Ahrefs vs BuzzStream

Ahrefs

This is a very comprehensive tool in terms of ability and information it provides. While it won't give you every link a site has, it will give you most of them and will provide you with the most up to date link information for any site compared to all of the other link crawl providers.

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Joshua Titsworth

Digital Marketing Specialist

Vizion InteractiveInternet, 11-50 employees

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BuzzStream

BuzzStream works for anyone that is working in the SEO field! It has literally saved me hours of time and is my go-to tool for all link building needs. The speed that I'm able to research a site, save the key information and launch a pre-crafted email is head spinning (In a good way)! This is one of the SEO tools that I can't live without--it makes link building and link tracking a whole lot easier. BuzzStream likely wouldn't be a good fit for anyone that isn't particularly working in the SEO field. I can't imagine this would replace a dedicated email tracking system or be used to send email drips.

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Aaron Treguboff

Organic Reach Lead

WebPTComputer Software, 201-500 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Ahrefs

8.1

BuzzStream

7.8

Keyword analysis

9.3

6.9

Backlink management

9.3

8.3

SERP ranking tracking

8.6

6.9

Page grader

8.1

8.5

Competitive analysis

9.1

8.5

Site audit / diagnostics

7.8

7.5

Site recommendations

7.1

8.0

Task management

5.5

7.6

Ahrefs

7.8

BuzzStream

7.9

Local SEO

8.3

7.0

Social SEO

6.3

7.0

Mobile SEO

7.6

7.5

Global SEO

9.0

10.0

Ahrefs

8.4

BuzzStream

7.2

Multi-domain support

8.9

8.0

Integration with web analytics tools

7.8

6.4

Pros

Click rate metrics for each keyword
Content gap analysis
Best link database I've used
Useful keyword and link filtering in all reports

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Katie Goh

SEM/SEO Analyst

HealthgradesHospital & Health Care, 501-1000 employees

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Communication Organization: It provides a simple communication format for even the most novice of users to understand. All messages are kept in nice order, even placed in folders if needed, to alleviate the pain of losing messages in normal email.
Locating Contact Information: I love that BuzzStream aids in finding additional contact information for people. From social accounts to other emails, we can make sure we reach out to people via the correct channels.
Building a Consistent Voice: BuzzStream allows you to save templates that have worked or failed when conducting outreach. These templates can have autofill parameters added to them and are accessible to all users.

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Verified User

Manager in Marketing

Marketing and Advertising Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Cons

Ahrefs does not have a feature similar to the Topical tagging in Majestic. Adding that would be a big improvement.
Pricing: Ahrefs is just plain *expensive* compared to competing products.

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Tim Colling

President

A Servant's Heart Web Design and Marketing - Online Marketing & SEO for Those Who Serve the ElderlyMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Reporting could be better: I feel like the reporting templates and visuals are almost too high-level. I do like that it can break it down based on subject line performance and template performance, but I want to have more analysis into why the numbers are what they are.
Researching aspect can be off: While I love that it can find other forms of contact for my contacts, sometimes is can be off and give me emails for either an entire company or [emails that are] completely wrong all together.
Autofill/Personalization parameters don't work all the time: I've had a number of autofill parameters just not work when sending so the contact will see [FIRSTNAME] instead of their actual first name. This isn't all the time, but it does occur.

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Verified User

Manager in Marketing

Marketing and Advertising Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Ahrefs8.0

Based on 4 answers

Ahrefs recently became more expensive. While they offer a large web index of backlinks, some of the modules of analysis available in similar tools make them a better value in many respects. Ahrefs continues to update their interface, but the accuracy of link counts and new/lost data modules calls into question the validity of the provided information.

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Verified User

Strategist in Marketing

Marketing and Advertising Company, 51-200 employees

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Usability

Ahrefs7.0

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Ahrefs is very easy to use - you can jump right in and understand most of the assets. Overall, the dashboard snapshots give a very good picture of inbound link activity. For deeper analysis of historical trends, the system can become cumbersome, making it hard to do full work without exporting and reformatting the data.

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Verified User

Strategist in Marketing

Marketing and Advertising Company, 51-200 employees

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BuzzStream7.8

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Buzzstream is great to help identify sites to get links from, and it makes this process so efficient, easy and personal to all, the ones who are using it and the ones that are receiving. Flawless navigation, good outlook, 10/10!

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Justina Rimkeviciute

Digital Marketing Strategist

PROFORECAST LTDMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Actually, I still use SEMRush and BrightLocal. Majestic, though, just didn't compare and certainly didn't have all the features that Ahrefs offers.

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Tim Colling

President

A Servant's Heart Web Design and Marketing - Online Marketing & SEO for Those Who Serve the ElderlyMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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I haven't used many other link building tools. The only other way that I've found to stay organized is to use Google Spreadsheets. I like BuzzStream because you can have different profiles for each client, can manage users and messaging, and it reminds you when it's time to reach out to a prospect again

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Verified User

Manager in Marketing

Publishing Company, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

Ahrefs makes me able to perform my work faster and more comprehensively than other tools.
Ahrefs allows me to stop using tools that I would otherwise have to spend money on e.g. Majestic

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Tim Colling

President

A Servant's Heart Web Design and Marketing - Online Marketing & SEO for Those Who Serve the ElderlyMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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