Domain Authority, Backlinks & Traffic Checker (Ahrefs / Semrush / Similarweb alternative)

Bulk website authority, backlinks and organic traffic metrics for thousands of domains in one run. Flat, agent-friendly rows powered by licensed DataForSEO data — not fragile scrapers of Ahrefs, Semrush or Similarweb.

What you get (per domain)

Field	Source
Domain rank / authority score (0–1000 or 0–100)	Backlinks API bulk_ranks
Backlinks count	bulk_backlinks
Referring domains (+ nofollow split, main domains)	bulk_referring_domains
Spam score	bulk_spam_score
New / lost backlinks & referring domains	bulk_new_lost_*
Estimated organic & paid traffic (ETV) + keyword counts	Labs bulk_traffic_estimation
Estimated traffic value (USD)	Labs domain_rank_overview (optional; per-domain)
Referring IPs / subnets, dofollow split, top countries, first seen	Backlinks summary (deep report)
Top backlinks, referring domains, organic keywords, competitors	Deep report mode

Honest caveat: DataForSEO Rank ≠ Ahrefs Domain Rating, and traffic is a search-based estimate (not Similarweb total visits). Buyers who need "real DR" may still prefer scrapers; everyone else gets stable licensed bulk data.

Modes

1. Bulk (default) – up to 100,000 domains, batches of 1,000. Pick metric groups.
2. Deep report – one domain with summary + top backlinks / referring domains / keywords / competitors.

Metric groups (Labs-only vs Backlinks)

Group	Needs Backlinks API?	Notes
traffic	No	Labs only – works even if Backlinks is disabled on the provider account
authority, backlinks, spamScore, newLost	Yes	Pay-as-you-go since 1 Jul 2026 (former $100/mo Backlinks commitment removed)
trafficValue	No	Labs per-domain call – avoid on huge lists

The Actor's daily Console prefill uses 2 domains + traffic only so the smoke test stays cheap (~$0.01–0.02 DataForSEO).

Input example

{
    "domains": ["stripe.com", "shopify.com", "example.com"],
    "mode": "bulk",
    "metrics": ["traffic", "authority", "backlinks", "spamScore"],
    "location": "United States",
    "language": "English"
}

Output example

{
    "domain": "stripe.com",
    "mode": "bulk",
    "found": true,
    "domain_rank": 620,
    "rank_scale": "0-1000",
    "backlinks": 1250000,
    "referring_domains": 85000,
    "referring_domains_nofollow": 9200,
    "spam_score": 2,
    "organic_traffic": 1250000.5,
    "organic_keywords": 85000,
    "paid_traffic": 12000.0,
    "paid_keywords": 420,
    "traffic_value_usd": null,
    "location": "United States",
    "language": "English",
    "metrics_available": ["authority", "backlinks", "referring_domains", "spam_score", "traffic"],
    "scraped_at": "2026-10-08T15:00:00Z"
}

Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing.

Event	Price
Domain result (domain-result)	$0.005 per domain with data ($5 / 1,000)
Domain report (domain-report)	$0.05 per deep report
Actor start (actor-start)	$0.001 per run

Domains with no data (found: false) are listed but not charged. Cap spend with Maximum cost per run; the Actor also respects ACTOR_MAX_PAID_DATASET_ITEMS.

DataForSEO costs (Oct 2026)

• Backlinks API: $0.024 / request + $0.000036 / row. Bulk endpoints accept up to 1,000 targets. No monthly minimum (removed Jul 1, 2026). Account still needs a funded balance ($50 min top-up).
• Labs (most endpoints incl. bulk_traffic_estimation): $0.012 / task + $0.00012 / item.
• Docs: https://docs.dataforseo.com

Related tools

SEO toolkit: keyword demand, AI search visibility and site technology for the same domains.

• Keyword Search Volume (Google Keyword Planner): search volume, CPC and keyword ideas in bulk
• AI Search Visibility Tracker: check if ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and AI Overviews mention your brand
• Tech Stack Detector: see which CMS, ecommerce, analytics and CRM tools a site uses
• Company Name to Domain: turn a list of company names into official website domains

All of these are maintained by the same developer and export flat JSON, CSV or Excel, so you can feed one tool's dataset into the next.

FAQ

Is this scraping Ahrefs / Semrush / Similarweb?
No. It uses DataForSEO's licensed Backlinks and Labs APIs.

Do I need a Backlinks API subscription?
No monthly commitment. You need Backlinks endpoints enabled on a funded DataForSEO account. If only Labs traffic is selected, Backlinks is not called.

Why don't ranks match Ahrefs DR?
Different indexes and formulas. Use the score relatively across domains in this dataset.

Free Apify plan
Limited to 10 domains per run.

Acceptable use

• This Actor is an independent tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Google, DataForSEO, Ahrefs, Semrush or Similarweb.
• Don't use the data to build a competing search engine, or otherwise to compete with or harm the search engines the data comes from.
• The Actor may not be used from, or for people or organizations in, Russia, Belarus, Cuba, Iran, Syria, Myanmar, North Korea, Crimea or the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine.
• You are responsible for using the results lawfully, including privacy laws such as GDPR for any personal data they contain.

Changelog

• 1.0 – Initial private release: bulk metrics + deep report, PPE events domain-result / domain-report.