Ahrefs vs Seodity (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Ahrefs and Seodity share a 2.0 GPA, and only Ahrefs has a free plan.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Ahrefs grades higher on the free plan. Seodity grades higher on value for money and features. They get the same grade on ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Ahrefs
SEO toolset for backlinks, keyword research, audits and rank tracking
Seodity
SEO suite with daily rank tracking, site audits and AI articles
Which one is for you
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 Seodity if
- Fits if you want research, daily rank tracking and audits in one account
- Works for freelancers with many small sites, as projects aren't capped
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to try it first, as there's no free plan or trial, only a 30-day money-back guarantee
- Tight if you work with others or send scheduled reports, as both start on Growth at $108 a month
- Tight if you run many sites, since Basic's 350 tracked keywords are shared across all of them
- Watch out: cancelling is done by writing to support
- Watch out: the site links to iOS and Android apps, but both store listings came back not found
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAAhrefsFair | 2.0GPASeodityFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DLite, the plan Ahrefs aims at small businesses, is $129 a month, or $1,290 a year (about $107.50 a month) with the yearly saving. That's nearly three times this category's middle, for one user. Starter is $29, but it's monthly only with 200 credits. | CBasic is $41 a month billed yearly ($49 monthly), just above this category's middle, for 350 tracked keywords and 50,000 audited pages a month. Team members and scheduled reports need Growth at $108. |
| Free plan and trial | CAhrefs Free gives you Site Explorer, Site Audit and Web Analytics for sites you can prove are yours, with 5,000 crawl credits a month. That covers your own site, but there's no keyword research or rank tracking, and no trial of the paid plans. | FNothing free on record: no free plan and no trial, only a 30-day money-back guarantee, which isn't a trial. |
| Features | CIts own link index, Site Explorer for any domain, keyword research, audits for 170+ issues, AI prompt tracking, and API and MCP access from Lite. The gap is rank tracking: the listing says it updates weekly on every plan, and Lite caps reports at 1,000 credits a month. | BCompetitor research with no query cap, daily rank tracking by city and device, a site crawler, a backlink checker, AI articles and report templates. It covers the whole job, though Basic has no scheduled reports or team members. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. Credits, projects and crawl budgets take some learning before you know what each click costs you. | CNo rating on record. Limits are shared across every project and changed in the app, and there are projects, keywords and competitors to set up. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb plus a browser toolbar, linked to Search Console, Looker Studio and Google Business Profile, with an API and an MCP server from Lite. No desktop or phone app. | BWeb only, connected to Google Analytics 4, Search Console and Google Drive. The site links to iOS and Android rank-tracking apps, but neither store listing was found when checked. |
| Best for | backlink and competitor research | research, rank tracking and audits across many sites |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Ahrefs and Seodity. How we grade
Price against what you get
Ahrefs starts at $29 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Seodity starts at $41 a month and scores 2.7.
Seodity scores higher, and starts $12 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other SEO tools on the chart, 6 score higher than Ahrefs for less, and none scores higher than Seodity for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Seodity also covers long-form writing and reports.
At a glance
| Ahrefs | Seodity | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Paid |
| Starts at | $29 per month, billed monthly | $41 per month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Ahrefs Free: Site Explorer, Site Audit (5,000 crawl credits a month per project) and Web Analytics for verified sites, plus the SEO Toolbar and 1 AI Content Helper doc a month. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Ahrefs Pte. Ltd. | PQ studio Sp. z o.o. |
| Price read from | ahrefs.com | seodity.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Seodity
- No free plan or free trial is advertised; there is a 30-day money-back guarantee, and cancelling is done by writing to support.
- Basic has no scheduled reports and no extra team members; both start with Growth at $108 a month billed annually.
- Limits are shared across all projects, so 350 tracked keywords on Basic covers every site combined; limits can be changed in the app.
- The site links to iOS and Android rank-tracking apps, but both store listings returned not found when checked.
Key features
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.
Seodity
- Competitor traffic and keyword research
- Look up the organic and paid keywords and top pages of any domain, with keyword gap and intersection views. Research queries are not capped on any plan.
- Rank Tracker
- Daily rankings by city or region and by device, with competitor tracking, position history and a cannibalization alert when several of your pages compete for one keyword.
- On-site audit
- A crawler flags duplicate titles, hreflang problems, broken redirects and chains, orphaned pages, slow pages and missing tags, with a redirect flow view.
- Backlinks
- Check the backlinks pointing to any site, from a database the vendor puts at over 3 trillion links. Plans cap backlinks analyzed at 20,000 to 100,000 a month.
- AI Content Editor
- Generates articles from a URL or keywords using Seodity's SEO data, then shortens, expands, rephrases or adds an FAQ section. 50 to 200 articles a month by plan.
- Reports and tasks
- Reports built from templates can be emailed, saved as PDF or sent to Google Drive with your logo. Scheduled reports start on the Growth plan.
Plans
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.
Seodity
Basic$41
per month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly)
Unlimited projects, 350 keywords tracked daily, 50,000 audited pages, 60 competitors and 50 AI articles a month. No scheduled reports or team members.
Growth$108
per month, billed annually ($129 billed monthly)
1,200 daily keywords, 250,000 audited pages, 100 competitors, 100 AI articles a month, 5 scheduled reports and 5 team members.
Advanced$333
per month, billed annually ($399 billed monthly)
3,500 daily keywords, 700,000 audited pages, 200 competitors, 200 AI articles a month, 20 scheduled reports and 15 team members.
Ways to pay less
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.
Seodity
- Annual discount
Save 17% with annual billing
Seodity's pricing page lists a 17% saving on annual billing: Basic is $490 a year, about $41 a month, instead of $49 billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Ahrefs or Seodity?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Ahrefs is cheaper to start with: $29 a month, against $41 a month for Seodity. Ahrefs starts at $29 per month, billed monthly, and Seodity starts at $41 per month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Ahrefs or Seodity?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Ahrefs has a free plan. Seodity does not.
Which platforms do Ahrefs and Seodity run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Ahrefs lists a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.