ROI Calculator

Link building ROI calculator for spend and value

The SEOENV link building ROI calculator compares what you spent with the value you assign to links and the savings from exchanges, per client.

Free plan: 20 links, 2 clients, 2 projects. Paid plans from $29/mo.

Comparison of tracking roi calculator work by hand versus with ROI Calculator in SEOENV

Clients ask whether the budget was worth it. The ROI Calculator answers with your own data: the spend from paid collaborations, the value you assign to each link, and the cost you avoided by getting links through exchanges.

Because it uses the records you already keep, you do not build a separate spreadsheet. You can look at the return per client, which helps when you decide where to put next month’s budget.

ROI Calculator does not work alone. It shares data with Paid Collaborations, which handles vendor, cost, payment status and the live link; Invoice Generator, which handles invoices from paid collaborations, exported as PDF; and Anchor Text Heatmap, which handles see the anchor mix and spot over-optimised anchors. Because every module writes to the same account, a link you log once can be checked, reported on and analysed without retyping it.

How it works

ROI Calculator in four steps

Four-step diagram of how ROI Calculator works in SEOENV: Log the spend, Assign value, Add savings, Read the return
  • Log the spend: From paid collaborations.
  • Assign value: The value you put on each link.
  • Add savings: Cost avoided through exchanges.
  • Read the return: Per client, ready to discuss.
Benefits

Why teams use ROI Calculator

Every benefit listed here is part of the live app today.

Tips

Getting the most from ROI Calculator

  • Set link values in a consistent way across clients, so the comparison means something.
  • Record exchange savings honestly; they are the cost you avoided, not money received.
  • Review ROI per client before planning the next month’s budget.
  • Pair it with the Link Status Report: a lost link stops returning value.
Who it’s for

Who uses this.

How a link building ROI calculator works out return

A link building ROI calculator follows the usual idea of return on investment: what you got back compared with what you put in. In SEOENV the value side is the link value you assign plus the cost you saved through exchanges.

Related: Paid Collaborations, Invoice Generator, Anchor Text Heatmap; solutions: paid link tracking and roi, client reports and invoices; or see all features.

Related

Related features and solutions

FAQ

Questions about ROI Calculator

Spend versus link value versus exchange savings, using the values you log.
From the costs you record in Paid Collaborations.
You do. The calculator uses the value you assign, not a third-party metric.
The ROI Calculator is included from the Starter plan ($29 a month). Growth adds revenue tracking.
Yes. The return is shown per client.

Show what the budget bought.

The ROI Calculator starts on the Starter plan at $29 a month.

Free plan: 20 links, 2 clients, 2 projects. Paid plans from $29/mo.