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Ahrefs vs Aergos: Research Data or Delivered Work
Ahrefs is a research database: its own backlink index, a 28.7B-keyword database and rank tracking at scale. Aergos is built to deliver the work: site audits, written content, AI visibility on 6 engines and client portals. Many agencies would keep Ahrefs for research and use Aergos for delivery.1,2,3,4,5
Aergos is our product. We've kept this fair and linked every claim about Ahrefs to its source. Prices checked October 7, 2026.
Recommendation
Which should you choose?
Choose Ahrefs if you need:
- Backlink and keyword research on any domain: Ahrefs runs its own crawler and index ("35 T Live backlinks", "493.9 B Pages in index") and a 28.7B-keyword database across 217 locations.2,3
- Rank tracking at scale: 750 to 5,000 tracked keywords on self-serve plans, updated weekly, in 190+ locations down to ZIP code.6,4,7
- Scheduled AI prompt tracking with Microsoft Copilot: Lite and above include a monthly prompt-check budget (150, 300 or 600 checks, from 2,500 on Enterprise; for example 5 to 20 prompts checked daily on one platform), and the AI Visibility Index researches any brand from $199/mo.8,6,9,10
- An API: Ahrefs API v3 and MCP access come with every plan from Lite (200,000 API units on Lite).11,12,6
- Free crawling for verified sites: the first 5,000 Site Audit crawl credits a month for each verified project are free on all plans.13
Choose Aergos if you want:
- Work delivered, not only data: Aergos writes and publishes pages (75 a month on Agency), while Ahrefs includes 1 new AI Content Helper document a month (5 on Enterprise).5,6,14
- Client delivery: client portals with approvals and white-label are included on Aergos Agency; Ahrefs emails scheduled PDF reports on Standard and above (Lite needs the Report Builder add-on), and its plans list no white-label.5,15,6,16
- AI visibility without per-engine cost: one Aergos scan is one credit across up to 6 engines, including Google AI Mode and Claude; on Ahrefs each Claude update uses 8 checks.5,8
- One-site small businesses: Aergos Business at $99/mo includes site audits, 20 written pages a month and AI Visibility scans; Ahrefs Lite is $129/mo before content add-ons.5,6
- Seats included: Aergos Agency includes 3 users; each Ahrefs self-serve plan includes 1, with extra users at $40 to $80 a month.5,6,17
Ahrefs and Aergos overlap only in part, and many agencies would use both: Ahrefs for research on any domain, Aergos for delivering work on their own clients' sites.1,5
Ahrefs vs Aergos at a glance
| Topic | Ahrefs | Aergos |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Research: its own backlink index, keyword database and rank tracking for any domain1,3,4 | Delivery: audits, written content, AI visibility and client reporting for your own sites5 |
| Plans | Lite $129/mo, Standard $249/mo, Advanced $449/mo, each with 1 user6 | Business $99/mo, Pro $299/mo, Agency $499/mo, users included5 |
| Backlinks and keywords | Any domain, on its own index and a 28.7B-keyword database2,3 | Backlink summary and keyword lookups for your own sites only5 |
| AI visibility | 150 to 600 prompt checks a month on Lite to Advanced, from 2,500 on Enterprise (for example 5 to 20 prompts daily on one platform), Copilot included; any-brand index from $199/mo8,6,9,10 | 6 engines including Google AI Mode; user-triggered pooled scans, one credit each5 |
| Content | AI Content Helper editor and grader, 1 new document a month included (5 on Enterprise, shared by the workspace)18,6,14,19 | Written pages published to WordPress, Wix or Shopify (75 a month on Agency)5 |
| Client delivery | Scheduled PDF reports by email on Standard and above (Lite needs the Report Builder add-on); no white-label listed on its plans15,6,16 | Client portals with approvals; white-label on Agency5 |
| API | API v3 and MCP from Lite11,12 | No public REST API; an MCP server over your own clients' data5 |
Aergos tests OpenAI web-search responses; these are not direct measurements of the consumer ChatGPT application.
What Aergos replaces
What Aergos replaces, and what you would still need Ahrefs for
Ahrefs and Aergos overlap only in part, so this page does not price one against the other. Each row says whether a typical agency or small-business buyer could move that work to Aergos.
| Capability | Ahrefs | Aergos | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backlink research | Explore any domain's backlinks on Ahrefs's own index ("35 T Live backlinks")1,2 | A backlink summary for your own client domain only, listing up to 20 links and 100 referring domains5 | Keep Ahrefs |
| Keyword research | Keywords Explorer: 28.7B keywords across 217 locations, with keyword ideas3 | Volume, difficulty and CPC for keywords you supply, plus gap and White Space opportunities for your own sites; no open keyword idea database5 | Keep Ahrefs |
| Rank tracking | 750 to 5,000 tracked keywords on self-serve plans, updated weekly, in 190+ locations6,4,7 | Up to 100 tracked keywords per client, refreshed monthly or on a manual sync, plus daily Google Search Console data5 | Aergos partly covers it |
| Site audit | Site Audit with 100,000 to 1.5M crawl credits a month on self-serve plans6,13 | Technical crawls of up to 10,000 pages without JavaScript rendering, or 100 with it (15 pooled (+5/client) audits on Agency). Site Audit schema checks flag pages with no JSON-LD structured data, JSON-LD without a type, and a few deprecated or conflicting schema types; they feed the AI health score. Aergos does not install or repair schema on your site.5 | Aergos covers it |
| Content and AI writing | AI Content Helper, an editor and grader: 1 new document a month included (5 on Enterprise, shared by the workspace), more from $99/mo18,6,14,19 | Writes pages and publishes them to WordPress, Wix or Shopify: 20 a month on Business, 75 on Agency5 | Aergos covers it |
| AI visibility | Custom Prompts on Lite and above, with a monthly check budget (150, 300 or 600 checks, from 2,500 on Enterprise; for example 5, 10 or 20 prompts checked daily on one platform and location). Each extra platform uses more checks, and Claude uses 8 checks per update. Engines: Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot and Claude, plus an any-brand AI Visibility Index from $199/mo8,6,9,10 | Scans of your own keywords on 6 engines (Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, ChatGPT (OpenAI API proxy), Gemini, Claude, Perplexity), started when you choose, one scan credit each; no Microsoft Copilot and no market-wide index5 | Aergos partly covers it |
| Competitor research | Any domain's organic and AI traffic, top pages, backlinks and paid ads1 | Keyword gaps and AI citation comparisons for up to 5 competitors per client5 | Aergos partly covers it |
| Client reporting | On Standard and above, or Lite with the Report Builder add-on, Report Builder emails scheduled PDFs to up to 50 recipients who don't need an Ahrefs account; guest users are Enterprise only15,17,16 | Client portals where clients view and approve work, client invitations, and white-label on Agency5 | Aergos covers it |
| API | API v3 and MCP access to Ahrefs's data from Lite (200,000 API units)11,12,6 | No public REST API; an MCP server lets AI agents work with your own clients' data on every paid plan5 | Keep Ahrefs |
Pricing models
How each product charges
Ahrefs sells four self-serve plans: Lite $129/mo, Standard $249/mo and Advanced $449/mo, plus Enterprise shown at $1,499/mo with an annual commitment. Each self-serve plan includes 1 user, with extra users at $40, $60 or $80 a month up to a cap. Plans limit projects, tracked keywords (updated weekly), Site Audit crawl credits, history, exports, API units and tracked AI prompts, and Lite is also credit-limited.6,20,17
Ahrefs add-ons sit on top of any plan: the Brand Radar AI Visibility Index from $199/mo, custom prompt packages at $50, $100 or $250 a month with published overage of $0.020, $0.015 or $0.010 per check, the AI Content Helper from $99/mo, Report Builder at $99/mo and Project Boost per project. Other usage beyond plan limits (report credits, export rows, crawl credits and API units) can be bought pay-as-you-go; the pricing page does not list those pay-as-you-go rates.6,21
Aergos publishes flat monthly plans (Business $99/mo, Pro $299/mo, Agency $499/mo) with users, websites, AI Visibility scans, content pages and site audits included as separate allowances. Extra scans come in optional one-time packs with no overage billing.5
Plans
Ahrefs plans
| Plan detail | Lite | Standard | Advanced | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $129/mo6 | $249/mo6 | $449/mo6 | $1,499/mo, annual commitment6 |
| Billed annually | 2 months free ("save up to 17%")6,22 | 2 months free ("save up to 17%")6,22 | 2 months free ("save up to 17%")6,22 | Annual commitment6 |
| Users | 1 (+$40/mo each, up to 2 more)6,17 | 1 (+$60/mo each, up to 5 more)6,17 | 1 (+$80/mo each, up to 10 more)6,17 | From 3 (+$100/mo each)6,17 |
| Tracked keywords (weekly) | 7506 | 2,0006 | 5,0006 | From 10,0006 |
| Site Audit crawl credits/month | 100,0006 | 500,0006 | 1.5M6 | From 5M6 |
| AI prompt checks/month | 150 (e.g. 5 prompts daily on 1 platform)6,10 | 300 (e.g. 10 prompts daily on 1 platform)6,10 | 600 (e.g. 20 prompts daily on 1 platform)6,10 | From 2,500 (e.g. from 83 prompts daily on 1 platform)6,10 |
| API units/month | 200,00011 | 800,00011 | 2M11 | Custom (pricing table: "4M, Custom"); unlimited rows per request11,23,24 |
| White-label reports | Not listed on the plan6 | Not listed on the plan6 | Not listed on the plan6 | Not listed on the plan6 |
Aergos plans
| Plan detail | Business | Pro | Agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $99/mo5 | $299/mo5 | $499/mo5 |
| Billed annually (per month) | $82.50/mo5 | $249.17/mo5 | $415.83/mo5 |
| Websites | 15 | 3 (+$99/mo each)5 | 3 (+$119/mo each)5 |
| Seats | 1 (+$25/mo each)5 | 2 (+$25/mo each)5 | 3 (+$25/mo each)5 |
| AI engines | All 6 included5 | All 6 included5 | All 6 included5 |
| AI Visibility | 2 AI Visibility scans/month5 | 6 AI Visibility scans/month, pooled across your websites, +1 per extra website5 | 8 AI Visibility scans/month, pooled across your websites, +2 per extra client5 |
| Content | 20 pages/month5 | 60 pages/month5 | 75 pages/month5 |
| White-label client portal | Not included5 | Not included5 | White-label included5 |
Aergos AI engines: Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, ChatGPT (OpenAI API proxy), Gemini, Claude, Perplexity. Aergos tests OpenAI web-search responses; these are not direct measurements of the consumer ChatGPT application.
AI engines
Which engines Ahrefs Standard and Aergos Agency cover
| Engine | Ahrefs Standard | Aergos Agency |
|---|---|---|
| Google AI Overviews | Included1 check per prompt, location and update8,9 | Included, no per-engine charge5 |
| Google AI Mode | Included1 check per prompt, location and update8,9 | Included, no per-engine charge5 |
| ChatGPT | Included1 check per prompt, location and update8,9 | Included as ChatGPT (OpenAI API proxy), no per-engine charge5 |
| Gemini | Included1 check per prompt, location and update8,9 | Included, no per-engine charge5 |
| Claude | Included8 checks per update8 | Included, no per-engine charge5 |
| Perplexity | Included1 check per prompt, location and update8,9 | Included, no per-engine charge5 |
| Microsoft Copilot | Included1 check per prompt, location and update8,9 | Not scanned5 |
| Grok | Listed; availability unconfirmedAhrefs says it is temporarily unable to gather new data25 | Not scanned5 |
Aergos tests OpenAI web-search responses; these are not direct measurements of the consumer ChatGPT application.
Allowances and usage
Scheduled monitoring vs user-triggered scans with a pooled allowance
Each product counts usage in its own unit (Ahrefs: tracked prompt check (Custom Prompts); Aergos: AI Visibility scan), so the units are not directly comparable.
| Usage measure | Ahrefs Standard | Aergos Agency |
|---|---|---|
| Allowance | Monthly prompt-check budget: 150 (Lite), 300 (Standard) or 600 (Advanced), from 2,500 on Enterprise. That is 5, 10 or 20 prompts checked daily on one platform and location (from 83 on Enterprise); more platforms use more checks, and Claude uses 8 checks per update6,10 | 8 AI Visibility scans/month, pooled across your websites, +2 per extra client5 |
| Refresh | Daily by default; daily, weekly or monthly per platform8 | You start each scan from the dashboard or through MCP; there is no scheduled refresh5 |
| Scheduled or user-triggered | Scheduled monitoring8 | User-triggered scans with a pooled allowance5 |
| What one run covers | Each prompt uses 1 check per platform, location and update; Claude uses 8 checks per update8 | Up to 50 keywords on the engines you select (all 6 preselected in a dashboard scan)5 |
| Buying more capacity | Custom prompt packages at $50, $100 or $250 a month (+2,500, +7,000 or +25,000 checks), with published overage of $0.020, $0.015 or $0.010 per check6,21 | One-time scan packs: 5 for $99, 10 for $179, 20 for $329, 50 for $749 (valid 12 months)5 |
A tracked Ahrefs prompt is one question re-checked on a schedule; an Aergos scan is a batch of up to 50 keywords across the engines you select, run when you start it, so the two units are not directly comparable. We recommend 1–2 Aergos scans per website each month, timed around client priorities and changes.8,5
About Ahrefs
Ahrefs describes its offer as "From search rankings to AI answers, Ahrefs gives you the tools and data to grow your brand's traffic, visibility, and revenue." It runs its own crawler and backlink index and sells four self-serve plans plus Enterprise. AI visibility (Brand Radar), content (AI Content Helper) and reporting (Report Builder) sit on top, several of them as paid add-ons.26,6,9
Check these before moving work from Ahrefs
Rank tracking: Aergos tracks up to 100 keywords per client and refreshes them monthly or on a manual sync. Teams that track thousands of keywords weekly, as Ahrefs plans allow, should keep a dedicated rank tracker.6,7,5
Site audit: Aergos crawls up to 10,000 pages without JavaScript rendering, or 100 with it, so very large or JavaScript-heavy sites may still need Ahrefs Site Audit, which also gives verified projects 5,000 free crawl credits a month.13,5
FAQ
Ahrefs vs Aergos: common questions
Sources
- 1. https://ahrefs.com/site-explorer, checked October 7, 2026
- 2. https://ahrefs.com/big-data, checked October 7, 2026
- 3. https://ahrefs.com/keywords-explorer, checked October 7, 2026
- 4. https://ahrefs.com/rank-tracker, checked October 7, 2026
- 5. Aergos plans and product documentation
- 6. https://ahrefs.com/pricing, checked October 7, 2026
- 7. https://help.ahrefs.com/en/articles/604245-how-frequently-do-my-tracked-keywords-get-updated, checked October 7, 2026
- 8. https://ahrefs.com/ai-prompt-tracking, checked October 7, 2026
- 9. https://ahrefs.com/brand-radar, checked October 7, 2026
- 10. https://ahrefs.com/ai-prompt-tracking, checked October 7, 2026
- 11. https://help.ahrefs.com/en/articles/6559232-about-api-v3, checked October 7, 2026
- 12. https://help.ahrefs.com/en/articles/13913559-getting-started-with-ahrefs-mcp, checked October 7, 2026
- 13. https://help.ahrefs.com/en/articles/3119402-how-are-crawl-credits-in-site-audit-spent, checked October 7, 2026
- 14. https://help.ahrefs.com/en/articles/9879434-about-the-new-ai-content-helper, checked October 7, 2026
- 15. https://ahrefs.com/report-builder, checked October 7, 2026
- 16. https://ahrefs.com/report-builder, checked October 7, 2026
- 17. https://help.ahrefs.com/en/articles/411099-how-do-i-add-and-manage-users-to-my-account-s-workspace, checked October 7, 2026
- 18. https://ahrefs.com/ai-content-helper, checked October 7, 2026
- 19. https://help.ahrefs.com/en/articles/9879434-about-the-new-ai-content-helper, checked October 7, 2026
- 20. https://help.ahrefs.com/en/articles/9734884-what-is-the-difference-between-credit-based-plans-and-unlimited-credit-plans, checked October 7, 2026
- 21. https://ahrefs.com/pricing, checked October 7, 2026
- 22. https://help.ahrefs.com/en/articles/3493211-how-does-2-months-free-discount-work-with-a-yearly-plan, checked October 7, 2026
- 23. https://ahrefs.com/pricing, checked October 7, 2026
- 24. https://help.ahrefs.com/en/articles/6559232-about-api-v3, checked October 7, 2026
- 25. https://help.ahrefs.com/en/articles/11064852-what-is-brand-radar-and-how-to-use-it, checked October 7, 2026
- 26. https://ahrefs.com/, checked October 7, 2026