SEO SpyGlass

SEO SpyGlass is a desktop backlink analysis tool from SEO PowerSuite, designed to help SEO professionals and marketers analyze backlink profiles, compare competitors, and find link opportunities ^S55. It solves the problem of understanding link quality and identifying harmful links that can hurt search rankings ^S55. Its main value is providing in-depth backlink data without credit limits, with a free plan that allows analyzing up to 1,100 backlinks per website ^{S55 S1}.

• Identity: SEO SpyGlass is a desktop backlink analysis tool from SEO PowerSuite ^S55.
• Core purpose: It helps users analyze backlink profiles, compare competitors, and find link opportunities ^S55.
• Intended users: SEO professionals, marketers, and business owners ^S55.
• Product scope: A standalone backlink checker within the SEO PowerSuite family, not a full SEO platform ^S55.
• Positioning: Positioned as a powerful, free backlink checker for in-depth link research ^S55.
• Claimed distinction: Claims to provide comprehensive backlink data without credit limits ^S1.

Get an all-in-one pack of SEO software — download free edition of SEO PowerSuite. SEO tools, free SEO advice for top rankings on Google, and other search engines! link-assistant.com: an estimated 146,412 total monthly visits and about 124,460 monthly organic visits across 8,734 ranking keywords. Scout crawled 15 pages and measured a technical health score of 97/100.

• Total traffic (modeled): 146,412 monthly visits across all channels.
• Organic search traffic (estimated): 124,460 monthly visits from search.
• Strongest sampled ranking: archive.org alternatives at position 1.
• Leading page in the collected evidence: https://www.link-assistant.com/news/wayback-machine-alternatives.html.
• Closest measured organic competitor: reddit.com, appearing 1 times in the sampled first-page SERPs.
• Technical crawl: 15 pages, health score 97/100.

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Company identity and positioning

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

First-party claims:

• Link Assistant offers SEO PowerSuite, an all-in-one SEO toolkit covering rank tracking, keyword research, technical/on-page audits, backlink analysis, and link building W1W2W3W4W5.
• The suite includes specialized tools for SERP analysis, local rankings, YouTube/Google rank tracking, keyword difficulty, keyword grouping, backlink history, toxic backlink removal, link prospecting, site audits, page speed checks, site structure visualization, content optimization, TF-IDF analysis, and domain analysis W6W7W8W9W10W11.
• SEO PowerSuite is positioned as a no-credit-system tool, allowing unlimited use W18.
• The company provides educational resources, including a 30-day SEO plan, an A-to-Z SEO workflow, a user manual, and an SEO wiki W12.
• A Backlink API is available, with a comparison study against Ahrefs, Semrush, and Majestic W13W49W50.

Scout inference:

• The homepage and pricing page consistently present the same core product set, indicating a stable, well-defined offering W1W25.
• The presence of a dedicated comparison page suggests a focus on data transparency and competitive differentiation in backlink data W53W54W55.

Total website traffic

Domain identity

Website capture

Top organic keywords

Independent Google result page

Query: archive.org alternatives

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Prioritized website intelligence pages

Features

No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.

Pricing and plans

Integrations and supported platforms

Product and company updates

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

First-party claims:

• Key pages include the homepage, pricing page, backlink API comparison, backlink API product page, and blog sections W1W25W49W73W97.
• The blog covers categories such as SEO PowerSuite news, case studies, technical SEO, keyword research, content optimization, link building, local SEO, and more W98.
• The pricing page is available in multiple languages: Spanish, French, Dutch, German, Polish, Russian, Portuguese, and Hungarian W40W41W42W43W44W45W46W47.

Scout inference:

• The site structure appears to prioritize product pages and educational content, with a strong blog presence.

This analysis created the first position baseline at 2026-10-20T22:10:54.617Z. Movement appears after the next fresh analysis using the same location and language.

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

First-party claims:

• Rank Tracker supports SERP tracking/analysis, local rank tracking, YouTube rank tracking, and Google rank tracking W6.
• It can check positions across various search engines, including Yahoo and Yandex W214W215.
• The tool includes a quick domain analysis feature W11.

Scout inference:

• No specific ranking data for the domain is provided in the catalog.

Sampled competitors

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Customers, testimonials, and first-party review claims

No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.

Independent review sources discovered

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

First-party claims:

• The backlink API comparison page directly compares SEO PowerSuite against Ahrefs, Semrush, and Majestic W50.
• The study claims to have purchased API keys from each provider ($6,200 total) and tested on 1 million domains W54.
• Pricing comparison: SEO PowerSuite API costs $17.5 per 1M backlinks (up to $2,000/mo plans) vs. Ahrefs $20, Semrush $250, Majestic allows only 250K backlinks W67.
• For higher plans, SEO PowerSuite costs $5 per 1M backlinks vs. Ahrefs $8, Semrush $80, Majestic allows only 750K backlinks W69.
• The study claims SEO PowerSuite won by the number of referring domains W71.

Scout inference:

• The comparison is a first-party study; independent verification is encouraged via the provided raw data W55.

Backlink comparison profile

• Domain rating: 79/100
• Backlinks: 150,150
• Referring domains: 10,675
• Dofollow backlinks: 70.0%
• Dofollow referring domains: 73.0%

Collection decision

The Scout search index remains intentionally excluded from automatic Scout analysis. This Scout traffic model profile costs 5 credits (0.5 cents) and is included in the first comparison run so its usefulness can be judged before the recurring collection is finalized.

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

First-party claims:

• SEO PowerSuite includes backlink profile analysis via SEO SpyGlass W4.
• Features include backlink history, toxic backlink removal, and link prospecting W8.
• A free backlink checker is available W13.
• The Backlink API provides methods for retrieving backlinks, referring domains, and new/lost backlinks W89W91W92W93W94W95W96.

Scout inference:

• The catalog does not include specific backlink metrics for the domain itself.

AI-assistant referral traffic

• Estimated current generative-AI referral share: 0.4%

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Site-stated AI capabilities

These are first-party product claims, not independent measurements of AI-search visibility.

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

First-party claims:

• The blog includes a Google AI Overviews Tracker W117W118.
• Articles discuss AI-related topics, such as how LinkedIn helps with SEO and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) W108W109.
• The homepage mentions AI topic clustering and content generation via RankDots W1.

Scout inference:

• The domain appears to be actively covering AI's impact on search, but no specific AI visibility metrics are provided.

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Website evidence gaps

• features: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
• customers: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
• reviews: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
• identity: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
• technical: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

First-party claims:

• The site offers a free download of SEO PowerSuite W16W17.
• There is a partner program W15.
• The blog provides extensive educational content, including case studies and guides, which can attract organic traffic W99W170.
• The pricing page is localized in multiple languages, indicating international marketing efforts W40W41W42W43W44W45W46W47.

Scout inference:

• The company could leverage its blog content and free tools to generate leads and upsell to paid licenses.

Independent reviews

Customer proof

No named customers, testimonials, or customer case studies were found.

Independent mentions

• Free Backlink Checker – Analyze Links of Any Website — ## Get all the backlink stats in one place To start using this free backlinks checker tool, you only need to enter the URL of any website. In a moment, you'll get the results of your backlink audit, including: ... The ... Use the Online Backlink Tool that will help you find the lion's share of your backlinks. Plus, you can use the desktop version of the software called SEO SpyGlass which also includes a free version with link analysis of up to 1,100 entries.
• SEO Software — All-In-One SEO Tools for full-cycle SEO optimization — SEO PowerSuite is made up of 4 tools: Rank Tracker for rank tracking and keyword research, WebSite Auditor with a powerful SEO spider for on-page SEO and technical SEO audit, SEO SpyGlass for backlink research, and LinkAssistant for link building and outreach. Besides, there is a fresh online backlink checker. ... Can I try your SEO software for free? Yes, you can! The tools have a free version, limited in some SEO functions, but perfectly suitable for initial SEO analysis and some of the basic
• Free Backlink Checker by Ahrefs: Check Backlinks to Any Site — Try the free version of Ahrefs’ Backlink Checker. Get a glimpse into the power of our premium tool. ... Check any website, URL or subsection to see actionable and insightful SEO metrics: - Number of referring domains - Number of backlinks - Domain Rating
• Free Backlink Checker: Check Backlinks of Any Website — , find competitor backlinks, and uncover high-value opportunities you can turn into ... any domain and immediately see real, up-to-date backlinks, referring domains, Authority Score, anchor text, and follow / nofollow status without creating an account.
• Free Backlink Checker - Moz Link Explorer - Moz — With your free Moz Community account, you get access to Moz metrics through Link Explorer, including: ... - Domain Authority® - Page Authority - Spam Score - Inbound link count - Linking domain count - Anchor text analysis - Top content by popularity - Follow vs. NoFollow link counts - Recently discovered and lost linking domain - Competitor backlinks you’re missing out on
• Backlinks API – the Largest Backlink Index by SEO PowerSuite — 5, 20, and 100 million units of API data every month. Remember that you can freely request a free trial before finalizing your decision to buy. - Contact us for a custom plan. If you need more data or have a specific use case, don't hesitate to reach
• SEO Competitor Analysis Tool to Check Traffic, Keywords, and Backlinks — Additionally, this free SEO competition analysis tool offers you priceless data on competitors’ backlinks: how many domains they come from, how many of them are dofollow, and how many backlinks a competitor has got or lost.
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External links were grounded in one live web search. Search snippets are leads, not independently scraped page content; rejected links remain available in Review evidence.

Not found on the collected pages: security and compliance, uptime and status page. This only means Scout did not find it on the pages it read; it says nothing about the company itself.

Not established in the collected sources.

Not measurable: wayback: rate limited by archive.org, ladder stopped after 1 probe(s). A gap here means the lookup was unavailable, not that the finding is negative.

Scout — Bounded technical crawl

• Pages crawled: 15 of 15 maximum
• Technical health: 97/100
• Critical issues: 0
• Warnings: 9
• Notices: 2

Issues

Crawled pages

This is a bounded Scout crawl. Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse scores are not claimed unless a dedicated performance audit is connected.

Modeled acquisition channels

First-party connections

No first-party Search Console or Analytics numbers are shown until the site owner authorizes the corresponding Google account. Scout traffic model values above are modeled estimates, not private analytics totals.

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

First-party claims:

• The blog mentions using Google Analytics and Search Console for trend checking W198.

Scout inference:

• No direct integration or data from Google Search Console is mentioned in the catalog.

The collected pages do not mention specific limitations or competitors. Evidence gaps include lack of platform-specific system requirements, detailed security certifications, and independent review ratings. Open questions remain about the accuracy of the backlink index and the full feature set of the free plan.

This report is based on 10 collected pages from link-assistant.com, including the SEO SpyGlass product page, pricing page, and related feature pages. Evidence was gathered via static and browser rendering rendering, with external proof search limited to one query. Limitations include partial page rendering and no deep page fetch data. Claims are cited from the evidence catalog; external search results were not used as proof.

• Official Websitehttps://www.link-assistant.com/seo-spyglass/Verified
• Pricing Pagehttps://www.link-assistant.com/pricing.htmlVerified
• Official Websitehttps://www.link-assistant.com/Verified
• Official Websitehttps://www.link-assistant.com/linkassistant/Verified
• Official Websitehttps://www.link-assistant.com/website-auditor/features.htmlVerified
• Documentationhttps://www.link-assistant.com/backlink-api-comparison.htmlVerified
• Documentationhttps://www.link-assistant.com/backlink-api.htmlVerified
• Documentationhttps://www.link-assistant.com/google-analytics-4-integration.htmlVerified
• Review Sitehttps://www.ibeamconsulting.com/blog/seo-powersuite-free-tools-resources/Verified
• Articlehttps://www.link-assistant.com/seo-spyglass/free-backlink-checker-tool.htmlVerified
• Articlehttps://ahrefs.com/backlink-checkerVerified
• Articlehttps://www.semrush.com/analytics/backlinks/Verified
• Articlehttps://moz.com/link-explorerVerified
• Articlehttps://www.link-assistant.com/seo-competitor-analysis-tool.htmlVerified
• Articlehttps://majestic.com/backlink-checkerVerified