Link building is one of the most abused services in SEO. Agencies promise guaranteed placements and overnight DR jumps, only to deliver backlinks from spammy domains that exist solely to sell links.
The agencies on this list don’t operate that way. Each takes a strategic approach to SaaS link building — from editorial outreach and digital PR to journalist pitching and community placements — and each has the results to back it up.
Top SaaS Link Building Agencies at a Glance
Disclosure: This guide is published by Position Digital, and we’ve included ourselves in it. We’re listed first because we publish the guide, not because we ranked ourselves highest — there is no ranking here, only segments. Every agency on this list, including us, was assessed against the same criteria set out below.
| Agency | Best For | Notable Result | Pricing |
| Position Digital | Building links that actually drive AI mentions and citations | Drove 50+ links for Resource Guru in 3 months | Starts from $2,000/month |
| Jeenam | SaaS-focused link building with high-authority editorial placements | 530 backlinks built for Systeme.io in 23 months | Starts from $1,250/month for 5 links |
| Respona | Done-for-you link building focused on authority growth | Increased AI visibility from roughly 6% to 35% for OpusClip in 6 months | Starts from $100 per placement |
| Rank Wizards | Link building as a broader part of SEO and content marketing | Helped dRPC grew daily impressions by 185% and daily clicks by 25% through targeted link building | Starts from $1,499 for 5+ links/month |
| SayNine | Full-scale link building campaigns | Helped EasyDMARC grow organic traffic by 484% and move a key keyword from #77 to #1 | Custom pricing |
| SERP Forge | SaaS link building tied to pipeline, not just rankings | Built 1,000+ backlinks for Astra, growing organic traffic by 100% and lifting DR from 85 to 92 | Starts from $1,000/month |
| Scalerrs | SaaS link building with pipeline-first placement and product-led strategy | Helped Qrvey rank #3 in AI search brand visibility, behind Sisense and Tableau | Starts from $5,000/month |
| Growth Partners Media | Community and forum link building at scale | Built 303 new links and increased Thena’s domain authority from 31 to 46 in 16 months | Starts from $1,695 for 8 links/month |
| GoPeak | Contextual link building | 950 links secured in 33 months for Referral Rock | Starts from $1,500/month |
| Flying Cat | International and local link building services | Increased the domain authority from 31 to 48 for Switchboard | Starts from $3,000/month |
How We Evaluated These Agencies
We started from a longlist of 30+ agencies that publicly market SaaS link building, and applied three filters:
- Published pricing. An agency had to state a real starting figure — a monthly retainer, a per-link rate, or a package price. “Custom pricing” or “contact us” was a disqualifier. This alone removed nine agencies from the longlist, including several well-known names.
- Real case studies with verifiable numbers. Testimonials without data don’t count. We required at least one case study naming the client and quantifying the outcome — referring domains, traffic change, DR movement, or AI citation share — so you can check the claim independently.
- Deep SaaS expertise. Each agency should have experience working with SaaS clients across different niches. They must know which tech publications, blogs, and review platforms your ICP actually reads.
What we didn’t weight: domain rating of the agency’s own site, awards, and years in business. None of them predict placement quality.
Position Digital
- Best for: Building links that actually drive AI mentions and citations
- Pricing: Starts from $2,000/month
Position Digital focuses on SaaS link building that directly impacts AI visibility. Our goal is to secure placements in places that LLMs already cite, rather than just chasing volume.
We do that by analyzing prompts that your target audience uses, then tracking AI citations for those queries. After that, our experienced outreach team will send a personalized pitch to each publication to get your brand featured.
SaaS clients & niches
- Resource Guru (resource management)
- HR Datahub (salary benchmarking)
- Decentriq (data collaboration)
- Data Poem (enterprise AI)
- OpenLens (AI visibility tracking)
- Checkstep (content moderation)
- Mailhub (eCommerce shipping)
- One Auto API (vehicle APIs)
Position Digital cons:
- We don’t sell a set number of backlinks per month. Instead, we set targets based on each client’s business goals and industry complexity.
Position Digital cons:
- We don’t sell a set number of backlinks per month. Instead, we set targets based on each client’s business goals and industry complexity.
Jeenam
- Best for: SaaS-focused link building with high-authority editorial placements
- Pricing: Starts from $1,250/month for 5 backlinks
Jeenam is a SaaS-focused link building agency that helps brands earn high-quality editorial backlinks from authoritative and niche-relevant websites.
Their campaigns focus heavily on editorial backlinks, brand mentions, niche edit services, listicle link building, and guest posting to improve rankings and organic visibility.
SaaS clients & niches
- Systeme.io (marketing automation)
- Omnisend (eCommerce email)
- CloudTalk (call centre software)
- Hostinger (web hosting)
- Surfshark (VPN)
- Mayple (marketing marketplace)
SaaS link building case study
Jeenam helped multiple SaaS brands, including Systeme.io, Omnisend, and CloudTalk, improve organic visibility through strategic backlink acquisition.
According to their case studies, Systeme.io saw an 865% increase in traffic over 23 months, with 530 backlinks built.
Jeenam pros:
- Transparent link building process. Clients receive pre-approval options, detailed reporting, and performance tracking throughout the campaign.
- High-authority placements. The agency focuses on editorial links, guest posts, listicles, and brand mentions from DR 50–90 websites.
- Scalable monthly packages. Businesses can choose fixed monthly backlink plans ranging from 10 to 30+ links per month.
Jeenam cons:
- Link building only. The company mainly focuses on backlinks and outreach rather than offering full-service SEO solutions.
- Results take time. Like most white-hat SaaS link building campaigns, noticeable SEO growth typically requires several months of consistent execution.
Respona
- Best for: Done-for-you link building focused on authority growth
- Pricing: Starts at $100 per placement
Respona is a done-for-you link building service that helps SaaS and B2B brands secure editorial backlinks through targeted outreach campaigns.
Unlike most link building agencies, Respona has its own outreach tool that handles the entire process, including publisher discovery, outreach, content coordination, and placements.
SaaS clients & niches
- OpusClip (AI video clipping)
- CommandBar (user onboarding)
- InVideo (video editing)
- Markup Hero (screenshot annotation)
- Matchmaker.fm (podcast guest matching)
SaaS link building case study
OpusClip used Respona’s authority-focused campaigns to increase AI visibility from roughly 6% to 35%, achieve the #1 visibility position in Profound, and grow organic traffic by nearly 100K visits within six months.
Respona pros:
- Done-for-you outreach. The Respona team handles prospecting, outreach, negotiations, content coordination, and placements internally.
- Focused on AI visibility. Campaigns prioritize placements on websites and articles already cited by AI search engines and answer engines.
- Authority-driven placements. The service focuses on guest posts, link insertions, and editorial placements on relevant websites with real traffic and topical authority.
Respona cons:
- Focused primarily on link building. Businesses needing technical SEO or full-service SEO management may require additional partners.
- Results compound over time. Like most white-hat outreach campaigns, authority and ranking improvements typically build gradually over several months.
Rank Wizards
- Best for: Link building as a broader part of SEO and content marketing
- Pricing: Starts from $1,499 for 5+ links per month
Rank Wizards is an SEO and link-building agency that focuses on one thing: actual ROI. They work with SaaS, fintech and growth-driven businesses that are tired of SEO services that look good on paper but don’t move the needle.
Their work covers everything from content strategy and expert-written articles to backlink campaigns and white-label SEO packages.
SaaS clients & niches
- dRPC (Web3 RPC infrastructure)
- PredictWind (weather forecasting)
- ThriveDesk (customer support software)
- Crowdfundly (crowdfunding)
SaaS link building case study
Helped dRPC, a decentralized RPC network for Web3 companies, grew daily impressions by 185% and daily clicks by 25% through targeted link building.
Rank Wizards pros:
- Traffic-gated, niche-relevant targets. Placements are pegged to referring domains with real Ahrefs traffic (5k+ to 20k+ depending on tier) and matched at site, page, and anchor level, so links are screened for relevance rather than DR alone.
- Broader SEO capabilities beyond links. In addition to link building, Rank Wizards offers content strategy, managed SEO, SEO consulting, SME writers, and white-label SEO services, making them suitable for companies that need more than backlinks alone.
Rank Wizards cons:
- Not a link-building specialist. Links are one of six SEO services, so the depth and focus of a dedicated link building agency isn’t there.
SayNine
- Best for: Full-scale link building campaigns
- Pricing: Depends on DR tiers and numbers of backlinks
SayNine is a leading link building agency that builds contextual backlinks from trustworthy, legitimate websites for growing companies across various niches, including SaaS, tech, law, healthcare, and more.
They handle the full process, from target page planning to outreach and backlink placement. Beyond link building, they also offer full SEO, AI SEO, content writing, SEO audits, and a self-serve link building marketplace.
SaaS clients & niches
- EasyDMARC (email security)
- SuperAnnotate (AI data annotation)
- Kommo (CRM)
- Qooper (mentoring software)
- Synebo (Salesforce development)
- GroWrk (remote equipment)
- Propello Cloud (loyalty)
SaaS link building case study
Helped EasyDMARC increase organic traffic by 484% (from roughly 14K to 80K visits), gained about 7,000 new ranking keywords, built 800+ backlinks, and moved a key keyword (“SPF record checker”) from position 77 to position 1 in Google search results.
SayNine pros
- An extensive network of partner websites. SayNine has built a network of 3,000+ link building partners worldwide, allowing the team to source relevant backlink opportunities across different industries and markets.
- One-year guarantee on every backlink. SayNine guarantees each placement will remain live for at least one year. If a link goes down within that window, it’s replaced.
- Clear reporting, with location-based reports available. Every client gets live visibility into placements, plus monthly reports covering DR, traffic, and overall ranking progress. There’s also the ability to tailor reports to location-specific performance where relevant.
SayNine cons
- No backlink pre-approval. SayNine doesn’t offer a review-and-approve workflow before links go live. If you’re used to checking the specific article, anchor context, or surrounding content before it’s published, that option isn’t part of their process.
SERP Forge
- Best for: SaaS link building tied to pipeline, not just rankings
- Pricing: Starts from $1,000/month
SERP Forge is a SaaS-focused link building and SaaS Marketing agency that treats every placement as a pipeline decision, not a ranking checkbox.
The team starts with the client’s ICP, ACV, and buying motion, then targets the publications, comparison pages, and editorial sources their actual buyers read and AI tools cite.
SaaS clients & niches
- Astra (WordPress theme)
- Omnisend (email marketing)
- Surfshark (VPN)
- Movavi (video editor)
- Warmy (mailbox warmup & email deliverability)
SaaS link building case study
SERP Forge helped Astra, a popular WordPress theme company, grow organic traffic by 100% and increase domain rating from 85 to 92, with over 1,000 backlinks built across the engagement.
SERP Forge pros:
- GTM-aligned targeting. Every campaign starts with the client’s ICP and buying motion. Placements are chosen for relevance to actual buyers, not just DR or traffic of the referring domain.
- In-house outreach team. Campaigns are run by a dedicated outreach team trained on the client’s positioning, not freelancers or white-label vendors. That means consistent pitch quality and faster turnarounds.
- Multi-tactic execution under one roof. Niche edits, editorial guest posts, listicle outreach, digital PR, and journalist outreach all run from one team, so SaaS brands don’t need to manage four vendors to build a complete link profile.
SERP Forge cons:
- Not a fixed-link package. SERP Forge doesn’t sell a set “X links per month” plan by default. Targets are set against client goals and category competition, which works better for outcome-focused buyers than buyers who want a fixed shopping list.
Scalerrs
- Best for: SaaS companies that want link building tied directly to AI search visibility
- Pricing: Starts from $5,000/month
Scalerrs is a SaaS-only SEO and AEO agency whose link building program is built specifically around the publications and sources that LLMs actually cite.
Rather than optimizing purely for DR volume, Scalerrs targets placements in the high-authority SaaS-specific domains — third-party roundups, comparison pages, and category listicles — that move both Google rankings and AI search citations simultaneously.
SaaS clients & niches
- Qrvey (embedded analytics)
- Qwilr (proposals)
- Korona POS (point of sale)
- Userpilot (product experience)
- Hiver (email helpdesk)
- Lyssna (user research)
- MediaValet (digital asset management)
- respond.io (customer messaging)
- Portainer (container management)
- AutoRFP (RFP automation)
SaaS link building case study
Scalerrs’ listicle placement and link building work for Qrvey resulted in the brand ranking #3 in AI search brand visibility — behind only Sisense and Tableau — while organic and AI search became their #1 and #2 acquisition channels respectively.
Scalerrs pros:
- SaaS-exclusive focus. Every link is built with SaaS buyer journeys in mind with just the placements your ICP actually reads.
- Link building tied to AI citation, not just DR. Scalerrs targets the third-party roundups, comparison pages, and “best of” listicles that LLMs pull from when generating category recommendations so links compound into AI visibility, not just PageRank.
- Integrated with full SEO strategy. Link building doesn’t run in isolation and is coordinated with content production, AEO, and technical SEO so placements reinforce the pages that matter most to pipeline.
Scalerrs cons:
- SaaS-only by design. If your company operates outside B2B SaaS, Scalerrs isn’t the right fit and will say so upfront.
- Higher starting price than link-specialist-only agencies. Better suited to companies wanting link building as part of a broader organic growth strategy than those looking for a standalone link package.
Growth Partners Media
- Best for: Community and forum link building at scale
- Pricing: Starts from $1,695 for 8 links per month
Growth Partners Media’s flagship Herd Links service secures placements in high-traffic forums, Q&A threads, and niche communities — building brand visibility and E-E-A-T signals in the spaces AI tools and search engines increasingly pull from.
Beyond forum links, they also offer niche edits and guest posts, so clients can run a mixed strategy under one roof.
SaaS clients & niches
- Thena (AI customer support)
- OneUp (social scheduling)
- Sendible (social media management)
- Paperbell (coaching software)
- Breezit (wedding vendor marketplace)
SaaS link building case study
Built 303 new links and increased Thena’s domain authority from 31 to 46 in 16 months. The agency combined guest blogging with paragraph insertion and partnership network.
Growth Partners Media pros:
- Three link types under one roof. Clients can combine Herd Links (community), niche edits (existing content), and guest posts (new content) without managing multiple vendors.
- Positive online reviews. The agency has a 5-star rating on Clutch based on 6 reviews.
Growth Partners Media cons:
- Each service is priced separately. Herd Links, niche edits, and guest posts are billed as standalone products. If you want all three running in parallel, it can get real expensive real quick.
- Herd Links are mostly nofollow. Forum platforms like Reddit and Quora tag user-generated links as nofollow or UGC, meaning they don’t pass PageRank directly.
GoPeak
- Best for: Securing contextual backlinks that build authority
- Pricing: Starts from $1,500/month
GoPeak is an off-site SEO and contextual link-building agency that helps SaaS, B2B, and tech teams build genuine domain authority.
They focus heavily on earning editorial placements from active, high-traffic websites while strictly avoiding low-quality tactics like PBNs and link farms.
SaaS clients & niches
- Referral Rock (referral marketing)
- MyHours (time tracking)
- Sender (email marketing)
SaaS link-building case study
In one notable project for Referral Rock, they executed a 33-month campaign building 950 high-quality contextual links, driving a 136% increase in organic traffic, and successfully pushing a top keyword to the #1 spot on Google.
GoPeak pros:
- Optimized for AI visibility. They explicitly audit and target placements that help seed your brand into LLM responses (Gemini, ChatGPT, Perplexity).
- Strict anti-spam quality guardrails. The agency operates with a 100% white-hat editorial outreach model, eliminating the risk of spam networks or dead websites.
- Flexible and risk-free models. They offer performance tracking, transparent fixed-pricing options, and unique domain guarantees with no upfront hidden fees.
GoPeak cons:
- Strictly off-page specialists. GoPeak focuses solely on contextual link building, brand mentions, and blog content management. If your startup needs full-scale technical SEO audits or core site restructuring, you will need an additional partner.
Flying Cat
- Best for: International and local link building services
- Pricing: Starts from $3,000/month
Flying Cat is the perfect choice for SaaS brands that want to expand their presence to non-English speaking countries in Europe.
Besides the US and UK, the agency covers French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Dutch markets.
SaaS clients & niches
- Switchboard (data collaboration)
- Bizzabo (event management)
- Minut (rental security)
- Leapsome (HR/performance)
- Livestorm (webinars)
- Homebase (workforce management)
- Stonly (knowledge base)
- Mixmax (sales engagement)
- Trevor.io (data analytics)
- ActiveCampaign (marketing automation)
SaaS link building case study
Increased the domain authority from 31 to 48 and grew non-branded traffic to money pages by 60.49% for Switchboard. The agency combined product-led content with targeted link building from DR 60-90 sites.
Flying Cat pros:
- Genuine localization, not translation. Flying Cat practices transcreation — adapting messaging, examples, and positioning for each market culturally, not just linguistically.
- Regional link building with native relationships. Each market campaign is supported by SEOs and outreach specialists who are native to that market.
Flying Cat cons:
- Slightly more expensive monthly retainer than other agencies on this list.
Factors to Consider When Choosing a SaaS Link Building Agency
SaaS link building agencies come in different sizes and shapes. Some focus solely on link building for SaaS, while others offer a complete SEO package that includes content, tech SEO, and link building.
So first, you need to know what you need:
- If you already have an in-house team handling content and technical SEO, a specialist link building agency is likely all you need.
- If you’re starting from scratch or want everything managed in one place, look for an agency that offers integrated SEO services.
Once you’ve figured that out, here’s what else to evaluate:
- Link building methodology. How an agency builds links matters as much as how many they build. Ask whether they buy links or use natural link acquisition methods like guest posting, journalist outreach, listicle placements, and digital PR.
- Niche relevance. A backlink from a generic blog carries far less weight than one from a publication your ICP actually reads. Look for agencies that demonstrate they understand your category — not just “SaaS” broadly, but your specific space.
- Reporting and transparency. You should be able to see every link placed, the DR of the referring domain, and whether it’s dofollow or nofollow. If an agency is reluctant to share this, that’s a red flag.
- Documented results. Look for agencies that publish real numbers — traffic growth, DR changes, referring domain counts — tied to named clients. Generic testimonials without supporting data are easy to fabricate; detailed case studies with verifiable metrics aren’t.
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If that sounds like what you’ve been looking for, let’s talk!
FAQs About SaaS Link Building Agencies
How much does SaaS link building cost?
Most SaaS companies spend between $3,000 and $6,000 per month on link building.
On a per-link basis, a quality editorial placement typically costs between $250 and $800, with the average price SEOs are willing to pay sitting at $508 per link.
At Position Digital, our link building services start at $2,000/month and include listicle outreach, guest blogging, niche edits, and digital PR.
What's the difference between a SaaS link building agency and a general link building agency?
The difference shows up in placement quality: a general agency might land you a link from a generic business blog with no relevance to software.
While a SaaS-specialist agency targets publications with real SaaS readership like G2, HubSpot, Ahrefs, TechCrunch, which means more topical authority and more referral traffic that actually converts.
How many backlinks does a SaaS company need per month?
There’s no universal answer — the right number depends entirely on the competitiveness of your target keywords and how your domain authority compares to the sites ranking above you.
But here’s a tip: always prioritize quality and relevance over quantity. One highly relevant backlink from a publication your ICP reads and trusts will do more for your rankings — and your brand — than ten links from generic blogs with no audience.
How long does it take to see results from link building?
Expect 1 to 3 months from the time a link goes live before it measurably impacts your rankings. From a campaign perspective, 89.2% of link building campaigns see ranking movement within 1 to 6 months, with the average impact appearing at the 3.1-month mark.
