Ahrefs

Ahrefs has always been the best tool for backlink research, but in the last year or two the software has advanced in many other areas, too. Nowadays, it is also one of the best tools available for keyword research.

This is great because now team at GoFreelance can do nearly all of SEO research using just this one tool. That’s not only more convenient, it also saves me the cost of subscribing to multiple tools.

Feature such as content gap analysis make it easy to find opportunities to develop content, and Ahrefs is easy to use and manage. I would give it a definite ‘five’ for features and ongoing development.

The biggest downside to using Ahrefs is the high monthly subscription cost. But seeing as it replaces several other tools, the cost is still worthwhile. Two years ago, Ahrefs was a tool I found occasionally useful. Nowadays, I find it indispensable.

Pros: Comprehensive and it provides with everything I need for SEO in one software

Cons: A bit expensive.

Overall Experience: Awesome but I wish it costs less soon.

I can find actionable insights that I can use to improve a website's organic rankings. They put a lot of thought into developing this software and they designed to be result oriented. Ahrefs has all the functionality you need to run a first-class organic SEO program. They continue to pack more functionality into the platform, and I love the competitive data available.

Pros: The tool is capable of having a good amount of accurate data which is very helpful to every size of businesses.

Cons: We find a bit costly.

Pros of Ahrefs:

• Backlink tracking: Unlike other backlink checkers Ahrefs scans for new backlinks on a domain in every 15 minutes and can send you alerts on the new backlinks the website gains.

• Competitor analysis: When it comes to SEO studying your competition is a big factor and Ahrefs plays a vital role in making this complicated process a lot easier, as it provides accurate information on competitors ranking keywords, most popular pages, referring domains & the overall domain & URL rating.

• Keyword Research: We all know the importance of keyword research as this allows webmasters to ensure that their SEO efforts are focused on the highly relevant keywords and if you have Ahrefs in your toolbox then you can get a list of most relevant keywords for your niche.   

Cons of Ahrefs:

• Price: Ahrefs is not a cheap SEO tool as many SEO agencies like ours pay $999 per month to track more than 10000 keywords and allow 5 users to use the tool whereas individuals pay $99 or $139 per month depending on their requirements and few mid-sized agencies pay around $399 per month.

• Graph Export: Sometimes SEOs have to email reports to clients and they would like to show analysis graphs to the client and this would be one of the biggest cons for Ahrefs as it does not allow graphs to be exported.

• Google Analytics Sync: When you are working on a project you tend to use Google analytics data quite often and would always like to sync it with your SEO tool and compare the performance with the overall information however this is not possible with Ahrefs.

Overall Experience:

Ahrefs is the most powerful SEO tool out there and after testing the top SEO tools team at Egochi Inc. decided to stick with Ahrefs due to its strong ability to provide accurate data. So far, I have not been able to find a better tool than Ahrefs and till then I am an Ahrefs customer.

Pros: We are using ahrefs and its perfect for competitor backlink analysis. Best Backlink Tool.

Cons: Gap analysis and On-Page Audit tool.

Pros: Leading in the industry

Cons: Costly

The software is liked because of its intuitive user interface. The data generated from the site is accurate and useful for SEO analysis. Users particularly like the features for backlink audits, competitor analysis, as well as keyword searches and tracking.

• Information regarding the internal and external linking of a website.
• Broken links on a website
• The source and medium of incoming traffic on a website
• DA ranking, PA ranking, Spam score etc,

Cons:

• No real-time information
• Less of accuracy
• High price