Engineering manualAcquisition and cost
Backlink summary
dataforseo · runnable · billing paged
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Provider | dataforseo |
| Module | base |
| Runnable today | Yes — a quantity-bound adapter exists |
| API path | Not a single fixed path |
| Billing kind | paged |
| Price status | Known — a published or measured rate is recorded |
| Availability | Executable in selected plans; target and quantity bounds required |
| Query contract | Enforced — the collector reads these parameters from the contract |
| Catalogue research date | 2026-09-07 |
Billing formula
What the provider charges for one request of this item. Provider cost is not the customer price and is not an account balance movement; the three are different numbers and this is the first of them.
0.024*T + 0.000036*R
Rates
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
task_usd | 0.024 |
returned_row_usd | 0.000036 |
Minimum charge: {"active_task_base_usd":"0.024"}
Provider limits: {"rows_per_request":1000}
Rate verification: verified_published.
Runtime limits
| Limit | Value |
|---|---|
quantity | 1 |
groups | 1 |
Frozen acquisition parameters
Domain-level authority snapshot. The summary is the deliverable; one task, no rows.
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Fixed parameters | {"backlinks_status_type":"live","include_subdomains":true,"exclude_internal_backlinks":true,"rank_scale":"one_thousand","include_indirect_links":true} |
| Server-side filters | None |
| Order by | None |
| Page window | Not paged |
| Varies by target | target |
Included in levels: Snapshot, Market, Deep.
Dated sources
https://dataforseo.com/pricing/backlinks/backlinks(read 2026-09-07)https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/backlinks/summary/live/(read 2026-09-07)