Ahrefs boosts API limits 5x with bigger row caps and integration units
What happened
Between the Apr 27, 2026 and May 4, 2026 captures of Ahrefs's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Direct API and MCP Server max rows per request raised from 10/25/100 to 100/250/500 (Lite/Standard/Advanced). Ahrefs Connect API integration units increased from 25K/150K/500K to 100K/400K/1M. Pulse files it as a packaging change (limit increase) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 12, 2026) lists Starter at $29, Lite at $129, Brand Radar AI at $199, Standard at $249 and Advanced at $449.
It lands 14 days after Ahrefs's previous change, "Ahrefs rebrands Webmaster Tools as Ahrefs Free, expands AI database to 365M p" (Apr 20, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Ahrefs Doubles Lite Plan Credits to 1,000 Per Month" (Apr 9, 2026), "Ahrefs Boosts Connect API Limits 150% and Unlocks Report Scheduling" (Apr 11, 2026) and "Ahrefs Expands Brand Radar AI Database to 343M+ Organic Prompts" (Mar 26, 2026). Ahrefs has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Semrush, Moz and Similarweb also changed their Marketing & Content pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Lite, Standard, Advanced · LimitChanged10/25/100100/250/500
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lite, Standard, Advanced | Limit | 10/25/100 | 100/250/500 | Changed |
Values as written on Ahrefs's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Ahrefs's pricing page (ahrefs.com) from Apr 27, 2026 and May 4, 2026; the change is marked in the lower part of the page, where "10/25/100" becomes "100/250/500".
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Ahrefs, the last 90 days
Full history- Sep 21, 2026improvedAhrefs doubles Connect API unit limits, drops Enterprise cap for Custom
- Jul 2, 2026improvedAhrefs: API/credit limits raised (Lite-Advanced) + Free tier renamed
- May 12, 2026packagingAhrefs rebrands Enterprise API access as Uncapped
- May 4, 2026improvedAhrefs boosts API limits 5x with bigger row caps and integration units · this change
- Apr 20, 2026improvedAhrefs rebrands Webmaster Tools as Ahrefs Free, expands AI database to 365M p...
- Apr 9, 2026improvedAhrefs Doubles Lite Plan Credits to 1,000 Per Month
- Apr 11, 2026packagingAhrefs Boosts Connect API Limits 150% and Unlocks Report Scheduling
- Mar 26, 2026improvedAhrefs Expands Brand Radar AI Database to 343M+ Organic Prompts
- Mar 16, 2026improvedAhrefs Brand Radar AI Database Surges from 192M to 327M Organic Prompts
- Mar 11, 2026packagingAhrefs Brand Radar AI database shrinks by 31M organic prompts
Across Marketing & Content in the same window
All Marketing & Content changesQuestions about this change
Did Ahrefs raise prices in May 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 27, 2026 and May 4, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: limit increase.
What changed on Ahrefs's pricing page between Apr 27, 2026 and May 4, 2026?
Lite, Standard, Advanced limit: 10/25/100 → 100/250/500, changed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 27, 2026 and May 4, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Ahrefs change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 10 other pricing-page changes for Ahrefs in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Ahrefs rebrands Webmaster Tools as Ahrefs Free, expands AI database to 365M p..." on Apr 20, 2026; Ahrefs has been tracked since 2023-11-14.