Ahrefs vs. SEO PowerSuite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Ahrefs
Score 8.9 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
SEO PowerSuite
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
SEO PowerSuite is a SEO software tookit that includes 4 applications - Rank Tracker, WebSite Auditor, SEO SpyGlass, and LinkAssistant. Each application helps website owners and SEOs focus on a specific aspect of search engine optimization. With Rank Tracker, the user can set up rank monitoring, analyze competitors, look for new keyword ideas and organize them in relevant keyword groups. WebSite Auditor helps to run sitewide audits for technical issues, as well as get actionable recommendation…
$299
per year
Pricing
AhrefsSEO PowerSuite
Editions & Modules
Lite
$99.00
per month
Standard
$179.00
per month
Advanced
$399.00
per month
Agency
$999.00
per month
Free
$0
forever license
Professional
$299
per year license
Enterprise
$499
per year license
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AhrefsSEO PowerSuite
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
AhrefsSEO PowerSuite
Considered Both Products
Ahrefs
Chose Ahrefs
Having used most of the industry's SEO suites, I chose Ahrefs because of its crawl depth and massive suite of tools. Most of the other suites have similar tools, but Ahrefs beats them in both accuracy and speed. These things are important for any SEO professional who …
SEO PowerSuite
Chose SEO PowerSuite
SEO PowerSuite is a unique SEO software because it runs on your computer. Unlike Ahrefs or Moz, which run as SaS, this tool depends on your computer resources to crawl and gather data from the websites which can be a good thing, because your business lives on your computer. …
Chose SEO PowerSuite
It works in combination with all of them, the closest would be a combination of Ahrefs, Majestic, and Screaming Frog. However, where this tool steps up its game, is when you integrate it with Google Search Console and then tie them both into Google Data Studio. When you get …
Chose SEO PowerSuite
In many ways, SEO PowersSuite is so powerful that I keep coming back to it everytime. All other software is a. Online and b. Often limited in ways (even in the paid versions) that breaks the productivity. Not a super bad thing per-se, but if you have to work on various websites …
Chose SEO PowerSuite
It's outdated but runs locally.
The unlimited tracking of keywords is a big plus.
At the end it is still to expensive for us too make sense for any much longer.
Chose SEO PowerSuite
  1. Low price for such many features
  2. using my computer's power instead of lazy servers
  3. huge database
Chose SEO PowerSuite
Based on price and functionality SEO PowerSuite is a strong competitor to the other tools mentioned. All of these tools serve the same basic need. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Every one of them will get the job done. However, for site owners, freelancers …
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
AhrefsSEO PowerSuite
SEO
Comparison of SEO features of Product A and Product B
Ahrefs
8.5
68 Ratings
9% above category average
SEO PowerSuite
8.4
14 Ratings
8% above category average
Keyword analysis9.365 Ratings9.014 Ratings
Backlink management8.966 Ratings8.013 Ratings
SERP ranking tracking8.764 Ratings8.014 Ratings
Page grader8.259 Ratings9.014 Ratings
Competitive analysis8.666 Ratings9.014 Ratings
Site audit / diagnostics8.761 Ratings9.014 Ratings
Site recommendations7.558 Ratings8.012 Ratings
Task management7.931 Ratings7.37 Ratings
SEO Channels
Comparison of SEO Channels features of Product A and Product B
Ahrefs
8.6
60 Ratings
12% above category average
SEO PowerSuite
8.3
14 Ratings
9% above category average
Local SEO8.148 Ratings8.013 Ratings
Social SEO7.946 Ratings8.011 Ratings
Mobile SEO8.745 Ratings8.013 Ratings
Global SEO9.454 Ratings9.013 Ratings
SEO Platform & Account Management
Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Product A and Product B
Ahrefs
8.6
57 Ratings
2% above category average
SEO PowerSuite
8.3
14 Ratings
2% below category average
Multi-domain support8.854 Ratings8.511 Ratings
Integration with web analytics tools8.429 Ratings8.013 Ratings
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AhrefsSEO PowerSuite
Small Businesses
Google PageSpeed Insights
Google PageSpeed Insights
Score 9.9 out of 10
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Google PageSpeed Insights
Score 9.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Advanced Web Ranking
Advanced Web Ranking
Score 8.3 out of 10
Advanced Web Ranking
Advanced Web Ranking
Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
AhrefsSEO PowerSuite
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(73 ratings)
9.0
(16 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(5 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(14 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
AhrefsSEO PowerSuite
Likelihood to Recommend
Ahrefs
It gives the best report to us which helps us to find the opportunity to build backlinks. Another main feature that makes Ahrefs a safe and sound approach to SEO is that it provides information about duplicate content, URLs, redirects along with other errors that can be dangerous to the website.
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LinkAssist.Com
After starting your online business, you have to use SEO PowerSuite to start up. You want to know where you have to go in terms of SEO journey, what keywords you need to use, who your competition is and which locations are the most important to you. Also, you need to know the power of your website, how well it performs now and how it can be improved. If you just want to start blogging for fun, about stuff that interests you and only you, you might find this program a bit over the top. It has way too many features to "just" see how many visitors you get on your website. A simple plugin will probably do the job.
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Pros
Ahrefs
  • Backlink data: Ahrefs continues to provide the best backlink data in the industry when compared to other tools. Other players are playing catching up, but as a first mover, Ahrefs is ahead of the game by far.
  • Keyword data: Ahrefs provides extremely valuable keyword data. Though I rank them second in this category, the data that they provide is comparable to the first ranked player.
  • Content Explorer: I don't think other industry tools (SEO specific) has a content explorer as useful as Ahrefs. Their content explorer works great for identifying top content and trends for multiple industries.
  • Rank Tracker: This rank tracker is better than the average tracker and Ahrefs provides a large limit for tracked keywords. Though they have moved away from daily updates, the rank tracker is great for bench marking progress.
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LinkAssist.Com
  • Finds keyword opportunities with the best chance to rank
  • Finds your most ominous competitors
  • Finds the opportunities for content changes that make a difference in ranking
  • Checks your site for technical issues and suggest fixes for them
  • Finds backlinks for your site and opportunities to go for
  • Helps you with all four areas of SEO: On-page, Off-Page, Technical and Experiential
  • Helps your organize project data and tasks in easy to use columns and filters
  • Helps you setup automatic checks on all aspects of your SEO campaigns to stay up to date
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Cons
Ahrefs
  • Anchor text alert notifications for a specific domain would be nice to have.
  • Would also be nice to set a specific client domain and then be able to pick 5 competitor sites to compare it to instead of entering in the client site and then 4 competitors to compare.
  • Adding emails to forward the exports to from running a report would be good too.
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LinkAssist.Com
  • The software is not strong with processing large amounts of data. So, it is really good for small and medium size businesses, but can be cumbersome for large projects.
  • Due to large number of settings it takes time to learn it.
  • Need to purchase proxies or captcha solution. I think those can be provides as part of the package already.
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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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LinkAssist.Com
I gave SEO PowerSuite a two because our company did not renew our subscription. The pricing was too complicated and having multiple platforms made it more difficult to use. We dropped our subscription to SEO PowerSuite and implemented Moz. Moz gave us a full view of all of the metrics we were looking for on one web-based platform. Plus, the pricing model was simple so it was easier to get senior management to cosign on.
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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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LinkAssist.Com
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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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LinkAssist.Com
I have had several interactions with support at SEO PowerSuite. Each time I have been quite pleased with the response. I have interacted with billing and tools support and have found them to both be on top of things. they follow up well and they get the issue resolved in a timely manner. I have no complaints here.
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Online Training
Ahrefs
No answers on this topic
LinkAssist.Com
SEO Powersuite has a lot of training videos online, combined with some live streaming tutorials. Also, they have a guide that comes with their software to outline the basics of your SEO workflow. This will get you on the right track right from the start. Their guides and tutorials are easy to follow and detail every possible option you have when doing work with SEO Powersuite. Even if you want to switch to different software, the courses are easy to implement in all other tools too! Very recommended if you want to get started in the SEO world, or want to expand your knowledge.
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Alternatives Considered
Ahrefs
I think when it comes to keyword tracking, Ahrefs is not as good BrightEdge, but Ahrefs Site Explorer trumps BrightEdge when it comes to anything backlink related. I would use Ahrefs Site Explorer for backlink analysis, identifying 404 error pages, examining anchor texts, and exploring top content. However, I would utilze BrightEdge for keyword and ranking information
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LinkAssist.Com
It works in combination with all of them, the closest would be a combination of Ahrefs, Majestic, and Screaming Frog. However, where this tool steps up its game, is when you integrate it with Google Search Console and then tie them both into Google Data Studio. When you get this right, you can show your client how much money they would need to spend on PPC to get the same 'value' of traffic. This changes the way they look at optimization, now the cost of a term in PPC is also used as a reason to optimize the customer journey.
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Return on Investment
Ahrefs
  • Identify the most effective keywords for content creation and optimizing existing content, which can help to increase organic traffic to your website.
  • Track backlinks, monitor the competition, and identify potential link building opportunities, which can help to improve your search engine rankings.
  • Analyze the top-performing pages on any website, which can help to optimize your own content and improve user experience.
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LinkAssist.Com
  • SEO PowerSuite is a one-time payment SEO software which shortens the time it takes for you to optimize websites in terms of SEO, content, visibility and conversions which can improve your ROI if used wisely.
  • Can be used on multiple platforms and scales nicely. An Enterprise license allows multiple people to run the software, and it's easy to set up. It's updated regularly which means zero maintenance.
  • BuzzBundle and LinkAssistant can increase your brands reach, potentially increasing the number of prospects and leads.
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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

SEO PowerSuite Screenshots

Screenshot of Rank Tracker is the most customizable rank checker tool you'll come across. Whether you need to check positions globally or in local search, in Google SERPs or any of the tool's 400+ search engines — Rank Tracker's got you covered. Whether you need to scan the top 50 or 1,000 search results, track keyword rankings once a week or daily, monitor Universal and Map listings, and track competitor keyword ranks — you can do that even with the software's free trial. Monitor your site average position and visibility score. Observe how your ranking position changes, notice when your keyword enters the top position or gets a featured snippet on Google SERPs. The best part is, everything is unlimited in this keyword position checker — including websites, search engines, and keywords to track.Screenshot of WebSite Auditor does more than analyzing your content. It lets you optimize pages in-app with step-by-step SEO advice as you type. In a separate tab, you can create and edit your pages' title and meta description tags, and preview your Google snippet right below. Done optimizing? A single click will save the SEO-perfect HTML to your hard drive, ready for upload.Screenshot of All your favorite keyword research tools are integrated right into the Rank Tracker keyword rank tool: Google Ads Keyword Planner; Competition research; Domain Research; Related Searches; Autocomplete tools; Related Questions; Google Analytics and Search Console for terms you already rank for. Used together, these sources will give you thousands of keywords you wouldn't have found elsewhere on the web. As you find keyword ideas, the tool will automatically group them by topic, so you can analyze and target entire keyword groups instead of going through bulks of terms one by one.Screenshot of WebSite Auditor will run an SEO audit and quickly reveal every issue on your site that can affect search engine indexation, rankings, and user experience. The audit tool looks for tech SEO issues such as broken links and images, duplicate content, crawling errors, poor mobile usability, site speed, redirect chains, internal linking problems, heavy pages and scripts, W3C validation errors, thin content, and more.Screenshot of Check the exact backlinks your site has — or spy on your competitor's backlinks with SEO SpyGlass. In a matter of minutes, this smart tool will calculate the total number of backlinks the site has and show the exact URL of each and every backlink. Since today's search engines place a huge value on links, this is the number one factor for ranking well.Screenshot of Acquiring that new backlink is often a numbers game — you need link building tools that will provide tons of link suggestions that will serve as a foundation for your link building campaigns. And LinkAssistant is simply the best tool for sheer volume. With 7.1 billion pages crawled on a daily basis, the software will give you backlink opportunities in hundreds and even thousands.