Ahrefs
Ahrefs Pte. Ltd.
The backlink king with the cleanest data in SEO.
Ahrefs costs $29/mo for the Starter (monthly) plan.
Price
From $29/mo
Last checked
September 2026
Best for
Link building and competitor research
Category
All-in-one suites
About Ahrefs
Ahrefs built its reputation on crawling the web almost as thoroughly as Google. Its index of around 500 million referring domains leads the industry, and Site Explorer remains the gold standard for analyzing any site’s links and organic keywords. The toolset stays deliberately SEO-focused (no PPC or social tools), the interface is the cleanest in the category, and the free Ahrefs Webmaster Tools tier is genuinely useful for site owners. The Starter plan opens the door at $29 a month. Lite runs around $108 a month on annual billing. The AI-visibility answer, Brand Radar, costs a steep $199 a month on top. European buyers are billed in euros, where Lite is about 99 euros. For link-driven SEO work, this is the one.
Ahrefs pricing
Ahrefs costs $29 per month, or $348 per year on the Starter (monthly) plan. The top plan, Standard (annual), costs $2496 per year. List prices on annual billing, checked on 27 August 2026; paying monthly usually costs more.
Every plan Ahrefs sells, with the yearly price next to the monthly one.
Starter (monthly)
- Entry tier for individuals
- Site Explorer and Keywords Explorer basics
- Credit-based usage limits
Lite (annual)
- 5 projects, 750 keywords
- Industry-best link index
- European buyers pay 99 euros
Standard (annual)
- Content Explorer
- More history and reports
- Brand Radar costs 199 extra
“The tool SEO professionals trust most for the data itself. That means the largest live backlink index in the industry and a keyword explorer that rarely misleads. Less broad than Semrush, more loved by specialists, and the Brand Radar add-on answers the AI question for $199 a month extra.”Editorial team, via SEOShortlist
Where to get it
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