A BuzzStream alternative that does the outreach for you
Linkade finds the sites that fit your business, writes a short email to each one and sends it from a mailbox of its own. You decide what goes out.
No card needed.
Outreach done for you, not just tracked
No prospecting searches to run
Linkade reads your site to learn your market and competitors, then finds sites that link to those competitors, rank for your keywords or write about your market. In BuzzStream, your team runs the searches, uploads lists of URLs or adds sites one at a time with its Chrome extension.
Every pitch written for you
Linkade writes a short first email for each site about something it published, and asks whether they'd be interested before any link comes up. You approve each one before it goes. In BuzzStream, your team writes the templates and personalizes every pitch itself.
Follow-ups on every plan
Linkade follows up once, four days after the first email, and stops the moment the site replies. Every plan does this. BuzzStream's automated follow-ups and bulk sending start on its three-user plan.
Live links checked daily, not every two weeks
Once a link goes live, Linkade checks it every 24 hours and tells you the day it's lost or changed, while the editor still remembers you. BuzzStream checks the pages it monitors every two weeks.
Linkade vs BuzzStream at a glance
| What it does | Linkade | BuzzStream |
|---|---|---|
| Finds sites from your domain alone | Yes | You search |
| Drops competitors and off-topic sites | Yes | You decide |
| Contact details for each site | Yes | Yes |
| Writes each pitch for you | Yes | You write it |
| Holds the link back in the first email | Yes | Up to you |
| Sends from a mailbox apart from yours | Yes | Your inbox |
| Follow-ups on the smallest plan | Yes | No |
| Flags which replies need you | Yes | Reply alerts |
| How often live links are checked | Every day | Every 2 weeks |
Linkade or BuzzStream: which should I pick?
Pick Linkade if you want the sites found, the emails written and the sending handled for you.
Pick BuzzStream if your team prefers to research and write every pitch by hand in a shared CRM.
If your team writes its own pitches today
Do I need to research sites first?
No. Add your domain and Linkade shows the real sites it would pitch in about 5 minutes, with no card. It works out your market, keywords and competitors from your own pages, so there's no list to build.
Will the emails sound like a template?
No. Linkade writes every first email for one site, about something that site published, and kept short. It asks whether they're interested instead of pasting a link.
Can I still see every conversation?
Yes. Every reply lands in your Linkade mailbox, sorted so the ones that need you come first. You answer each one yourself, so every conversation stays yours.
How much of my week will it take?
Approving the emails Linkade writes and answering the editors who reply. Turn on automatic sending, and only the replies need you.
Switching from BuzzStream
- 1
See your sites first
Add your domain, and Linkade shows you who it would pitch. There's nothing to export first.
- 2
Hand over who you're talking to
Give Linkade the sites your team is already talking to, and none of them gets a second pitch.
- 3
Cancel when the threads close
Run both side by side for the three weeks it takes Linkade to warm up its mailbox. BuzzStream deletes your account data 14 days after you cancel, so save what you need first.
Let Linkade find your first sites
Add your domain and see who it would pitch, with nothing to search or import.
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