Comparar · checked November 4, 2026
seops vs Ahrefs
They solve different problems. Ahrefs owns one of the largest link and keyword indexes and sells access to it. seops reads the data you already own (Search Console, GA4, Cloudflare) for many sites, adds rank and AI-visibility checks, and lets your assistant read all of it over MCP. Many teams run both.
| Ahrefs | seops | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per account. Lite $129, Standard $249, Advanced $449, Enterprise $1,499/mo (annual). Starter $29 with tight limits. Extra seats $20–100. | Pay for what you need: first site free, each extra site $2.50/mo (+100 daily credits), credit packs $1/mo; no tiers, no seat fees. Enterprise (50+ sites) by quote. |
| Sites / projects | Lite 5, Standard 20, Advanced 50 projects for sites you don't own; verified own sites unlimited on paid plans. | As many as you add: first free, $2.50/mo each after that. Every site gets the same checks; one shared service account, one-click property pick. |
| Tracked keywords | 750 (Lite, weekly updates), 2,000 (Standard), 5,000 (Advanced). | Search Console positions free, 200 keywords per site; an optional daily Google position check on pack credits is coming soon. |
| AI visibility | Brand Radar AI from $199/mo (531M-prompt database); 5–20 tracked prompts/day included in Lite–Advanced; prompt packs $50–250/mo. | Weekly prompt × engine matrix: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity asked directly with live web search via Cloudflare AI Gateway. Mention rate, citation rate, cited sites, full answers. Up to 20 prompts per site per week; each answer runs on pack credits. |
| Backlinks, keyword research | Core strength: Site Explorer, Keywords Explorer, Content Explorer over a proprietary index. | Not in seops. No backlink index, no keyword database; keyword ideas come from your own Search Console. |
| Search Console and GA4 | Search Console connects for own-site reports; GA4 not a first-class source. | Both first-class: hourly today/yesterday, opportunity queries, AI-assistant traffic as a channel, 3-step navigation flow. |
| Site audit and speed | Site Audit with crawl credits per plan; Core Web Vitals via its crawler. | Scheduled sitemap audit (titles, canonicals, JSON-LD, status codes) plus PageSpeed Insights on traffic pages; every finding opens a task. |
| Cloudflare, backups | Not covered. | Cloudflare security events, AI crawler log, Workers/D1/R2 usage; nightly D1, Supabase, WordPress and Hostinger backups with alerts. |
| Security check | — | External surface checks (HTTPS redirect, HSTS, CSP and other security headers, exposed .env/.git files, security.txt, SPF/DMARC, Cloudflare SSL mode and minimum TLS) once a day, plus a code audit your own AI agent runs with Cloudflare's open-source security-audit skill; findings, status and fix prompts in the panel. |
| MCP / agents | API on Enterprise; an MCP server exists for API users. | Remote MCP server with OAuth; 45 tools (34 read, 11 write). Works in Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude Code. |
| Hosting and data | Ahrefs cloud. | Cloudflare Workers, D1 and R2. Keys stored encrypted; Google scopes read-only. Delete everything from My account. |
What it looks like in seops
From the live demo, with sample data. For Ahrefs screens see the vendor's site; we don't reproduce them here.
Pick Ahrefs if
- You need a backlink index or keyword volumes for sites you don't own
- Competitive research is the main job
- One or two sites, a large budget
Pick seops if
- You run 5–200 sites and want the same checks on all of them
- You care whether AI assistants cite you, every week, affordably
- Your assistant should answer questions about your sites over MCP
- Cloudflare and backups belong in the same panel
Sources: Ahrefs pricing (third-party check) (November 4, 2026) · Ahrefs pricing (third-party check) (November 4, 2026)
Ahrefs is a trademark of its owner and is used here for identification only. Prices and limits change; check the vendor's page before buying. If you spot an error, write to contact@seops.app and we'll fix it.