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The Pricing Diff

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Ahrefs changed its pricing (2026-08-16) - here is the exact diff

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Detected on 2026-08-16 by diffing Ahrefs's live pricing page against the previous day's snapshot. No press release, no announcement - just the page itself.

Type of change: new pricing introduced

What changed

Now on the page

  • $100/mo
  • $20/mo per project
  • $200/mo per project
  • $250/mo
  • $40/mo per user$60/mo per user$80/mo per user$100/mo per user
  • $50/mo
  • $99/mo
  • Add 10 more users at $80/mo each
  • Add 2 more users at $40/mo each
  • Add 5 more users at $60/mo each
  • From $99/mo
  • Get started from $199/mo
  • Overage $0.010/check billed monthly
  • Overage $0.015/check billed monthly
  • Overage $0.020/check billed monthly

Gone from the page

  • Add 10 more users at ¥12,320/mo each
  • Add 2 more users at ¥6,160/mo each
  • Add 5 more users at ¥9,240/mo each
  • From ¥15,000/mo
  • Get started from ¥30,600/mo
  • Overage ¥1.5400/check billed monthly
  • Overage ¥2.3100/check billed monthly
  • Overage ¥3.0800/check billed monthly
  • ¥15,000/mo
  • ¥15,420/mo
  • ¥3,080/mo per project
  • ¥30,800/mo per project
  • ¥38,500/mo
  • ¥6,160/mo per user¥9,240/mo per user¥12,320/mo per user¥15,420/mo per user
  • ¥7,700/mo

Context from the dataset

  • Ahrefs has been tracked daily since 2026-08-15
  • This is the first change recorded for Ahrefs
  • 5 companies in marketing have changed pricing in the last 30 days
  • Currently tracking 132 AI/SaaS pricing pages daily

Alternatives in the same category

Lowest published plan price from the tracked dataset, cheapest first.

Tool Lowest plan Line on their pricing page
HubSpot $7 $7/mo
Buffer $10 $10
Semrush $10 $10/mo
GetResponse $15.58 $15.58/mo
Mailchimp $20 $20/month†/mo†per month†per month†

Lowest plan = the smallest recurring plan figure currently on each pricing page; metered rates, add-ons and enterprise contract figures are excluded. Plans differ in what they include - check the linked page before switching.

Method

Every pricing page in the tracked set is fetched once a day. Only price-bearing lines are extracted, normalized and hashed, so layout changes and A/B copy tests do not register as pricing changes. When the hash moves, the diff above is what moved.

Source: https://ahrefs.com/pricing

Disclosure: some links in this post may be affiliate links. Pricing data is collected automatically and is not influenced by any partnership.

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