Head to head
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 |
| Confidence | High confidence | Medium confidence |
| External Reputation | 70 | — |
| AI Authority | 0 | 73 |
| Web Authority | 23 | — |
| Expert Assessment | 52 | 65 |
| TOP10 User Score | — | — |
| Pricing | Not 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 model | Subscription (quota/credit metered) | Subscription with credit-based and per-seat/per-project add-ons |
| Best for | Small 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. |
| Markets | SMB, Agencies, Publishers, In-house SEO teams | SMB, Freelancers and consultants, Agencies, In-house marketing teams, Enterprise |
| Founded | — | — |
| Headquarters | — | Singapore (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.