Buying links yourself on Adsy or Collaborator, or using BuyLinks?
Marketplaces like Adsy and Collaborator give you a huge catalogue and full control, but you choose the sites, usually supply the article and check the results yourself. BuyLinks.ai does that work for you each month, and you still approve every site before anything is bought.
Marketplaces and BuyLinks.ai side by side
Facts about Adsy and Collaborator come from their homepages, linked at the bottom. Where a homepage doesn’t say, we’ve written “Not stated”.
| Adsy | Collaborator | BuyLinks.ai | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Per site, set in the catalogue. Not stated on the homepage. | Per listing; homepage examples run about $40 to $91. A one-time commission applies; rate not stated. | Monthly: Starter $199 (2 placements on B/C-grade sites), Growth $499 (3–5, including A-grade), Growth Plus $999 (5–6), Authority $1,450 (6–8). |
| What’s included | Access to 150k+ sites with metric filters. | Access to about 45,000 sites and 3,300 Telegram channels, with filters and traffic data (GA data on 8,500+ sites, Search Console on 7,000+). | Keyword research, written articles, placements, monthly link checks, a monthly AI visibility check and a private dashboard. |
| Who picks sites | You, using filters. | You, using filters. Its specialists can help compile a list for a niche. | We shortlist hand-checked sites graded A, B or C with a written reason. You approve before anything is bought. |
| Writing | You place your own content. Writing service: not stated. | You submit your article. A copywriting option is mentioned without details. | Included. |
| Guarantee | Adsy monitors link presence. Replacement or refund terms: not stated. | Free 3-month guarantee against deletion and non-indexing; paid 1-year option. | Every link checked monthly for 12 months and replaced free if it disappears. Replaced if not indexed within 30 days. No ranking promises. |
| AI visibility | Not stated. | Not stated. | Monthly check of 25+ customer questions across ChatGPT, Google AI, Perplexity and Gemini. |
| Reporting | Task execution control and link monitoring. | Not stated. | Private client dashboard (see the demo). |
| Contract | Pay per order. | Pay per order. | Monthly subscription; cancel any month in PayPal. |
When buying it yourself is the better choice
- You know how to vet sites. If you can spot weak sites quickly, a marketplace gives you the widest choice and the most control.
- You want one link, or a very small budget. Collaborator shows listings from about $40, and you pay per order. Our plans are monthly, so we’re not the right buy for one cheap link.
- You already write your own articles. If content is done in-house, you only need the placement.
- You want Telegram or non-English markets. Collaborator lists Telegram channels and promotion across 158 countries and 53 languages.
- You want to browse. We don’t have a self-serve marketplace.
When BuyLinks fits better
Vetting is the hard part. A BuzzStream study of over 257,000 sites on link vendor databases found that “only 1.37% of guest post sites are High Quality or Top Tier,” and 39.6% had an average of zero monthly organic traffic.
- You don’t have time to vet. We review sites from a database of 199,791 publishers and 682,809 offers. About 1 in 7 pass our checks, and each site on your list comes with a written reason.
- You don’t want to write the articles. We write them for you.
- You want a plan. Keyword research tells us which pages and topics to build links for.
- You want follow-up handled. We check every link monthly for 12 months, replace it if it disappears, and replace placements not indexed within 30 days.
- You want to know if AI assistants mention you. That check runs every month on every plan.
You still keep control: nothing is bought until you approve the list. We’re new, with no client case studies yet, so we show the work in a sample plan.
Common questions
Is it cheaper to buy links myself?
Often, if you only count the placement. BuzzStream’s study found buying directly from a site averages $295, against $461 through a vendor. But doing it yourself means your own time for vetting, writing and checking. Our Starter plan is $199 a month for 2 placements with all of that included.
Where do your sites come from?
Our database holds 682,809 offers for 199,791 publishers. We only put forward sites that pass our checks, and we never use link exchanges or networks.
Can I still choose the sites?
You approve or reject every site on your list. If you don’t like one, we swap it.
Do you need access to my website?
No. We never need a login to your site.
See which sites we’d pick for you
Run a free check on how AI assistants answer questions about your business, or get a free plan with named sites, grades and reasons.
Prices checked 21 October 2026. Facts from the Adsy homepage, the Collaborator homepage and BuzzStream’s guest post cost study (updated 15 June 2026). Prices and terms can change; check their sites before buying. Adsy and Collaborator are trademarks of their owners. BuyLinks.ai isn’t affiliated with either.