Ahrefs Webmaster Tools
FreeFree Ahrefs for your own sites. SEO audits, backlinks, and keyword data.
About Ahrefs Webmaster Tools
Ahrefs Webmaster Tools is a free version of the Ahrefs SEO suite, available to anyone who verifies ownership of their website. It provides access to some of Ahrefs' premium data for your own sites.
Premium SEO Data, Free
Ahrefs has one of the largest backlink databases in the world. Webmaster Tools gives you free access to site audits and backlink data for sites you own, using the same data that powers their $99+/month plans.
What You Get
- Site audit - Crawl your site for technical SEO issues with prioritized recommendations
- Backlink monitoring - See who links to your site and track new and lost links
- Organic keyword data - Discover which keywords your pages rank for
- SEO health score - Get an overall score for your site's technical health
- Internal link opportunities - Find pages that could benefit from better internal linking
What to Know
This tool only works for sites you own and verify (via Google Search Console connection). You cannot research competitors or do keyword research for new topics. For that, you need the full Ahrefs subscription. But as a free site audit and backlink monitoring tool, it is hard to beat.
Key Features
Pros & Cons
The free plan in practice
What you can actually do on Ahrefs Webmaster Tools's free plan, where it stops, and when it's worth paying.
What you can do free
- Site audit
- Backlink monitoring
- Keyword data for your sites
- SEO health score
- Internal link opportunities
Where it stops
- Only your verified sites
- No competitor research
- Limited data vs paid
When to upgrade to a paid plan
Stay on the free plan while you're comfortably under the free plan's limits. It's worth moving to a paid plan once you consistently bump into that ceiling, need to remove branding, or want features the free tier holds back.
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Free Plan Details
| Free Plan | |
| Free Tier | Generous Free Tier |
| Open Source |
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