# Ahrefs vs SE Ranking API + MCP (slim)

> SE Ranking API + MCP scores 50.9 (D) on agent readiness against Ahrefs's 49.8 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Ahrefs leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do seo keywords. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by…

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SE Ranking API + MCP scores 50.9 (D) on agent readiness against Ahrefs's 49.8 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Ahrefs leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do seo keywords.

- Ahrefs: D 49.8, rank #700 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ahrefs.min.md
- SE Ranking API + MCP: D 50.9, rank #681 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/se-ranking.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 58; Agent ergonomics, 63 against 58; Security & auth, 45 against 21.
- SE Ranking API + MCP, good for An agent that needs keyword, backlink, domain and AI search visibility data at a published price per call, or that manages rank tracking projects for an SE Ranking customer. Ahead on Reliability, 51 against 32; Payments & pricing, 40 against 23; Maintenance & community, 79 against 68; Transparency & trust, 71 against 65. Also No incidents deducted, where Ahrefs loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Ahrefs | SE Ranking API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 32 | 51 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 58 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 63 | 58 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 45 | 21 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 23 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 68 | 79 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 65 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Ahrefs | SE Ranking API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Ahrefs Pte. Ltd. | SE Ranking (SER Acquisition Inc.) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.ahrefs.com/v3` | `https://api.seranking.com` |
| Pricing | Paid | Pay per use |
| Price for seo keywords | not published | $0.002 per record |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Ahrefs' terms of service. The Python SDK on GitHub is MIT | Proprietary service under the SE Ranking API Terms of Service. The OpenAPI file and the Claude skills on GitHub are MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| MCP registry | not listed | `com.seranking/mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-09-28 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-14 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-04 | 2026-06-25 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 0 stars |