# Page 17 | Ahrefs Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 17 - Is Ahrefs the right SEO solution for you? Explore 581 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/176340/Ahrefs/reviews --- Ahrefs 4.7 (581) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/176340/Ahrefs/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 26th, 2026 # Page 17 - Reviews of Ahrefs ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 401-425 of 581 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use VR Verified Reviewer Digital Operations Manager Commercial Real Estate Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "The best SEO tool in the industry." January 23, 2019 5.0 Very positive and basically a necessity for any SEO agency that wants to do top tier work. Pros Ahref's commercial crawler crawls more pages than any other third party commercial crawler which means their data for keyword rankings are probably the most accurate out there. Their domain rating system is also very accurate after the updated they made. Well-known in the industry and other third party SEO tools sometimes refer to Ahref's domain rating system as well. Cons No site audit tools that integrate with Google Analytics or Search Console. Also, no reporting functionality--which would be very useful for marketing agencies. Review Source SS Sarah S. writer Farming Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Great keyword search tool" January 16, 2022 5.0 Ahrefs is an excellent keyword research tool. I am pleased with my usage with Ahrefs just wish the price was lower. Pros Excellent keyword search tool. When looking for keywords, it has everything you need to find the right keywords. I like that you can filter the keywords by different factors. Very easy to use. Cons I didn't like the cost. I think it is overpriced. I would love to use it but couldn't afford to keep it. Review Source IA Ibrahim A. Blogger Internet Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "The best SEO tool software to try right now" July 22, 2021 4.0 The backlink checker tool which is free of charge is very useful ahrefs usually send me an email for any website that links to my website content. Pros Ahrefs provides most of its features for free including keyword generator, Backlink checker, Serp checker and many others which makes it very useful even with no money you can benefit from its services. Cons Though ahrefs team provide a lot of its services for free even educational resources including SEO tutorials are available in their YouTube channel for free, but its pricing on some of its services are very expensive, users can pay monthly based on their plan from lite, standard, advanced to agency plan which can costs up to $999 which is very expensive. Review Source JL Jeffrey L. SEO Manager Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "My alternative data gatherer" June 4, 2021 5.0 Overall, it's great to have this tool because there are part of the data that you can only have in AHREFS. Pros As part of my marketing campaign plan, AHREFS are very important in my data gathering as well. I use this as my alternative tool if I can't have the data to some of my tools. Cons There are limited features only. That's why I used this only as my alternative tool because of lack of some features that I need into planning. Review Source MJ Mark J. Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best SEO tool" March 20, 2018 4.0 Pros This is my favorite marketing tool! Since I am in the field of SEO, this software have helped me with a lot, have made getting an overall picture of our ranking, backlinks, and organic traffic a lot easier. Cons The usage is tad limited and as a beginner the tool was tad hard to understand and use, other than that works well. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer B2B Consultant Banking Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Website optimiser and tester helper" March 23, 2023 4.0 Pros The amount of features that it provides, I did not even go through them all. Cons Some features are quite hidden, and the main dashboard might be chaotic for first time users. Review Source Response from Ahrefs March 27, 2023 Appreciate the honest feedback! Indeed, some of the features might seem overwhelming for first-time users. That's why each report comes with a "how-to" article to better understand the available use cases - including the dashboard. Here's more on it: https://app.ahrefs.com/academy/certification-course/lesson-1-2 Please write us via the support chat if you have any further questions :) BS Ben S. Inbound Marketing Lead Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best SEO platform for the money" August 22, 2019 5.0 Pros Ahrefs has all the features we need, plus plenty more to grow into. The company has been extremely smart about feature development, and have created an excellent SEO Swiss Army knife that should fill most needs for most teams. Cons The UI is a little bit all over the place, but it's not bad, and we've gotten used to it. Review Source sK sanjay K. networking admin Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Very help to research keywords" September 17, 2022 5.0 Pros it is very helpful to research keywords , helping for good keywords , useful for SEO Cons we need to put our own keywords , they not suggest us its should be there suggestion option Review Source Response from Ahrefs October 11, 2022 Hi Sanjay! Like with any keyword research tool, if you want to generate keywords, you need to enter a few seed keywords first. Let us know if you have further questions at support@ahrefs.com, we're more than happy to help :) VR Verified Reviewer Content Specialist Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A daily app for every content marketer" September 8, 2018 5.0 Pros I use Ahrefs daily to improve SEO for the landing pages and blog posts I've created. It helps me find topics I could write about, and I would recommend to every marketer, no matter what their experience is. Cons It would be great if they would have a simple tool to make recommendations for your articles and copy texts. Review Source OS Oumarou S. Chargé de marketing digital Banking Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "La prise en main est facile " May 2, 2023 5.0 Pros Ce logiciel a un interface d'utilisateur simple, intuitive et facile a utilisé . ses fonctionnalités sont facile a utilisé même pour les débutants Cons L'application mobile n'est pas aussi excellent que celle sur PC Review Source Response from Ahrefs May 12, 2023 Kudos, Oumarou! Happy to know you enjoy the interface :) While we currently don't offer a mobile app, we understand your point about the reduced readability on small screens. In the meantime, please upvote this feature suggestion on our Canny page so it gets more chances to be considered by our product team: https://ahrefs.canny.io/other/p/mobile-version-of-ahrefs Thank you! Ricard C. Marketing manager Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Buena herramienta para linkbuilding" December 22, 2022 4.0 Pros Lo mejor de la herramienta es la parte de linkbuilding y análisis de backlinks. Destaca sobre el resto de sus competidores Cons Quizas la parte de palabras clave es un poco mas floja, pero es buena solución también Review Source Response from Ahrefs January 6, 2023 Appreciate your feedback, Ricard! Could you tell us why our keyword research tool is weaker and how can we improve it please? I'm asking since we have unique metrics that no other competitors give you (traffic potential, parent topic), a handful of unique keyword ideas reports, and a SERP comparison feature. Thank you! Erwan B. Formateur, Consultant en Référencement (SEO/SEA) Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best SEO tool as far as I'm concerned" January 18, 2019 5.0 It did great to help me to redesign websites and be sure that no link is lost. Pros Ahrefs is the best tools to find backlinks opportunity. It's also one of the best to analyse organic traffic trend. Cons Prince per month is quite expensive ; but I'm sure you will enjoy the 7 days trial... Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Ad Operations Manager Internet Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Amazing tool for website audit" March 2, 2021 5.0 Using Ahrefs for the site audit, keyword analysis and mentions monitoring during the last year. Satisfied with the quality. Pros The most valuable for me is that I'm getting detailed and accurate audit reporting on my website position. Use it for keyword research as well. Cons To be honest, I don't like the interface that much. It seems complicated and sometimes it's hard to remember how you got the data last time if you don't use it every day. Review Source Ganesh B. SEO Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Perfect for Agencies" August 2, 2019 5.0 Pros Massive Amount of Back-link Data with Excellent Filter Options. Content Explorer is Awesome. Keyword Difficulty Metric is Pretty Accurate. Cons Cost - Ahrefs is one of the Costliest SEO Tool Not Affordable for Individuals Review Source Sayma B. Digital marketing and business development analyst Consumer Services Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Keyword search is quite good" September 9, 2022 4.0 Really good, even for a free trial. I think it's pretty similar to semrush but Ahrefs from what I've seen seems more user friendly? Pros I've only used the trial but the keyword search tool is really easy to understand, a lot simpler than let's say Semrush. Cons I can't really comment on this as I've only used the free trial. Review Source Response from Ahrefs September 19, 2022 It thrills us to know you find Ahrefs simple to use! :) Let us know if you have any further questions at support@ahrefs.com. Have a great day! Kenneth P. Founder Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Gold Standard for SEO Software" September 9, 2019 5.0 Ahrefs produces great content and created a wonderful SEO magic machine that can help you rank better and faster. Pros This software has become the bedrock of our seo strategy–we do keyword research, come up with ideas for content, track competitors, and monitor serps—all in one place. Can't beat it. Cons The price has been steadily increasing over the years. Can be expensive if you're operating at small scale. Otherwise all is well. Review Source AA Athanase A. Ceo Internet Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Reviews ahref" August 30, 2022 4.0 My overall experience was not unpleasant, ahref was very helpful for me Pros Ahref is a very pleasant seo tool for SEO and for acquiring backlinks. Cons The disadvantages are as follows: not suitable for beginners, not very efficient on Local seo Review Source Response from Ahrefs October 21, 2022 Thank you for the review, Athanase :) Could you write us at support@ahrefs.com about why we are not suitable for beginners, please? We're always open to feedback. To further address your concerns, we do have a free plan that might give you an idea of the value provided by Ahrefs before committing to a paid plan - sign up here: https://ahrefs.com/webmaster-tools As for local SEO, we've just added a new local pack filter so you can see where you or your competitors rank in SERP. Looking forward to your reply! BuT Brice un T. Strategic marketing officer Banking Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Ahrefs review" November 22, 2022 5.0 Pros Its interface is suitable for beginners, it is able to do with keywords and its features are complete easy to use and understand Cons What I underlined is that it is a bit expensive for my taste, but otherwise it's fine Review Source Response from Ahrefs December 5, 2022 Thank you for the kind words, Brice! Please note that with Ahrefs, you get a complete SEO toolset that can replace 5 other tools (and subscriptions). However, we understand that it might be too expensive for some users. That's why we have a hub of free tools that should help beginners too: https://ahrefs.com/free-seo-tools JD Josias D. Social media manager Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Ahrefs" November 23, 2022 5.0 Pros Many features complete and easy to use I like the backlinks and broken links Ahrefs is without doubt the reference software par excellence Cons Only the price seems to me very expensive has by that I like everything Review Source Response from Ahrefs December 13, 2022 Thank you, Josias! You can use our free plan to check backlinks for free for all your verified websites: https://ahrefs.com/webmaster-tools We also offer free (but limited): 1. Free backlink checker: https://ahrefs.com/backlink-checker 2. Free broken backlink checker: https://ahrefs.com/broken-link-checker Hope these help! Humberto A S. SEO Manager Internet Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "A great tool " August 16, 2018 4.0 at first i was hard to use but i looked up all the features and now its way more easy. Pros i like many features and one of my favorites is the back link searcher Cons i think that there is too much info in the main page Review Source Gautham R. Growth Marketer Internet Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Forget every other SEO tool! Ahrefs is a one stop tool for your everyday SEO needs!" February 16, 2018 5.0 Pros Powerful features Clean and neat UI Have been using almost 20+ tools since the beginning of my career and haven't found any tool that matches what Ahrefs does! The best SEO tool ever! :) Review Source ST Siaka T. Digital manager Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to use " October 31, 2022 5.0 Easy to use software, fast but not very expensive Pros Ahrefs is a software that is better for keyword research. It is also easy to use and fast Cons Like semrush, ahrefs is also inexpensive. Apart from that I have no problem with this software Review Source Response from Ahrefs November 2, 2022 Appreciate the love, Siaka! ^^ Let us know if you have further questions, we're always here to help! VR Verified Reviewer Digital Marketing Specialist Internet Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Better than MOZ and SEM Rush" August 30, 2019 5.0 All of my SEO research starts with Ahrefs. I wouldn't be able to be as effective as I am without it. Pros Feels full service where as other tools feel like they're always missing one or two things so you always need to use another tool to accomplish you task at hand. Full website analyzer, tons of granularity, helps put you heads and shoulders above competition when it comes to SEO. Cons It definitely can be considered pricey for smaller businesses or agencies with limited overhead budgets but in my opinion the cost is worth it since you only need this tool. Review Source Garin K. Founder Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "I used the free trial of Ahrefs after hearing it recommended multiple times on MarketingSchool.io" July 14, 2018 5.0 Pros I like the ability to do backlink analysis and determine the links and site authority for keyword phrases. Cons Ahrefs is a powerful tool and consequently there is a learning curve to using it. If the site analyzed my existing content base and identified the best keyword phrase opportunities that would be awesome. The other con is the trial length. Wish it was a longer trial because using Ahrefs is very worthwhile. Review Source Ridwan O. Administrator Online Media Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "One of the best SEO tools out there" July 7, 2022 5.0 Pros Everything about thos tool is likable and there's nothing to not like. It covers just everything you can think about on SEO Cons The only thing here is the pricing, I think the prices should be made affordable for starters. Review Source Response from Ahrefs October 21, 2022 Thank you for the feedback and suggestion, Ridwan! Similar Products Featured