Babbar

Babbar is the second dedicated backlink specialist in this category, and it undercuts Majestic on price while chasing the same job: mapping the link graph and scoring it.

The Babbar Authority Score is its proprietary alternative to Trust Flow, combining a popularity model, a trust calculation and machine-learning semantic classification of what a site and its links are actually about, so a link's topical relevance is scored alongside its raw authority. Backlink lists, anchor-text detail, and same-IP hosting checks round out the toolset, aimed squarely at SEOs who want one link index rather than a full suite.

Babbar SAS is registered in Évreux, France, founded in November 2019 and run by its two named directors rather than a parent company — a straightforwardly French, independently owned entity.

The SEO Plan costs €139 a month, or €1,529 billed annually, excluding VAT, and includes every metric and the full backlink database; an API plan adds programmatic access at €250 a month for six requests per minute. A free trial is offered directly from the homepage. Like Majestic, Babbar does not crawl your own site, track rankings or research keywords — it is a link index only, and a young one next to Majestic's two decades of data.

What Babbar does well

• Backlink specialist priced below Majestic
• Babbar Authority Score combines popularity, trust and semantic relevance
• Backlink lists with anchor-text and same-IP detail
• Independently owned French SAS, no parent company
• Free trial available directly from the homepage

Where Babbar falls short

• Backlink index only: no crawler, rank tracking or keyword research
• Founded 2019, far less historic depth than Majestic
• Prices exclude VAT
• Smaller brand recognition than Majestic or Ahrefs

Standout feature. A link index scored for topic, not just authority: Babbar folds semantic relevance into every backlink metric it reports.