# Semrush vs Ahrefs

> A practical comparison of Semrush and Ahrefs argues that the deciding factor is not a universal feature score but the shape of the buyer’s team. Semrush offers a broad, modular marketing platform spanning SEO, content, advertising, social, local, traffic intelligence and AI visibility, while Ahrefs puts its crawler-built link graph and web index at the center of an expanding marketing platform. The story also corrects an outdated assumption: Semrush has discontinued its Agency Growth Kit and moved reporting, lead generation and agency functions into separate products.

## Achievements

- Semrush combines SEO with content, advertising, social, local, market intelligence and AI visibility toolkits in one platform.
- Ahrefs reports 35 trillion historical external backlink records, 493.9 billion indexed pages and roughly five million pages crawled per minute on its big-data page.
- Ahrefs Content Explorer reports an index of about 20.9 billion pages, with millions of new pages discovered daily.

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Semrush launched a toolkit-based platform structure that lets customers combine or buy specialized marketing toolkits.
- **2025-04** — Ahrefs described its mission as helping brands stay discoverable across traditional search, social platforms, AI assistants and future discovery surfaces.

## Links

- Website: https://www.semrush.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/semrush
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/semrush
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SemrushHQ
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/semrush/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Semrush
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@semrush

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Last updated: 2026-08-15