A verified project is any project that has gone through the ownership verification process.
All verified projects are free, and unlimited on any subscription plan. Verifying one or more projects also gives additional usage limits:
Additional 500 credits per month that can be spent for URLs within any of the verified projects in Site Explorer.
Additional 5,000 crawl credits per month that can be spent for each verified project in Site Audit
How many unverified projects can I have?
Each subscription has a different number of unverified projects you can have:
More information can be found on our pricing page.
*Please contact support if you’d like to learn more about your usage.
Any time there is an unverified project on your dashboard, it counts as 1 project towards your Projects limit. It will count towards your limit as long as your unverified project remains on your dashboard.
You can view your current subscription's project limits in Account Settings > Limits and Usage > Projects.
How do I verify a project?
We provide 4 ways to verify a project:
Connect to Google Search Console (GSC)
Upload an HTML file to the website's homepage
Add a TXT record to the website's DNS configuration
Add a HTML meta tag to the website's homepage
For more information about how to use any of these methods, please view this article.
For new projects, you’ll be prompted to verify ownership on step 2 of project creation.
To verify a project that is already set up, go to its project settings and navigate to the “Ownership verification” tab.
Additional benefits of verifying via Google Search Console
You'll be able to view and analyze GSC data in Ahrefs beyond 16 months on your Dashboard and in Rank Tracker. Learn more
