Backlink Software to Scale Your Agency
CitationBench is backlink software built for agencies running 10–100 client brands, automating search-to-outreach campaigns and tracking every link relationship in one CRM.
Backlinks Are Broken Across Clients
Managing link-building across dozens of clients with spreadsheets and disconnected tools kills margin and accuracy.
Outreach Dies in Spreadsheets
Tracking link prospects across clients in spreadsheets means campaigns stall, contacts go cold, and opportunities vanish.
No SERP to Outreach Pipeline
Ahrefs shows competitor backlinks but stops there — turning that data into live outreach requires three more tools.
Relationships Lost Between Campaigns
Without a CRM built for link-building, hard-won partner relationships reset to zero when a campaign ends.
The fix
One Keyword. Fifty Outreach Drafts. One CRM.
CitationBench runs the entire link-building workflow from a single platform: pull competitor backlinks, generate 50 personalized outreach drafts via Apollo and Instantly, and track every relationship in a purpose-built link-building CRM.
Every Link-Building Tool Your Agency Needs
From competitor backlink research to outreach campaigns and relationship tracking, CitationBench covers the full link-building stack across all client workspaces.
Outreach Automation
One Keyword Generates Fifty Outreach Drafts
Submit one keyword to POST /v1/link-building/serp-outreach and CitationBench scrapes the SERP, discovers contacts via Apollo, and generates 50 personalized email drafts via Instantly — ready for bulk approval before sending.
- 50 drafts per keyword
- Apollo contact discovery
- Bulk approve before send
Competitor Backlinks
Target Sites Already Linking to Competitors
Seed the same outreach pipeline from a competitor's backlink profile via link_building.competitor_outreach.create. Every draft targets a domain already vetted by your competitor's link-building team.
- Competitor backlink seeding
- Personalized draft generation
- Bulk approval included
Relationship Tracking
Full Link Relationship CRM Per Client
Track every target domain, contact, relationship status, and outreach event via link_building.crm.*. Covers the full lifecycle from first contact to active link partner, scoped per client workspace.
- Per-client workspace isolation
- Full contact and event history
- Active partner lifecycle tracking
Campaign Oversight
Unified View Across All Client Campaigns
Monitor every active SERP and competitor outreach campaign from one dashboard via link_building.campaign.list. Pause, resume, and track response rates across all clients without switching contexts.
- Pause and resume campaigns
- Cross-client response metrics
- Per-campaign email sending
Agency Architecture
One API Key for All Client Workspaces
A single master API key manages all client workspaces via the X-Workspace-Id header. Link-building campaigns, CRM records, and outreach contacts are fully isolated per client with white-label-ready output.
- N clients under one key
- Full workspace isolation
- White-label ready
How it works
From sign-up to first call in five minutes.
Sign up and get your key
An `sk_test_*` key lands in your dashboard instantly. No demo gate — start calling real endpoints with shape-complete responses.
Add the MCP server or hit REST
`claude mcp add citationbench https://mcp.citationbench.com/mcp` from Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP client. Or `curl` against `api.citationbench.com/v1/*` directly.
Run a tool or invoke an agent
Every tool returns shape-complete demo data without auth, so your agent works before the user signs up. Tools across research, production, indexing, link-building, and agents.
Scope to a workspace and ship
Add `X-Workspace-Id: ws_***` to scope per client. Switch to a live `sk_live_*` key when you're ready. Same API surface, same SDK.
Why CitationBench
Built for production, agency-scale, and AI-agent-first.
~35 tools, one MCP server
Hosted at mcp.citationbench.com/mcp. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop, Windsurf, and ChatGPT Apps. No self-hosting required.
Durable jobs, not fire-and-forget
Every long-running call runs on Cyclonic workers — survives restarts, cancellable, resumable, streams via SSE. Production-safe by default.
Multi-workspace from day one
One master API key, N client workspaces. Switch with a single `X-Workspace-Id` header. Per-client data isolation, bulk ops across all of them.
Demo mode out of the box
Every endpoint responds in shape-complete demo mode without auth, so you can build the agent before the user signs up.
FAQ
Common questions
Start Building Backlinks at Agency Scale
CitationBench automates the full backlink workflow — from competitor research to outreach drafts and relationship tracking — across every client.
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