Develink review

This review is based on Develink’s public pages and third-party ratings, checked on 4 October 2026. The rating out of 10 is the editor’s own judgement.

How it works

Develink is a French netlinking platform. You register, open the catalogue and order a sponsored article on a publisher’s site, with the writing included if you want it. The site also sells press relations, content production, SEO and web writing training, and multi-account management for agencies. The company says it has been operating for eight years.

One product is unusual. Develink sells group buys on major media, where several advertisers share one article and split the cost. It calls this co-citation. Our lesson on co-citation and co-occurrence explains the idea behind it. A shared article gives each brand less room than a dedicated one, so weigh the saving against that.

Pricing

Develink is more open about prices than most marketplaces. Its home page gives these examples, all excluding VAT:

Order	Price	Example given
Self-service article	About €80 on average	DR 30 site with 2,000 visits, writing included
Group buy on a major media site	About €500	futura-sciences.com
Dedicated article on a major media site	About €1,200	latribune.fr
Managed project	€800 per month recommended budget

Its pricing page gives ranges for the wider French market: a minimum of about 100 euros for an editorial link, 200 to 900 euros for topical sites with real traffic and a Domain Rating above 30, and 900 to 2,500 euros or more for national and regional press. It puts the French market median at about 360 euros. These are Develink’s own figures.

There are no subscription plans. The pricing page describes project-based budgets.

Quality

The partner list on the home page includes Le Point, La Tribune, Les Echos Solutions, BFMTV, Futura Sciences, Marie Claire, Top Santé and Cosmopolitan, among more than 20 French media brands. Develink does not publish a catalogue size, and the catalogue itself is behind a login.

Large media brands often publish sponsored content in a separate partner section. Before you pay for a national title, check where the article will sit, how it is labelled and whether the link is followed. Our lesson on high authority news placements covers this, and how to vet a publisher covers the checks for smaller sites.

The guarantee

We found no guarantee period, replacement rule or refund term on the home page or the pricing page. That does not mean none exists, only that it is not published where a buyer would look first. Among the large marketplaces, WhitePress states 36 months. Ask Develink for its term in writing, and track your links from the day they go live.

What public reviews say

Develink holds a Trustpilot score of 4.8 from 75 reviews, checked in October 2026, with 33 of them written in the last 12 months. Reviewers praise fast replies and a platform that is easy to use, and publishers say they can set their own rates. The one four-star review we read asked for clearer publication deadlines and order status messages.