Ahrefs vs LinkerFlow

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Entry price: The same for both — $29/mo
Free plan: Only Ahrefs (LinkerFlow has paid plans only)
Public API: Ahrefs has one; not confirmed by us for LinkerFlow
Higher Trust score: Ahrefs — 92 vs 72 for LinkerFlow
Best fit: Ahrefs: SEO teams and agencies that need backlink data they can defend to a client · LinkerFlow: Webflow sites with enough content (100+ pages) that manual internal linking has become tedious

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

AhrefsBacklink index, keyword research, rank tracking and site audits from one crawler, now with AI-answer visibility tracking

LinkerFlowAutomates internal-link suggestions for Webflow, WordPress, Wix, and Framer sites using Search Console data.

Side by side

Fact	Ahrefs	LinkerFlow
Category	SEO Tools	SEO Tools
Pricing model	Freemium	Paid
Starts at	$29/mo	$29/mo
Public API	Yes	Not confirmed
Trust score	92 / 100	72 / 100
Platforms	Web, API, Chrome extension	Web
Company	Ahrefs Pte. Ltd.	DEESJA
Last verified	Sep 6, 2026	Sep 1, 2026

What our research says

Ahrefs

Ahrefs is the backlink index most SEO teams treat as the reference, and the rest of the suite — keywords, rank tracking, audits — is strong enough that it usually replaces two or three cheaper tools. The entry prices mislead: Starter at $29 is a taster, and Lite at $129 is a single seat with credit limits, so a small agency lands at Standard plus extra users before it feels unconstrained. Buy it for the data; price it on your real seat count.

Pros

Backlink index built on Ahrefs' own crawler, with trillions of links and years of history
Keyword research, rank tracking, site audit and AI-answer visibility in one subscription
API and MCP access included from the Lite plan, not sold as a separate product
Free tier for your own verified sites and a $29 Starter for light use

Cons

Lite caps usage at 1,000 credits per user and six months of history
Every plan includes one user; additional seats are a per-month surcharge
Enterprise at $1,499 requires an annual commitment
Brand Radar AI and prompt-check packages are paid add-ons on top of the plan

LinkerFlow

LinkerFlow automates a task that's genuinely tedious by hand — finding and placing relevant internal links across a growing site — and keeps a human approval step so nothing publishes without review. It's built specifically around Webflow with WordPress, Wix, and Framer as secondary support, so the fit is best when the main site already runs on one of those four.

Pros

Combines Google Search Console keyword data with on-site content analysis for link suggestions
Requires manual approval before any link goes live, avoiding surprise site changes
Includes broken-link detection alongside the linking suggestions

Cons

No free tier or trial is visible, only paid plans from $29/month
No dedicated pricing page was reachable during review; plan prices came from the product page instead
Company behind the product (DEESJA) discloses no country or address

Which one fits

Choose Ahrefs if you need

SEO teams and agencies that need backlink data they can defend to a client
Content teams running keyword research and rank tracking at scale
Developers pulling index data through the API or MCP on a Lite plan or above

Choose LinkerFlow if you need

Webflow sites with enough content (100+ pages) that manual internal linking has become tedious
Agencies managing internal linking across several client sites from one dashboard