r/SEO_tool_dev

I'm trying to get domain metrics (authority, backlinks, organic keywords, traffic estimates, etc.) in bulk via an API.

I tried DataForSEO, but their API at $100/mo is out of my budget. I also tried the Bishopi API via credits, but it consumed almost $15 worth of credits for about 100 domain checks. Are there any affordable alternatives? I'm looking mostly for pay-as-you-go options since I only run these checks occasionally, but I'll pay (and use) more for the right tool.

Recently, while buying a batch of backlinks for my other project, FluxDeep, I realized I was throwing my budget into a black hole. Out of 65 expensive links I purchased on popular exchanges, 57 turned out to be complete trash. Webmasters were taking my money and then quietly hiding the articles on orphaned pages, sticking them 4+ clicks deep from the homepage, or gluing them with 301 redirects to random categories after a few months.

I couldn't justify paying $100+ a month for enterprise tools like Ahrefs just to monitor my specific link-building campaigns, so I built my own solution: SeLinkPro (https://selinkpro.com/).

It’s an SEO toolkit built entirely on a strict Pay-As-You-Go model. You don't pay for monthly subscriptions; you only pay fractions of a cent for the exact data you fetch.

Here is what it does differently to protect link builders:

• SEO Structure Analyzer: Deep scans donors to find the exact nesting level (how many clicks from the homepage). It instantly flags "orphaned" articles that have no internal links pointing to them.
• Backlink & Anchor Monitor: Tracks your live links automatically. It alerts you if a webmaster drops your link, changes it to "nofollow", or edits your anchor text.
• Real Indexation Checking: Bulk checks the exact URLs in Google and Yandex to make sure the search engines actually see your paid posts.
• Anti-Fake Domain Metrics & Chrome Extension: Pulls DR, DA, TF/CF, and detects PBN networks using IP clustering so you don't buy links on dropped domains with artificially inflated metrics. You can run these checks in bulk via the dashboard or directly in your browser using the companion Google Chrome extension.

One important note for this community: there is absolutely zero AI in this product. Just strict algorithms and honest parsing.

The Pricing Model: Backlink monitoring and structure analysis are 100% free. You only pay for external API data: $0.04 per Domain Metric check and $0.002 per Indexation check.

Would love to hear your thoughts!

Hey everyone — long-time lurker here, first time posting a build.

Quick context: I run a fintech content business and got obsessed with a problem I couldn't solve with existing tools. Late 2025 I started noticing ChatGPT and Perplexity recommending competitors when people asked about my niche, and the citations almost always pointed back to Reddit threads — not the SEO content I'd spent years building. So I built NarraTrak (narratrak.com).

Two-line summary of what it does:

1. Real-time Reddit monitoring for brand, competitor, and topic keywords across financial subreddits (PETR4, BTC, broker names, whatever you want)
2. Surfacing of the threads most likely to be picked up by LLMs when answering questions about your industry — so you can be part of the conversation while it's still forming

The free plan is live if anyone wants to poke around. Bug reports or "your UX is terrible" feedback equally welcome.