Ahrefs SEO Tools Scraper

Extract all Ahrefs SEO data via API without a browser, without an Ahrefs subscription, and without limits — keyword research, backlinks, domain authority, SERP analysis, traffic estimates, AI visibility, top websites ranking, competitors, and more. One Actor, 13 tools, full Ahrefs coverage.

Why use this Actor?

• All Ahrefs free tools in one place — 13 search types covering every free tool on ahrefs.com and ahrefstop.com
• No browser needed — direct API calls with TLS fingerprinting, 10x faster than browser-based scrapers
• 20 search engines for keyword research — Google, Bing, YouTube, Amazon, Baidu, Yahoo, Yandex, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, Grok, Google AI Mode and more. No competitor supports AI engines
• Keyword Explorer metrics — search volume, keyword difficulty (0-100), CPC, traffic potential extracted from SERP data
• Keyword Rank Checker — check exact ranking position for any domain + keyword + country. Unique feature, no other Actor has it
• AI Visibility analysis — per-model citation breakdown across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, Google AI Overviews
• Top 1000 websites — full ahrefstop.com ranking with pagination, country and category filters, trending sites, website details with competitors and similarly ranked sites
• Bulk processing — pass multiple URLs, process up to 10 in parallel
• Built-in captcha solving — Cloudflare Turnstile handled automatically, no tokens needed from you
• Residential US proxies — reliable IP rotation included via Apify Proxy
• Auto-retry on errors — up to 5 retries with proxy rotation on TLS/connection failures

What data can you extract?

Search Type	Data Returned
Website Authority	Domain Rating (DR), URL Rating (UR), Ahrefs Rank, backlinks count, referring domains, dofollow %
Backlinks Overview	DR, total backlinks, referring domains, dofollow %, signed token for detailed list
Backlinks List	Top backlinks: source URL, target URL, anchor text, DR of linking page, title
Broken Links	Inbound and outbound broken links with HTTP codes, anchor, source/target URL
Keyword Ideas	Up to 7,600+ keyword suggestions per query across 20 search engines with difficulty and volume labels
Keyword Difficulty	KD score (0-100), backlinks needed to rank, full SERP analysis with per-result metrics
Keyword Metrics	Search volume, KD, estimated CPC ($), traffic potential, top SERP results with DR/UR/traffic/keywords
Keyword Rank Checker	Exact ranking position, URL, title, DR, UR, traffic, keywords for a domain + keyword + country. Full SERP top-10
SERP Overview	Top-10 Google results with DR, UR, backlinks, traffic, keywords for each result
Traffic Overview	Monthly traffic estimate, traffic value ($), traffic history, top pages, top keywords, traffic by country
AI Visibility	Total AI citations, breakdown by model (ChatGPT/Gemini/Perplexity/Copilot/Google AI), top cited domains, pages, topics
Top Websites	Top 1000 ranked sites with traffic, delta, category. Filter by 190+ countries and 25+ categories. Pagination support
Website Details	Search traffic, traffic value, keywords count, top countries, top keywords, competitors, similarly ranked sites, DR, linking websites

Input

Field	Type	Description
Search Type	enum	Which tool to use (see table above)
URLs or Domains	array	One or more target domains — youtube.com, ahrefs.com (bulk: up to 10 parallel)
Keyword	string	Keyword for research or brand for AI visibility
Country	string	ISO country code — us, gb, de, fr, etc.
Search Engine	enum	For keyword ideas: Google, Bing, YouTube, Amazon, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, Grok, and 11 more
URL Mode	enum	subdomains (default), exact, prefix, domain
Top Websites Mode	enum	ranking or trending
Top Websites Country	string	Country filter — worldwide, united-states, united-kingdom, etc.
Top Websites Category	enum	all, shopping, news, finance, health, and 20+ more
Top Websites Limit	integer	1-1000 (100 per page, auto-pagination)

Input example

{
    "searchType": "keyword_metrics",
    "keyword": "seo tools",
    "country": "us"
}

Output

Results are saved to the default dataset. Each item includes a searchType field for easy filtering.

Output example — Keyword Metrics

{
    "searchType": "keyword_metrics",
    "keyword": "seo tools",
    "country": "us",
    "difficulty": 79,
    "shortage": 329,
    "searchVolume": 33000,
    "trafficPotential": 57735,
    "estimatedCpcUsd": 3.16,
    "serpResults": [
        {
            "position": 2,
            "title": "The 11 best SEO tools",
            "url": "https://zapier.com/blog/best-seo-tools/",
            "domainRating": 91,
            "urlRating": 9,
            "backlinks": 3508,
            "referringDomains": 411,
            "traffic": 57735,
            "trafficValue": 18248929,
            "keywords": 1565,
            "topKeyword": "seo tools",
            "topVolume": 33000,
            "wordCount": 7125
        }
    ]
}

Output example — Website Authority

{
    "searchType": "website_authority",
    "domain": "youtube.com",
    "domainRating": 99.0,
    "backlinks": 741107285,
    "refdomains": 1116138,
    "dofollowBacklinks": 90,
    "dofollowRefdomains": 97
}

Output example — Top Websites

{
    "searchType": "top_websites",
    "rank": 1,
    "rankChange": null,
    "website": "wikipedia.org",
    "category": "Reference",
    "searchTraffic": 4300000000,
    "trafficDelta": -336700000
}

Output example — Website Details (Competitors)

{
    "searchType": "website_details",
    "domain": "github.com",
    "searchTraffic": 39300000,
    "trafficValueUsd": 14800000,
    "domainRating": 96,
    "competitors": [
        { "website": "sourceforge.net", "traffic": 2200000, "pages": 72600 },
        { "website": "docker.com", "traffic": 3200000, "pages": 14300 },
        { "website": "huggingface.co", "traffic": 1100000, "pages": 16500 }
    ],
    "similarlyRanked": [
        { "website": "telegram.org", "traffic": 39600000, "rank": 122 },
        { "website": "github.com", "traffic": 39300000, "rank": 123 }
    ],
    "topCountries": [
        { "country": "United States", "traffic": 9400000, "share": "23.8%" },
        { "country": "India", "traffic": 6400000, "share": "16.2%" }
    ]
}

Output example — AI Visibility

{
    "searchType": "ai_visibility",
    "brand": "ahrefs.com",
    "totalAiCitations": 2103,
    "citationsByModel": [
        { "model": "Chatgpt", "count": 12 },
        { "model": "Gemini", "count": 7 },
        { "model": "Perplexity", "count": 13 },
        { "model": "Copilot", "count": 1362 },
        { "model": "GoogleAIOverviews", "count": 245 },
        { "model": "GoogleAIMode", "count": 464 }
    ],
    "topCitedDomains": [
        { "domain": "ahrefs.com", "mentions": 1357 },
        { "domain": "backlinko.com", "mentions": 184 }
    ],
    "topCitedPages": [
        { "url": "ahrefs.com/blog/seo-pricing/", "mentions": 122 }
    ],
    "topTopics": [
        { "topic": "ahrefs", "aiResponses": 25 },
        { "topic": "keyword research", "aiResponses": 14 }
    ]
}

Output example — Keyword Rank Checker

{
    "searchType": "keyword_rank",
    "keyword": "seo tools",
    "domain": "ahrefs.com",
    "country": "us",
    "position": 9,
    "url": "https://ahrefs.com/free-seo-tools",
    "title": "Free SEO Tools - Made by Ahrefs",
    "domainRating": 91,
    "urlRating": 27,
    "backlinks": 4880,
    "referringDomains": 1107,
    "traffic": 72668,
    "trafficValue": 25530721,
    "keywords": 1436,
    "lastUpdate": "2026-03-30T02:07:26Z",
    "serpResults": [{"position": 1, "title": "...", "url": "...", "domainRating": 91}]
}

Output example — Traffic Overview

{
    "searchType": "traffic_overview",
    "domain": "ahrefs.com",
    "mode": "subdomains",
    "trafficMonthlyAvg": 4274823,
    "costMonthlyAvg": 625363650,
    "trafficHistory": [
        { "date": "2025-10-01", "organic": 5820145 },
        { "date": "2026-03-01", "organic": 4505125 }
    ],
    "topPages": [
        { "url": "https://ahrefs.com/blog/google-advanced-search-operators/", "traffic": 266617, "share": 11.35 }
    ],
    "topCountries": [
        { "country": "us", "share": 54.29 },
        { "country": "in", "share": 11.70 }
    ],
    "topKeywords": [
        { "keyword": "search operators", "position": 2, "traffic": 546000 }
    ]
}

Output example — Backlinks List

{
    "searchType": "backlinks_list",
    "domain": "ahrefs.com",
    "backlinks": [
        {
            "urlFrom": "https://copyblogger.com/content-marketing/",
            "urlTo": "https://ahrefs.com/",
            "anchor": "Ahrefs",
            "domainRating": 84,
            "title": "The Complete Content Marketing Guide For 2025 - Copyblogger"
        }
    ]
}

Output example — Broken Links

{
    "searchType": "broken_links",
    "domain": "ahrefs.com",
    "inboundLinks": [
        {
            "urlFrom": "https://ipgeolocation.io/what-is-my-ip",
            "urlTo": "https://ahrefs.com/robot/)",
            "anchor": "http://ahrefs.com/robot/)",
            "httpCode": 404,
            "domainRating": 66,
            "title": "What is my IP Address?"
        }
    ],
    "outboundLinks": [
        { "urlFrom": "https://ahrefs.com/", "title": "Ahrefs Homepage" }
    ]
}

Output example — Keyword Ideas

{
    "searchType": "keyword_ideas",
    "sourceKeyword": "seo tools",
    "country": "us",
    "searchEngine": "Google",
    "keywords": [
        { "keyword": "free seo tools", "difficulty": "Hard", "volume": "MoreThanOneThousand" },
        { "keyword": "best seo tools", "difficulty": "Medium", "volume": "MoreThanOneThousand" }
    ],
    "questions": [
        { "keyword": "what are the best seo tools", "difficulty": "Medium", "volume": "MoreThanOneThousand" }
    ]
}

Advantages over competitors

Feature	This Actor	Others
Website Authority (DR, Rank)	Yes	Yes
Backlinks Overview + List	Yes	Partial
Traffic Overview	Yes	Partial
Keyword Ideas	20 engines	Google only
Keyword Difficulty (KD 0-100)	Yes	Partial
Keyword Metrics (volume, CPC)	Yes	Rare
Keyword Rank Checker	Yes	No
SERP Overview	Yes	Partial
Broken Links	Yes	Partial
AI Visibility (per-model breakdown)	Yes	Basic or No
Top Websites (1000, pagination)	Yes	Top 100 or No
Website Details + Competitors	Yes	No
Similarly Ranked Sites	Yes	Rare
Bulk URL processing	Yes (10 parallel)	Yes
Built-in captcha solving	Yes	Yes

How it works

1. For ahrefs.com API tools (keyword research, backlinks, SERP, traffic, AI visibility): the Actor solves Cloudflare Turnstile captcha automatically, then calls the internal Ahrefs v4 API with TLS fingerprinting (chrome impersonation) through residential US proxies
2. For ahrefstop.com tools (top websites, website details, competitors): the Actor fetches and parses server-rendered HTML pages directly — no captcha needed, much faster

All captcha solving costs are included in the per-result pricing. You don't need any API keys or tokens.

Limitations

• Keyword Ideas returns difficulty and volume as labels (Hard/Medium/Easy, MoreThanTenThousand/MoreThanOneThousand) — not exact numbers. Use Keyword Metrics search type for exact values
• SERP results show full metrics (DR, UR, traffic, keywords) only for top 3-4 organic positions. Positions 5+ return title and URL only
• Each Ahrefs API request requires a fresh captcha solution (~5-15 seconds per request)
• ahrefstop.com shows max 1000 websites per ranking (10 pages x 100)

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