Ahrefs vs Web CEO

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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Web CEO

This tool can be great for some pay per click (PPC) tasks, but I wouldn't get this if you are solely a PPC marketer. This really is more a SEO software suite. There is a big difference. If you are considering purchasing this ask yourself the following:

Are you wanting to track and report upon traffic?
Are you needing to monitor your backlinks and clean up bad backlink profiles?
Are you needing to track your keywords (down to a local level) rankings?
Are you looking for great reporting?
Are you looking for an awesome SEO audit tool?

If you answered yes to any of those questions above then Web CEO is the #1 tool I would recommend.

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Brian Jackson

Owner/Director of Optimization

OKay MarketingMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Ahrefs

8.4

Web CEO

8.0

Keyword analysis

9.4

7.0

Backlink management

9.5

7.3

SERP ranking tracking

9.1

8.0

Page grader

8.0

9.0

Competitive analysis

9.2

7.7

Site audit / diagnostics

8.7

9.7

Site recommendations

7.7

9.0

Task management

5.6

6.5

Ahrefs

8.0

Web CEO

8.7

Local SEO

8.2

9.3

Social SEO

6.5

8.3

Mobile SEO

8.3

Global SEO

9.2

8.7

Ahrefs

8.6

Web CEO

8.8

Multi-domain support

9.1

8.7

Integration with web analytics tools

8.1

9.0

Pros

Their backlink database is still one of the most up to date we've seen when compared to similar tools.
The user interface is very intuitive and easy to learn.
They provide you with a lot of great information and the ability to set a date range can really help you narrow things down.

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Joshua Titsworth

Digital Marketing Specialist

Vizion InteractiveInternet, 11-50 employees

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The desktop keyword ranking report provides an excellent format for tracking and reporting on month to month changes in keyword rankings.
The desktop competitive keyword ranking report provides outstanding comparison information in any easy to read report.
The online keyword basket report offers an interesting graphic that allows you to see 12 months of search volume in a concise diagram.
SEO University provides an outstanding foundation for learning and understanding web marketing from the ground up.

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Frank Stoczko

Marketing Strategy Analyst

IQnection Internet ServicesInternet, 11-50 employees

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Cons

Ahrefs Site Explorer provides an overview of domain health and the issues that can be fixed, and sometimes the suggested "critical issues" can be an astronomical number and not accurate.
For certain features on Ahrefs Site Explorer, there can a more elaborate description/guide on how to utilize the feature.

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Verified User

Analyst in Other

Marketing and Advertising Company, 201-500 employees

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Search engine submission. Sometimes WEB CEO mixes up sites in the reports from search engine submission and mails to the wrong client. We now have to mail all reports separately.

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Peter Green

Director of Technology

Pennine HoldingsInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Ahrefs8.0

Based on 4 answers

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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Verified User

Supervisor in Marketing

Marketing and Advertising Company, 51-200 employees

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Web CEO9.7

Based on 8 answers

I have been at a new company in marketing for the last 6 months. We are developing a new website, and will be utilizing Adwords, and of course improving our organic ranking against competitors. Once the site is in place, I will be recommending we incorporate Web CEO into my list of tools to do my job efficiently and quickly.

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Imari Adams

Marketing/Communications Specialist

Alora Healthcare SystemsInternet, 11-50 employees

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Usability

Ahrefs7.0

Based on 1 answer

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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Web CEO8.5

Based on 2 answers

The UI is awesome and the recently redesigned the entire product. This isn't like Hootsuite which stays stagnant for years. It looks modern and functions like a modern tool. It can be a little sluggish at times but that is partially due to it querying so much amazing data at once :)

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Brian Jackson

Owner/Director of Optimization

OKay MarketingMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Support

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Web CEO8.3

Based on 2 answers

Web CEO's support is amazing. They call them "Support Angels." :) They have always responded within 12 hours and they don't sugar coat anything. If there was a bug, they give you a straight answer and tell you it was a bug and they have their developers working on it. They also have had 0 downtime in over a year that I have been using them.

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Brian Jackson

Owner/Director of Optimization

OKay MarketingMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Implementation

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Web CEO7.9

Based on 2 answers

You can start using Web CEO in under 5 minutes so the implementation is very minimal. Simply setup your projects for your sites, hook them up to Google Analytics and your good to go. You can start analyzing data and viewing keyword tracking results in no time at all.

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Brian Jackson

Owner/Director of Optimization

OKay MarketingMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

There are some similarities, but ultimately, they're different tools. I really like both, but I prefer Ahrefs. Its layout and organization of data works for my workflow the best

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Marketing

Marketing and Advertising Company, 1-10 employees

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I have found limitations using WebCEO (or any other general SEO software) versus dedicated function software. WebCEO might work fine for a small company or individual working with a single site but an agency working with multiple large clients where expectations are high and reporting is a critical point of success, I prefer to use dedicated function software which specialize in specific areas of web marketing (.e.g. - link building -- MajesticSEO or Link Research Tools).

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Frank Stoczko

Marketing Strategy Analyst

IQnection Internet ServicesInternet, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

Ahrefs has literally been the most powerful tool in my pocket for converting potential clients. They can't deny what I show them using AHREFS. It's a winner!

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Caleb Kingston

CEO

BRAINSPINMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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The tools in web ceo will help you hone in on a particular campaign to associate with web pages, which leads to conversion
If you are doing a/b testing on multiple pages, or competitor analysis of their web and seo presence, web ceo is a great tool to have, again due to its ease of use.
When we used web ceo at my previous company, we saw immediate results as we used the information to help boost our organic and ppc ratings.

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Imari Adams

Marketing/Communications Specialist

Alora Healthcare SystemsInternet, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

Ahrefs

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

—

Ahrefs Editions & Modules

Ahrefs

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Additional Pricing Details

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Web CEO

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Web CEO Editions & Modules

Web CEO

Edition

StartUp

$991

Corporate

$1991

Agency Fixed

$4991

Agency Unlimited

99 + scanning fees1

1. mo

Additional Pricing Details

STARTUP Plan: 5 active projects 200 keywords in Rank Tracker; 5,000 pages to scan with the SEO Auditor; 10,000 backlinks analyzed; 15,000 competitor backlinks analyzed. CORPORATE Plan: 25 active projects; 500 keywords in Rank Tracker; 125,000 pages to scan with the SEO Auditor; 150,000 backlinks analyzed; 125,000 competitor backlinks analyzed; An SEO audit button on your website. AGENCY FIXED Plan: 50 active projects; 2,000 keywords in Rank Tracker; 1,250,000 pages to scan with the SEO Auditor; 2,500,000 backlinks analyzed; 250,000 competitor backlinks analyzed; An SEO audit button on your website; Branded SEO tools on your custom domain. AGENCY UNLIMITED Plan: Unlimited projects ($2 per project + scanning fees); Unlimited keywords in Rank Tracker; Unlimited pages to scan with the SEO Auditor; Unlimited backlinks analyzed; Unlimited competitor backlinks analyzed; An SEO audit button on your website; Branded SEO tools on your custom domain; SEO API.