Ahrefs

Free tier

AI marketing platform powered by big data — dominate search, AI, and beyond

Paid·All audiences·Powered by Anthropic (Claude), Google (Gemini), others·API available

Key strengths

Proprietary web index with 170T pages41.9B keywords tracked#1 SEO crawler (per Cloudflare Radar)AI marketing platform (Letaido) with agents and automationsBrand & AI search visibility trackingCompetitive intelligence toolsBuilt-in AI assistant (Ask Ahrefs)

Paid only · from $129 USD/mo

Singapore, Singapore

Founded 2010

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Ahrefs is a paid SEO and AI-visibility platform built on a proprietary web index of 170 trillion pages and a keyword database spanning 41.9 billion keywords. It is ranked the #1 SEO crawler per Cloudflare Radar. The platform exposes its data and functionality via an API, enabling programmatic access to backlink data, keyword metrics, and site audit results. Ahrefs integrates natively with Google Search Console, ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Data Studio, and IndexNow. Its AI marketing layer — Letaido — provides agents and automations for scaling SEO and content workflows. An Ask Ahrefs built-in AI assistant is also available for in-platform querying. Pricing starts at $129/mo (Lite), with Standard at $249/mo, Advanced at $449/mo (billed annually saves up to 17%), and an Enterprise tier for larger organizations. A free tier is available.

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