Ahrefs’ $29 Starter plan – what’s included and how it compares

Rebekah Bek
Developing content to help you understand, navigate, and love using Ahrefs.

If you haven’t heard yet, we’ve launched a new plan at Ahrefs.

Meet our Starter plan: a $29/month offering that’s great for SEO beginners who are looking to go beyond the basics offered in our free Ahrefs Webmaster Tools plan.

Here’s what you need to know.

Who’s the Starter plan for?

The Starter plan is perfect if you’re just starting out, or want to explore our platform without a big commitment. It’s designed for light usage and gives you a fantastic introduction to the potential of the Ahrefs toolset.

If you end up loving Ahrefs and start using our tools intensively, you may outgrow the Starter plan quickly – but don’t worry, upgrading is super easy. You can find a new plan that fits your needs right on our pricing page.

What’s offered in the Starter plan?

Like our Lite plan, the Starter plan is credit-based. 

On a Starter plan, you’ll get 100 credits each month. You consume these credits when accessing reports and requesting new data from most core tools.

You’ll have access to these Ahrefs tools:

Note that Site Audit and Rank Tracker do not consume credits since they have their own limits.

How does the Starter plan compare against others?

Here are some comparison charts of how the Starter plan stacks up against our free Ahrefs Webmaster Tools offering, and our $129/month Lite plan. See pricing page

¹ Learn more about what actions consume credits

² Verified projects are projects that have gone through a verification process to prove you own the website.

³ These additional 500 credits can only be spent for URLs within any of the verified projects.

*Keywords Explorer is not included in Ahrefs Webmaster Tools

Terms & Conditions

  • Additional users, credits or any other add-ons cannot be purchased on the Starter plan.

  • You cannot downgrade from a Lite or higher plan to a Starter plan.

  • The Starter plan can only be renewed monthly.

  • Features and limits on this plan may be changed without prior notice.

How do I sign up for a Starter plan?

Follow this link!

Sign up for Starter

Questions?

If something wasn’t covered in this post, feel free to email me and I’ll do my best to help.