Ahrefs vs. Google Search Console

Ahrefs

382 Reviews and Ratings

Google Search Console

237 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
Google Search Console	Score9 out of 10	N/A	Google Search Console is a search engine optimization software solution offered by Google.	N/A

Pricing

Ahrefs

Google Search Console

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	Google Search Console
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	Google Search Console
Considered Both Products	Ahrefs Nirav Sampat SEO Manager in Marketing at CarWale (Automotive, 501-1000 employees) Chose Ahrefs Screaming Frog is a handy tool when it comes to performing technical SEO audits and improving technical aspects of SEO. But Ahrefs on the contrary is a strategic SEO tool that can help you do holistic SEO. This includes features like performing keyword research, building links, … Incentivized Helpful? Andrea Hester Director Of Operations at Clearfire, Inc. (Internet, 1-10 employees) Chose Ahrefs Ahrefs is the most comprehensive tool we've used for providing SEO and performance analysis for our website clients. It's an essential part of our analytics stack, along with Google products. It doesn't require downloading and installing software, and it's more robust and user … Incentivized Helpful? Kenny King Web Production Manager Responsible for SEO, Web Design, & Social Media Marketing in Marketing at Ascension Marketing (Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees) Chose Ahrefs Ahrefs has more features and more accurate data than its competitors. While both Moz and Majestic are great tools and can be used as complimentary to Ahrefs, if you have to choose one tool, definitely choose Ahrefs. It has the biggest database of links and better stats for … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Ahrefs I like Ahrefs because its index of backlinks is fresher than SEMRush and the way of presenting information is a lot more convenient and versatile than Majestic. Also, I like the fact that it's mostly focused on SEO vs. the broader approach that SEMRush takes. Incentivized Helpful?	Google Eric Serdar Product Marketing Manager in Marketing at BambooHR (Marketing and Advertising, 501-1000 employees) Chose Google Search Console All of these other tools have positives and negatives. We use Google Search Console along with Semrush in the past and are using it with Ahrefs right now. Search Console is like the foundation of monitoring our search presence and these other tools are what lets us do the heavy … Incentivized Helpful? Andrea Hester Director Of Operations at Clearfire, Inc. (Internet, 1-10 employees) Chose Google Search Console Google uniquely provides specific data that is important for optimizing SEO and performance for websites. While it doesn't provide as comprehensive an analysis as other tools like Ahrefs and Moz, it provides Google performance-specific data that can't be found elsewhere. When … Incentivized Helpful? Ruby Goyal Lead Technical Writer in Marketing at ServerGuy (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Google Search Console We are using Ahrefs and SEMRush along with the search console. Ahrefs helps in creating our backlink strategy while SEMRush for content gaps and opportunities. Search console is more preferred as it is completely free and data comes straight from Google. But you cannot see … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Search Console Usually, I use multiple tools and GSC is the first on my list along with Google Analytics since both of these tools are free and are sufficient for monitoring, analyzing and managing digital marketing for a small business. However, there are some limitations to these tools like … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Search Console The data is more accurate in Google Search Console and you can communicate back with Google using this tool. Incentivized Helpful? Oleksandr Torlo Product R&D Manager in Engineering at intelza.ai (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Google Search Console If you need advanced SEO information, then of course you need to use expensive tools. Google console will give basic information, but most importantly, it will give promptly and free of charge. So do not ignore the possibilities of this great free tool, because all webmasters … Incentivized Helpful? Evan Laird Chief Marketing Officer in Marketing at Dinely (Internet, 1-10 employees) Chose Google Search Console I wouldn't really call Google Search Console a competitor of these major SEO software that has backlink management, competitive research, keyword research, PPC research, and so much more a part of them. It's just a bare-bones SEO tool and sitemap submission specifically for … Incentivized Helpful? Nick Kretz VP Growth, Head of SEO in Marketing at Xivic, Inc. (Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees) Chose Google Search Console Google is the dominant search engine so its a dead-given that you want to be using their platform for optimizing and managing your website presence on Google. No other platform compares to Google Search Console when it comes to accessing raw data on how google is viewing your … Incentivized Helpful? Vanessa Suarez Web Optimization Strategist in Marketing at Charles River Interactive, Inc. (Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees) Chose Google Search Console For me, the biggest asset of Search Console is that it's a free product! You don't need to pay extra to obtain data that other tools will give you. If you want to know which keywords your visitors are using to find you, then look no further. Google Search Console is also a … Incentivized Helpful? Sean Pomory Digital Media Specialist in Marketing at Chesapeake Regional Healthcare (Hospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Google Search Console Again, Google Search Console is mandatory if you're a search marketer or developer. It is a free tool and it links directly to Google, so it's hard to not recommend. Although, if you want more actionable (and often cleaner) data, then using one of the above tools is necessary. … Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

Ahrefs

Google Search Console

Comparison of SEO features of Ahrefs and Google Search Console
Feature	Ahrefs 7.8 71 Ratings	Google Search Console 6.2 53 Ratings
Keyword analysis	9.568 Ratings	8.346 Ratings
Backlink management	8.569 Ratings	4.941 Ratings
SERP ranking tracking	9.467 Ratings	7.143 Ratings
Page grader	5.261 Ratings	5.132 Ratings
Competitive analysis	9.469 Ratings	2.017 Ratings
Site audit / diagnostics	8.064 Ratings	7.445 Ratings
Site recommendations	5.660 Ratings	6.243 Ratings
Task management	7.032 Ratings	8.518 Ratings

Comparison of SEO Channels features of Ahrefs and Google Search Console
Feature	Ahrefs 7.5 62 Ratings	Google Search Console 7.3 50 Ratings
Local SEO	8.450 Ratings	5.035 Ratings
Social SEO	6.147 Ratings	8.019 Ratings
Mobile SEO	6.046 Ratings	7.847 Ratings
Global SEO	9.656 Ratings	8.341 Ratings

Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Ahrefs and Google Search Console
Feature	Ahrefs 8.9 59 Ratings	Google Search Console 8.2 50 Ratings
Multi-domain support	9.456 Ratings	8.644 Ratings
Integration with web analytics tools	8.429 Ratings	7.947 Ratings

User Ratings
	Ahrefs	Google Search Console
Likelihood to Recommend	9.7 (76 ratings)	9.0 (53 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (5 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	9.3 (4 ratings)	8.8 (5 ratings)
Support Rating	8.8 (14 ratings)	6.1 (8 ratings)