SearchDossier vs Ahrefs
An Ahrefs alternative you pay for per report
Ahrefs Lite costs $129 a month. That buys 22 single reports here, with no subscription and credits that never expire.
Cost of 3 reports a month
- Monthly subscription$139.95
- Monthly subscription$129
- Monthly subscription, limited data$29
- SearchDossier, single reportsNo subscription$17.25
- SearchDossier, 25-report packNo subscription, credits never expire$12
Subscription list prices checked October 2026. Our figures are 3 × the per-report price.
Choose SearchDossier if
- You need a few keyword or competitor reports a month
- You want finished recommendations, not a dashboard to interpret
- You want a finished report you can forward to a client or your team, by email or as a PDF
- You don’t want another subscription
Choose Ahrefs if
- You explore backlink data every day
- You need site-wide crawls and monitoring
- Several people on your team use the tool daily
What each report includes
Keyword report
- About 100 related keywords with search volume, difficulty and intent
- Keywords grouped into clusters, each with a suggested page
- Meta title, meta description and heading outline for every suggested page
- Quick wins: the easiest keywords worth targeting first
- Prioritised next steps
Competitor snapshot
- Their estimated traffic, ranking keywords and momentum
- Their top pages and top keywords
- Backlink summary and top referring domains
- Keyword gaps against your own site
- Prioritised actions to win some of that traffic
Numbers will not match Ahrefs exactly: every tool estimates traffic and volume its own way. See our methodology. Ahrefs prices checked October 2026 from their pricing page. Ahrefs is a trademark of its owner; we are not affiliated with it.