Ahrefs alternatives

Tools that do what Ahrefs does, found by what they say they do rather than by shelf. Among the equally alike, the most used come first. Each line says how it differs from Ahrefs.

Read 2026-11-05 · Ahrefs itself: Free plan · From $29/mo

With a free plan or free to use: Pylon SEO, GrowthBar Agent, VisualSitemaps, Opinly, Serpstat, DeepSEOAnalysis.

10 alternativesUnlike Ahrefs

#1
SEOcrawl AI Data MCP · sign-in
Crawls websites for SEO audits and tracks how ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Copilot mention your brand.
Also: MonitoringMore widely used
2.3k
Active
From ≈ $55/mo
#2
SE Ranking Marketing MCP · sign-in
Tracks keyword rankings, backlinks and AI search visibility, with site audits, research datasets and an API.
Also: SearchMore widely used
273k
Active
From $29/mo
2012
#3
Pylon SEO Data MCP · sign-in
Crawls a website, scores pages against 30 technical and on-page SEO rules, and ranks the fixes by impact and effort.
Costs moreAlso: Monitoring
Little sign of use
Active
From $59/mo
#4
GrowthBar Agent Marketing
Audits websites for SEO issues, tracks keyword rankings, and generates white-label PDF reports.
More widely used
185k
From $29/mo
2012
#5
NessFlow Data MCP · sign-in
Crawls your site like a search engine, rendering JavaScript, and reports SEO and accessibility issues alongside rankings and AI-assistant citations.
Also: MonitoringMore widely used
Little sign of use
Active
From ≈ $33/mo
#6
VisualSitemaps Data
Crawls websites and generates visual sitemaps showing page structure, with optional analysis of information architecture and SEO issues.
More widely used
1.7k
Active
From $29/mo
#7
Opinly Marketing MCP · sign-in
Audits a site for technical SEO faults, generates and schedules articles, tracks keywords and places backlinks for search and ChatGPT visibility.
Also: Workflow automationMore widely used
444
Active
#8
Serpstat Marketing MCP · sign-in
Runs keyword research, rank tracking, site audits and competitor analysis for SEO and PPC, plus an SEO data API.
Also: SearchMore widely used
15.9k
2013
#9
DeepSEOAnalysis Data MCP · sign-in
Crawls a URL and scores technical SEO, Core Web Vitals, schema, internal links and AI citation readiness in one report.
More widely used
144
Active
From $24/mo
#10
Morningscore Marketing MCP · sign-in
Tracks Google and ChatGPT rankings, monitors backlinks, scans sites for SEO issues and pushes automatic fixes to WordPress or Shopify.
Costs moreAlso: Monitoring
107k
Active
From $69/mo
2018

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How this list is made: the words Ahrefs is described with (what it does, for whom, what it is used for) are matched against every tool in the Atlas. A tool on the same shelf, or doing the same kind of work, counts for a little more. Nothing here is paid for.