They research the web.
We audit your site and hand you the fix list.
Ahrefs is a superb research suite: backlinks, keywords, rank tracking. Its site audit is one module inside that. Custom Web Audits is the opposite shape: a full-site audit with AI search visibility, local SEO and a plain-English fix list built in, priced per site instead of per seat.
Free score, no card. Full audits from $49 once, or $39/mo per site watched.
What we do, in one breath
One URL in. One report out: every page crawled, 13 areas scored, every finding ranked and explained in plain English, and a re-run that tells you what changed.
Technical SEO, speed, Core Web Vitals, security and email authentication, accessibility, on-page, content, backlinks and more — 13 scored areas in one report.
Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews mention the site, and what to change so they do. On every audit, not an add-on.
Google Business Profile, citations, map pack and what customers are actually saying, scored alongside the technical audit.
Every finding says what is wrong, why it matters and what to do, ranked by impact. No decoder ring.
Each re-audit flags what moved since the last one, including a fix that quietly broke again. Your work is provable.
White-label dashboard and branded PDF/PPTX on the Agency plan. Share links on every plan.
Side by side
Ahrefs is a research suite with a site-audit module inside it. We are a site audit with the research data inside it. That difference is the whole table.
| Capability | Custom Web Audits | Ahrefs |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | One full audit for $49, once. A site watched continuously from $39/mo. The Agency plan with white-label and branded PDF/PPTX is $499/mo. | From $129/mo (Lite) for one user. Higher limits and extra users cost more. |
| What that buys | Every page crawled, 13 areas scored, a ranked plain-English fix list, screenshots at 4 screen sizes, AI assistant visibility, local SEO and reviews, security and email authentication. All in one report. | Keyword, backlink and rank-tracking consoles with usage limits, plus a technical site-audit crawler. |
| Site audit depth | 100+ factors across 13 scored areas: technical SEO, speed and Core Web Vitals, security headers and email authentication, accessibility, on-page, content, links, local and AI. | A strong technical crawler with a health score. Accessibility, security headers, email authentication, reviews and sentiment sit outside its scope. |
| AI search visibility | Included on every audit. Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews mention the site, and what to change so they do. | AI mention tracking is sold as a separate add-on on top of the subscription. |
| Local SEO and reviews | Google Business Profile, citations, map pack and review sentiment, scored alongside the technical audit. | Not a local SEO product. No review or sentiment scoring. |
| Reports a client can read | Every finding says what is wrong, why it matters and what to do, ranked by impact. A share link on every plan. | Expert dashboards and exports built for SEO practitioners. The client-ready narrative is yours to write. |
| White-label | White-label dashboard and branded PDF/PPTX on the Agency plan. | Exports, not a white-labeled product. |
| Setup per site | Paste the URL. Connect Analytics and Search Console if you want them. Minutes, not a project ritual. | A project per site, with crawl credits and quotas to manage. |
| Re-audits | Every re-run flags what changed since the last one, including a fix that quietly broke, in plain English. | Crawl-to-crawl comparison inside the Site Audit tool. |
| Backlink and keyword research | Backlink profile and keyword data are inside each audit. It is not a standalone research console, and does not try to be. | Its core strength. One of the largest backlink indexes and a full keyword explorer. |
| Pricing model | Per site. No seats, no project quotas, no add-ons for AI or local. | Per plan, with project, user and usage limits. Several features are paid add-ons. |
Ahrefs prices are its published monthly list prices at the time of writing; check its pricing page for current figures. Ours are on /pricing.
Who should pick which
Plenty of agencies run both. The honest split:
Keep Ahrefs if your day is…
- Backlink research and link prospecting at scale
- Keyword research across markets with a very large index
- Content Explorer and competitor content gaps
- Rank tracking across many keywords and countries
Pick Custom Web Audits when you need…
- One report that audits the whole site and tells a client what to fix first
- AI assistant visibility and local SEO scored on every run, not bought separately
- A re-audit that proves the work landed
- Pricing per site, not per seat, project quota or add-on
- Your brand on the dashboard and the PDF (Agency plan)
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This is what Ahrefs does not make: one report, every page, every finding ranked, in plain English.