Category by category
| Category | Seobility | Ahrefs |
|---|---|---|
| Features | – | Stronger |
| Backlinks | – | Stronger |
| Keywords | – | Stronger |
| Ease of use | Stronger | – |
| Starting price | from €59.90/mo | from £23/mo |
Category calls are editorial judgements, not lab test results. Swipe sideways if the table is cut off.
- Features
- Ahrefs covers keyword research, backlinks, content exploration, and rank tracking at professional depth. Seobility covers technical auditing and basic rank tracking
- Backlinks
- Ahrefs has the world's largest live backlink index. Seobility has minimal backlink data. It's not a backlink research tool
- Keywords
- Ahrefs' Keywords Explorer is professional-grade. Seobility monitors keywords you set but doesn't discover new ones
- Pricing
- Cheapest paid plans: Seobility €59.90/mo, Ahrefs £23/mo. The vendors publish prices in different currencies, so neither is called cheaper here. Plan limits are in the tables below.
- Ease of use
- Seobility's audit-focused interface is clear and prioritised. Ahrefs is clean but assumes professional SEO knowledge
Side by side
| Detail | Seobility | Ahrefs |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | Premium, €59.90/mo | Starter, £23/mo |
| Paid plans | 3 | 4 |
| Cheapest plan with published limits | Premium, €59.90/mo | Lite, £99/mo |
| Sites or projects (that plan) | 3 | 5 non-verified, unlimited verified |
| Tracked keywords (that plan) | 300 | 750 |
| Users included (that plan) | not published | 1 |
| Audit or crawl allowance (that plan) | 25,000 pages/crawl | 100,000 crawl credits/month |
| Other limits (that plan) | 50 tool requests/day; 15 tracked AI prompts (coming soon) | Up to 2 extra users at £32/mo each; 150 AI prompt checks/month; 6 months history |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | 14 days | not published |
| Money-back guarantee | not published | No refunds in general; a monthly subscription may be refunded if the service has not been used |
| Currency shown | EUR | GBP |
| Prices checked | 31 Oct 2026 | 31 Oct 2026 |
"Not published" means the vendor's pricing page did not show it on the check date; it is not assumed to be zero or unlimited. Swipe sideways to see both tools.
What Seobility and Ahrefs cost for the same workload
The cheapest plan on each tool whose published limits cover the workload, and what the first year costs at list price. Yearly billing is used where the vendor publishes it.
| Workload | Seobility | Ahrefs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 site, 100 tracked keywords, 1 userSolo blogger or one business site | Premium: €575.04 | Lite: £990 |
| 5 sites, 500 tracked keywords, 1 userFreelancer with a few clients | Professional: €959.04 | Lite: £990 |
| 15 sites, 1,500 tracked keywords, 2 usersSmall agency | Agency: €2,015.04 | Limits not published |
"Limits not published" means the vendor's pricing page did not list a limit needed to judge the plan. Try your own numbers in the plan finder.
Every Seobility and Ahrefs plan
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly, per month | Sites or projects | Tracked keywords | Users |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seobility Premium | €59.90 | €47.92 | 3 | 300 | not published |
| Seobility Professional | €99.90 | €79.92 | 7 | 700 | Up to 3 member accounts |
| Seobility Agency | €209.90 | €167.92 | 20 | 2,000 | Unlimited member accounts |
| Ahrefs Starter | £23 | not published | not published | not published | not published |
| Ahrefs Lite | £99 | £83 | 5 non-verified, unlimited verified | 750 | 1 |
| Ahrefs Standard | £199 | £166 | 20 non-verified, unlimited verified | 2,000 | 1 |
| Ahrefs Advanced | £359 | £299 | 50 non-verified, unlimited verified | 5,000 | 1 |
Prices are shown in the currency each vendor published, before tax. Swipe sideways to see every column.
- Checked on vendor siteSeobility: prices read from seobility.net on . Shown in EUR as the vendor displayed it; not converted.
- Prices read from vendor site; some terms not published thereAhrefs: prices read from ahrefs.com on . Shown in GBP as the vendor displayed it; not converted.
Seobility Black Friday 2026
Announced. Seobility’s Black Friday page offers 60 days free plus 15% off Premium. No end date is shown. (seobility.net)
Last confirmed offer (2025): 60 days free plus 15% off Premium. Source.
Checked 31 Oct 2026. Every SEO tool's Black Friday offer.
Ahrefs Black Friday 2026
No Black Friday deal, per the vendor. Ahrefs says it does not run one-off discounts or seasonal specials, including Black Friday and Cyber Monday. (help.ahrefs.com)
Checked 31 Oct 2026. Every SEO tool's Black Friday offer.
Which should you pick?
Pick Seobility if
You need professional keyword research, backlink analysis, competitor intelligence, and content tools
Seobility plans and catchesPick Ahrefs if
You need technical SEO auditing at minimal cost. Seobility's free plan covers site health monitoring adequately
Ahrefs plans and catchesThe verdict
Seobility and Ahrefs don't really compete; they do completely different things. Seobility's free plan monitors technical health: crawl errors, missing tags, page speed issues. Ahrefs does the competitive research: backlinks, keyword gaps, content opportunities. For a startup or solo site, Seobility's free plan plus a low-cost keyword tool such as KeySearch covers the basics while you build toward needing Ahrefs.