What exactly is Adsy?

A guest posting and digital PR marketplace connecting brands and agencies with blog and media owners. Publishers list their sites and prices, and buyers browse and order.

Is Adsy a marketplace or a service?

A marketplace, which is what separates it from FATJOE, The HOTH or Loganix. You pick the site yourself rather than briefing someone to pick for you.

How much does a post on Adsy cost?

There is no entry fee and each publisher sets its own rate, visible before you order. As always, compare what the price includes : copywriting, link type and how long the post stays up.

Is the quality of the sites reliable?

A listing means the site passed the platform's review, not that it suits your campaign. Check traffic, topical fit and outbound link patterns yourself before ordering, whichever marketplace you use.

Adsy or a managed service?

Adsy is self-service, so the comparison only turns into a service question if you would rather not do the sourcing. Our managed service, from €500 a month, does it for you and still sends the media proposal for you to approve .

Guide and alternatives · updated for 2026

Alternatives to Adsy

Adsy is a guest posting marketplace: brands and agencies on one side, blog and media owners on the other. Unlike most of the English-language competition, you do get a catalogue to browse — which makes this a comparison of catalogues rather than of models.

Analysis based on the platform's own public sources

2: Sides it serves: buyers and publishers
Catalogue: You browse the sites rather than brief a service
€0: Cost to register: you pay per post
PR + posts: Guest posting alongside digital PR coverage

What is Adsy?

Adsy is a guest posting and digital PR marketplace that connects advertisers, brands and agencies with the owners of blogs and media sites.

It is a two-sided platform in the proper sense: publishers list their site with their terms and their price, and buyers browse, filter and order. That puts it in the same family as Growwer rather than in the white label service group.

Alongside guest posts it sells digital PR and media coverage, plus content strategy work, so a single account can cover more than link acquisition.

How does it work?

A real two-sided marketplace.

If you are buying

You browse the catalogue and order posts yourself.

Create an account as an advertiser.
Filter sites by topic, metrics and price.
Order the post and submit the brief.
Approve the published piece.

If you are publishing

You list your site and receive paid orders.

Add your site with its terms and rate.
Pass the platform's review.
Accept the orders that fit.
Get paid once the post is approved.

Pros and limitations

A balanced read of what it offers.

What works well

A genuine catalogue you browse, not a service you brief.
Prices visible per site before you commit.
Covers digital PR as well as guest posts.
No entry fee: you pay per post.

Where it falls short

Catalogue quality varies: a listing is not an endorsement.
Smaller inventory than the largest international marketplaces.
Depth outside English-language blogs is limited.
You do the vetting yourself, which takes time on every order.

Adsy vs Growwer

The same model, compared on catalogue and reach.

	Adsy	Growwer
Model	Guest posting marketplace	Link building marketplace
Who picks the outlet	You	You
Price visibility	Per site	Per outlet, in real time
Catalogue size	No public figure	41,000+ outlets
Languages	English-first	10+ publishing languages
Digital PR	Yes	Yes
If you want it run for you	Content strategy services	Managed service from €500/month, and you approve the list of outlets before anything runs

Growwer is our platform. Adsy's figures come from its public site.

Other alternatives

Marketplaces worth comparing on catalogue size and languages.

Which Adsy alternative to choose for your case

The questions worth answering before you switch, with the option that fits each answer. It is not always Growwer: see who Growwer is for.

What are you looking for in an alternative to Adsy?

If you need	Look at	Why
Cheaper backlinks	Look at: Growwer, or a guest post marketplace	Growwer starts at €20 per post with the article included, plus outlet deals and link insertions, with no subscription. Below that price, check traffic before buying.
Higher-quality sites and stronger SEO	Look at: Growwer	Monthly traffic and its trend before you buy, outlets checked by hand, and payment held until you approve the post. How to buy links.
A larger publisher database	Look at: WhitePress, Bazoom or Growwer	WhitePress lists 120,000+ sites and Bazoom 80,000+ (declared); Growwer 41,000+ verified outlets.
Managed, done-for-you link building	Look at: Growwer managed service	Outlet proposal within 48 hours, run once you approve it, from €500 a month with no management fee. Managed service.
Digital PR and major news publications	Look at: Growwer	News outlets with Google News and Discover, and press releases published with date and URL. Press releases.
Visibility in ChatGPT and AI search	Look at: Growwer	Placements on the outlets AI assistants cite most, measured in our own study. Media cited by AI.
Agency, white-label or reselling	Look at: Growwer	White label for agencies: every client in one panel, negotiated prices, and posts you resell under your brand at your own price. Agency plans.
Selling placements on my own websites	Look at: Growwer	List your site, set your price and get paid per post. Sell articles.
Influencer campaigns	Look at: An influencer platform	Growwer works with news sites and blogs, not social media creators.

Budget per link

If you need	Look at	Why
Under $50	Look at: Growwer, or a guest post marketplace	Small niche blogs and Latin American outlets, from €20 on Growwer.
$50–$150	Look at: Growwer	Outlets with up to 20,000 monthly visits averaged €81 per post in 2025. Link building study.
$150–$300	Look at: Growwer	Outlets with 20,000 to 200,000 visits averaged €167 to €308 per post.
$300+	Look at: Growwer	Major news sites with more than 200,000 visits averaged €697 per post.

Target market

If you need	Look at	Why
US	Look at: Growwer or Collaborator.pro	Growwer lists 6,131 US outlets; for hundreds of US-only posts, the larger English catalogues help. Link building in the US.
UK	Look at: Growwer	3,592 UK outlets filtered by UK traffic. Link building in the UK.
Europe and multilingual	Look at: Growwer or WhitePress	Growwer covers 27 markets with no platform fee; WhitePress 34 languages with a ~25% fee.
Spain and Latin America	Look at: Growwer	Growwer's home market, with Spanish newspapers and local outlets across Latin America. Link building in Spain.

Frequently asked questions

A guest posting and digital PR marketplace connecting brands and agencies with blog and media owners. Publishers list their sites and prices, and buyers browse and order.
A marketplace, which is what separates it from FATJOE, The HOTH or Loganix. You pick the site yourself rather than briefing someone to pick for you.
There is no entry fee and each publisher sets its own rate, visible before you order. As always, compare what the price includes: copywriting, link type and how long the post stays up.
A listing means the site passed the platform's review, not that it suits your campaign. Check traffic, topical fit and outbound link patterns yourself before ordering, whichever marketplace you use.
Adsy is self-service, so the comparison only turns into a service question if you would rather not do the sourcing. Our managed service, from €500 a month, does it for you and still sends the media proposal for you to approve.