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About Ahrefs Free
Ahrefs Free, previously called Ahrefs Webmaster Tools, gives site owners free access to part of Ahrefs' toolset. It covers website analytics, a technical audit and SEO metrics such as backlinks and keyword rankings for sites you own.
You need an Ahrefs account and must verify ownership of a site to get the full features. Ahrefs sells broader paid plans on top of the free tier.
Strengths
- Technical site audit at no cost
- Backlink and keyword ranking data from Ahrefs' index
- Website analytics in the same account
Limitations
- Requires an account and site ownership verification
- Full data for other people's sites needs a paid plan
Details
- Pricing
- FreemiumFree for verified websites; paid Ahrefs plans add more tools and data.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Ahrefs
- Platforms
- Web
- How it runs
- Web application
- Account
- Required
- Works offline
- No
- Best suited for
- Site owners wanting a free technical audit and backlink view of their own sites
- Categories
- Website testing
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus Resource Hub (Website Checkers & Audit Tools); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 2 sources on file.
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Sitechecker
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Sitebulb
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Moz Link Explorer
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