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Ahrefs vs Moz Pro

Plans, prices and documented capabilities side by side, from each vendor's own documentation.

A side-by-side reference, not a recommendation. Neither product has been independently tested.

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Lowest listed plan

Starter · $29/mo month-to-month

Vendor-checked26 Oct 2026 · Not independently tested

Lowest listed plan

Starter · $49/mo month-to-month

Vendor-checked27 Oct 2026 · Not independently tested

AhrefsMoz Pro

Which tool should you choose?

SEOFinder editorial summary

For AI search tracking included in the subscription, Moz Pro adds AI visibility dashboards from Standard ($99/mo), tracking 150 to 600 prompts in GPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode; Starter ($49/mo) has none. Ahrefs plans from Lite ($129/mo) include 150 to 600 custom AI prompt checks, and full AI visibility (Brand Radar) is a paid add-on from $199/mo. Ahrefs offers a free plan for sites you verify you own but no free trial; Moz offers a Medium-plan trial that requires a card. Extra users cost from $40/mo each at Ahrefs and $49/mo each at Moz.

SEOFinder's editorial summary of each vendor's own documentation. Neither product has been independently tested.

Summary

  • 3documented differences
  • 10documented the same for both
  • 6documented for one tool only
  • 2unknown for both
Billing
Ahrefs: Month-to-month billing
Moz Pro: Month-to-month billing
Free plan
Ahrefs: Yes · Ahrefs Free
Moz Pro: Unknown
Free trial
Ahrefs: No
Moz Pro: Yes · card required
AI engines tracked
Ahrefs: ChatGPT, AI Overviews, AI Mode, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and Copilot (plan not specified)
Moz Pro: ChatGPT, AI Mode and Gemini (confirmed from Standard); AI Overviews (confirmed from Starter, the lowest paid plan)

Documented differences

Both tools documented, and the support or plan differs.

AI visibility monitoring
Ahrefs: Paid add-onAdd-on from LiteAvailability on lower plans not verified.
Moz Pro: OfferedConfirmed from StandardAvailability on lower plans not verified.
Rank tracking
Ahrefs: OfferedConfirmed from LiteAvailability on lower plans not verified.
Moz Pro: OfferedConfirmed from Starter, the lowest paid plan

Documented for one tool only

No documentation was found for the other tool. That is unknown, not a missing capability.

  • Unknown for Ahrefs: Content briefs, Backlink monitoring
  • Unknown for Moz Pro: Automated content generation

Pricing

  • The lowest listed plans are not necessarily equivalent. Check plan limits before comparing prices.
Plans
Ahrefs:
  • Ahrefs FreeFree
    Limits of Ahrefs Free

    Requires verifying ownership of your website for Site Explorer, Site Audit and Web Analytics; Site Audit 5K crawl credits/month per project; 1K backlinks & keywords visible at once.

  • Starter$29/mo month-to-month
    Limits of Starter

    Listed separately from the core plans.

  • Lite$129/mo month-to-month
    Limits of Lite

    5 non-verified projects, 6 months history, 750 tracked keywords, 150 AI prompt checks, 100,000 crawl credits. Annual price not listed. 1 user included; up to 2 more at $40/mo each.

  • Standard$249/mo month-to-month$2,490/yr billed annually
    Limits of Standard

    20 non-verified projects, 2 years history, 2,000 tracked keywords, 300 AI prompt checks. 1 user included; up to 5 more at $60/mo each.

  • Advanced$449/mo month-to-month
    Limits of Advanced

    50 non-verified projects, 5 years history, 5,000 tracked keywords, 600 AI prompt checks. Annual price not listed. 1 user included; up to 10 more at $80/mo each.

  • Enterprise · annual commitment$1,499/mo billed annually
    Limits of Enterprise

    Annual commitment required (monthly-equivalent price shown). Uncapped API access, custom API endpoints, SSO, unlimited history. From 3 users included; additional users $100/mo each.

Moz Pro:
  • Starter$49/mo month-to-month
    Limits of Starter

    1 user seat, 1 campaign, 50 tracked keyword rankings, 5,000 pages crawled a week, 75 keyword queries and 75 backlink queries a month. No AI Visibility dashboards, tracked prompts or AI content briefs; prompt suggestions and AI Overviews by keyword are included.

  • Standard$99/mo month-to-month$79/mo billed annually
    Limits of Standard

    1 user seat, 3 campaigns, 300 tracked keywords, 100,000 pages crawled a week, 3 AI visibility dashboards, 150 tracked prompts, 2 AI content briefs a month. Branded reports and report templates are not included. Extra user seats cost $49/mo each. Annual billing: $950 billed for the first year.

  • Medium$179/mo month-to-month$143/mo billed annually
    Limits of Medium

    2 user seats, 10 campaigns, 1,500 tracked keywords, 500,000 pages crawled a week, 6 AI visibility dashboards, 300 tracked prompts, 10 AI content briefs a month. Extra user seats cost $49/mo each. Annual billing: $1,719 billed for the first year.

  • Large$299/mo month-to-month$239/mo billed annually
    Limits of Large

    3 user seats, 25 campaigns, 3,000 tracked keywords, 1,250,000 pages crawled a week, 12 AI visibility dashboards, 600 tracked prompts, 50 AI content briefs a month. Extra user seats cost $49/mo each. Annual billing: $2,868 billed for the first year.

  • EnterpriseContact sales — Custom pricing
    Limits of Enterprise

    Pricing on request.

Prices last verified
Ahrefs: 26 Oct 2026
Moz Pro: 27 Oct 2026

Capabilities

OfferedPartialPaid add-onNot offeredUnknown* Not yet verified

Not offered means the vendor says so. Unknown means we found no vendor documentation either way; the capability may still exist.

AI visibility2 differences · 3 documented for one tool only

AI visibility monitoringDiffers
Evidence for AI visibility monitoring
  • Ahrefs: Verified 26 Oct 2026 against vendor documentationVendor notes: Full Brand Radar AI (research any brand across 505M+ prompts) is a paid add-on from $199/mo. Plans include a small number of custom AI prompt checks (Lite 150, Standard 300, Advanced 600). Brand Radar page (EUR view) shows 'AI Visibility Index' from €179/mo and '€654/MO FOR ALL MODELS'. Source for Ahrefs
  • Moz Pro: Verified 27 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for Moz Pro
Ahrefs: Paid add-onAdd-on from LiteAvailability on lower plans not verified.
Moz Pro: OfferedConfirmed from StandardAvailability on lower plans not verified.
ChatGPT tracking
Evidence for ChatGPT tracking
Ahrefs: OfferedPlan not specified
Moz Pro: OfferedConfirmed from StandardAvailability on lower plans not verified.
Google AI Overviews trackingDiffers
Evidence for Google AI Overviews tracking
  • Ahrefs: Verified 26 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for Ahrefs
  • Moz Pro: Verified 27 Oct 2026 against vendor documentationVendor notes: Shows which keywords trigger Google AI Overviews. AI Overviews is not one of the tracked AI models for prompts. Source for Moz Pro
Ahrefs: OfferedPlan not specified
Moz Pro: PartialConfirmed from Starter, the lowest paid plan
Google AI Mode tracking
Evidence for Google AI Mode tracking
Ahrefs: OfferedPlan not specified
Moz Pro: OfferedConfirmed from StandardAvailability on lower plans not verified.
Perplexity trackingOne side unknown
Evidence for Perplexity tracking
  • Ahrefs: Verified 26 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for Ahrefs
  • Moz Pro: No vendor documentation found.
Ahrefs: OfferedPlan not specified
Moz Pro: Unknown
Gemini tracking
Evidence for Gemini tracking
Ahrefs: OfferedPlan not specified
Moz Pro: OfferedConfirmed from StandardAvailability on lower plans not verified.
Claude trackingOne side unknown
Evidence for Claude tracking
  • Ahrefs: Verified 26 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for Ahrefs
  • Moz Pro: No vendor documentation found.
Ahrefs: OfferedPlan not specified
Moz Pro: Unknown
Microsoft Copilot trackingOne side unknown
Evidence for Microsoft Copilot tracking
  • Ahrefs: Verified 26 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for Ahrefs
  • Moz Pro: No vendor documentation found.
Ahrefs: OfferedPlan not specified
Moz Pro: Unknown
Citation and source tracking
Evidence for Citation and source tracking
Ahrefs: OfferedPlan not specified
Moz Pro: OfferedConfirmed from StandardAvailability on lower plans not verified.
AI competitor benchmarking
Evidence for AI competitor benchmarking
Ahrefs: OfferedPlan not specified
Moz Pro: OfferedConfirmed from StandardAvailability on lower plans not verified.
Prompt tracking
Evidence for Prompt tracking
Ahrefs: OfferedConfirmed from LiteAvailability on lower plans not verified.
Moz Pro: OfferedConfirmed from StandardAvailability on lower plans not verified.

Content & publishing2 documented for one tool only

Automated content generationOne side unknown
Evidence for Automated content generation
  • Ahrefs: Verified 26 Oct 2026 against vendor documentationVendor notes: Inline Ask AI rewrites, shortens or expands text. Source for Ahrefs
  • Moz Pro: No vendor documentation found.
Ahrefs: PartialPlan not specified
Moz Pro: Unknown
Automated publishing
Evidence for Automated publishing
  • Ahrefs: No vendor documentation found.
  • Moz Pro: No vendor documentation found.
Ahrefs: Unknown
Moz Pro: Unknown
Content optimization
Evidence for Content optimization
Ahrefs: OfferedConfirmed on the free plan
Moz Pro: OfferedConfirmed from Starter, the lowest paid plan
Content briefsOne side unknown
Evidence for Content briefs
  • Ahrefs: No vendor documentation found.
  • Moz Pro: Verified 27 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for Moz Pro
Ahrefs: Unknown
Moz Pro: OfferedConfirmed from StandardAvailability on lower plans not verified.

SEO research1 difference

Keyword research
Evidence for Keyword research
Ahrefs: OfferedPlan not specified
Moz Pro: OfferedConfirmed from Starter, the lowest paid plan
Rank trackingDiffers
Evidence for Rank tracking
Ahrefs: OfferedConfirmed from LiteAvailability on lower plans not verified.
Moz Pro: OfferedConfirmed from Starter, the lowest paid plan

Technical SEONo documented differences

Technical site audit
Evidence for Technical site audit
Ahrefs: OfferedConfirmed on the free plan
Moz Pro: OfferedConfirmed from Starter, the lowest paid plan

Backlinks1 documented for one tool only

Backlink analysis
Evidence for Backlink analysis
Ahrefs: OfferedConfirmed on the free plan
Moz Pro: OfferedConfirmed from Starter, the lowest paid plan
Backlink building
Evidence for Backlink building
  • Ahrefs: No vendor documentation found.
  • Moz Pro: No vendor documentation found.
Ahrefs: Unknown
Moz Pro: Unknown
Backlink monitoringOne side unknown
Evidence for Backlink monitoring
  • Ahrefs: No vendor documentation found.
  • Moz Pro: Verified 27 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for Moz Pro
Ahrefs: Unknown
Moz Pro: OfferedConfirmed from StandardAvailability on lower plans not verified.

Integrations

Google Analytics
Ahrefs: Unknown
Moz Pro: Documented
Google Search Console
Ahrefs: Documented
Moz Pro: Unknown
Looker Studio
Ahrefs: Documented
Moz Pro: Unknown
Public API
Ahrefs: Documented
Moz Pro: Unknown

“Unknown” means we found no vendor documentation for it, not that it is unavailable.

Who they are for

Built for (vendor-stated)
Ahrefs: Small businesses, Freelancers and consultants, Enterprises, Agencies, Ecommerce brands
Moz Pro: Small businesses, Enterprises, Agencies
Best suited for (SEOFinder editorial)
Ahrefs:
  • Competitor research on paid plans.
  • Teams tracking up to a few thousand keywords (750 on Lite, 5,000 on Advanced).
Moz Pro:
  • Individuals managing a single website (Starter: 1 campaign, 50 tracked keywords).
  • Marketers tracking several sites (3 campaigns on Standard, 10 on Medium, 25 on Large).

Sources

Each vendor's own pages, read on the dates shown. SEOFinder has not independently tested these products.

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