Haven’t Tried WebCEO Yet?
It’s A Powerful, High Quality Ahrefs Alternative

A 14-Day Trial. Instant Rank Checks. Branded reports. Unlimited user logons.

WebCEO is a solid all-in-one SEO toolset, i.e. a marketing platform for keyword research, rank tracking, backlink checks, toxic link cleanup, discovery of new link building opportunities, website SEO & technical audits, social media analytics, traffic analysis and competitor research.

Let’s dive into a detailed comparison of WebCEO and Ahrefs

The most important features WebCEO has and Ahrefs does not have:

A free 14-day trial. Try a full-featured SEO platform at no charge. No obligation, no fees, no credit card required

Collaborate with your team in real time at no extra cost. Manage projects together, delegate tasks, track their progress, share reports and never break deadlines

Track rankings for the unique number of keywords specified in the subscription details. More locations won’t drain your keyword limit as with the other SEO tools

Delegate toxic link analysis to an intelligent automatic system instead of checking thousands of backlinks manually, trying to figure out which backlink is good and which is bad

Make the most cost-effective decisions relying on the analytics data in your marketing dashboard due to the Google Analytics and Google My Business integrations

Increase your visibility. Save your time and get an updated list of the best content submission resources handpicked for you by the WebCEO editorial team. Be found by your local customers on the sites they use

Collect SEO leads (potential clients) while you sleep by embedding a "Free SEO audit" widget to your site. Use it to automatically send a free SEO report and collect their contact details. Offer them SEO services and earn high margins

Brand reports with your logo, header, footer, color scheme. Impress your clients with professional-looking SEO reports

Get a bird-eye view on all your SEO strengths and weaknesses with an all-in-one SEO report. Get it automatically emailed on a schedule

Be super-flexible: enjoy scheduled rank checks, or get an instant rank check anytime if you need to prepare an urgent report for your client

Be universal and track rankings on all popular search engines, not only Google: YouTube (#2 world search engine), Yahoo, Bing, AOL, DuckDuckGo and others

Add value to your marketing software with the SEO metrics powered by WebCEO. Feed them to your software with WebCEO API, for no additional charge

Get your site indexed quickly. Create and submit an XML sitemap for your site in two clicks using the Sitemap Generation tool

Maximize your earnings with minimal expense using a confidential service. You don’t have to develop SEO tools, place your branding on WebCEO. From head to toes, the White Label Domain will absolutely disguise WebCEO being at its core. Resell SEO tools on behalf of your own company or provide access to your partners and clients to your branded SEO tools on your own domain

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WebCEO Has Been Top-Rated by:

You can save more than 50% annually compared to Ahrefs

Unlike Ahrefs, WebCEO allows your whole team to work on projects simultaneously at no extra cost

Compare Ahrefs to WebCEO

	Ahrefs	WebCEO
Plans & Pricing
Plans & Pricing	Lite - $99/mo Standard - $179/mo Advanced - $399/mo Agency - $999/mo Buy 12 months - save ~ 16%	Solo - $39/mo Startup - $99/mo Agency Unlimited – $99/mo + scanning fees Corporate - $299/mo Buy 3 months - save 10% Buy 12 months - save 25%
Free Trial
Free Trial	7 days Trial for $7 credit card required	14 days Free Trial no credit card required
Multi-user access
Multi-user access	Lite - 1 user Standard - 1 user Advanced - 3 users Agency - 5 users Additional users: $30/mo per 1 user	Solo plan - 1 user Startup - unlimited users Corporate - unlimited users Agency Unlimited - unlimited users No additional charge
Number of projects
Number of websites	Lite - 5 Standard - 10 Advanced - 25 Agency - 100	Solo - 1 Startup - 5 Corporate - 30 Agency Unlimited - unlimited ($2/project)
Branded reports
Branded reports		Custom logo, header, footer, color scheme, cover page text, images and background (starting with the $99/mo Startup plan and higher)
A white-label SEO platform on a custom domain
A white-label SEO platform on a custom domain		SEO tools with your own logo, header, footer and custom design at seo.yourdomain.com (no mention of WebCEO) This custom domain solution is $20/mo (with the $99/mo Agency Unlimited plan)
Scheduled scanning
Scheduled scanning	Site Audit - weekly Rank Tracker - every 3-7 days (depending on your subscription plan) Organic Keywords report - between 3 days to 2 months (depending on the popularity - monthly search volume of the keyword)	Rank Tracking, SEO Analysis, Technical Audit, Competitor Link Profile, Partner Links Watch, Social Engagement - custom schedule (daily with the Agency Unlimited plan) My Backlinks, Competitor Backlink Spy - custom schedule with the Agency Unlimited plan
Scheduled report emailing
Scheduled report emailing	Alerts: New/Lost Backlinks - daily (with the $399/mo and higher plan), weekly (with the $179/mo plan), monthly (with the $99/mo plan) New Keywords - daily (from $999/mo plan), weekly (with the $179/mo plan & higher), monthly (with the $99/mo plan) Mentions - daily (with the $179/mo plan & higher) or weekly (with the $99/mo plan) Rank Tracker - weekly or monthly	Custom mailing schedule: All WebCEO tools - daily (from $99/mo) All WebCEO tools - weekly, monthly, quarterly (from $39/mo plan)
Report export formats
Report export formats	PDF, CSV	PDF, CSV
Number of reports per month
Number of reports per month	Limited	Unlimited
API
API	create and manage campaigns (websites) Backlinks, Internal Links, Rankings data, Domain Rating, info about the crawled pages, such as IP address, canonical URL, social metrics etc., the estimation of number of keywords, traffic and cost of the target URL, the new or lost referring domains and their details, user subscription information API Subscription plans: API Standard - $500/mo (500 API Rows. $1 per additional 1,000 rows) API Plus - $2,000/mo (5 millions API Rows. $0.40 per additional 1,000 rows) API Premium - $10,000/mo (30 millions API Rows. $0.35 per additional 1,000 rows)	create and manage projects (websites) pull data from: the three Backlink tools, Internal Links Tool, Lead Generation module, Rank Tracker, Keyword Research tool,Sitemap Generator, Social Metrics, Technical Audit & SEO Analysis Tools, Web Buzz Tool, Web Analytics Tool (competitor traffic), Facebook Insights, Scan Schedule, SEO Checklist manage users and client reporting manage your white label SEO tools Only for Agency Unlimited subscribers. No extra costs for API
An all-in-one SEO report which combines data from all tools
An all-in-one SEO report which combines data from all tools
Competitors investigation
Competitors investigation	Competitor Rankings, Organic Competitor Discovery, Competitor Keywords (Organic and Paid), Competitor Ads, Competitor Landing Pages, Competitor Backlinks, Competitor Estimated Traffic, Competitors Traffic Share, Competitor Brand Mentions, Competitor Content Explorer	Competitor Rankings including breakdowns by Keyword and SE, Dangerous Competitors finder, Competitor Backlink Spy, Competitor Link Profile, Competitor Traffic, Competitor Social Citations, Spy on Competitors (Semantic core of keywords determined by domain)
Rank tracker: local search engines and query language
Rank checker: local search engines and query language	Google	Google, YouTube, Bing, Yahoo, AOL, Ask + other search engines (all countries, all languages, all devices)
Local ranking check
Local ranking check
Number of tracked keywords
Number of tracked keywords	Lite - 500 Standard - 1,500 Advanced - 5,000 Agency - 10,000 A single keyword tracked within several locations, counts as several keywords. For example, you are tracking keyword "best backlink checker" for USA and UK. This will count as 2 keywords from your tracked keywords limit. We do not limit amount of locations you may add, just amount of tracked keywords Rank Tracker Pro: From $50/mo for 500 keywords to $10,000/mo for 100,000 keywords Note that your new keyword limit replaces your existing one, and you can’t purchase fewer keywords than the number you’re already using	Solo - 50 unique keywords Startup - 200 unique keywords Corporate - 600 unique keywords Agency Unlimited - unlimited A unique keyword or phrase is a unique keyword or phrase. We don't count unique keywords as combinations keyword + search engine like others do. So, tracking how 'keyword' ranks on 3 local variants of a search engine makes it count as only one keyword of the available number used, not three. If you are paying to track 200 keywords across 3 search engines, then in your report there will be 200 keywords on the list and three SE columns with results for each
Ranking Check Frequency
Ranking Check Frequency	Lite - every 7 days Standard - every 5 days Advanced - every 3 days Agency - every 3 days	Solo - every 7 days automatically Startup - every 7 days automatically (daily manual check is possible) Corporate - every 7 days automatically (daily manual check is possible) Agency Unlimited - daily automated rank checks (custom settings)
Mobile rank check
Mobile rank check
Rank tracker: scan history
Rank checker: scan history
Instant ranking check
Instant ranking check	Scanning results will be updated according to your schedule (depends on your subscription plan)	Update your rankings results any time . Receive them within a few minutes to a half hour depending on the size of your request
Compare results to a custom date
Compare results to a custom date
Keyword research tool: Keyword data sources
Keyword research tool: Keyword data sources	Clickstream + Google Keyword Planner	Google Ads Keyword Planner, People Also Ask search snippet, Google search bar autocomplete, Related Searches snippet, Google Search Console, spy on competitors
Backlink quality analysis data sources
Backlink quality analysis data sources	Own database	Powered by Majestic
Majestic backlink data for free
Majestic backlink data for free
Backlink management tool (track earned partner links, disappeared/modified links)
Backlink management tool (track earned partner links, disappeared/modified links)
Automatic backlink analysis for spam
Automatic backlink analysis for spam
Traffic analysis: integration with Google Analytics
Traffic analysis: integration with Google Analytics
Integration with Google My Business
Integration with Google My Business
Integration with Google Search Console
Integration with Google Search Console
SEO Audit: On-page and Off-page SEO factors influencing rankings
SEO Audit: On-page and Off-page SEO factors influencing rankings
Tech Audit: Site health and usability check
Tech Audit: Site health and usability check
Social Engagement Metrics
Social Engagement Metrics	Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest	Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Google Analytics
SEO lead generation tools
SEO lead generation tools
Content Submission
Content Submission		Local places and directories, shopping search engines, download sites, blog directories and search engines, press release sites, photo/video sharing sites, infographic submission sites and more (210+ resources overall)
Sitemap Generator
Sitemap Generator
DIY SEO Checklist
DIY SEO Checklist
SEO Dashboards
SEO Dashboards
Help & Tutorials
Help & Tutorials	Help Center Academy SEO Guides SEO Blog Live Chat API documentation Videos	Online 1-on-1 Interactive Demo Help Center & FAQ SEO Roadmap and DIY SEO Checklists Quick Start Guide SEO Guides Video Tutorials API references SEO Blog

Ahrefs

WebCEO

Plans & Pricing

Lite - $99/mo

Standard - $179/mo

Advanced - $399/mo

Agency - $999/mo

Buy 12 months - save ~ 16%

Solo - $39/mo

Startup - $99/mo

Agency Unlimited – $99/mo + scanning fees

Corporate - $299/mo

Buy 3 months - save 10%

Buy 12 months - save 25%

Free Trial

7 days Trial for $7

credit card required

14 days Free Trial

no credit card required

Multi-user access

Lite - 1 user

Standard - 1 user

Advanced - 3 users

Agency - 5 users

Additional users: $30/mo per 1 user

Solo plan - 1 user

Startup - unlimited users

Corporate - unlimited users

Agency Unlimited - unlimited users

No additional charge

Number of projects

Lite - 5

Standard - 10

Advanced - 25

Agency - 100

Solo - 1

Startup - 5

Corporate - 30

Agency Unlimited - unlimited ($2/project)

Branded reports

Custom logo, header, footer, color scheme, cover page text, images and background

(starting with the $99/mo Startup plan and higher)

A white-label SEO platform on a custom domain

SEO tools with your own logo, header, footer and custom design at seo.yourdomain.com (no mention of WebCEO)

This custom domain solution is $20/mo
(with the $99/mo Agency Unlimited plan)

Scheduled scanning

Site Audit - weekly

Rank Tracker - every 3-7 days (depending on your subscription plan)

Organic Keywords report - between 3 days to 2 months (depending on the popularity - monthly search volume of the keyword)

Rank Tracking, SEO Analysis, Technical Audit, Competitor Link Profile, Partner Links Watch, Social Engagement - custom schedule (daily with the Agency Unlimited plan)

My Backlinks, Competitor Backlink Spy - custom schedule with the Agency Unlimited plan

Scheduled report emailing

Alerts:

New/Lost Backlinks - daily (with the $399/mo and higher plan), weekly (with the $179/mo plan), monthly (with the $99/mo plan)

New Keywords - daily (from $999/mo plan), weekly (with the $179/mo plan & higher), monthly (with the $99/mo plan)

Mentions - daily (with the $179/mo plan & higher) or weekly (with the $99/mo plan)

Rank Tracker - weekly or monthly

Custom mailing schedule:

All WebCEO tools - daily (from $99/mo)

All WebCEO tools - weekly, monthly, quarterly (from $39/mo plan)

Report export formats

PDF, CSV

Number of reports per month

Limited

Unlimited

API

create and manage campaigns (websites)
Backlinks, Internal Links, Rankings data, Domain Rating, info about the crawled pages, such as IP address, canonical URL, social metrics etc., the estimation of number of keywords, traffic and cost of the target URL, the new or lost referring domains and their details, user subscription information

API Subscription plans:

API Standard - $500/mo (500 API Rows. $1 per additional 1,000 rows)

API Plus - $2,000/mo (5 millions API Rows. $0.40 per additional 1,000 rows)

API Premium - $10,000/mo (30 millions API Rows. $0.35 per additional 1,000 rows)

create and manage projects (websites)
pull data from: the three Backlink tools, Internal Links Tool, Lead Generation module, Rank Tracker, Keyword Research tool,Sitemap Generator, Social Metrics, Technical Audit & SEO Analysis Tools, Web Buzz Tool, Web Analytics Tool (competitor traffic), Facebook Insights, Scan Schedule, SEO Checklist
manage users and client reporting
manage your white label SEO tools

Only for Agency Unlimited subscribers. No extra costs for API

An all-in-one SEO report which combines data from all tools

Competitors investigation

Competitor Rankings, Organic Competitor Discovery, Competitor Keywords (Organic and Paid), Competitor Ads, Competitor Landing Pages, Competitor Backlinks, Competitor Estimated Traffic, Competitors Traffic Share, Competitor Brand Mentions, Competitor Content Explorer

Competitor Rankings including breakdowns by Keyword and SE, Dangerous Competitors finder, Competitor Backlink Spy, Competitor Link Profile, Competitor Traffic, Competitor Social Citations, Spy on Competitors (Semantic core of keywords determined by domain)

Rank tracker: local search engines and query language

Google

Google, YouTube, Bing, Yahoo, AOL, Ask + other search engines

(all countries, all languages, all devices)

Local ranking check

Number of tracked keywords

Lite - 500

Standard - 1,500

Advanced - 5,000

Agency - 10,000

A single keyword tracked within several locations, counts as several keywords. For example, you are tracking keyword "best backlink checker" for USA and UK. This will count as 2 keywords from your tracked keywords limit. We do not limit amount of locations you may add, just amount of tracked keywords

Rank Tracker Pro:

From $50/mo for 500 keywords to $10,000/mo for 100,000 keywords

Note that your new keyword limit replaces your existing one, and you can’t purchase fewer keywords than the number you’re already using

Solo - 50 unique keywords

Startup - 200 unique keywords

Corporate - 600 unique keywords

Agency Unlimited - unlimited

A unique keyword or phrase is a unique keyword or phrase. We don't count unique keywords as combinations keyword + search engine like others do. So, tracking how 'keyword' ranks on 3 local variants of a search engine makes it count as only one keyword of the available number used, not three.

If you are paying to track 200 keywords across 3 search engines, then in your report there will be 200 keywords on the list and three SE columns with results for each

Ranking Check Frequency

Lite - every 7 days

Standard - every 5 days

Advanced - every 3 days

Agency - every 3 days

Solo - every 7 days automatically

Startup - every 7 days automatically (daily manual check is possible)

Corporate - every 7 days automatically (daily manual check is possible)

Agency Unlimited - daily automated rank checks (custom settings)

Mobile rank check

Rank tracker: scan history

Instant ranking check

Scanning results will be updated according to your schedule (depends on your subscription plan)

Update your rankings results any time . Receive them within a few minutes to a half hour depending on the size of your request

Compare results to a custom date

Keyword research tool: Keyword data sources

Clickstream + Google Keyword Planner

Google Ads Keyword Planner, People Also Ask search snippet, Google search bar autocomplete, Related Searches snippet, Google Search Console, spy on competitors

Backlink quality analysis data sources

Own database

Majestic backlink data for free

Backlink management tool

(track earned partner links, disappeared/modified links)

Automatic backlink analysis for spam

Traffic analysis: integration with Google Analytics

Integration with Google My Business

Integration with Google Search Console

SEO Audit: On-page and Off-page SEO factors influencing rankings

Tech Audit: Site health and usability check

Social Engagement Metrics

Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest

Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Google Analytics

SEO lead generation tools

Content Submission

Local places and directories, shopping search engines, download sites, blog directories and search engines, press release sites, photo/video sharing sites, infographic submission sites and more (210+ resources overall)

Sitemap Generator

DIY SEO Checklist

SEO Dashboards

Help & Tutorials

Help Center

Academy

SEO Guides

SEO Blog

Live Chat

API documentation

Videos

Online 1-on-1 Interactive Demo

Help Center & FAQ

SEO Roadmap and DIY SEO Checklists

Quick Start Guide

SEO Guides

Video Tutorials

API references