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Ahrefs vs BrightLocal Comparison (2026)

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Overview

Ahrefs gives you the tools and data to make your brand discoverable: in search, AI, and beyond.

BrightLocal is a dedicated platform to help marketing agencies and in-house marketers succeed at local SEO. Its powerful toolset includes local rank tracking, citation tracking, GMB auditing, local search auditing, and review management tools. Every report can be white-labeled.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

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Pricing

Starting from

29

One-time payment

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

39

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.7

585

5

4

3

2

1

447

119

13

1

5

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
85%
would recommend this app

4.8

283

5

4

3

2

1

248

31

1

0

3

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
92%
would recommend this app

Pros

“The features of rank tracking are extraordinary as our marketing team can track our positions in the retail keywords easily with an easy navigation.”
AH

Amir H.

E-Commerce Manager

“We used both Semrush and Ahrefs for several years to manage our SEO campaigns, keyword research, and more.”
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Michael C.

VP Marketing

“I also use it to research competitors, find out what content they are ranking for in Google and then producing my own content with a view to outranking the competition and driving traffic to my clients websites.”
DS

David S.

Owner

Pros

“The audit tool provides clean, white-label reports that we can share directly with clients, while the citation builder takes the painful guesswork out of building consistent local signals.”
JB

John B.

Chief Digital Officer

“My absolute favorite features are the Local Search Audit and the Citation Builder.”
JB

John B.

Chief Digital Officer

“This allows me to easily navigate the dashboard and view updates.”
OM

Oliver M.

SEO Lead

Cons

“This costed webmasters agency business because some agencies had a process where they evaluated traffic based on Ahrefs and would not accept any alternative way. And now in 2025 they no longer track any positions that rank at over 10th place in Google, because the forced pagination in Google API would make their costs also prohibitive.”
JM

Jana M.

Consultant

“The pricing model is not great on value of money to a mid sized retail team, and customer service takes too much time to answer an important security question about user access.”
AH

Amir H.

E-Commerce Manager

“I want to use the paid features, but the subscription price is too high for me.”
DH

Dedit H.

Developer

Cons

“Not all of the directory listings go live, and in some instances, new listings are created on directories where the Brightlocal team cannot edit an existing listing - this goes against the principle of having one listing with the same NAP data across all other listed directories.”
OM

Oliver M.

SEO Lead

“For example when I tried to customize dashboard, it would not save.”
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Dan A.

Chief Operating Officer

“These sites defeat the purpose of having a valuable backlink if the links are redirections to my site.”
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Lisette H.

Brand & Web Designer

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Key features

  • Total features34
  • API
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Audit Management
  • Backlink Monitoring
  • Campaign Management
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Content Ideas
  • Content Management
  • Conversion Tracking
  • Customer Journey Mapping
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Visualization
  • For Marketing and Advertising
  • Geo Rankings
  • Google Analytics Integration
  • Keyword Rank Tracking
  • Keyword Research Tools
  • Keyword Tracking
  • Link Management
  • Listing Management
  • Localization Automation
  • Marketing Automation
  • Mobile Keywords
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Location
  • Performance Metrics
  • Post Scheduling
  • Referral Tracking
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reputation Management
  • Reviews Management
  • SEO Audit
  • SEO Management
  • Scheduled/Automated Reports
  • Search/Filter
  • Social Media Integration
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • User Management
  • Web Tracking
  • Web Traffic Reporting
  • Website Analytics
  • Total features33
  • API
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Audit Management
  • Backlink Monitoring
  • Campaign Management
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Content Ideas
  • Content Management
  • Conversion Tracking
  • Customer Journey Mapping
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Visualization
  • For Marketing and Advertising
  • Geo Rankings
  • Google Analytics Integration
  • Keyword Rank Tracking
  • Keyword Research Tools
  • Keyword Tracking
  • Link Management
  • Listing Management
  • Localization Automation
  • Marketing Automation
  • Mobile Keywords
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Location
  • Performance Metrics
  • Post Scheduling
  • Referral Tracking
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reputation Management
  • Reviews Management
  • SEO Audit
  • SEO Management
  • Scheduled/Automated Reports
  • Search/Filter
  • Social Media Integration
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • User Management
  • Web Tracking
  • Web Traffic Reporting
  • Website Analytics

Integrations

  • Total integrations2
  • AgencyAnalytics
  • Google Analytics 360
  • Google Search Console
  • Meta for Business
  • Total integrations3
  • AgencyAnalytics
  • Google Analytics 360
  • Google Search Console
  • Meta for Business

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