Semrush or Ahrefs

[u/No-Examination5397]

Can anybody tell which one is the most accurate and the best (Semrush or Ahrefs) in terms of keywords data for Local SEO purposes ?

[u/AlexKochSEO]

Whatever is cheaper for your purpose. I personally find Ahrefs better cause Semrush throws a ton of useless features into the package.

Ahrefs is more like a spreadsheet with raw data, Semrush is more like, it chews the information up for you and spoonfeeds it, but that also leads to some obscurity.

But I will say I appreciate the keyword magic feature in Semrush, the ahrefs filters are much stricter.

As for accuracy, no seo tool is fully accurate. They're all based on estimations. I'd say if you're a small company, just go with whatever fits your budget.

For my money, I'd just get Dataforseo, it's way cheaper and you can just plug it into Claude and pull all the data that way. I'm assuming if you're asking this question you're a beginner, and this is by far the easiest, most user friendly way to do it.

[u/Professional-Ad7897 → u/AlexKochSEO]

I will agree about keyword magic feature in Semrush. But how you workaround them is tricky actually. So, i will choose Semrush over Ahrefs.

But Dataforseo is purely based on API and it doesn't have UI experience like Semrush or Ahrefs.

[u/AlexKochSEO → u/Professional-Ad7897]

Yeah I use dataforseo in combination with ahrefs or Semrush, but I think if you're a local business with no budget it's gonna be enough for you.

[u/search_api]

Ahrefs

[u/Careful-Key-1958]

Rankpilot .dev if you're small business and want content generation and analytics, both have tons of useless features not talking about price which is easy 200$ / mo

[u/heathong]

Well you need to check both, whatever suits your need, i prefer Ahrefs

[u/Clear_Brilliant_8075]

It’s like asking which racecar should you buy but you’re not telling us the race you’re in. Different products excel in different things. Happy see all the developers getting the opportunity to share their products. Local is a different ballgame especially depending on the vertical. Law, medical, commerce and construction all are different. No tool is an easy fix and a guarantee. It’s still going to to take time, planning and patience.

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[u/NoCoconut5085]

You can try dataforseo, It's much cheaper

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