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Alternatives to Ahrefs, as AI models named them

In the October 2026 Edition, 679 of the 756 answers collected in the three categories where Ahrefs holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
HubSpot Content Hub52
Crayon47
Klue45
Kompyte43
Surfer SEO30
Conductor27
First choices in the 679 answers that did not name Ahrefs, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

SEO and content optimization platforms

Marketing. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Ahrefs is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessAhrefs is #9 of 11 here at 3% of first choices, 45 labels.

Sixty-four of the eighty-four answers did not name Ahrefs; it was the first choice in three. The first choices in those sixty-four answers, seventeen products in all, the eight most named:

SE Ranking16 of 64Head to head →
Surfer SEO15 of 64Head to head →
Frase7 of 64Head to head →
Ubersuggest6 of 64Head to head →
Semrush4 of 64Head to head →
Google Search Console3 of 64
HubSpot Marketing Hub2 of 64
Mangools2 of 64
9 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketAhrefs is #7 of 12 here at 3% of first choices, 42 labels.

Sixty-four of the eighty-four answers did not name Ahrefs; it was the first choice in eleven. The first choices in those sixty-four answers, fifteen products in all, the eight most named:

Surfer SEO12 of 64Head to head →
Clearscope7 of 64Head to head →
SE Ranking5 of 64Head to head →
Semrush5 of 64Head to head →
NeuronWriter4 of 64Head to head →
Ubersuggest4 of 64Head to head →
Conductor2 of 64
Google Search Console2 of 64
7 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseAhrefs is #8 of 11 here at 0% of first choices, 34 labels.

Sixty-eight of the eighty-four answers did not name Ahrefs; it was the first choice in one. The first choices in those sixty-eight answers, nine products in all, the eight most named:

Conductor25 of 68
seoClarity7 of 68
Clearscope6 of 68Head to head →
BrightEdge5 of 68
Semrush4 of 68Head to head →
Surfer SEO3 of 68Head to head →
MarketMuse2 of 68
AirOps1 of 68
1 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

Competitive intelligence tools

Marketing. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Ahrefs is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessAhrefs is #13 of 15 here at 0% of first choices, 21 labels.

Seventy-five of the eighty-four answers did not name Ahrefs; it was the first choice in one. The first choices in those seventy-five answers, nineteen products in all, the eight most named:

Kompyte22 of 75
Visualping10 of 75
SpyFu7 of 75
Semrush6 of 75
Owler5 of 75
Google Alerts3 of 75
Similarweb3 of 75
Brand242 of 75
11 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketAhrefs is #12 of 12 here at 0% of first choices, 19 labels.

Seventy-eight of the eighty-four answers did not name Ahrefs; it was the first choice in one. The first choices in those seventy-eight answers, twelve products in all, the eight most named:

Kompyte19 of 78
Klue18 of 78
Crayon13 of 78
SpyFu3 of 78
Visualping2 of 78
Clozd1 of 78
Competitors App1 of 78
Contify1 of 78
4 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseAhrefs holds 3 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Eighty-four of the eighty-four answers did not name Ahrefs; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-four answers, nine products in all, the eight most named:

Crayon34 of 84
Klue27 of 84
Contify9 of 84
AlphaSense3 of 84
CompeteIQ3 of 84
Kompyte2 of 84
Cloudera1 of 84
Nodify1 of 84
1 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

Content marketing platforms

Marketing. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Ahrefs is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessAhrefs is #14 of 15 here at 0% of first choices, 10 labels.

Eighty-one of the eighty-four answers did not name Ahrefs; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-one answers, twenty-two products in all, the eight most named:

HubSpot Content Hub23 of 81
StoryChief13 of 81
CoSchedule Marketing Suite10 of 81
Buffer5 of 81
Enji4 of 81
HubSpot Marketing Hub4 of 81
WordPress3 of 81
Planable2 of 81
14 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketAhrefs is #8 of 10 here at 0% of first choices, 10 labels.

Eighty-one of the eighty-four answers did not name Ahrefs; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-one answers, twenty-two products in all, the eight most named:

HubSpot Content Hub21 of 81
HubSpot Marketing Hub6 of 81
CoSchedule Marketing Suite5 of 81
StoryChief4 of 81
ClickUp2 of 81
Contentoo2 of 81
HubSpot for Marketers2 of 81
Optimizely CMS2 of 81
14 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseAhrefs holds 1 label here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Eighty-four of the eighty-four answers did not name Ahrefs; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-four answers, twenty-seven products in all, the eight most named:

Contently9 of 84
HubSpot Content Hub8 of 84
Kapost6 of 84
Adobe Experience Manager5 of 84
Optimizely CMP5 of 84
Optimizely CMS4 of 84
Adobe Experience Cloud3 of 84
HubSpot Marketing Hub3 of 84
19 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Ahrefs neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Ahrefs only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Ahrefs's side.

Every answer and every label behind these figures is in the record, sent on request. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Ahrefs was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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