Ahrefs vs. ContentKing

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Ahrefs
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Ahrefs is an SEO tool providers. Ahrefs Site Explorer provides a suite of tools including a component for backlink & on-page SEO analysis, online brand mentions tracking, and domain comparison tool for competitor analysis, etc. They refer to themselves as “the largest index of live backlinks.”
$99
per month
ContentKing
Score 5.4 out of 10
N/A
A solution that aims to ensure customers find valuable digital content with 24/7 website monitoring from ContentKing, now part of the enterprise organic marketing platform from Conductor. Website changes happen, and they happen fast. That’s where ContentKing for Conductor comes in. As a real-time SEO monitoring and auditing platform, ContentKing keeps track of everything happening on a site as it happens, such as if links suddenly break or…N/A
Pricing
AhrefsContentKing
Editions & Modules
Lite
$99.00
per month
Standard
$179.00
per month
Advanced
$399.00
per month
Agency
$999.00
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AhrefsContentKing
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
AhrefsContentKing
Considered Both Products
Ahrefs
Chose Ahrefs
It's competitive with Semrush, Moz and other tools of that same ilk. It's great for serious SEO work - not at the Enterprise level - but at the small business, small agency level. I would not consider it competitive with BrightEdge, Conductor, SEOClarity, etc. - but it IS …
ContentKing
Chose ContentKing
The UX is amazing on the tool, the monthly price is doable. I use SEMRush for keyword research, Ahrefs for link profiles and ContentKing for audit and history. They all have their specific strong points.
Chose ContentKing
No other tool has the real-time crawling, alerting, and change monitoring.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
AhrefsContentKing
SEO
Comparison of SEO features of Product A and Product B
Ahrefs
7.9
69 Ratings
2% above category average
ContentKing
7.0
14 Ratings
10% below category average
Keyword analysis9.466 Ratings00 Ratings
Backlink management9.067 Ratings00 Ratings
SERP ranking tracking8.665 Ratings00 Ratings
Page grader6.860 Ratings7.411 Ratings
Competitive analysis8.767 Ratings5.43 Ratings
Site audit / diagnostics7.062 Ratings7.514 Ratings
Site recommendations5.559 Ratings7.612 Ratings
Task management8.131 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO Channels
Comparison of SEO Channels features of Product A and Product B
Ahrefs
7.8
61 Ratings
3% above category average
ContentKing
7.5
8 Ratings
1% below category average
Local SEO7.249 Ratings7.53 Ratings
Social SEO7.347 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile SEO7.846 Ratings00 Ratings
Global SEO9.255 Ratings7.58 Ratings
SEO Platform & Account Management
Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Product A and Product B
Ahrefs
8.4
58 Ratings
0% below category average
ContentKing
7.9
11 Ratings
7% below category average
Multi-domain support8.555 Ratings8.510 Ratings
Integration with web analytics tools8.429 Ratings7.311 Ratings
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Score 8.2 out of 10
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Score 8.2 out of 10
Enterprises
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User Ratings
AhrefsContentKing
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(74 ratings)
7.9
(14 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(5 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(2 ratings)
7.3
(6 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(14 ratings)
9.1
(6 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
AhrefsContentKing
Likelihood to Recommend
Ahrefs
Ahrefs is a must have in the SEO toolbox. It is one of the leading tools in the industry for serious SEO research. It can do almost everything you need on the non-technical side of SEO. In my opinion, it is not great if you need a detailed technical tool that identifies errors and helps with fix suggestions. In that instance, I think there are better tools on the market. But - for content and keyword related tasks, I think it's must have.
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ContentKing
The times when [ContentKing] is most useful is when working with migrations, or changing dynamic websites that you want to continuously monitor fix and rapidly resolve issues. Because you can share URLs to key issues and create segments out of them it is very easy to highlight issues. Because it isn't charged a per user level this does mean you can give access to clients and their development teams.
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Pros
Ahrefs
  • I have been using this platform in my organization to develop several SEO tools to help to grow our website much.
  • It has all the main features which include competitor research, keyword research, website audit, content research, and rank tracking.
  • I have been using all these functions in the organization for several purposes. It provides complete information and complete performance details of the SEO.
  • It provides us the detailed keyword research with volume, CPC, and other information.
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ContentKing
  • Proactive monitoring of the website on a broad spectrum of on-page and technical issues.
  • Insights for page-specific action points based on different data streams.
  • Identifying technical and on-page website issues.
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Cons
Ahrefs
  • Can't export graphs: some graphs within the tool would be useful as an export. Unfortunately, exporting them is not an option.
  • No "blanket" reporting options: though Ahrefs is excellent for gathering and exporting intel/data, there are no blanket SEO reports provided. Exporting data is great, but simple report exporting would make it better.
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ContentKing
  • It is a single host only, which means that if your website spans mulitple subdomains it falls down
  • It isn't as easy to control as desktop crawlers, the continuous nature means you can't just give it a set of URLs to monitor.
  • Some of the issues it highlights aren't always issues, and so you need an expert user
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Likelihood to Renew
Ahrefs
Their index is too vast to ignore when looking at a complete backlink profile. We find links in Ahrefs that do not appear in any other link detection tool. For this reason, it's a must for our agency to use for the foreseeable future. Plus, it's very affordable considering the data you get
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ContentKing
Because it does its job very well.
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Usability
Ahrefs
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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ContentKing
Really like the walkthrough onboarding of the app to get your bearings when you sign up. You can quickly glance at the interface and understand where everything is located and what each feature is used for. The dashboard is incredibly useful to understand the health of your site and address any persistent issues on your site quickly.
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Support Rating
Ahrefs
Ahrefs has always been responsive when there's been a technical issue with the site. There are usually very little problems, but if there are, they announce it on their social media accounts which keeps its customers informed. Email support is prompt and the customer service people are very helpful, knowledgable and friendly.
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ContentKing
They respond very quickly and have deep technical knowledge so they will always find a solution to your problem. They are based in Europe but are planning to open offices soon in the USA that will help with time-difference issues. If you are based in Europe, you will get an answer in 15 minutes.
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Implementation Rating
Ahrefs
No answers on this topic
ContentKing
Very easy to set up.
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Alternatives Considered
Ahrefs
Majestic and Ahrefs are really close in terms of tool. Ahrefs does offer competitive comparison and they do have a more up to date data base. Majestic however has a more comprehensive historical view of sites which is also extremely valuable. Majestic also offers a link velocity chart that is missing on Ahrefs. Ahrefs makes up for this with their links gained/lost calendar which Majestic is missing.
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ContentKing
Content King provides a much more immersive dashboard. Additionally, the reports offered by Content king give us much more granular data allowing management to see the results country site by country site. The other tool would have required us to hire an external developer to create a custom dashboard to provide reporting. This to, us made the decision easy.
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Return on Investment
Ahrefs
  • Ahrefs Site Explorer has helped with any comprehensive backlink analysis and backlink profile management we've had.
  • Ahrefs Site Explorer has helped tremendously in getting manual penalties lifted for certain sites.
  • Aherfs Site Explorer has been helpful in identifying 404 error pages.
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ContentKing
  • My website health score went from 700 tot 986/1,00 in three years time.
  • The authority of my website went from 1,9 to 2,6 in three years time.
  • The visitors to my website climbed from 10/day to 60/day in three years time.
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ScreenShots

Ahrefs Screenshots

Screenshot of Analyze backlinks and keywords of any website to find opportunities for your organic traffic growthScreenshot of Check your website for 100+ pre-defined SEO issuesScreenshot of Get relevant keyword ideas supported by accurate SEO metricsScreenshot of Find the most shared and linked-to content on any topicScreenshot of Track your and your competitors' search rankings

ContentKing Screenshots

Screenshot of ContentKing: Real-time SEO Auditing & Monitoring Platform. Because search engines never sleep.Screenshot of Real-time SEO Auditing. Because the competition doesn’t wait.Screenshot of Monitoring & Alerting™. Because you need to know before your rankings are impacted.Screenshot of Change Tracking™. Any change can impact your SEO performance. With ContentKing you finally have the visibility into all those changes.Screenshot of ContentKing is trusted by companies all over the globe.Screenshot of APIs & Integrations - Enrich your data. Work with it in any way you want.