Ahrefs vs SpyFu Pricing (2026)
How do these two stack up on price? Here's what each one costs, what you get, and where the value sits.
Lite
- 5 projects
- 6 months of historical data
- 750 tracked keywords
- 5 tracked prompts
- 100,000 crawl credits
- 1,000 credits per user
- 1 user included
- Add 2 more users at $40/mo each
- Dashboard
- Site Explorer
- Keywords Explorer
- Brand Radar
- Site Audit
- Always-on audit
- Rank Tracker
- Competitive Analysis
- SERP history
- Page Inspect
- Web Analytics
- API access
- MCP Server
- Report Builder
- Social Media Manager Beta
- GBP Monitor Beta
Standard
- 20 projects
- 2 years of historical data
- 2,000 tracked keywords
- 10 tracked prompts
- 500,000 crawl credits
- Unlimited credits per user
- 1 user included
- Add 5 more users at $60/mo each
- Dashboard
- Site Explorer
- Keywords Explorer
- Brand Radar
- Site Audit
- Always-on audit
- Rank Tracker
- Competitive Analysis
- SERP history
- Page Inspect
- Web Analytics
- API access
- MCP Server
- Report Builder
- Social Media Manager Beta
- GBP Monitor Beta
- Portfolios
- Content Explorer
- Batch Analysis
- SERP comparison
- Web visibility
- Site structure
- Broken backlinks
- Broken links
- Outgoing links
- Calendar view
- Linking authors
- AI suggestions
- Keyword clusters
- Search intents
- Translations
- SERP updates
Advanced
- 50 projects
- 5 years of historical data
- 5,000 tracked keywords
- 20 tracked prompts
- 1,500,000 crawl credits
- Unlimited credits per user
- 1 user included
- Add 10 more users at $80/mo each
- Dashboard
- Site Explorer
- Keywords Explorer
- Brand Radar
- Site Audit
- Always-on audit
- Rank Tracker
- Competitive Analysis
- SERP history
- Page Inspect
- Web Analytics
- API access
- MCP Server
- Report Builder
- Social Media Manager Beta
- GBP Monitor Beta
- Portfolios
- Content Explorer
- Batch Analysis
- SERP comparison
- Web visibility
- Site structure
- Broken backlinks
- Broken links
- Outgoing links
- Calendar view
- Linking authors
- AI suggestions
- Keyword clusters
- Search intents
- Translations
- SERP updates
- Looker Studio integration
- Search type distribution
- Agency directory listing
- Segmentation Soon
- HTTP authentication
Enterprise
- Uncapped API access
- SSO & enterprise-grade security
- Access management & audit log
- Unlimited historical data
- Personalized higher limits & data exports
- Forecasting & trends
Basic
- 10k row search results
- 10k row data exports
- 1 Live Site tracking project
- 5k Weekly tracked keyword rankings
- 10 automated reports
- Pre-built Google Ads Campaigns
- GSC Integration
- White labeled reporting
- API access
- 1 user
Pro + AI
Popular- Unlimited search results - see all the data
- Unlimited data exports. All you can eat
- 10 Live Site tracking projects
- 10+ years historical data
- Boost visibility in AI & Search - RivalFlow (1 site)
- ChatGPT Integration - Get SpyFu data in ChatGPT
- AI Brand Monitoring
- 15k Weekly tracked keyword rankings
- 100 automated reports
- Pre-built Google Ads Campaigns
- GSC Integration
- White labeled reporting
- API access
- 1 user included ($30 for each additional)
Team / Agency
- Unlimited search results - see all the data
- Unlimited data exports. All you can eat
- Unlimited Live Site tracking projects
- 10+ years historical data
- Boost visibility in AI & Search - RivalFlow (5 sites)
- ChatGPT Integration - Get SpyFu data in ChatGPT
- AI Brand Monitoring
- 50k Weekly tracked keyword rankings
- Unlimited automated reports
- Pre-built Google Ads Campaigns
- GSC Integration
- White labeled reporting
- API access
- 5 users included ($30 for each additional)
Ahrefs vs SpyFu FAQ
- Which one is cheaper?
- SpyFu is the cheaper option, starting at $39/mo vs $129/mo for Ahrefs.
- Can I use either one for free?
- Ahrefs has a free plan. SpyFu doesn't — you'll need to pay from day one.
- How do they charge?
- Different approach here. Ahrefs uses per-seat pricing, while SpyFu goes with flat-rate. That changes the math depending on your team size and usage.
- Which one is a better deal?
- Depends on what you need. Ahrefs: Ahrefs sits in the premium tier of SEO tools — more expensive than Ubersuggest or Mangools by a wide margin, and roughly neck-and-neck with Semrush on mid-tier plans. They're going after serious SEO practitioners and agencies who treat data quality as non-negotiable, not budget-conscious beginners. SpyFu: SpyFu sits in the budget-to-mid tier of the SEO/PPC intelligence space — cheaper than Semrush or Ahrefs at comparable tiers, and positioning itself as the scrappy alternative for teams that want competitive ad and keyword data without enterprise pricing. The $39 entry point is a deliberate low-friction hook for cost-conscious SMBs.
Keep tabs on both.
We'll monitor pricing changes for Ahrefs and SpyFu and let you know when something moves.