The Starter plan is a great plan for beginners in SEO that are looking to go beyond the basics offered in our free Ahrefs Webmaster Tools plan.
Available tools
Here are the accessible tools on the Starter plan:
Account usage limits
Limit | Ahrefs Webmaster Tools | Starter ($29) | Lite ($129) |
Credits per month¹ | 0 | 100 | 500 |
Additional users | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Unverified projects | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Verified projects² | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Additional credits that can be used on all verified projects³
Additional crawl credits for each verified project | 500
5,000 | 500
5,000 | 500
5,000 |
¹Learn more about what actions consume credits
²Verified projects are projects that have gone through a verification process to prove you own the website.
³These additional limits can only be spent for URLs within any of the verified projects.
Site Explorer and Keywords Explorer limits
Limit | Ahrefs Webmaster Tools | Starter ($29) | Lite ($129) |
Historical data | 0 | 1 month | 6 months |
Max rows per report | - | 250 | 2,500 |
Max rows in Top pages report | 0 | 25 | 2,500 |
Export rows per month | None | None | 500,000 |
Keyword lists | 0 | 5, max 100 keywords per list | 50 |
Site Audit limits
Limit | Ahrefs Webmaster Tools | Starter ($29) | Lite ($129) |
Verified project |
5,000 |
5,000 |
5,000 |
Unverified project |
0 |
500 |
25,000 100,000 |
Rank Tracker limits
Limit | Ahrefs Webmaster Tools | Starter ($29) | Lite ($129) |
Rank Tracker Keywords | 0 | 50 | 750 |
SEO Toolbar limits
Limit | Ahrefs Webmaster Tools | Starter ($29) | Lite ($129) |
SERPs with SEO Metrics per month⁴ | 0 | up to 800 | up to 40,000 |
SEO metrics will be shown in Google search results as below:
⁴Actual limit will be lower, depending on how much other tools such as Site Explorer and Keywords Explorer are also used in the same month.
Other terms and conditions of the plan
Project Boost add-ons are the only add-ons that can be purchased on this plan. Additional users, credits or any other add-ons can be purchased with Lite or higher plans.
Starter plan can only be renewed monthly.
Features and limits on this plan may be changed without prior notice.
If you have any questions about the starter plan, feel free to contact our live chat support, or email [email protected]