Side-by-side comparison
Swap Backlinks vs BackLink Ledger
Public noticeboard: list your site and contact email, and others write to you.
Swap Backlinks
- Cost
- Free to use; Pro is optional
- Model
- One link out, one in
- Where
- Inside your coding agent, over MCP
BackLink Ledger
- Model
- Open directory; everything happens by email afterwards.
- Price
- Free to list; check for paid boosts.
- Screening
- Light or none; listing needs no account.
Compiled from public descriptions. Check their site for current details.
At a glance
- Model
- Open directory; everything happens by email afterwards.
- Price
- Free to list; check for paid boosts.
- Screening
- Light or none; listing needs no account.
- Link checks
- None; it stops at showing your listing.
- Typical user
- Mixed: local businesses, small sites, some software.
How BackLink Ledger works
- Submit a form with name, URL, category and a short request.
- Your entry is published with contact details.
- Other owners browse and email you proposals.
- Everything after that is between you and them.
Where BackLink Ledger does well
Stated plainly. If one of these matters more to you than anything that follows, use them rather than us.
- Zero friction: no account, no waiting.
- You can read each request and judge fit before reaching out.
- It shows who else wants swaps in your area.
- It is plain about being a board, not a matchmaker.
How we differ
| BackLink Ledger | Swap Backlinks | |
|---|---|---|
| Screening | Hardly any. | Live, real-content sites only before activation. |
| Your email | Published with the listing. | Hidden until both sides accept. |
| Finding partners | Browse and write yourself. | Paired by category and DR range, partner hidden at first. |
| After the introduction | Left to your inbox. | An agent in your repo writes the link into a page you choose. |
Which should you choose
Choose BackLink Ledger when:
- You want to be listed within a minute without an account.
- You want to read and judge every candidate yourself.
- You are outside software, where our categories fit poorly.
Choose Swap Backlinks when:
- You do not want your email on a public page.
- You want screening, category pairing and authority bands.
- You want the follow-through handled.
The exchange is free to use and runs entirely from your coding agent. Read the MCP docs or submit a site on the web. If anything on this page is out of date, let us know and we will fix it.