Ahrefs vs Monitolink

Ahrefs is a web and API platform for SEO research, including keyword research, rank tracking, site audits, backlink analysis and competitor research. It also provides content tools, AI assistants and MCP access. Content Explorer can find web mentions and link prospects, while AI Content Helper supports content improvement. The free plan provides site data and fixes with limited access to Site Explorer and Site Audit. Paid plans start with Starter at $29 a month. Lite costs $129 a month and includes five projects, 750 tracked keywords, 100,000 monthly crawl credits and one user; its Site Audit allowance has a 25,000-page project maximum. Annual payment saves up to 17%. Enterprise costs $1,499 a month and requires an annual commitment; it includes SSO, two-factor authentication, ISO27001 certification, access management, audit logs and unlimited additional users. Ahrefs says its web index contains 170 trillion pages, tracks 41.9 billion keywords and filters 28.7 billion keywords; AhrefsBot crawls 8 billion pages daily. Founded in 2010, the company is headquartered in Singapore. Multilingual support is available five days a week.

Monitolink is a web-based backlink monitoring service for SEO agencies, in-house teams, and solo SEOs. It checks backlinks every 24 hours and emails alerts about links that are lost, broken, redirected, or changed. It also tracks anchor text edits, dofollow-to-nofollow changes, and unusual link-velocity patterns. AI insights flag over-optimized anchor text and toxic referring domains, then recommend actions. Users can find contacts and send recovery outreach with one click or automate the process. Competitor analysis can include up to 10 competitors and identify backlinks they have that the user's site does not. Backlinks can be imported by CSV from Ahrefs, Semrush, Google Search Console, Majestic, or other tools. Reports can be exported as branded PDFs or CSVs; white-label reports are listed on Agency. A free 14-day plan includes every feature with limits of one project and 200 backlinks, among others. Paid Starter costs $29 a month, billed monthly. Pro and Agency list Slack and Gmail integrations.