--- source_url: "https://ahrefs.com/webmaster-tools/?utm_source=openai" title: "Ahrefs Webmaster Tools: Free SEO Tools to Grow Your Site" mirrored_at: 2026-08-11T01:03:47.029Z host: ahrefs.com cited_in_42a: true mirror_canonical: "https://index.42a.ai/ahrefs.com/webmaster-tools/index__q__utm_source_openai" --- > **Original source:** https://ahrefs.com/webmaster-tools/?utm_source=openai Free website analytics, technical audit & SEO metrics for your verified websites. #### Ahrefs Webmaster Tools is now Ahrefs Free We moved beyond “Webmaster Tools” to reflect modern teams and give broader free access to Ahrefs’ tools. [ Get Ahrefs Free ](https://ahrefs.com/free) ## Ahrefs Webmaster Tools gives you free access to 3 Ahrefs tools Web Analytics—provides insights about your website's traffic data, visitors, and sources, in real-time. Site Audit—scans your website for 170+ common technical & on-page SEO issues and helps you fix them. Site Explorer—shows which pages and keywords bring the most organic traffic, and who links to your website. 1 Web traffic data ## Web Analytics—analyze your website’s traffic - Privacy-focused alternative to GA: no cookies by default, no personal data collected. - Simple interface showing only essential metrics: top traffic sources, top pages, traffic locations, browser clients. - Historical performance graphs to track multiple metrics (including traffic from LLMs). - Lightweight and easy to install 2 Website performance data ## Site Audit—run a complete SEO audit of your website - Identify, prioritize, and fix 170+ technical and on-page SEO issues. - Monitor your website’s Health Score over time. - Visualize data with charts and graphs. - & much-much more. 3 Search performance & backlinks ## Site Explorer—study your website’s organic search traffic and backlink profile - See what keywords your website is ranking for in Google. - Identify which pages are bringing you the most traffic from search. - Uncover which websites and pages are linking to you. - & much-much more. ## Filling the gaps of Google Search Console. Don’t stop at surface-level data. Get advanced insights and fix issues GSC overlooks. #### SEO Health ![](https://ahrefs.com/assets/esbuild/awt-logo-IWPDR7MS.svg) GSC SEO issues monitoring 170+ SEO issues A handful of issues Advice on how to fix each issue Detailed Limited Hreflang clusters #### Backlinks Links shown All known links Top 1,000 Domain & page-level SEO metrics Broken links data for internal and external links Link type data (nofollow, UGC, sponsored) #### Search traffic & keywords Keywords shown All known keywords Top 1,000 SEO metrics for pages and keywords SERP features for every keyword [ Sign up for Free ](https://ahrefs.com/signup?utm_source=ahrefs-free&plan=awt&return=WebmasterTools) ## Other tools available with Ahrefs Webmaster Tools ### Social Media Manager Get more traffic from socials, on autopilot. ![](https://ahrefs.com/assets/esbuild/social-media-manager-DSZU4UAD.png) ### AI Content Helper Create content that gets discovered in Google and AI. ![](https://ahrefs.com/assets/esbuild/ai-content-helper-GRTQL6AF.png) ### Ahrefs SEO Toolbar Analyze SEO metrics and on-page elements instantly. ![](https://ahrefs.com/assets/esbuild/seo-toolbar-ZSQPWZAS.svg) ## Ahrefs Webmaster Tools limits #### Verified websites Unlimited #### Web Analytics Up to 1 M events per project #### Site Audit 5 K crawl credits/month per project #### Site Explorer 1 K backlinks & keywords visible at once #### Social Media Manager UnlimitedChannels and postsBeta #### AI Content Helper 1 free docs/month Need more? Try Ahrefs’ Starter plan. Get extended access to Site Explorer, Site Audit, Keywords Explorer, and more tools to grow your organic traffic. ![](https://ahrefs.com/assets/esbuild/sparkles-E3NXE2GO.svg) Why free? Not all websites are created to make money. But quality information deserves to be found. Which is why we want to support website owners who can’t justify investing in a professional SEO tool. Sign up for Ahrefs Webmaster Tools. Improve your website's SEO performance and grow traffic from search. 18205 users joined Ahrefs in the last 7 days ## Questions? We have answers - How many websites can I use Ahrefs Free for? You can use Ahrefs Free on an unlimited number of [verified websites](https://help.ahrefs.com/articles/4321336-what-is-a-verified-project). - Is there a limit on how many pages I can crawl? Yes, you get 5,000 crawl credits per verified project per month. These credits are only used up when you crawl an HTML page with status code 200, so other URLs like broken URLs, redirects or any non-HTML resources aren't counted. - Can I see all my website’s backlinks with Ahrefs Free? Yes, you’ll be able to see up to 1000 backlinks at once, and use our powerful sorting and filtering options to easily distill the most important backlink data. - Can I see all my website’s keywords with Ahrefs Free? Yes, you’ll be able to see up to 1000 keywords at once, and use our sorting and filtering options to uncover keywords that you rank well for. - Can I later upgrade my Ahrefs Free account to a premium Ahrefs subscription? Yes. From your Ahrefs Free account you can sign up for a premium Ahrefs package (see our [Plans & Pricing](https://ahrefs.com/pricing) page). - Do I get this as a paying customer of Ahrefs? The features in Ahrefs Free are included in all Ahrefs’ subscription packages. For verified websites, you’ll get an additional 5,000 crawl credits per project per month in Site Audit, and 500 credits total Site Explorer. [Learn more on our Product Blog →](https://ahrefs.com/blog/webmaster-tools/) - Are the tools (or data) in Ahrefs Free any different from those in Ahrefs? The tools and data are the same. However, Ahrefs’ subscribers will have higher data allowances and access to all of our premium tools. In addition, Ahrefs’ subscription plans allow you to analyze competing websites (unverified websites). #### Have other questions? If you have more questions, [contact us](https://help.ahrefs.com/) so we can help.