Best SaaS Link Building Agencies in 2026 (Ranked)

Prices and outcomes as published on each agency's own site, 26 October 2026. Where a page gives two figures for one plan, both are shown.

How we ranked them

Each agency was judged on the same three checks, which count in the order listed, and you can run every one of them yourself before a sales call.

1. A named SaaS client with a number on the agency's own page. A client you can look up beats an anonymous chart. saaslinkbuilder names no client in its results.
2. A published price for link work. A price on the page tells you whether the conversation is worth having. dofollow.com asks you to request pricing, and Skale lists no link building price on its pages. Siege Media's prices are for the content marketing and digital PR that earn its links, and LoudFace's is a program price that includes off-page work.
3. A method stated in the agency's own words. Each entry below quotes it. The wording matters, because the same phrase "editorial link" covers both outreach and per-site fees.

The fourth test is yours to put to every agency on a shortlist: does money or a favour reach the site that links to you for a followed link? Google's answer to that question is quoted further down.

A DR floor is listed where an agency sells one. The Ahrefs data further down explains why it carries little weight.

1. LoudFace

Best for: B2B SaaS teams that want links and third-party mentions run as one part of a single SEO and AEO program, judged on Google rankings and AI answers together.

What it sells: LoudFace sells off-page work inside its SEO and AEO program, and its own page describes that work as "Guest posts on high-authority publications, G2 and Capterra presence, Reddit and Quora strategy, community engagement." Link building ships in the same weekly cadence as the content. Months two and three run 8 to 12 off-site placements a month, alongside 20 or more articles a month, after a week one that already ships technical fixes and the first articles.

How it gets links: it is selective. Each placement is a high-authority site chosen for the pages buyers and AI engines already read, and each one is judged on whether it moves the brand's visibility in AI answers.

Price: programs start from $5k a month as a continuous retainer. Fixed-scope work runs inside a retainer with a three-month minimum.

Proof: Delshad Legal, a Los Angeles employment law firm, so not a SaaS company. Ahrefs rated its domain at Domain Rating 4.9 on 1 June 2026, the week the work began, and at 25 in the first week of October, roughly 5x in four months. LoudFace kept pushing the firm's headline case as part of the program, and the October jump came as Ahrefs credited the coverage it earned, including a link from Deadline, which Ahrefs rates at Domain Rating 90. For Toku, a stablecoin payroll platform and a past LoudFace client, a 30-day Peec AI reading ending 19 August 2026 put the brand at 97.8% AI visibility on its category's top prompt, "best stablecoin payroll providers", the highest of any brand on that prompt. On its own site, LoudFace's share of non-branded AI answers went from 0.13% in April 2026 to 21.5% over 18 to 28 September 2026, measured on its tracked non-branded prompts after a 17 September prompt cut that lifts the reading, with a Domain Rating around 31 in April and 36 in September.

Where it is not the best fit: if what you want is a set number of links a month at a per-link price, with no content or AI-search work attached, a package seller such as Saasy Links or Sure Oak is the simpler buy.

2. Saasy Links

Best for: SaaS teams that want a fixed link count, a published price and no contract.

What it sells: four monthly packages of "Editorial dofollow links on DR 50 to 70+ sites". The Start tier is $1,250 a month for 5 links, $250 a link. The Conquer tier is $5,250 a month for 15 links on DR 70+ domains, $350 a link. "All plans are month-to-month. No contracts." The site also sells niche edits and link insertions, and says most clients are "B2B software companies between $1M and $10M ARR". Separate services place SaaS products in "listicles, tool roundups and comparison articles that already rank on Google, the same pages AI answers pull their shortlists from", and sell single brand mentions outside the packages at "$350 linked and $250 unlinked".

How it gets links: in its own words, "We secure placements through our network of 3,500+ editorial partners using manual outreach." A client testimonial on the same page praises its "vast publisher network".

Guarantee: "Every link is covered for 12 months. If a placement is removed or changed to nofollow, we replace it at no cost."

Proof: its packages page shows traffic charts for named clients. HeyReach went from 6.8K to 26.3K (285%) in 12 months, Encharge from 0.7K to 19.5K (2,686%) in 37 months, Uniqode from 30K to 115K (283%) in 11 months and Modash from 25K to 205K (720%) in 51 months. The HeyReach case gives the link count: 60 editorial links over 12 months.

Where it is not the best fit: a team that needs a lot of content written from scratch. Saasy Links says so itself: "If you need a high volume of content from a standing start, a content-first agency may suit you better."

3. Editorial.Link

Best for: buyers who want to see and approve each linking site before paying.

What it sells: its pricing page gives a base rate of $375 a backlink, a Startup package of 5 permanent do-follow editorial links at $350 a link ($1,750), a Growth package of 20 links at $300 a link, and a Bespoke tier at a custom price. Its FAQ says "You can order as few as one link per month."

How it gets links: "We choose only reputable corporate blogs to place links." You get offers and "Pay only for websites that are suitable for you. No suitable websites - no charge." Its SaaS page FAQ says every link will be indexable, will carry no sponsored or nofollow tag, and will be placed within 30 days. Its home page says the first batch of links arrives within 7 days of approving the placements. Removed links are replaced or restored.

Proof: PandaDoc. "Over 35 months, PandaDoc saw their monthly organic traffic spike from 186,000 to 581,000, a 212% increase." Editorial.Link built 300 backlinks for the account, at an average DR of 69.

Where it is not the best fit: if you would rather not review and approve each site yourself. A package seller that picks the sites for you is faster to run.

4. Above Apex

Best for: SaaS teams that want an off-page specialist with a fixed monthly link count and a short notice period.

What it sells: its page opens with "We do one thing: off-page SEO for SaaS", and the plan card shows $3,500 a month for "8 backlinks from DR 55-85+ domains", and the FAQ on the same page says the program "starts from $3,300/month for 8 backlinks". Pay-per-link starts at $400 a link ($450 at DR 70+, $520 at DR 80+), with a "Minimum $1,500-2,000/month". There are no long-term contracts: plans run month-to-month with a 20 working day notice period. It calls itself "SaaS-exclusive" since 2017, across 60+ B2B software engagements, and says the average client stays 13 to 14 months.

How it gets links: "DR 55-95+ placements in editorial content. Not sponsored." It reports 238 listicle placements and "250+ expert quotes published". Its tactic list also includes "Link Exchanges".

Guarantee: "Permanent placements only - replacements guaranteed." If a link is removed, Above Apex says it will "reinstate it or replace it with an equally strong or better placement."

Proof: its case-study page names clients including Action1, Improvado, Dresma, Sanako and italki. Action1 "added 43K monthly organic visitors and 300+ AI citations". The Dresma headline says the AI content creation platform "Built 40 Links In 90 Days" while "Scaling From 1,000 to 8,700 Non Paid Visits". Sanako "Scaled Organic Traffic With 181% And Acquired 109 Quality Links". The case bodies do not always match their headlines (the Dresma page body starts the climb at 500 visits), so ask for the export behind any figure you plan to rely on. The SaaS page adds a data privacy SaaS that moved from position 9 to 1, and a named testimonial from Kognic.

Where it is not the best fit: a team that wants content written and links built by the same agency. Above Apex does off-page SEO only.

5. uSERP

Best for: SaaS companies with a large SEO budget that want links built inside a full program.

What it sells: link building on its own or inside SaaS SEO. Its start page lists link building "From $5,000/month · 3-month start", with fractional SEO leadership from $6,500 and managed SEO and AI search programs from $10,000 a month. Its SaaS page asks whether you can "deploy at least $60,000 into SEO over the next 6 months".

How it gets links: its listed tactics include "Editorial outreach", "Unclaimed brand mentions", "Guest content contributions", "Contextual link insertions" and "Digital PR campaigns".

Terms: its own pages disagree. The link building service page says "Our engagements are 6-months with a 60-day opt out." The start page FAQ says initial terms "are three months, or six for managed AI search programs, then month to month." Ask which one your contract uses. Lost links are replaced "within six months of a lost link at equal or better metrics."

Proof: its results page lists Plus, a SaaS, under "Increasing traffic by 4x in four months", with a 400% organic traffic increase and 470+ new backlinks. OnBoard, a board management SaaS, shows +337% year-on-year organic traffic and 560 new referring domains, from links to the homepage, product pages and existing blog posts, "without creating new content". The monday.com case reports "increasing organic traffic from 677,000 to 1.2m per month", a 77.84% increase, and uSERP describes its part there as "high-volume content production and digital PR/backlink efforts", so that gain belongs to content and links together.

Where it is not the best fit: seed and early Series A teams. The $60,000 question screens most of them out.

6. Sure Oak

Best for: teams that want more links a month at a published price.

What it sells: link building packages of $3,500 a month for 9 links, $5,000 for 14 and $10,000 for 28. "Pricing is for typical link building campaigns with a minimum DA 30+ and without client pre-approvals."

How it gets links: guest posting and personalised outreach. Sure Oak says it is not a database of sites you order from, and that results tend to show "within three to six months, depending upon how competitive the niche is".

Proof: its SaaS SEO page names Maptive, a B2B SaaS company whose organic traffic dipped after an algorithm change, and reports a 51% increase in software trial conversions and a 101% increase in organic traffic in 5 months. The case covers regaining rankings and the buyer journey, so the gain belongs to an SEO program, not to links alone. Its link building page says clients "stay with us for an average of 21+ months".

Where it is not the best fit: buyers who want to approve each site first. The published prices assume you do not.

7. Siege Media

Best for: SaaS brands that can wait for links to come from content and digital PR.

What it sells: links as a by-product of content. "We create and rank content that drives high quality links and business value at scale. That often means an effective cost per link under $250." Its content marketing page says "Our minimums for content marketing are currently $8,000 per month", on a 12-month contract that includes a 30-day out clause. Its digital PR page says services "start around $12-15,000 per month when both creating PR content and promoting it".

How it gets links: content built to attract links, plus digital PR. Siege says digital PR "is only a good fit in finance verticals, where the value of a link is high enough to support it".

Timing: "For most clients, you'll see initial links in month four". It will not promise a link count: "This process relies on natural link generation, so the numbers can be volatile month over month."

Proof: Zapier. One digital PR piece, an AI sprawl survey, earned "83 links in five months". In the first two years of the engagement Zapier saw "a $7.2 million increase in traffic value to the blog and a 290% increase in monthly organic traffic to the site", in an engagement the page describes through revamps of hundreds of existing pieces. Its SaaS page also credits Zendesk with a 657% increase in organic traffic to the blog.

Where it is not the best fit: a team that needs links landing in the first quarter.

8. dofollow.com

Best for: B2B SaaS that wants a SaaS-only outreach team and is happy to get a price on a call.

What it sells: link building and brand mentions for one kind of client. "We work exclusively with B2B SaaS." Its home page calls AnswerOS "the strategy and execution framework" for visibility in AI answers, and says "Editorial backlinks and brand mentions are two of the levers we use to increase visibility", with campaigns that "may also include listicles". The case index claims it "Helped 300+ SaaS teams" over "9+ years building organic growth".

How it gets links: "We avoid pre-built lists or link marketplaces." Links come from manual outreach.

Price: no link building price on its pricing page, which asks you to "Request pricing". It says it does not lock clients into long-term contracts.

Guarantee: "Every backlink is continuously monitored and replaced at no cost if removed."

Proof: its NectarHR case, an HR SaaS, gives organic traffic "from ~1K to peaks of 80K monthly visits", domain rating from 29 to 74, and "280+ high-quality links in the last 5 years" of an on-and-off relationship since April 2021. The Heymarket case says organic traffic "grew from 7,500 monthly visitors to over 45,000" after 14 months, which the page reports as a 485% increase, with links at "an overall average DR of 77" and placements on BigCommerce, HubSpot and SocialPilot.

Where it is not the best fit: teams that need a budget number before the first meeting.

9. Skale

Best for: SaaS brands that want to appear on the third-party listicles and comparison pages AI answers draw from.

What it sells: a link building service whose page is titled "SaaS Link Building Agency Driving Revenue Growth", and a separate AI Brand Mentions Service. Its pages list no link building price. "Currently we are only building links in English and Spanish."

How it gets links: "the most common being with a guest post on a high-authority website, or by garnering brand mentions on various SaaS review sites." Its B2B page adds that it pitches guest posts "or agree to a sponsorship with other websites".

Timing: "the average turnaround time is 4 weeks", after a ramp-up of around 6 weeks.

Proof: its HappyScribe story says the client signed up for its premium Link Building service in 2021 and that Skale "contributed to a 2500% increase in organic signups": 70,000 signups on targeted pages in November 2023, against 2,700 in February 2021. Skale says it has secured 558 links for the account, and that it also worked with the client's own SEO team on on-page improvements. The Piktochart story says the client "signed up to our SaaS Link Building services and we increased their monthly signups by 860% and their clicks by 995%", from non-branded search to its target presentation pages, in 3 months. Skale's separate AI Brand Mentions Service took a motion design SaaS called Jitter from 22% to 55% AI brand coverage in four months, with brand mentions and domain citations up 90x through inclusion in third-party listicles and comparison pages. Testimonials on its link building page include G2, Maze and Bonsai.

Where it is not the best fit: any market outside English and Spanish.

10. saaslinkbuilder

Best for: teams that want to pay only for links that went live that month, and can pay in euros.

What it sells: Launch at €1,499 a month for 5 links, Growth at €2,999 for 10, and Enterprise at €5,999 for 20, which adds outreach to the lists AI answers draw from. Mykolas Bartkus founded it in 2025.

How it gets links: "No, we don't use PBNs, paid links, or any tactics that could put your site at risk." There are no pre-approvals. "You only pay at the end of the month for links that are successfully delivered during that month." "We provide a one-year guarantee on every link." It says links typically start going live within the second week.

Proof: its case studies are labelled by industry and market, not by client. One reports that a client "now appears in roughly 30% of AI-generated answers for their main commercial queries".

Where it is not the best fit: buyers who want a long track record. The firm was founded in 2025, and its published results name no client.

How links relate to AI answers, and where Google draws the line

For AI features, Google sets no extra bar. It says that to be shown as a supporting link in AI Overviews or AI Mode, "a page must be indexed and eligible to be shown in Google Search with a snippet", and that "There are no additional technical requirements." There is no separate AI link signal to buy. A page that is eligible to appear in Search with a snippet is eligible to be cited beside an AI answer.

What predicts whether your brand gets named is a different question. Ahrefs analysed 75,000 brands and found "Brand web mentions show the strongest correlation (0.664) with AI Overview brand visibility." Domain Rating came in at 0.326, referring domains at 0.295 and raw backlink count at 0.218. Ahrefs says plainly that correlation is not causation. I still read it as a warning about paying for DR floors: Saasy Links, Above Apex and Sure Oak, for example, sell a DR or DA floor, and DR is the weaker signal for getting named.

The engines name the brands that appear on the pages they already quote. If no page they retrieve names you, a link from an unrelated blog will not fix that. So ask every agency on your shortlist which listicles and review sites it has placed SaaS clients on in the last quarter. The mechanics are worth reading before you brief an agency: which digital PR AI engines actually retrieve and how brands get onto the best-of lists AI answers pull from.

Then the rule. Google's spam policies define link spam as "creating links to or from a site primarily for the purpose of manipulating search rankings". The examples include "Exchanging money for links, or posts that contain links", "Exchanging goods or services for links" and "Excessive link exchanges". Paid links for advertising are fine "as long as they are qualified" with rel="nofollow" or rel="sponsored", and Google's rel attribute guide asks you to "Mark links that are advertisements or paid placements (commonly called paid links) with the sponsored value."

Ask it of any model where a fee, a sponsorship, a link exchange or a standing publisher relationship sits behind a followed link. Your domain carries the risk, so make the agency say, in writing, whether money or a favour reaches the linking site.

Questions to ask before you sign

1. Does any money, product or favour reach the site that links to us? A clear no, or a clear yes with rel="sponsored", is an answer. An answer that only talks about "partners" leaves the question open, so ask again.
2. Can we see three live placements from last month, on sites we would recognise? Any agency that builds links can show you this in a day.
3. Which named SaaS client can we call, and how many links produced its result? Saasy Links (HeyReach), Editorial.Link (PandaDoc), uSERP (Plus) and Skale (HappyScribe), for example, publish a named client's result next to the number of links built. Ask any agency you shortlist for the same.
4. Will you place us on the pages AI answers already quote for our category? Ask which pages, by URL. A DR band answers a different question.
5. What happens to a link that disappears? Saasy Links, Above Apex, dofollow.com and saaslinkbuilder, for example, publish a replacement promise. Get yours in the contract.
6. What is the notice period? Saasy Links and Above Apex run month to month, uSERP's start page gives a three-month initial term for link building, and Siege Media asks for a 12-month contract with a 30-day out clause.

If an agency answers the first question badly, stop there. The other five answers do not matter.