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Overview

What is Ahrefs?

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…

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Ahrefs - Your One-Stop Shop for SEO Insights, Analysis, and Actionable Recommendations

Rating: 10 out of 10
December 4, 2024
Vetted ReviewVerified User
I have used Ahrefs for keyword research, SEO audits, and backlink monitoring. Ahrefs claims to have the biggest database for keywords to research and likely it is true. The pl...
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Nirav Sampat
Manager - Marketing
SEO Manager
CarWale
Ahrefs4 years of experience
Verified on LinkedIn

Ahrefs - simple, faster, smarter SEO decision making

Rating: 10 out of 10
November 22, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We start every SEO project with Ahrefs. From analyzing the client's competition to discovering where to plant the authority flags, Ahrefs covers all of the bases an SEO team n...
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Kyle Börner
C-Level Executive - Marketing
Owner, Cofounder, and Chief Creative Marketer and Strategist
White Buffalo Creative
Ahrefs6 years of experience

Ahrefs has transformed my SEO strategy, boosting traffic and insights for The Digital Travel Expert Blog!

Rating: 9 out of 10
September 26, 2024
Vetted ReviewVerified User
Ahrefs has been an incredible SEO tool for The Digital Travel Expert Blog. helping me craft human-centric digital strategies and tips for travel and hospitality businesses. It...
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Verified user
Director
Ahrefs5 years of experience

Ahrefs; not a great name, but a great product

Rating: 10 out of 10
September 9, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
I use it mainly as an SEO practitioner, a content creator, and as a client manager. It helps me track some overall, big-picture metrics for how different client websites are p...
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Alex Panagiotopoulos
Partner - Marketing
Co-Founder
Kingston Creative
Ahrefs4 years of experience
Verified on LinkedIn

Great tool - must have for SEOs

Rating: 8 out of 10
June 26, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Ahrefs for SEO research - backlink discovery, keyword volume estimates, competitor tracking, etc. It's a very comprehensive tool and can help with almost all phases of ...
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Verified user
Partner
Ahrefs10 years of experience
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Pricing

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Lite

$99.00

Cloud
per month

Standard

$179.00

Cloud
per month

Advanced

$399.00

Cloud
per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://ahrefs.com/plans-pricing

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

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YouTube

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How to Use Site Explorer in Ahrefs | Demo Video

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Features

SEO

Core features related to search engine optimization

7.7
Avg 7.7

SEO Channels

Features related to optimizing your website for specific channels

7.5
Avg 7.6

SEO Platform & Account Management

Features related to scalability and integration of the SEO platform

8.6
Avg 8.5
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Product Details

What is Ahrefs?

Ahrefs is a software company that develops online SEO tools and free educational materials for marketing professionals.

Ahrefs all-in-one SEO toolset can help users with:
  • Competitor research: unveil competitor's organic keywords, backlink strategies and PPC keywords
  • Link Building: find the strongest backlink opportunities in a niche
  • Keyword Research: get maximum relevant keyword ideas and see how hard it would be to rank
  • Website Audit: find what SEO issues a website has and learn how to fix them
    Content Research: discover the most popular content on any topic and find the best ideas for content
  • Rank Tracking: track search rankings along with competitors'
  • Mentions Monitoring: get email alerts every time a brand is mentioned online.
The vendor states the Ahrefs database has 8 billion keywords and 421 billion indexed pages, and that this enables Ahrefs is able to provide maximum data and accuracy to its users.

Ahrefs Features

SEO Features

  • Supported: Keyword analysis
  • Supported: Backlink management
  • Supported: SERP ranking tracking
  • Supported: Page grader
  • Supported: Competitive analysis
  • Supported: Site audit / diagnostics
  • Supported: Site recommendations
  • Supported: Task management

SEO Channels Features

  • Supported: Local SEO
  • Supported: Social SEO
  • Supported: Mobile SEO
  • Supported: Global SEO

SEO Platform & Account Management Features

  • Supported: Multi-domain support

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

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Ahrefs Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported LanguagesEnglish, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Dutch, German, Turkish, Swedish, Polish

Frequently Asked Questions

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.”

Semrush, Moz Pro, and BrightEdge are common alternatives for Ahrefs.

Reviewers rate Keyword analysis highest, with a score of 9.4.

The most common users of Ahrefs are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

(379)

Reviews

(1-5 of 55)

Ahrefs Site Explorer for Backlink Management

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
April 14, 2016
Verified User
Analyst in Other
Marketing and Advertising Company, 201-500 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Ahrefs
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
At my company, Ahrefs Site Explorer is used as a tool to access the backlink profile and top content for websites. It is mainly used by the SEO department, and it allows us to see what kind of backlinks and link domains we have to a website, what is the anchor text distribution like, and what broken links we have.
Pros
  • I love how Ahrefs Site Explorer includes a list of the broken links to a site, the backlinks pointed to these broken links, and the date these broken links are found. It makes identifying quality 404 error pages so much easier, especially when we have the option to download a file with all this information.
  • I love how we can gauge what the top content and top pages are for any website using Ahrefs Site Explorer. Assessing the top content and pages on a website provides insight into what we can do to amp our content strategy.
  • I also like the anchors cloud function on Ahrefs Site Explorer, because it's a clear overview of what anchor texts are most prominent for a given website, and allows us to make adjustments if there's a lack of anchor text variety.
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.
Likelihood to Recommend
Ahrefs Site Explorer is extremely suitable for any kind of backlink or content analysis in which one wants to get a comprehensive overview of what a website's backlink profile looks like or what a website's top content is. I wouldn't necessarily recommend Ahrefs Site Explorer for keyword tracking because I think there are more efficient tools for that.

Your Backlink Warehouse

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
August 27, 2018
JM
JC Matthews
Co-Founder
Simply Insurance (Insurance, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Ahrefs
2 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Ahrefs is being used by my organization to obtain backlinks from new sites, as well as track the backlinks our competitors obtain and try to get those links as well. We also use Ahrefs to track our specific rankings for keywords and to identify the keywords we might need to give a small amount of love to before we can start ranking on page one of Google.

It solves a solid amount of problems, it helps you understand where the value is coming from in regards to your traffic and also allows you to check the specific search volumes of keywords. It is a master tool.
Pros
  • Keyword Tracking - This is awesome because if you have specific keywords you want to rank for, Ahrefs has an awesome tracking tool that allows you to track just those keywords.
  • Site Audit - This is a new feature and it works wonders, this will help you to see if there are any on-page seo issues with your site like load speeds or redirects that go into a never ending loop.
  • Keyword Research - This feature allows you to check Keyword Difficulty, Cost Per Click and Volume of keywords. This is a great tool for researching what to write about.
  • Backlink Checker - Ahrefs updates almost daily with new backlink data so you are able to get a clear picture of who is linking back to you.
Cons
  • Depending on your plan, how often your Keyword Rankings Update and the amount of times you can search domains are limited, if they could increase this number it would be great.
Likelihood to Recommend
If you are new to SEO it is probably not the best tool for you to start out with, because you might get overwhelmed. Ahrefs is best for someone who has a plan and understands the importance of the product for building links and for building SEO. If you need to write new content, Ahrefs should be a part of it. If you need to update old content, Ahrefs should be a part of it.

The best backlink data

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
April 29, 2021
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Ahrefs is being used in order to improve our SEO. In fact, everything we do regarding our SEO goes through Ahrefs. It is being used by the marketing department and it helps us target keywords, find backlink opportunities, audit our website, and more. On top of that, Ahrefs' free course on SEO and their tutorials have helped us tremendously in getting the most out of our SEO efforts.
Pros
  • Content research
  • Website audit
  • Backlinks
  • Competitor analysis
Cons
  • Higher limits on the $99 plan
  • More ranked keywords on each plan
  • An entry-level plan at a lower price than $99
Likelihood to Recommend
For SEO purposes, Ahrefs is simply the best out there. It has the best backlink data and its data analysis is superb. If you want to find SEO opportunities, Ahrefs makes it very easy to find them.

I'd like to see an improvement in the keyword generator to show more suggested keywords and long phrases. Also, if someone wants to get PPC data, I think there are others tools more suited for this.

Ahrefs - A Backlink Audit Must

Rating: 7 out of 10
April 26, 2014
Verified User
Supervisor in Marketing
Marketing and Advertising Company, 51-200 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Ahrefs
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
The SEO department is using Ahrefs mostly to identify positive movement within our link building campaigns. We also use it to diagnose Google penalties. It has been extremely valuable when helping clients recover from these penalties. It provides the key metrics and attributes when need to identify real problems they may be having. The export features are nice as well.
Pros
  • The index of links updates very often
  • The export features allow easy data cross analysis with other data sources
  • The price is well worth the return of service and usefulness
Cons
  • Sometimes the index does not pick up current live links for a long time.
  • The cap for data exports is pretty low considering the vastness of a link profile.
  • There should be a feature where you can classify link types by your own parameters.
Likelihood to Recommend
If you want to monitor your backlinks in almost real time, Ahrefs is the tool you need. They update their index faster than any other service I have seen, so if you are actively building link through content marketing other tactics, it will be nice to see what links show up naturally from your efforts. If you are looking for the best solution for cleanse a backlink profile, there are better tools out there specializing in those efforts.

SEO Backlink Analysis and Competitive Research

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
February 18, 2020
Verified User
Executive in Marketing
Marketing & Advertising Company, 1-10 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Ahrefs
8 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Ahrefs Site Explorer is an SEO tool that helps users like me analyze and improve search engine visibility by providing backlink profiles, including referring domains, keywords driving traffic, and the value of that traffic. It bridges the gap between on-page and off-page SEO, connecting the dots between my site's content and the links that have been built to my site.
Pros
  • Backlink profile
  • Organic search reporting
Cons
  • UI is busy
Likelihood to Recommend
Ahrefs Site Explorer is a solid choice for SEO teams, both in-house and agency teams, who want to understand how their sites—and their competitors' sites—are performing in search. Good for finding new SEO opportunities. It's not an "all-in-one" tool, so expect to use it alongside other tools you may already be using for monitoring, reporting, and optimization.
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