Ahrefs Site Audit

Cloud site audit module within Ahrefs. Coverage overlaps significantly with Semrush; differentiates on backlink intelligence rather than technical depth.

seo commercial cloud

Vendor: Ahrefs
Homepage: https://ahrefs.com/site-audit
Pricing: From $129/month (Lite plan)

Score · v0.1

No score available for this tool in the latest run.

Claimed capabilities

What the vendor says this tool does, from its marketing pages — not crawlbench's measured detection above. Sourced 2026-06-09. See the full capability matrix.

Crawlability	✓	robots.txt, redirects, loops, status code distribution, sitemaps
Indexability	◐	canonical/hreflang shown; meta-robots/noindex/pagination not explicit
On-page	✓	titles, meta descriptions, headings, duplicate/low-quality content
Structured data	✓	190+ Google and Schema.org validation requirements
Internationalization	✓	hreflang network graph; language/geo targeting checks
Performance	✓	Core Web Vitals, CrUX and Lighthouse metrics
JS rendering	✓	executes JavaScript; per-tier page limits not plan-cited
AI readiness / GEO	✗	AI / Brand Radar is a separate product, not Site Audit

Sources

Integration ecosystem

MCP: Official · data api · remote
Official remote MCP server. Covers keyword research, backlink analysis and domain rating. Compatible with Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Windsurf and Gemini. Site Audit data not exposed via MCP.
API: Yes
CI/CD integration: No
Agentic interface: No

Notes

Tested via the Site Audit project on the Lite plan with default check selection.