Ahrefs vs Gyro-n SEO (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Ahrefs if

• Fits if most of your SEO time goes on backlinks and what's ranking for rivals
• Works for site owners who only need data on their own verified site, which Ahrefs Free covers

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want daily rankings, as Rank Tracker updates weekly on every plan
• Pricey if you're a small business, at about $107.50 a month for Lite even paid yearly
• Tight if you research a lot on Lite, where each user gets 1,000 credits a month; Starter gets 200
• Pricey if you add people: each plan has one user, and extras cost $40 to $80 a month, capped at 2, 5 or 10
• Watch out: AI writing tools start at $99 a month on top, and there's no trial of any paid plan

Pick Gyro-n SEO if

• Fits if you report on Google and Yahoo! JAPAN rankings for a Japanese site
• Makes sense if you track a handful of Japanese keywords and want to know whether AI Overviews cite you

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you can't read Japanese, as the pages are in Japanese only and prices are in yen before tax
• Skip it if you need Google positions past 30th place, which it no longer measures
• Tight if you stay on Starter: 10 keywords, 1 site and no CSV export, and changing plan ends the free 3 months
• Pricey if you add Maps or Local Pack tracking, at ¥1,000 a month per store for the MEO option on top of a plan
• Watch out: extra keywords are ¥1,000 a month per 30, and extra sites and competitors ¥1,000 a month each

Ahrefs

• Rank Tracker updates rankings weekly on every plan the pricing page lists.
• Lite caps each user at 1,000 credits a month for reports; Starter has 200 and cannot add users or add-ons.
• Each plan includes one user; extra users cost $40, $60 or $80 a month and are capped at 2, 5 or 10.
• AI writing tools (Content Kit) start at $99 a month, and Project Boosts cost $20 or $200 a month per project.

Gyro-n SEO

• Prices are in yen before tax and the pages are in Japanese only; it tracks Google, Google smartphone search and Yahoo! JAPAN.
• Google positions are only measured to 30th place, a cap added after Google limited results per request; Yahoo! JAPAN pages are kept to 100th.
• Local Pack and Maps tracking need the MEO store option at ¥1,000 a month per store, on top of a plan.
• Extra keywords cost ¥1,000 a month per 30, up to 1,000 more for ¥30,000; extra sites and competitors cost ¥1,000 a month each.

Ahrefs

Site Explorer

See the backlinks, organic keywords and top pages of any website, with history going back 6 months to 5 years by plan.

Keywords Explorer

Find keyword ideas with volume and difficulty; Standard and above add AI suggestions, clusters, search intents and translations.

Site Audit

Crawl your sites for 170+ technical and on-page SEO issues, using 100,000 to 1.5 million crawl credits a month by plan.

Rank Tracker

Track 750 to 5,000 keywords on the self-serve plans, with rankings updated weekly.

Brand Radar and AI prompts

Plans track 5 to 20 of your own prompts in AI chat tools daily. Brand Radar AI, for researching any brand's AI mentions, starts at $199 a month.

API and MCP server

Every plan from Lite includes API and MCP access, capped at 100 to 500 rows per request below Enterprise.

Gyro-n SEO

Daily rank checks

Google, Google smartphone and Yahoo! JAPAN positions are checked automatically every day and shown by 8 a.m., with email alerts on changes.

Results page archive

Keeps 18 months of results pages for each keyword, and any two dates can be compared side by side.

AI Overview tracking

Shows for each keyword whether Google's AI Overview appears, whether your page is cited and in what position, and which competitors are.

Competitor comparison

Lists your rankings against chosen competitors with trend graphs; plans allow 1 to 10 competitors.

Page and text analysis

Checks titles, descriptions, canonical URLs, word counts, keyword density and heading structure for a page.

Local search

Checks rankings as searched from a chosen location; Local Pack and Google Maps tracking come with the paid MEO store option.

Ahrefs

• Ahrefs Free$0

  Limited Site Explorer and Site Audit for websites you verify as yours. No Keywords Explorer or Rank Tracker.

• Starter$29

  per month, billed monthly

  200 report credits a month, with Keywords Explorer, Rank Tracker and Site Audit. Monthly only; no extra users or add-ons.

• Lite$129

  per month, billed monthly

  1 user, 5 projects, 750 tracked keywords, 6 months of history, 1,000 credits a month, 100,000 crawl credits, API and MCP access.

• Standard$249

  per month, billed monthly

  1 user, 20 projects, 2,000 tracked keywords, 2 years of history, unlimited credits, Content Explorer and keyword clusters.

• Advanced$449

  per month, billed monthly

  1 user, 50 projects, 5,000 tracked keywords, 5 years of history, 1.5 million crawl credits and Looker Studio integration.

• Enterprise$1,499

  per month, annual commitment required

  From 3 users, 100 projects, unlimited history, uncapped API, SSO and audit log. Sold through sales.

Gyro-n SEO

• Starter¥500

  per month for 10 keywords, before tax

  1 site and 1 competitor, with local search for one area. Free for the first 3 months; no CSV export or Google Ads check.

• Lite¥4,500

  per month for 40 keywords, before tax

  1 site and 2 competitors, adding CSV export of rankings and results pages and the Google Ads check.

• Standard¥9,600

  per month for 160 keywords, before tax

  2 sites and 4 competitors, with every feature of Lite.

• Premium¥16,800

  per month for 300 keywords, before tax

  3 sites and 10 competitors, with every feature of Lite.

Ahrefs

• Annual discount

  Save up to 17% by paying annually

  Ahrefs' pricing page offers up to 17% off for annual billing on Lite, Standard and Advanced. Existing monthly customers switch by contacting support.

Gyro-n SEO

• Other savings

  First 3 months free on Starter

  Gyro-n's price page says the ¥500 Starter plan is free for three months after sign-up; the free period ends on any plan or option change.