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Linkwake
What it is
Linkwake is backlink-monitoring software for agencies managing multiple client domains. It compares referring domains across Common Crawl releases, showing which domains are newly gained, lost, or retained. Agencies can organize domains into client portfolios and track their movement in dashboards. It can also identify sites that link to competitors but not to a tracked domain, highlighting possible outreach gaps. Reports are available as scheduled weekly or monthly CSVs and shareable client links. The free plan covers 5 tracked domains and includes release-difference tracking, email digests, and manual reports. Paid plans start at $24/mo: Starter covers 100 domains and three releases of history, while higher tiers add capacity, history, reporting, and API access. Linkwake uses Common Crawl’s web graph, which it describes as covering more than 100 million domains; updates follow releases that arrive roughly every 2–3 months. Its scope is domain-level: it does not provide keyword, page-level, or anchor-text data. The company cautions that Common Crawl is not a complete web index, so missing domain relationships should be checked before outreach.
For and against
For
- Groups tracked domains into client portfolios.
- Shows gained, lost, and retained referring domains.
- Finds competitor-link gaps for potential outreach.
- Offers scheduled CSVs and shareable client reports.
Against
- No keyword, page-level, or anchor-text data.
- Backlink data updates roughly every 2–3 months.
- Common Crawl is not a complete web index.
The verdict
Linkwake focuses on domain-level backlink movement, portfolio tracking, and competitor gaps for agency use. Its limited data scope and release-based update cadence are worth considering before relying on it for outreach decisions.
Who it suits
Linkwake suits agencies that need to monitor referring-domain changes across multiple client portfolios and identify potential competitor-link outreach gaps. It is less suited to teams seeking keyword, page-level, or anchor-text analysis.
Plans and prices
Free
5 tracked domains · new/lost/persistent diffs · release-drop email digests · manual reports
Read 14 Oct 2026 · linkwake.com
Starter
100 tracked domains · unlimited portfolios · competitor overlap & gap · outreach-list exports
Read 14 Oct 2026 · linkwake.com
Growth
500 tracked domains · 10 releases of history (~2 years) · white-label PDF reports · shareable client report links
Read 14 Oct 2026 · linkwake.com
Agency
2,500 tracked domains · full API access · team seats & roles · onboarding support
Read 14 Oct 2026 · linkwake.com
On the record
- Account rights
- Users may request data export or permanent deletion by email, with responses promised within 30 days.linkwake.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Agency audience
- Linkwake is described as an independent backlink-monitoring product built and operated by Derek Isensee to help agencies manage multiple clients.linkwake.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- API
- Full API access is included in the Agency plan.linkwake.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- API evidence
- A Linkwake research article says its published study figures were obtained through the live Linkwake API backed by ClickHouse.linkwake.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Common Crawl access
- Common Crawl states that access to its AWS-hosted corpus is free and that users may analyze or download it.commoncrawl.org · read 14 Oct 2026
- Common Crawl foundation
- Common Crawl describes itself as a nonprofit founded in 2007 that maintains a free, open repository of web-crawl data.commoncrawl.org · read 14 Oct 2026
- Common Crawl graph structure
- Common Crawl publishes host and domain graphs, aggregates domains at the pay-level-domain level, and includes technical links such as scripts and fonts.commoncrawl.org · read 14 Oct 2026
- Common Crawl licensing
- Common Crawl grants a limited, non-exclusive license to use its service subject to its terms and warns that crawled content can have separate rights.commoncrawl.org · read 14 Oct 2026
- Common Crawl scale
- Common Crawl says its corpus contains petabytes of data collected regularly since 2008.commoncrawl.org · read 14 Oct 2026
- Competitor gaps
- Users can find domains that link to competitors but not to a tracked domain.linkwake.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Competitor research
- It shows sites linking to competitors but not to the tracked domain, as potential outreach gaps.linkwake.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Coverage caveat
- Linkwake states that Common Crawl is not a complete web index and that missing domain relationships should be verified before outreach.linkwake.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Coverage limitation
- Linkwake states that Common Crawl is a sample rather than a complete web index and that missing relationships require live verification.linkwake.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- CSV import
- Client domains can be pasted in a list or uploaded from CSV files.linkwake.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Data rights
- Users may email Linkwake to export or permanently delete their data, with responses promised within 30 days.linkwake.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Data source
- Linkwake builds its measurements from Common Crawl's open web graph covering more than 100 million domains.linkwake.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Hosting
- Application data is hosted on Fly.io in the United States, with the web app served through Cloudflare.linkwake.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Maker
- The product is built and operated independently by Derek Isensee.linkwake.com · read 14 Oct 2026
