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Alternatives to Ahrefs, as AI models named them

In the September 2026 Edition, 150 of the 216 answers collected in the one category 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
Surfer SEO24
Conductor19
Frase12
SE Ranking9
Semrush9
Ubersuggest6
First choices in the 150 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, twelve 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 #6 of 13 here at 6% of first choices, 41 labels.

Fifty of the seventy-two answers did not name Ahrefs; it was the first choice in four. The first choices in those fifty answers, thirteen products in all, the eight most named:

Surfer SEO13 of 50Head to head →
Frase10 of 50Head to head →
SE Ranking7 of 50Head to head →
Semrush4 of 50Head to head →
NeuronWriter3 of 50Head to head →
Google Search Console2 of 50
Ubersuggest2 of 50Head to head →
Clearscope1 of 50Head to head →
5 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketAhrefs is #6 of 16 here at 4% of first choices, 51 labels.

Thirty-nine of the seventy-two answers did not name Ahrefs; it was the first choice in ten. The first choices in those thirty-nine answers, fourteen products in all, the eight most named:

Surfer SEO11 of 39Head to head →
Clearscope4 of 39Head to head →
Ubersuggest4 of 39Head to head →
Mangools3 of 39
Frase2 of 39Head to head →
SE Ranking2 of 39Head to head →
Semrush2 of 39Head to head →
Botify1 of 39
6 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseAhrefs is #10 of 13 here at 0% of first choices, 29 labels.

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

Conductor19 of 61
seoClarity5 of 61
BrightEdge4 of 61
Botify3 of 61
MarketMuse3 of 61
Semrush3 of 61Head to head →
HubSpot Marketing Hub2 of 61
BrightEdge Data Science Platform1 of 61
5 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of twelve models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is seventy-two 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 is in the free record. 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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