Gratis Domain Authority checker (2026): de 8 beste DA-tools getest

What is Domain Authority and why does it matter in 2026?

Domain Authority (DA) is Moz's signature SEO metric — a 0-100 score predicting how well a domain will rank in Google. Despite Moz repeatedly insisting it's not a Google ranking factor, the entire SEO industry uses DA as the de-facto authority signal because it correlates strongly with actual SERP performance and it's the only public score advertisers, link-buyers and PR teams universally recognize.

In 2026, knowing the DA of your site (and your competitors') matters more than ever because:

1. Many guest-post sites and outreach lists filter prospects by DA
2. Link marketplaces often price links by the seller's DA
3. Some affiliate and partnership programs set a minimum DA
4. PR and outreach teams often use DA as a quick first screen

The problem with every "free DA checker" online

Here's how the common free DA checkers compare:

• Smallseotools.com — limited free checks on a heavily ad-supported page
• Prepostseo.com — pop-ups and captchas around the result
• SiteChecker.pro — limited free use, then upsells
• Ahrefs Website Authority Checker — Free but registration-walled, only shows DR (Ahrefs's own metric, not Moz's DA)
• Moz Link Explorer free tier — Best raw data but requires a Moz account + only 10 queries/month
• Ubersuggest — a few free queries, then a paid plan

None of them offer a free embeddable DA badge. So even after you check your DA, you can't display it on your site.

How FeedPulse's free DA checker is different

We built a free Domain Authority checker with three properties no competitor has:

1. No captcha, no email gate — two checks per IP per day, and that ceiling exists to protect the shared API quota, not to sell you an upgrade
2. Moz data while the free allowance lasts — straight from Moz's official Links API, and a clearly labelled OpenPageRank-derived estimate once that monthly allowance is spent
3. Free embeddable DA badge — paste one line of HTML and you have a live DA badge on your site, ten themes to choose from

There is no Pro tier. There is no signup. There are no ads.

Step-by-step: check any domain's DA in 10 seconds

1. Open the DA Checker tool
2. Paste any URL (with or without https://, with or without www.)
3. Watch the score render
4. (Optional) Pick a theme + size and copy the embed code for a permanent DA badge on your site

That's it. No "creating an account so we can email you discounts forever".

Real-world DA benchmarks (2026)

To help you calibrate where your site sits:

Why isn't your DA rising (and the 3 fixes that actually work)?

If your DA is stuck, it's almost always one of three things:

1. You have backlinks, but they're from low-DA domains — Moz weighs each backlink by the source's own DA. A handful of links from strong, relevant sites usually counts for more than a pile of links from weak ones.

1. You haven't earned enough referring domains yet — Check the Trust Score tool for a composite 0-100 signal built from traffic rank, domain age, HTTPS and the four Lighthouse scores.

1. You haven't been around long enough — Domain age is a quiet but real factor. Check yours at /domain-age.

Related free SEO tools

• How to check Domain Authority — what the score means and the four things it can't tell you
• Moz DA checker, free — what Moz's free tiers actually cover
• Domain Rating Checker — Ahrefs's DR equivalent, also free
• FeedPulse Rank — the open Alexa rank replacement
• Backlinks counter — count + display your inbound links
• AI SEO content audit — GPT-5.2 audit of any URL