Lucas M.
Growth Lead · SaaS · 1–10 employees
5.0
July 18, 2026
“The link index is the reason, everything else is a bonus”
Used daily for 2+ years
We ran Ahrefs and Semrush side by side for three months on the same client. Ahrefs consistently found links three to five days earlier and kept history the other had dropped. For link building that is the whole job.
Pros
Link freshness and depth. Interface I can hand to a junior without a training session.
Cons
Credits vanish during a competitive research week. Lite plan is not a real working plan.
Problems it solves
Made outreach reporting credible — we can show links appearing rather than guessing.