Ahrefs vs SE Ranking

• 4documented differences
• 10documented the same for both
• 6documented for one tool only
• 2unknown for both

Billing

Ahrefs: Month-to-month billing

SE Ranking: Month-to-month billing

Free plan

Ahrefs: Yes · Ahrefs Free

SE Ranking: Unknown

Free trial

Ahrefs: No

SE Ranking: Yes · 14 days, no card required

AI engines tracked

Ahrefs: ChatGPT, AI Overviews, AI Mode, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and Copilot (plan not specified)

SE Ranking: ChatGPT, AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini (confirmed from Core, the lowest paid plan)

Documented differences

Both tools documented, and the support or plan differs.

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, Content refresh, Backlink monitoring

• 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.

SE Ranking:

• Core$129/mo month-to-month$103.20/mo billed annually
  Limits of Core

  10 projects, 1 manager seat, 2k keywords daily, 100 AI prompts tracked daily, 5 GEO research domains, 250k audited pages/month, 25K/mo API credits with MCP, 25 Content Marketing articles.

• Growth$279/mo month-to-month$223.20/mo billed annually
  Limits of Growth

  30 projects, 3 manager seats, 5k keywords daily, 250 AI prompts daily, 15 GEO research domains, 2M audited pages/month, 100K/mo API credits, 50 articles; adds historical data, page change monitoring.

• EnterpriseContact sales — Custom pricing
  Limits of Enterprise

  Full API access, advanced integrations.

Prices last verified

Ahrefs: 26 Oct 2026

SE Ranking: 26 Oct 2026

Google Analytics

Ahrefs: Unknown

SE Ranking: Documented

Google Search Console

Ahrefs: Documented

SE Ranking: Documented

Looker Studio

Ahrefs: Documented

SE Ranking: Documented

Make

Ahrefs: Unknown

SE Ranking: Documented

Public API

Ahrefs: Documented

SE Ranking: Listed* (not yet verified)

Wix

Ahrefs: Unknown

SE Ranking: Documented

WordPress

Ahrefs: Unknown

SE Ranking: Documented (publishing)

Zapier

Ahrefs: Unknown

SE Ranking: Documented

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

Built for (vendor-stated)

Ahrefs: Small businesses, Freelancers and consultants, Enterprises, Agencies, Ecommerce brands

SE Ranking: Agencies, Enterprises

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).

SE Ranking:

• Teams tracking thousands of keywords daily (2,000 on Core, 5,000 on Growth).
• Teams that also want AI-written content (25 articles a month on Core, 50 on Growth).

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