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Ahrefs Pte. Ltd

Ahrefs

Composite Score

8.6 /10

CX Score

8.6 /10

83 Reviews Write a Review

What is Ahrefs?

Ahrefs is an All-in-one SEO toolset, with free Learning materials and a passionate community & support.

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Awards & Recognition

Ahrefs won the following awards in the Search Engine Optimization category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2023

3 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2022

Ahrefs Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

87 Plan to Renew

2
Since last award

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+82 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Ahrefs?

4% Negative

6% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Enables Productivity
Reliable
Fair
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Backlink Tools

Competition Analysis

Keyword Research

Analytics and Reporting

Change Tracking

On-Page Tracker/Optimization

Holistic Visibility Tracking

Rank Tracking

Auditing

Alerts

Content Optimization

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Ahrefs Reviews

Aryan S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Education
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2023

Easy to use SEO management tool.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Ahrefs from other similar products?

Ahrefs distinguishes itself with robust SEO features, excelling in competitor analysis, technical audits, keyword tracking, content analysis, and backlink audits. However, internal linking recommendations, bulk data exports, and data visualization could see improvement for a more comprehensive user experience.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ahrefs' prowess in keyword research, uncovering high-volume, low-competition keywords swiftly. The platform's SEO audits and real-time competitor link monitoring provide valuable insights for strategic SEO planning.

What do you dislike most about this product?

One drawback is the need for enhancements in Ahrefs' internal linking suggestions, bulk data exports, and data visualization. These improvements would contribute to a more seamless and efficient user experience.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For comprehensive SEO, Ahrefs is a valuable toolkit, offering in-depth competitor analysis and keyword research. To enhance user experience, integrating Google Search Console ranks, minimizing false link alerts, and refining internal linking suggestions would be beneficial.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Bùi H.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

First SEO tool everyone need to know

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Ahrefs from other similar products?

Ahrefs has a unique metric called Ahrefs Rank, which ranks all the websites in the world based on their backlink profile strength. This can help you identify the most authoritative and influential websites in your niche, as well as the potential link opportunities.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ahrefs has a site audit tool that helps you identify and fix the technical and SEO issues on your website.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Ahrefs do not have tools for Social tracking

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Use Ahrefs regularly to monitor your SEO progress and optimize your website and content. You can also use Ahrefs to spy on your competitors and learn from their strategies.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Garit B.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Media
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Great product, easy to use! My go-to SEO software.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Ahrefs from other similar products?

Ahrefs' backlink index is way more inclusive, from what I've seen. I also use them for keyword research, SERP analysis, and competitor domain analysis.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It's user-friendly. I've been using it for years. Their help content is amazing. Learning to use new features is usually extremely easy.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The cost. They keep raising the price. Once upon a time you could get it for $50/month, then $99/mo, and now they're trying to squeeze out the lowest tier to an even higher price point. They are risking losing huge chunks of their customer base to go after enterprise! Feature-wise, their technical analysis tool sucks. I use Screaming Frog for that, and if I didn't, I would use anything other than Ahref's technical crawler. But most of the other product features are great.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you do SEO, you need it. Very useful. Way better than SEMrush, in my opinion.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Ahrefs Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

87 Plan to Renew

2 Since last award

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+82 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Ahrefs?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Backlink Tools Build a website's backlink profile, discover new opportunities for acquiring links, manage and audit your backlinks.

Competition Analysis Provides an informed view of what competitors are doing in terms of keywords, ranks and organic traffic.

Keyword Research Helps users pick the best keywords or phrases to target and bring in site traffic.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting, easy data extraction for data analysis and optional sales forecasting

Change Tracking The ability to track all website changes including page/website history, search functions, robots.txt file changes & change tracking on custom elements.

On-Page Tracker/Optimization Pinpoints a website's weaknesses and suggests ideas to improve page rankings.

Holistic Visibility Tracking SEOs risk SERP cannibalization across their own content if they do not measure the search visibility of all their digital assets – not just owned domains.

Rank Tracking The ability to check keyword ranks on one or many major search engines.

Auditing Tools crawl a website, check links, loading speeds etc. and provides feedback on a website's SEO "health".

Alerts Provide alerts when your brand or website is mentioned or linked.

Content Optimization Analyzes existing or new web content and suggests ways to optimize for target keywords using artificial intelligence and SEO automation.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ahrefs Reviews

Aryan S.

Easy to use SEO management tool.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Bùi H.

First SEO tool everyone need to know

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Garit B.

Great product, easy to use! My go-to SEO software.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Alerts

Content Optimization

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