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Search Atlas vs Ahrefs

Both platforms are scored with the same methodology and the same category rubric. Nothing on this page is influenced by advertising.

 
37/100
70/100Higher score
Category rank#9#1
ConfidenceHigh confidenceMedium confidence
External Reputation70
AI Authority073
Web Authority23
Expert Assessment5265
TOP10 User Score
PricingNot published (vendor pricing page not retrieved; Capterra cites $99/month Starter, a third-party blog cites $79/month on annual billing — both unverified) · free tier: Free trial reportedly available per Capterra; card requirement unverified. G2 profile shows no trial information.$29/mo (Starter); next tier Lite at $129/mo · free tier: Ahrefs Free — $0, limited Site Explorer and Site Audit access for your own verified site only; cancelled customers are downgraded to it
Pricing modelSubscription (quota/credit metered)Subscription with credit-based and per-seat/per-project add-ons
Best forSmall agencies, solo and in-house SEOs, and content-heavy publishers who want SEO execution automated across three or more domains and can absorb a setup learning curve while policing their own invoices.Funded in-house SEO teams and agencies that need best-in-class backlink and competitor data plus AI-search visibility tracking in one tool, with budget tolerance of $249–$449/mo before add-ons, and enterprise buyers who need SSO, audit logs and uncapped API access.
Avoid if You are an enterprise needing dependable uptime and support, cannot tolerate automated changes pushed to production sites via a tag-manager script, need context-aware AI content, or require transparent published pricing and contractual billing certainty before purchase. You need to trial before buying, require daily rank tracking, run a solo blog or very small site, have a team larger than a few seats on a lower plan, cannot absorb automatic PAYG overages, need mature local-SEO or social features (both still beta), or require 24/7 support.
MarketsSMB, Agencies, Publishers, In-house SEO teamsSMB, Freelancers and consultants, Agencies, In-house marketing teams, Enterprise
Founded
HeadquartersSingapore (16 Raffles Quay, #33-03 Hong Leong Building, Singapore 048581)

A higher TOP SCORE means more of the evidence favours that platform on this methodology — it is not a recommendation, and it does not account for your specific requirements. Advertisers are never declared the winner of a comparison.