Ahrefs vs Rankora

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.

Rankora is a web-based SEO platform for keyword research, rank tracking, backlink analysis, technical audits, competitor analysis, content optimisation, site crawling and AI visibility tracking. Its keyword tool returns volume, difficulty, CPC, trend direction and related clusters, with suggestions matched to a site's ranking authority. Daily rank checks cover desktop and mobile and flag result features including snippets, local and image packs, and Google AI Overviews. The technical audit runs 36+ checks across areas such as Core Web Vitals, crawlability, schema and mobile usability, then orders fixes by projected impact. The crawler handles up to 100,000 pages per crawl and renders JavaScript. Backlink reports include referring domains, toxic-link flags, new and lost link alerts and competitor gaps, refreshed weekly. AI visibility tracking records brand appearances, citation position and sentiment in generated answers. The free Client plan includes one audit monthly and 50 keywords. Growth costs $29 a month; Scale costs $149 a month.