SEO tools
Ahrefs
Backlink, keyword and rank data for search, sold as published monthly plans with an API.
Ahrefs is an SEO toolset with published plans from a credit-based Starter plan to Lite, Standard, Advanced and Enterprise. Its API v3 is documented at docs.ahrefs.com; keys are free to generate and most paid requests consume API units.
Where it shines
- Publishes prices for every plan, from $29 a month (Starter) to $1,499 a month (Enterprise).
- Documents its API, including free public endpoints and per-request unit costs.
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- The Starter plan is credit-based and can only be renewed monthly.
- Most API requests consume units, with a minimum of 50 units per request.
What it offers
- Objectives
- Disciplines
- Markets
- Global
Technical details
- Category
- SEO tools
- Deployment
- Cloud (SaaS)
- Pricing model
- Flat plansUsage-based
Something is listed only when it can be checked. A connection we could not confirm is left off, and Find your stack then credits a public API at half weight.
Our six checks
- Transparency: met
- Interfaces: met
- Delivery: met
- Consent: not known yet
- Data: not known yet
- Commercial terms: met
- TransparencyMet
Pricing and terms are published.
Plan prices are published on the pricing page and in the help centre.
- InterfacesMet
An API, data export and integrations are documented.
API v3 is documented, with free keys and unit-based usage; the help centre says it is available from the Lite plan.
- DeliveryMet
What the product claims to do is documented.
Plan contents and usage-based pricing for credit plans are documented in the help centre.
- ConsentNot assessed
Consent and preference management is built in.
Not applicable in the usual sense: the product analyses public web data rather than collecting visitor consent.
- DataNot assessed
Data ownership, residency and export on exit are stated.
Data processing terms were not reviewed.
- Commercial termsMet
No hidden lock-in in the commercial terms.
Monthly billing is available; annual billing gives about 20% off. Enterprise requires an annual commitment.
Not assessed is not a failure — it means we have not checked yet. Methodology
Evidence
Sources
- Plans and pricingTo re-check
- Ahrefs' $29 Starter planTo re-check
- Ahrefs' usage-based pricing for credit-based plansTo re-check
- About API v3To re-check
- API introductionTo re-check
Every attribute
The same attributes, measured by the same rules, for every listing. "Not recorded" means we have not checked yet — never a "no". Spot something missing or wrong? Suggest an edit.
Identity
| Type | Platform | |
|---|---|---|
| Categories | SEO tools | |
| Founded | Not recorded | |
| Headquarters | Not recorded | |
| Ownership | Not recorded | |
| Parent company | Not recorded | |
| Stock ticker | Not recorded | |
| Open source | No | |
| Added by | IMC Report team |
Fit
Capabilities
Commercial
| Pricing models | Flat plans, Usage-based | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | No | |
| Starting price | US$29.00 (October 2026) | |
| Published contract terms | Not recorded |
Trust
The community
| "Looks right" confirmations | 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Community experiences | 0 |
Experiences and ratings
Share your experienceNo experiences with Ahrefs yet. Used it? Yours could be the first.
Experiences are read by a moderator before they appear, are shown beside the facts, and never feed a score or a ranking. You may not share an experience of a product you work for, sell, compete with or are paid to promote.
Profile shape
- Disciplines
- 33
- Reach
- 100
- Connectors
- 0
- Features
- 0
- Price clarity
- 100
- Criteria shown
- 67
Breadth measures from recorded facts — not a quality score.
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