Ahrefs DR Checker & API: Bulk Domain Rating & Traffic
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from $3.99 / 1,000 domains
Ahrefs DR Checker & API: Bulk Domain Rating & Traffic
Check Ahrefs Domain Rating (DR), referring domains, backlinks and organic traffic for thousands of domains at once: traffic value, keywords, top countries, top keywords, competitors, 12-month history. Tracks DR and traffic changes between runs. Works on the free Apify plan.
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Ahrefs DR Checker & API: Bulk Domain Rating & Traffic
Check Ahrefs Domain Rating (DR) for thousands of domains in one run, together with referring domains, backlinks, organic traffic, traffic value and keywords. Every row also carries the month-over-month change, top countries, top keywords, competitors and a 12-month history. Turn on the tracker to see how DR, referring domains and traffic changed since the last run.
No Ahrefs account, no API key, no captcha tokens, no browser setup on your side. Works on the free Apify plan. Use it as a bulk Ahrefs DR and traffic checker, an Ahrefs API alternative for link prospecting, lead scoring, competitor monitoring and SEO reports.
What you get
Real example, 16 October 2026:
| domain | DR | referring domains | backlinks | organic traffic | traffic value | keywords | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ahrefs.com | 91 | 101,544 | 3,028,432 | $5,300,727 | 135,500 | index | |
| zalando.de | 78 | 10,221 | 11,368,782 | $3,116,307 | 911,800 | index | |
| apify.com | 81 (+1) | 11,427 (+465) | 1,281,733 | $388,560 | 23,400 | index | |
| paulgraham.com | 86 | 29,944 | 957,980 | 28,194 | $12,225 | live | |
| danluu.com | 75 | 7,479 | 1,154,828 | 916 | $386 | live |
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
domain, input | Checked domain (www. and paths removed) and what you entered |
domainRating, domainRatingChange | Ahrefs DR (0-100) and its change over the last month |
referringDomains, referringDomainsChange | Websites linking to the domain, change over the last month |
backlinks, dofollowBacklinksPercent, dofollowReferringDomainsPercent | Total backlinks and dofollow share (live checks) |
organicTraffic, organicTrafficChange | Estimated monthly organic search visits and change vs the previous month |
trafficValueUsd, trafficValueChange | What that traffic would cost in Google Ads, USD |
organicKeywords | Keywords the domain ranks for |
trafficRank, siteTitle, siteDescription | Rank among the most visited websites, site name and description |
topCountries | Top 5 countries: traffic, previous month, share % |
topKeywords | Top keywords: volume, traffic, position (US) |
topPages | Top 5 pages by traffic (live checks) |
competitors | Top competing websites: traffic, change, pages |
trafficHistory, referringDomainsHistory | Monthly traffic, traffic value and referring domains (last 12 months) |
source | ahrefs_top (index), ahrefs_live (live check), ahrefs_top+live |
dataMonth, checkedAt | Month of the Ahrefs data, time of the run |
| Tracker fields | previousDomainRating, domainRatingChangeSinceLastRun, previousReferringDomains, referringDomainsChangeSinceLastRun, previousOrganicTraffic, organicTrafficChangeSinceLastRun, isNew, changed, lastCheckedAt |
How it works
| Step | What happens |
|---|---|
| 1. Index | Popular and mid-size sites are read from Ahrefs Top, Ahrefs' public index of websites: DR, referring domains, traffic, keywords, countries, competitors and history. Fast (about 8 domains a second) and cheap |
| 2. Live check | Domains missing from the index (often small and niche sites) are checked live in Ahrefs' own free tools (Website Authority Checker, Traffic Checker). The Actor passes their human check itself, so you pay nothing extra for captcha solving |
| 3. Tracker | With Track changes on, every domain's DR, referring domains and traffic are remembered under the tracker name and compared on the next run |
Set Live check to For every domain to add total backlinks and dofollow share to indexed sites too, or to Never to use only the index.
Why this Actor
| This Actor | |
|---|---|
| DR and traffic in one row | Yes: DR, referring domains, traffic, traffic value and keywords per domain, no second run |
| Free Apify plan | Yes: captcha solving is built in, not a paid third-party service |
| Bulk | Up to 10,000 domains a run; URLs, www. and duplicates cleaned |
| Changes since the last run | Yes: DR, referring domains and traffic change per domain, "only changed" mode |
| History | 12 months of traffic, traffic value and referring domains |
| Failed checks | Free: you pay only for domains with data |
Track DR and traffic every week
- Put your sites, competitors or link prospects into Domains.
- Turn on Track changes between runs and give the list a Tracker name (e.g.
competitors). - Schedule the Actor (Console → Schedules) daily or weekly. Turn on Return only changed domains to pay only for domains whose numbers moved.
The Changes since last run view shows the old and new DR, referring domains and traffic side by side.
Pricing
Pay per event:
| Event | Free / Starter | Scale | Business |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domain (one row with data) | $0.00499 | $0.00449 | $0.00399 |
| Live check (domains missing from the index; DR and traffic are one check each) | $0.006 | $0.006 | $0.006 |
| Run start (per GB of memory) | $0.003 | $0.003 | $0.003 |
Examples on the Free plan, default 2 GB memory:
| Run | Cost |
|---|---|
| 1,000 popular domains (all in the index) | ~$5.00 |
| 100 niche domains, DR and traffic live | 100 × ($0.00499 + 2 × $0.006) = ~$1.70 |
| 100 niche domains, DR only (traffic off) | 100 × ($0.00499 + $0.006) = ~$1.10 |
| Weekly tracker, 50 popular domains, only changed | from $0.006 a run when nothing changed |
Domains with no data, invalid entries and failed live checks are free. Set a maximum cost per run in Console and the Actor stops at it.
Speed and memory
Index lookups run 8 at a time. Live checks run in a browser: 1 at a time with the default 2 GB, 2 with 3 GB, 4 with 4 GB of memory (about 3x faster for many niche domains, same cost per check).
Other Ahrefs tools
| Actor | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ahrefs Backlink Checker & API | Top backlinks with anchors and linking DR, total backlinks and referring domains for many domains or exact pages, new backlinks tracker |
| Ahrefs Keyword Generator & API | Keyword ideas and questions with volume and difficulty for many seeds, exact KD, search volume and SERP for keyword lists, new ideas tracker |
| Ahrefs Traffic Checker & API | Organic traffic, traffic value, top pages, countries and keywords for websites, folders or single pages, by country, traffic change tracker |
FAQ
Why do index and live numbers differ? Ahrefs Top shows the month's snapshot from Ahrefs' index; live checks show today's values from Ahrefs' free tools. Traffic from a live check is the latest month of the Traffic Checker, and its traffic value is the 6-month average. Small differences are normal.
Which domains are in the index? Most popular and mid-size websites. In our test 59 of 60 well-known sites were in it, and about half of small blogs and niche sites. The rest get a live check.
Does it check subdomains? DR and traffic are for the whole domain with its subdomains, the way Ahrefs shows them by default.
Is this the official Ahrefs API? No. The official Ahrefs API needs a paid Ahrefs plan with API units. This Actor reads the same public numbers Ahrefs shows on its free pages, for any number of domains, without an Ahrefs account.
What if a live check fails? The domain comes back with an error and is not charged. Run it again later.
Use with the API and AI agents
Call the Actor from the Apify API, Python or JavaScript clients, Make, Zapier, n8n, or as a tool for AI agents through the Apify MCP server. Input is one JSON object, output is one JSON row per domain.
