Majestic vs Mangools: old-school backlinks or modern toolbox
Majestic and Mangools meet at one point: they're the two affordable ways to do SEO without hitting Ahrefs or Semrush. They share almost nothing else.
Majestic does only links, since 2011, with its own index and Trust Flow and Citation Flow metrics. Mangools does everything else, badly or not at all on links. Taking them for competitors leads to a wrong purchase.
Pricing checked in July 2026: Majestic bills in euros, Mangools in dollars.
 Majestic |  Mangools | |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | ⭐ 4.2 / 5 | ⭐ 4.4 / 5 |
| Category | Marketing & SEO | Marketing & SEO |
| Pricing model | Paid | Freemium |
| From | Lite from €39.16/month (annual) or €46.99/month; Pro from €79.16/month | Free (5 searches/month); Basic $49/month or $29.90/month annual; Premium $69/month or $44.90/month annual |
| Ease of use | Intermediate | Beginner |
| French interface | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Website | Visit → | Visit → |
The detail, criterion by criterion
Real entry price
Lite at 46.99 €/month, 39.16 €/month with annual commitment (469.90 € yearly). All link analysis features are there from this tier.
Entry at $29/month, $19.90/month annually. All suite tools are accessible from the first paid tier.
Backlink analysis
The product's core: Fresh and Historic indexes, Trust Flow and Citation Flow, Topical Trust Flow for link topic. A reference among French link builders.
LinkMiner enough to glance at a competitor's profile. Doesn't hold up on index depth or link qualification.
Keyword research
Absent. Majestic doesn't do keyword research.
KWFinder, Mangools' best piece: volumes, difficulty, French suggestions, readable interface.
Rank tracking
Outside the scope.
SERPWatcher does daily tracking with a simple performance index.
Quota billing method
Analysis units consumed: 1 million on Lite, 20 million on Pro (94.99 €/month). One big export can empty a monthly quota in a session.
Per-24-hour quotas on searches. The meter resets daily, which is clearer for regular use.
Auditing a domain's past
The Historic index goes back years: the tool for checking what an expired domain name was before you buy it. No real equivalent elsewhere.
No deep link profile history.
Choose Majestic if…
You do link building, you buy expired domains, you qualify links before paying for them. Trust Flow, Citation Flow and the Historic index are exactly what you seek, and 46.99 €/month is an unbeatable price for this data.
Choose Mangools if…
You're starting fresh on a site, hunting keywords, wanting to track ranks and understand SERPs. Link building isn't your subject yet.
Our verdict
These two tools are complementary, not competitors. The right question is your stage: as long as you're building content and hunting queries, pick Mangools. The day you buy or negotiate links, pick Majestic.
Both together cost around 76 €/month, less than a single Ahrefs Lite plan at 119 €/month, and cover close scope for an independent. Many French consultants operate exactly this way.
Only one case where Majestic alone works: pure link building, in a specialist agency, with keywords already arbitrated by the client.
Frequently asked questions
Does Majestic do keyword research?
No. Majestic is a link analysis tool: Fresh and Historic indexes, Trust Flow, Citation Flow, Topical Trust Flow. For keywords and rank tracking, you need a second tool like Mangools or SE Ranking.
Can Majestic plus Mangools replace Ahrefs?
Largely, for around 76 €/month against 119 €/month. You lose interface unity, technical audit and Ahrefs' index freshness, but you gain Trust Flow and the Historic index that Ahrefs doesn't have.
What do Trust Flow and Citation Flow mean?
Two separate indices: trust transmitted by a domain's links on one side, their volume on the other. A large gap between the two signals an artificially inflated profile. That crosscheck, impossible with a single score, is why many link builders stick with Majestic.
We look at what you actually need and tell you which one to set up (or a third that fits better).
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