Alternatives to Ahrefs
People look beyond Ahrefs for daily rank tracking or a trial: Ahrefs offers no trial, and its Lite plan, $129 a month billed monthly (checked Oct 8, 2026), updates rankings weekly. Others come to Ahrefs only for backlinks, which a specialist index covers for less.
Updated Oct 24, 2026 by Jean Luc.
Ahrefs at a glance
- Ahrefs itself
- From $29/mo Billed monthly.
- Free plan or trial
- Free plan
- Works with
- Any website
Our picks
- Researched
All-in-one SEO suite for keyword research, rank tracking and site audits, with plans that add AI search visibility tracking.
Every paid plan updates rankings daily, and the 7-day trial lets you try it first (a card is needed). The SEO plan is $139.95 a month billed monthly (checked Oct 12, 2026).
- From $139.95/mo billed monthly
- Free plan
- Any website
- Researched
Agency-friendly all-in-one platform with daily rank tracking, audits, white-label Agency Pack and an AI Search add-on.
Core is $129 a month billed monthly (checked Oct 12, 2026), close to Ahrefs Lite, and tracks 2,000 keywords daily against Lite's 750 weekly.
- From $129/mo billed monthly
- 14-day free trial
- Any website
- Researched
Specialist backlink index (Trust Flow/Citation Flow) with historic link data.
If backlinks are what you use Ahrefs for, Majestic Lite is $49.99 a month billed monthly (checked Oct 12, 2026) for its backlink index with Trust Flow and a fresh index.
- From $49.99/mo billed monthly
- 7-day money-back guarantee
- Any website
- Researched
Long-running SEO suite (Domain Authority, Keyword Explorer, Link Explorer, site crawl) now bundling AI-visibility dashboards and prompt tracking.
Standard is $99 a month billed monthly (checked Oct 12, 2026), with 300 tracked keywords, backlink research and 150 tracked AI prompts.
- From $49/mo billed monthly
- Free plan
- Any website
By what matters to you
- Have a free plan
- Mangools, Moz Pro, Semrush, SEO PowerSuite, Seobility, Ubersuggest, SERPWatcher
- Start under $50 a month
- Ubersuggest, SEO PowerSuite, SpyFu, Moz Pro, Majestic
All 13 alternatives
Prices checked between Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 13, 2026. Starting prices are each tool’s cheapest paid plan.
| Tool | Starting price | Free plan or trial | Works with | Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mangools | From $61/mo billed monthly | Free plan | Any website | Researched |
| Moz Pro | From $49/mo billed monthly | Free plan | Any website | Researched |
| SE Ranking | From $129/mo billed monthly | 14-day free trial | Any website | Researched |
| Semrush | From $139.95/mo billed monthly | Free plan | Any website | Researched |
| SEO PowerSuite | From $29.08/mo billed yearly | Free plan | Any website | Researched |
| Seobility | From €59.90/mo billed monthly | Free plan | Any website | Researched |
| Serpstat | From $69/mo billed monthly | 7-day free trial | Any website | Researched |
| SpyFu | From $39/mo billed monthly | 30-day money-back guarantee | Any website | Researched |
| Ubersuggest | From $29/mo billed monthly | Free plan | Any website | Researched |
| Majestic | From $49.99/mo billed monthly | 7-day money-back guarantee | Any website | Researched |
| SE Visible | From $99/mo billed monthly | 10-day free trial | Any website | Researched |
| Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit | From $99/mo billed monthly | None found | Any website | Researched |
| SERPWatcher | From $61/mo billed monthly | Free plan | Any website | Researched |
How we chose these: tools we list in All-in-one suites, or in other categories that cover it too, that work where Ahrefs works or on any website. Tools that work where Ahrefs works come first, then tools whose main job is the same, then tools we’ve tested by score, then the rest by name. Commission never changes the order. We leave out tools that are discontinued or closed to new customers, and Ahrefs’s own add-ons. Updated Oct 24, 2026.