🆚 Ahrefs vs. Google Search Console
- 📈 Google Search Console is much more popular than Ahrefs.
- 🌍 Google Search Console is more popular in all countries.
Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data
Type
Search engine optimization tool
Webmaster tool
About
Ahrefs is a subscription-based all-in-one SEO toolset that includes Site Audit, Website Authority Checker, Keywords Explorer, Rank Tracker, Backlink Checker and more.
Google Search Console is a free web service that helps site owners monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot their presence in Google search results.
It provides tools and reports on search traffic and performance metrics, indexing status, coverage issues, URL inspection, sitemap submission, mobile usability, and Core Web Vitals.
Headquarters
Singapore
Mountain View, California, United States
Pricing
Free version ❌
Lite
(750 keywords)$129/month
(750 keywords)$129/month
Standard
(2K keywords)$249/month
(2K keywords)$249/month
Advanced
(5K keywords)$449/month
(5K keywords)$449/month
Enterprise$179,880/year
Free ✔️
Categories
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
The Google Search Console webmaster tool is 48 times more popular than Ahrefs.
Total websites
Market share
Webmaster Tools
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
Google Search Console is more popular than Ahrefs in all countries.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Japan
India
France
Australia
Spain
Netherlands
Italy
Awards
- ⭐ 4th most popular in the United States in the SEO category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in the United Kingdom in the SEO category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in India in the SEO category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Australia in the SEO category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Australia in the Webmaster Tools category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Webmaster Tools category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Webmaster Tools category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Webmaster Tools category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Webmaster Tools category.
- 🥇 Most popular in India in the Webmaster Tools category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
Google Search Console is more popular than Ahrefs in all market segments.
Business
Online Shopping
Blogs/Wiki
Marketing/Merchandising
Internet Services
Education/Reference
Fashion/Beauty
Entertainment
Health
General News
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
Compare alternatives
Technologies with similar characteristics.
See also
🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,375,483 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.
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