# Ahrefs vs Manifold (slim)

> Manifold scores 56.2 (C) on agent readiness against Ahrefs's 49.8 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Ahrefs leads on schema & documentation. Both do seo keywords. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Manifold scores 56.2 (C) on agent readiness against Ahrefs's 49.8 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Ahrefs leads on schema & documentation. Both do seo keywords.

- Ahrefs: D 49.8, rank #526 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ahrefs.min.md
- Manifold: C 56.2, rank #438 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/manifold-mcp.min.md
- Ahrefs, good for An agent doing backlink, keyword, SERP, rank and traffic research for a team that already pays for Ahrefs, and reading that team's Rank Tracker, Site Audit, Web Analytics and Search Console data. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 85 against 66.
- Manifold, good for A founder or marketer who wants keyword, ranking, backlink and audit lookups inside an MCP client, with AI answer, social, ad library and lead lookups on the same balance, and who values a stated price per call. Ahead on Reliability, 45 against 32; Agent ergonomics, 68 against 63; Security & auth, 54 against 45; Payments & pricing, 40 against 23. Also Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where Ahrefs loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Ahrefs | Manifold |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 32 | 45 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 66 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 63 | 68 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 45 | 54 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 23 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 68 | 64 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 65 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Ahrefs | Manifold |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Ahrefs Pte. Ltd. | Manifold (Jesse Sibley, sole trader) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.ahrefs.com/v3` | `https://mcp.manifoldmcp.com/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Price for seo keywords | not published | $0.10 per call |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Ahrefs' terms of service. The Python SDK on GitHub is MIT | Proprietary hosted service under Manifold's terms of service (version 1.0, 30 September 2026). The server's source isn't published. The companion marketing-skills repository on GitHub is MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 81 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `com.manifoldmcp/manifold` |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-14 | 2026-09-30 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-04 | 2026-09-30 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |