Majestic® vs Nightwatch

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Majestic® compared with Nightwatch
Detail	Majestic®	Nightwatch
What it does	SEO Backlink Checker & Link Building Toolset	SEO Rank Tracker & AI Visibility Tool
Stage	Established	Not given
Founded	2004	Not given
Based in	Not given	SI
Pricing model	freemium	subscription
Pricing	Free tier available. Paid plans: LITE from €46.99/month (€39.16/month annual), PRO from €94.99/month (€79.16/month annual), API from €379.99/month (€316.66/month annual). All plans include access to backlink data with varying resource allowances.	Starter €79/month (€948/year) for 500 keywords, Professional €159/month (€1,908/year) for 2,500 keywords, Agency €399/month (€4,788/year) for 7,500 keywords, Enterprise custom pricing. All plans include unlimited user seats, white-label reports, and API access.
Key features	Trust Flow and Citation Flow metrics Author Explorer for discovering web authors Fresh Index with 120-day backlink updates Historic Index with records back to 2006 Topical Trust Flow scoring Bulk backlink checker Compare sites and domains Industry-leading API Backlink history and flow metric history tracking	Daily rank tracking across Google, Bing, YouTube, DuckDuckGo and Yahoo AI visibility tracking across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity Citation Intelligence connecting ranking changes to AI citation changes 107,000+ tracking locations to zip-code level Raw SERP HTML snapshot stored for every check NightOwl SEO agent for automated competitor and content analysis Content Studio for SERP-grounded research, drafting and scoring Site audit and technical issue identification White-label reporting included on all plans Unlimited user seats on every plan
What makes it different	Two comprehensive indexes with billions of unique URLs and backlinks dating back to 2006 Exclusive Author Explorer feature for discovering and inspecting web authors Topical Trust Flow metric evaluating relevance across 800+ categories Over 20 years of established backlink analysis and link intelligence expertise Full-power backlink checker with no programming required for basic features	Only platform connecting 14 years of ranking data with AI visibility across multiple AI models Citation Intelligence shows which ranking change moved your citations in AI Raw SERP HTML stored for every check with full snapshot archive More keywords per dollar than competitors with unlimited seats included 99.9% accurate with auditable SERP snapshots
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	83 no change since last check	72 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	57	32
Citation Flow (Majestic)	64	48
Referring domains (Majestic)	12173	4193

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