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Majestic
Backlink index built around Trust Flow and Citation Flow for link prospecting and audits.
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why this verdict
Downgrade — pay for the workflow, not the AI
OpenAI's version covers the headline feature only, so the $50/mo is now paying for the workflow around it, not the AI.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- AI search shifting attention away from link graphs toward citation and mention tracking. OpenAI, May 21, 2025 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers headline only editorial call
- The headline feature, but not the workflow, data or integrations around it.
- Is there a free way to do it? paid only
- 3 replacements listed, all paid.
- What the call is worth $600/yr
- $50/mo at the entry paid tier — $600 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked missing: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- OpenAI
- Since
- May 21, 2025
- List price
- $50/mo
- Per year
- $600
The backstory
Majestic runs one of the oldest independent web crawls and sells access to its backlink index and flow metrics. The crawl itself is genuinely hard to replicate, which is why it has lasted this long. Attention has moved toward being cited in AI answers rather than counting links, and newer AI visibility tools own that story. Majestic still matters for audits but is no longer where budgets are growing.