay with Linkbroker if you want to set the guarantee period in the cart, want stated delivery times, or want a fixed link package.
As of 28 October 2026, Linkbroker charges per placement with no monthly fee, and Linkbroker Link package Start costs $449 (€401.32) as a one-time purchase. Serpier charges per placement on any plan, including the free Serpier Light plan. Serpier Starter, an optional plan that adds AI visibility tracking, costs €199 a month billed monthly.
Where Serpier is better
Buying a link is one step. Serpier also suggests which step to take next, and does it once you approve.
- 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.
- You click Hand over to Navi or I'll do it myself.
- 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.
Linkbroker does not state whether it has a task board with an AI agent that can take tasks.
- Serpier tracks AI visibility at the prompt level. Serpier Starter tracks up to 100 prompts in ChatGPT plus 2 of your choice, run weekly. Linkbroker's dashboard shows AI visibility in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini, based on Ahrefs estimates, and Linkbroker does not describe prompt-level tracking.
- Serpier checks that each placement stays in place. Serpier's Publication Tracker checks that each link stays live, indexed and as ordered, and that the article is unchanged. Linkbroker does not state checks after publishing. Linkbroker says it tracks each placement from order to publication and tracks rankings, mentions and traffic after booking. Linkbroker does not describe re-checking that a link stays live.
- Serpier also runs scheduled automations, such as a weekly summary. Linkbroker does not state whether it runs scheduled automations.
Where Linkbroker is better
- Linkbroker states the size of its catalog: 100,000+ verified publishers (Linkbroker's figure), strongest in DACH, Europe, the UK and the US. The catalog spans 179 countries and each publisher is reviewed by a person before it can be booked. Serpier lists 200,000 media agreements. Linkbroker counts reviewed publishers and Serpier counts media agreements, so search for the sites you need in both.
- Linkbroker lets you choose the guarantee period in the cart: You choose in the cart how long a placement is guaranteed to stay live, up to 36 months; Linkbroker says you get your money back if a placement is taken down early. Serpier states that homepage placements last 12 months, and does not state a guarantee period for article placements.
- Linkbroker states delivery times: Marketplace placements usually 2 to 5 days depending on the publisher, link packages within 14 days, Digital PR 1 to 5 days. Serpier does not state a time to publish.
- Linkbroker sells fixed link packages as one-time purchases with no contract lock-in. Linkbroker Link package Start costs $449 and Linkbroker Link package Grow costs $799. Serpier quotes its link plans through sales.
- Linkbroker runs a managed service, where Linkbroker's team plans and runs the campaign on the same catalog and prices as self-service. Linkbroker adds no extra fee for it.
What else you get with Serpier
Serpier is one platform for AI visibility, SEO and link building. Besides what this page compares with Linkbroker, 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.[14][10][26]
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.[18]
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.[20][21]
Automations
Have Navi run a prompt on a schedule, such as a weekly summary of your SEO performance and AI visibility.[22]
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.[27]
Publishing to your own site
Connect WordPress, Shopify, Magento or Umbraco, and Navi publishes fixes and new pages after you approve them.[28]
Connections and MCP
Connect Search Console, Analytics, Shopify and other tools, and use Serpier from your own AI tools through MCP.[29][30]
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.[31][13]
See Serpier with your own brand
Linkbroker pricing and Serpier pricing
Linkbroker charges per placement, with no monthly fee. Linkbroker Link package Start costs $449 (€401.32) and Linkbroker Link package Grow costs $799 (€714.16), both as one-time purchases. Linkbroker publishes no price list for Digital PR or its managed service. As of 28 October 2026, Serpier charges per placement on any plan, including the free Serpier Light plan. The optional Serpier Starter plan, which adds AI visibility tracking, costs €199 a month billed monthly or €169 a month billed yearly.
Serpier
€0 a month
Order placements on the free Serpier Light plan. You pay for each placement you order, and no subscription is needed.[10]
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.[10][10] See all plans
Linkbroker
| Plan | A month, billed monthly | A month, billed yearly | Currency | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Managed service[2] | Not public | Not offered | USD | Linkbroker's team plans and runs the campaign end to end, with a free strategy session, one contact and monthly reports. Same catalog and prices as self-service. You set the goal and budget, and Linkbroker publishes no price list. |
| Plan | Price | Currency | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free account[2] | $0 | USD | Free account with full platform access and no credit card. Prices are visible before you book, and Linkfinder AI publisher recommendations and a first consultation are included. You pay only for the placements you order. |
| Marketplace placements[6] | No fixed price | USD | Pay per placement, with no monthly fee. Prices start at $100 and are set per publisher. A guest article on a third-party site with the link in the text; you choose the target page and anchor text; Linkbroker's editors write the article or you upload your own. |
| Link package Start[6] | $449 one-off€401.32 | USD | One-time purchase of 2 placements for $449, no contract lock-in. Delivered within 14 days, with content written for you, topically relevant articles, permanent dofollow placements and white-label reporting. |
| Link package Grow[6] | $799 one-off€714.16 | USD | One-time purchase of 4 placements for $799, no contract lock-in. Delivered within 14 days, with content written for you, topically relevant articles, permanent dofollow placements and white-label reporting. |
| Digital PR placements[15] | Not public | USD | Pay per placement in sponsored articles, testimonials, press releases, listicles, brand mentions and community mentions. No retainer. Linkbroker says the price of each outlet is shown before you book, but publishes no price list. |
Every fact, row by row
Every feature, limit and term we compared, with the source for each value. Serpier on the left, Linkbroker on the right.
| What we compare | Serpier | Linkbroker |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | Serpier 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] | Backlink marketplace with digital PR built in: 100,000+ verified publishers, every price visible before you book, with publication and best price guarantees.[2] |
| Link building | ||
| How you buy | Mix: 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. | Marketplace where you book placements yourself, plus a managed service where Linkbroker plans and runs the campaign[4]The managed service uses the same catalog and prices. The marketplace also sells digital PR formats. |
| Publishers | 200,000 media agreements[5]Across every category and country, with filters for country, content language and category. | 100,000+ verified publishers (Linkbroker's figure), strongest in DACH, Europe, the UK and the US. The catalog spans 179 countries and each publisher is reviewed by a person before it can be booked[6]Linkbroker's own claim, not independently counted. |
| Prices visible without an account | No, a free account shows every price[7]Prices are shown per project, because some sites charge more for certain industries. | Not stated[2]Linkbroker says a free account shows every publisher and price before you book. It does not say whether the catalog can be browsed without an account. The public site shows only example prices. |
| How the vendor charges | Price per placement, plus monthly plans[8]Serpier pays each publisher a separately agreed price and does not publish its markup. Ordering is also possible on the free Light plan. | Fixed price per placement, shown before you order. No retainer, and you pay only for what you order. Volume terms for agencies that order across several client projects. The managed service adds no extra fee[2]Linkbroker does not state how it earns on each placement, such as a markup or commission. |
| Published prices | UK media from €13, and half cost under €400[7]Prices differ by market and by your project's industry. | Placements start at $100. welt.de about $3,000, forbes.com about $8,200, MSN $1,100. Link package Start is $449 for 2 placements and Grow is $799 for 4. Digital PR has no published prices and the managed service has no price list[6]The German pages show the same numbers in EUR, and the About page says prices are shown in EUR. The English pages show USD. Not converted. |
| Minimum order | Not stated[9] | No minimum spend; you can start with a single placement and pay by card at booking. Linkbroker sells to businesses only[4]Linkbroker's own pages differ on payment: its privacy policy mentions a credit balance for orders placed through MCP, while its 2023 terms say there are no credits or top-ups. |
| Article writing | Included in publications[10]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. | Linkbroker's editors write the article, or you upload your own, and you approve it before it goes out. Both link packages include written content[2]Linkbroker does not state whether writing costs extra on single marketplace placements. |
| Time to publish | Not stated[11] | Marketplace placements usually 2 to 5 days depending on the publisher, link packages within 14 days, Digital PR 1 to 5 days[2]Link packages: "Delivered within 14 days". Digital PR: "1–5 days" in Linkbroker's comparison table. |
| Link guarantee | Homepage placements last 12 months[8]For article placements, Serpier does not state a guarantee period or a replacement if a link disappears. | You choose in the cart how long a placement is guaranteed to stay live, up to 36 months; Linkbroker says you get your money back if a placement is taken down early[6]Linkbroker does not state the default guarantee length or whether longer periods cost extra. |
| Checks after publishing | Yes[12]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. | Not stated[2]Linkbroker says it tracks each placement from order to publication and tracks rankings, mentions and traffic after booking. It does not describe re-checking that a link stays live. |
| Publisher metrics shown | Price, Domain Rating (DR), organic traffic, referring domains, relevance score, country, content language and category[13] | Traffic and spam score shown next to each publisher's price; visibility metrics use Ahrefs data, labelled as estimates[6] |
| Measures AI visibility | Yes, on Starter, Growth and Enterprise[14]Light has no AI visibility tracking. | Yes: the dashboard shows AI visibility in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini[15]Based on Ahrefs estimates. Linkbroker does not describe prompt-level tracking or how often it runs. |
| Placements sold for AI visibility | AI Publication: an article with no links or only nofollow links, for brand mentions that AI assistants pick up[13]Writing options for it include Brand mention, PR Post and Co-citation. | Yes: Digital PR placements such as sponsored articles, listicles and brand mentions in outlets that AI models read and cite[15] |
| Order by API | Partly[16]On Enterprise you can search the Marketplace through the API. The API reference lists no endpoint for placing orders. | Not stated[2]No public ordering API is described. Ordering by software is described only through MCP. |
| Order from an AI assistant (MCP) | Yes[17]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. | Yes, in beta and free with an account, for Claude, ChatGPT or your own setup. Linkbroker's privacy policy says an assistant can place orders in your name, settled against your credit balance[2]The home page says you can research publishers and prepare placements, and the privacy policy describes actual ordering. Linkbroker's 2023 terms say there are no credits or top-ups. |
| Refunds | No 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. | If a publisher declines a booking, the payment is refunded within 5 working days. If an accepted placement is not published, or is taken down early, Linkbroker's publication and longevity guarantees apply[4] |
| Other features | ||
| SEO performance tracking | Yes[18]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. | Yes[19]Page says Linkbroker analyzes the buyer's domain and its Google visibility and shows rankings on the dashboard; Search Console clicks not mentioned. |
| Suggested next steps | Yes[20]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. | Yes[19]Recommendations are publishers for backlinks and digital PR. |
| Task board and AI agent | Yes[21]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[19] |
| Scheduled automations | Yes[22]Schedules: every hour, day, week or month, or a custom cron. | Not stated[19] |
| Company | ||
| Headquarters | Denmark[23]Headquarters in Aarhus. The company is Serpier ApS. | Germany[24]Bonn. Linkbroker is a service of JustScale GmbH. |
| Founded | 2024[23] | 2023[4] |
How to switch from Linkbroker to Serpier
- List what you bought at Linkbroker and where each placement sits. Check the guarantee period you set in the cart for each order, so you know how long Linkbroker guarantees each placement.
- Start on the free Serpier Light plan. A free Serpier account shows every marketplace price for your project, and Serpier shows prices per project because some sites charge more for certain industries.
- To track AI visibility as well, start Serpier Starter. Serpier Starter has a 7-day free trial, card required. Add the prompts you care about and pick the AI assistants.
- Keep ordering from Linkbroker while you test Serpier. Linkbroker states no retainer, and you pay for what you order.
Questions and answers
Does Linkbroker have a free plan or a minimum order?
Linkbroker has a free account with full platform access and no credit card, and you pay for the placements you order. Linkbroker states: No minimum spend; you can start with a single placement and pay by card at booking. Linkbroker sells to businesses only. Serpier Light is a free plan that lets you order media publications. Serpier Starter has a 7-day free trial, card required.
How do Linkbroker prices work?
Linkbroker states: Fixed price per placement, shown before you order. No retainer, and you pay only for what you order. Volume terms for agencies that order across several client projects. The managed service adds no extra fee. Linkbroker's price points are: Placements start at $100. welt.de about $3,000, forbes.com about $8,200, MSN $1,100. Link package Start is $449 for 2 placements and Grow is $799 for 4. Digital PR has no published prices and the managed service has no price list. Serpier also charges a price per placement, and Serpier publishes example prices: UK media from €13, and half cost under €400. The two sets of examples cover different sites and are not like-for-like.
Does Linkbroker guarantee that a placement stays live?
Linkbroker states: You choose in the cart how long a placement is guaranteed to stay live, up to 36 months; Linkbroker says you get your money back if a placement is taken down early. Linkbroker refunds the payment within 5 working days if a publisher declines a booking. Serpier states that homepage placements last 12 months, and Serpier refunds a placement that a publisher declines. 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 Linkbroker comes from Linkbroker's own website and terms. 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. Linkbroker's catalog size is Linkbroker's own claim and is not counted independently.
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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Linkbroker: linkbroker.io/en
Shows: what it does; how the vendor charges; article writing; time to publish; order from an AI assistant (MCP); the price of Free account.
Does not state: prices visible without an account; checks after publishing; order by API.
Does not publish: the price of Managed service.
Checked on 27 October 2026. Archived copy
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Serpier: serpier.com/terms-conditions
Shows: how you buy; refunds.
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Shows: how you buy; minimum order; refunds; founded.
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Does not publish: the price of Digital PR placements.
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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.
- Placements sold for AI visibility:
- A product the vendor sells for visibility in AI answers, named the way the vendor names it.
- Order by API:
- Whether you can order through an API.
- 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.
- 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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