Pink PostHead to head
Pink Post vs Respona
Respona now sells done-for-you link placements priced per link, from $100 for DR 20+. Pink Post is software for doing the outreach yourself, from $0–$129 a month regardless of how many links you win.
Feature by feature
Pink Post vs Respona: full comparison
| Respona | Pink Post | |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Service, pay per placement | Software, monthly plan |
| DR 20+ link | $100 | Your negotiated price |
| DR 60+ link | $500 | Your negotiated price |
| You control sites and pitches | — | |
| Send from your mailboxes | — | |
| Deal pipeline + link checks | — | |
| Content written for you | — | |
| Turnaround | 28 days standard | Your pace |
Source for Respona: https://respona.com/pricing/, checked 25 Oct 2026.
Verdict
Which is right for you?
Pick Pink Post
You run link building outreach yourself, want deals with prices and live link checks, and want to pay from $0–$39 a month.
Pick Respona
You want links delivered as a service and pay per placement.
Longer read: Respona alternative guide · Pink Post pricing
Strengths
Where each tool is stronger
Where Respona is stronger
No outreach work
Respona's team sources sites, pitches, writes and publishes; you approve and pay per live link.
Predictable price per link
Prices are set by domain rating, from $100 for DR 20+ to $500 for DR 60+.
Content included
The article is written for you.
Where Pink Post is stronger
Sending automation on every plan
Bulk sending, follow-ups that stop on reply, rotation across mailboxes and a warm-up ramp are included from the Free plan.
Deals with prices
Every conversation becomes a deal with a stage and an agreed price, so you can report cost per link by campaign.
Links that stay checked
Live deals are re-checked by fetching the published page and searching for your URL, flagged missing or error when it is gone.
Price
Free, then $19, $39 and $129 a month, month to month, each below the cheapest comparable plan.
Cost
What a year costs
Ten DR 40+ placements a month from Respona at $240 each is $2,400 a month, $28,800 a year. Pink Post Pro is $384 a year on yearly billing; your other costs are your time and any fees sites charge for publishing.
Switching
Moving from Respona to Pink Post
- 01
Export your contacts
Export prospects and contacts as CSV from your current tool.
- 02
Import to Pink Post
Upload the CSV, map columns (email, first name, site, custom fields) and let Pink Post dedupe and verify the list.
- 03
Connect your mailboxes
Add the same Gmail, Outlook or SMTP/IMAP mailboxes you used before; your sending history stays with your domain.
- 04
Rebuild sequences
Start from a link-building playbook or paste your existing templates; {{first_name|there}} style placeholders support fallbacks.
- 05
Move open deals
Add deals you are still negotiating to the pipeline with their price and stage, and mark live links so they are checked.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Is Respona software or a service?
Its pricing page now lists a done-for-you service priced per placement.
Which is cheaper?
At volume, doing outreach yourself in Pink Post costs far less per link, but takes your time.
Run your next outreach campaign in Pink Post.
Free plan, no card. Connect your mailbox, import a list and launch a link-building playbook.