Ahrefs vs. BrightEdge

Ahrefs

382 Reviews and Ratings

BrightEdge

152 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Ahrefs	Score9 out of 10	N/A	Ahrefs is an SEO tool providers. Ahrefs Site Explorer provides a suite of tools including a component for backlink & on-page SEO analysis, online brand mentions tracking, and domain comparison tool for competitor analysis, etc. They refer to themselves as “the largest index of live backlinks.”	$99 per month
BrightEdge	Score6.8 out of 10	N/A	BrightEdge is an enterprise-level SEO (Search Engine Optimization) platform from the company of the same name in San Mateo, California. It includes customizable dashboards, reporting, forecasting, SEO recommendations, backlink management and competitive analysis. It covers local, global, mobile, social and content centric SEO. Presently BrightEdge's platform supports the marketing efforts of many well-brands, like Nike, Microsoft, and Netflix.	$0 per month

Pricing

Ahrefs

BrightEdge

Lite: $99.00
per month
Standard: $179.00
per month
Advanced: $399.00
per month
Agency: $999.00
per month

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Pricing Offerings
Ahrefs	BrightEdge
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Ahrefs	BrightEdge
Considered Both Products	Ahrefs Verified User Chose Ahrefs I think when it comes to keyword tracking, Ahrefs is not as good BrightEdge, but Ahrefs Site Explorer trumps BrightEdge when it comes to anything backlink related. I would use Ahrefs Site Explorer for backlink analysis, identifying 404 error pages, examining anchor texts, and … Incentivized Helpful? Joseph Lesho Team Lead, Digital Marketing Services in Marketing at Vizergy Digital Marketing (Hospitality, 51-200 employees) Chose Ahrefs Ahrefs is the best tool I've used for link building reporting; however, other tools are better suited for things like keyword position tracking, keyword research, etc. Incentivized Helpful?	BrightEdge Spencer Baselice SEO Manager in Marketing at MilliporeSigma (Pharmaceuticals, 10,001+ employees) Chose BrightEdge Better keyword tracking and reporting, however Ahrefs is easier to set up and faster in some cases. Ahrefs keyword search volume is better and more accurate. Competitive analysis is similar, Ahrefs simply does not have the charting capabilities that BrightEdge has and the … Incentivized Helpful? Giovanni Paola Senior Manager, Search Engine Optimization at Rogers Communications (Telecommunications, 10,001+ employees) Chose BrightEdge Customer service is top notch, better UI in the platform. Incentivized Helpful? Mike Emerson E-Commerce Marketing Manager in Marketing at Topix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Health, Wellness and Fitness, 201-500 employees) Chose BrightEdge Overall the best tool I’ve used. Missing parts that I like from other tools like search intent category, content writing AI, etc. but as an experienced SEO I really love it. Incentivized Helpful? Cody Pike SEO Specialist in Marketing at Vivint (Security & Investigations, 10,001+ employees) Chose BrightEdge Love the interface more, it’s more updated. A lot of cool features that are more easily accessible within BrightEdge. The customer success manager has been better than with seoClarity as well. We get meeting agendas, quick email responses, productive calls, and help with the … Incentivized Helpful? Neelav Patel SEO Analyst in Marketing at Invesco (Financial Services, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose BrightEdge I see a lot of similarities with the other two products. Personally, I think a big aspect of using BrightEdge is familiarity with the platform. Just like any of these SEO tools, the value from these comes with how efficient users can be with the interface. BrightEdge has a … Incentivized Helpful? Alissa Steingraber Search Marketing Manager - SEO in Marketing at Kohl's (Retail, 10,001+ employees) Chose BrightEdge seoClarity was one platform that we would have transitioned to if they would have been able to provide a solution like BrightEdge Instant. Out of all the platforms we have evaluated, the one thing that keeps us coming back to BrightEdge is the robust amount of relevant keywords … Incentivized Helpful? Cole Mauer VP, Director SEO at Tombras (Online Media, 201-500 employees) Chose BrightEdge While relatively expensive, Brightedge really does offer the best quality product but just as importantly (if not more so) the level of client/agency support. We have biweekly training with the entire team to continually stay up to date on Brightedge's offerings and strategies. … Incentivized Helpful? Ron Weber Head of Global SEO in Marketing at Teradata (Information Technology & Services, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose BrightEdge All SEO tools offer something a little different but BrightEdge comes pretty close to having everything I need. I can track links, review technical issues, and assign them to my staff. Reporting is top-notch too. I chose them because of my familiarity with them on the … Incentivized Helpful? Carlos Spallarossa Director - Search Engine Optimization in Marketing at L'Oréal (Consumer Goods, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose BrightEdge BrightEdge is much more user-friendly than Searchmetrics. The platform can be adopted at a much quicker rate by team members that arent SEOs. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose BrightEdge I personally didn't get to work with Conductor a great deal, but I know many of my colleagues who used Conductor extensively didn't like quite as much. Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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Features

Ahrefs

BrightEdge

Comparison of SEO features of Ahrefs and BrightEdge
Feature	Ahrefs 7.8 71 Ratings	BrightEdge 7.4 47 Ratings
Keyword analysis	9.568 Ratings	8.047 Ratings
Backlink management	8.569 Ratings	7.041 Ratings
SERP ranking tracking	9.467 Ratings	8.045 Ratings
Page grader	5.261 Ratings	5.040 Ratings
Competitive analysis	9.469 Ratings	10.047 Ratings
Site audit / diagnostics	8.064 Ratings	7.044 Ratings
Site recommendations	5.660 Ratings	5.047 Ratings
Task management	7.032 Ratings	8.941 Ratings

Comparison of SEO Channels features of Ahrefs and BrightEdge
Feature	Ahrefs 7.5 62 Ratings	BrightEdge 9.0 45 Ratings
Local SEO	8.450 Ratings	9.036 Ratings
Social SEO	6.147 Ratings	9.031 Ratings
Mobile SEO	6.046 Ratings	9.042 Ratings
Global SEO	9.656 Ratings	9.035 Ratings

Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Ahrefs and BrightEdge
Feature	Ahrefs 8.9 59 Ratings	BrightEdge 9.0 45 Ratings
Multi-domain support	9.456 Ratings	9.036 Ratings
Integration with web analytics tools	8.429 Ratings	9.044 Ratings

User Ratings
	Ahrefs	BrightEdge
Likelihood to Recommend	9.7 (76 ratings)	8.0 (79 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (5 ratings)	10.0 (35 ratings)
Usability	9.2 (4 ratings)	10.0 (11 ratings)
Support Rating	8.8 (14 ratings)	9.0 (14 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.3 (2 ratings)