BuzzStream Alternative That Runs the Link Outreach for You

How much does BuzzStream cost?

BuzzStream costs $49 a month on Starter, $174 a month on Growth and $424 a month on Professional, with a Custom plan from $999 a month and a $19 single user plan. Plans are monthly with no minimum term, and paying a year in advance gives one month free. Extra users cost $58 on Growth and $70 on Professional.

The subscription is the small part of the bill. A link builder who runs 300 personal pitches a month in a CRM spends 40 to 60 hours on prospecting, writing and replies. At a US freelance rate of $40 to $75 an hour, the software is cheap and the labor is not. That is the gap BacklinksBot is built for.

Why teams look for a BuzzStream alternative

• The CRM is full, the outbox is empty. BuzzStream stores prospects beautifully. Someone still has to write to them, and that person is usually the busiest one on the team.
• Follow-ups on the entry plan. Automated follow-ups and bulk send start on Growth. On Starter you chase replies by hand.
• Built for PR as much as SEO. Much of the recent product work goes into media lists and journalist outreach. SEO teams who only want links pay for features they skip.
• Results are on you. A CRM reports activity. Buyers who answer to a founder or a client want a monthly link count, not a log of sent emails.

Where BuzzStream is the better choice

BuzzStream wins if you run digital PR and pitch journalists every week, if your team likes writing every email by hand, or if you need a cheap seat for one person who already has a process. Its contact history and per-user pricing are hard to beat for that work, and the $49 Starter plan is far below our entry price.

BacklinksBot wins when the constraint is time. You set a target, for example ten relevant links a month, approve the drafts or switch to autopilot on Growth, and the bot keeps prospecting until the goal is met. If you want a wider view of what outreach costs across tools, agencies and per-link vendors, see our breakdown of link building packages and prices.

What BacklinksBot does that a CRM does not

Try step one on your own site now with the free link gap demo, no signup needed, and see the first five targets the bot would pitch.

1. 1 You enter your domain and up to three competitors. The link gap analysis lists pages that link to them and not to you, ranked by topic fit and authority.
2. 2 The bot sorts targets by tactic: resource pages, listicles, broken links, unlinked brand mentions, guest posts and link insertions.
3. 3 It finds a public contact for each page and writes a short email that mentions the exact page and why your resource belongs there.
4. 4 Emails go out from your connected mailbox under daily caps, with two follow-ups. Approval mode lets you OK every message first.
5. 5 Replies land on one board, and every won link is verified on the page with anchor text, rel value and the date first seen.

Can I move from BuzzStream to BacklinksBot?

Yes, and in practice you restart rather than import. Export your won links and contact list from BuzzStream first, because it keeps your data for only 14 days after you cancel. In BacklinksBot you add your site and competitors, the bot rebuilds a fresh prospect list from current link data, and you paste any emails or domains you never want contacted into the do-not-contact list so the bot skips them. Many teams run both for a month before letting BuzzStream lapse.

Agencies moving several clients usually choose the Agency plan, which adds white label link reports, API access and 15 sites.

Is outreach from BacklinksBot white hat?

Yes. The bot asks for earned links on pages that already cover your topic and never buys links on your behalf. If a site owner asks for a fee, you see the request, the bot proposes rel="sponsored" as Google requires, and nothing is paid without your approval. Every email carries a one-click opt-out. Details are on our white hat link building page.

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