I'm also having some issues with LPM and emailed on this multiple times this week. Waiting to hear back. My setup is ideal and my only filter is for the language "English."
I'm currently NOT checking PR
I have 120 private proxies that test out fine
50mb/sec internet connection
Contextual links only on my new projects and today I'm down to around 2 LPM at 250 threads.
My email accounts are fine. I've deleted target URL history and cache for each project and it got even slower. There's gotta be something we're missing here. If this is autoapprove, my LPM should be much much much higher given my setup.
EDIT:
One thing I noticed is that I had one project running for a week or two, then I duplicated it to make a new one. So before the project even started, it showed 7000+ verified links. I'm assuming that's the problem with that one... I'll try to duplicate it with just the options and see if it runs faster. But the other projects are still stuck on around 5 LPM. =/ Yes it's just contextual article links on English sites, but I feel like that's something a ton of people would be doing with GSA. Maybe you should scrape more sites in that area!
Did it go faster before and it is now slow?
Does the new project go faster for a while and then slow down?
The great thing about GSA is it has a billion settings that allow you to do all sorts of cool stuff.
The bad thing about GSA is it has a billion settings that when combined in the wrong way can kill a project or cause it to build zero links, which have seen first hand in helping customers.
So its probably best if you can duplicate a slow project and then back it up and send it to me so I can look at all the settings. You have done this, as Im talking with a couple people and I haven't got thru all my mails yet. So if you did this then Ill just respond when I read it.
Look good. I am comparing your and GL.
How do you fair from GL?
I know GL is more expensive at $67, your is $47. How about quality?
Once purchase do you have like a guide on the settle for GSA?
I don't use GL so I can't give you rock solid comparison. From what I "hear" they don't purge out dead targets very often/at all. I don't use it and can't see the back end so I don't know for sure. Which would explain why they boast large numbers.
I regularly remove dead targets, and constantly add new ones. However in concept the verified lists are the same concept, but I do everything to maintain top quilty.
I also offer an identified list, which I believe the offer as well. Not many people use this, but for those who do its nice.
I also offer a reCAPTCHA/Text Captha List, which I do not believe they do. With this list you can get higher quality targets as these are harder captchas, but you do need a reCAPTCHA and Text Captcha solving service. This is a verified list, so I have build links on all the recap and text cap targets in this list.
I also now offer member exclusive content. For example the current report is The State of SEO in 2015 - The 9 Key Factors You Need to Know to Rank.
So I feel I offer a great value for the money and strive to provide top quality lists and content.
Ultimately its up to you. Try both and you tell me what you like and how I can improve if any. Im always up for feedback.