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Ahrefs

Ahrefs

Founded by Dmytro Gerasymenko in 2010

Track search rankings, research competitors, and find keyword opportunities across the web

Pricing model

Free Tier, Paid

Rating

★ Positive

Time to value

< 1

You can use Ahrefs to analyze website performance, research competitor traffic, and find high-ranking keywords for your content. The service lets you inspect backlinks pointing to any domain, run technical audits to find broken links and crawl errors, and track your positions on search engines over time. You can also explore search volumes across multiple search engines, analyze competitor pay-per-click ads, monitor brand mentions across the web, and check how visible your business is in AI chatbot answers.

What Ahrefs does

Audit website health and fix crawl errorsResearch keyword search volume and ranking difficultyTrack organic search ranking positionsInspect competitor backlink profilesIdentify unlinked brand mentionsAnalyze competitor paid search copyUncover missing content topics through gap analysisAnalyze backlink profiles and referring domains for any websiteDiscover organic search keywords and estimated search volumeCrawl websites to detect technical SEO issues and broken linksTrack search engine rankings over time across desktop and mobileInspect competitor pay-per-click ads and targeted keywordsMonitor brand mentions and citations across search engines and AI chatbotsIdentify content gaps compared to competing websites

Pricing breakdown

Pricing model: Free tier, Paid

PlanList price
Ahrefs FreeFree
Lite$129 / mo
Standard$249 / mo
Advanced$449 / mo
Enterprise$1,499 / mo

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Digital Marketing Specialist @ Adzen Digital

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Noam Nisand

Startup Founder @ Leed Services

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