Skip to content
Ahrefs logo

Ahrefs

Crawls the web into a backlink and keyword index, then runs site audits, rank tracking and traffic analytics for SEO work.

Free plan · From $29/mo

DataAnalyticsFree tier
ahrefs.com ↗XWikidataYouTubeLinkedInCrunchbaseFacebookInstagram
Open ahrefs.comAlternativesSet it up for my team
Ahrefs: data, price, alternatives
At a glancechecked Nov 4, 2026

not read yet

Use

For
marketing teams and SEOs who need to grow brand visibility in search and AI answers
Price
Free plan · From $29/mopricing page, read Nov 4, 2026Trial & discounts: save 17% yearly
Company
Ahrefs Pte. Ltd. · since 2010 · ~148 peoplesite footer · per Wikidata · per their About page
How it runs
API
Used for
  • track brand mentions and citations across AI chatbots
  • audit a website for technical SEO problems
  • compare competitors' traffic sources and keyword rankings
read off ahrefs.com on Nov 4, 2026
Worth knowingcomputed from what we read · each with its source
  • On the web since 2010, older than 94% of its shelfINITE Atlas
  • Hiring: 13 open rolescareers page
  • Slow to hire. Roles open two months or more: 8careers page
  • Has an MCP server (1 in the registry)public registry →
Pricingpricing page, read Nov 4, 2026

Free plan · From $29/mo

Trial & discounts save 17% yearly

pricing page

Price Watch: every price change in the Atlas, weekly

The companyeach fact with its source · read Nov 4, 2026
Your datawhat they publish, each line with its page · read Nov 4, 2026

These are Ahrefs's own statements, read from its pages. We did not audit them. A line that is missing was not found on the pages we read; it does not mean the practice is absent.

How a program reaches itfound, not claimed · read Nov 4, 2026
  • MCP servercom.ahrefs/mcpverified in the MCP registry
  • Stateanswers, requires sign-inchecked 2026-11-04
  • Address to connectapi.ahrefs.com/mcp/mcp

MCP server details →

This card as JSON, for your agent →

Each line is something a program found when it went looking: the registry entry, the server's own answer, a spec that parses. A missing line means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.

Alternatives in Databy use, among tools still maintained

Figure and bar: visits/mo, estimate · year: online since

Compare Ahrefs with

Pick up to two.

All 10 alternatives to Ahrefs →

All Data tools →

Not it? Say what you need

beta

Three tools from the Atlas for the job you describe, each with what fits and what does not.

From people who use itnot part of the reading

No notes yet. What do you use Ahrefs for?

Sign in to leave a note
Questions this page answers
  • What is Ahrefs?

    Crawls the web into a backlink and keyword index, then runs site audits, rank tracking and traffic analytics for SEO work. It is listed in the Atlas under Data and made by Ahrefs Pte. Ltd.

  • Who is Ahrefs for?

    marketing teams and SEOs who need to grow brand visibility in search and AI answers

  • How much does Ahrefs cost?

    Ahrefs has a free plan; paid plans start at $29/mo, per its pricing page on 2026-11-04.

  • Is Ahrefs free?

    Yes, Ahrefs has a free plan, per its pricing page on 2026-11-04.

  • Who owns Ahrefs?

    Ahrefs is run by Ahrefs Pte. Ltd., per its site footer (2026-11-04).

  • Is Ahrefs safe?

    We do not audit vendors. What Ahrefs publishes, read 2026-11-04: CCPA stated on its privacy policy.

  • How do I cancel Ahrefs?

    In its own words (pricing page, 2026-11-04): “Cancel your plan anytime from your Account Settings.”

  • What are alternatives to Ahrefs?

    In Data, by use: VisualSitemaps, SEOcrawl AI, Webz, UnifAPI, DeepSEOAnalysis.

How we read a tool

No votes, no reviews, no vendor claims. Every week a crawler reads each tool's own site and a few public registries, and the words on the card are bands over what it read.

  • Use: visits to the site (estimated), installs from npm and PyPI, presence in Chrome's usage report.
  • Activity: the newest release on GitHub, npm or PyPI; the newest dated page on the site; open roles on a public jobs board.
  • Price: the vendor's own pricing page, read with the date. A figure is printed only when it is on that page.
  • The line and the use cases are written by us from the homepage, one tool at a time, and refused when they repeat the vendor's marketing.

How AI assistants read each site — the reading vendors ask us about — is on each tool's own visibility page.

How we read every tool → · By INITE Atlas Desk