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Ahrefs - Overview

Last updated 5 November 2026

Domain rating, organic traffic, backlinks, rank tracking, site audit, and Ahrefs web analytics. Requires [Business+].

At a glance

  • Connection type: API key

  • Status: Available

  • Plan: Business+

  • Data points: 26 metrics available in the KPI catalog

Metrics you can track

Connected KPIs can sync the following categories from Ahrefs. See Data points for the complete catalog with descriptions.

  • Backlinks: Live Backlinks, Live Referring Domains, All-time Backlinks, All-time Referring Domains

  • Organic Search: Domain Rating, Ahrefs Rank, Organic Traffic, Organic Keywords, Organic Keywords (Top 3) (+1 more)

  • Paid Search: Paid Traffic, Paid Keywords

  • Rank Tracker: Rank Tracker: Keywords in Top 3, Rank Tracker: Keywords in Top 10, Rank Tracker: Average Position, Rank Tracker: Share of Voice, Rank Tracker: Estimated Traffic (+1 more)

  • Site Audit: Site Audit: URLs with Errors, Site Audit: URLs with Warnings, Site Audit: Crawled URLs, Site Audit: Health Score

  • Web Analytics: Web Analytics: Pageviews, Web Analytics: Visitors, Web Analytics: Visits, Web Analytics: Bounce Rate

Documentation in this folder

Quick start

  • Open Workspace Settings → Integrations and connect Ahrefs.

  • Complete authentication (OAuth popup, PAT paste, or API key) and select the account, property, repo, or location when prompted.

  • On KPIs & Dashboards, create a KPI, choose Connected, and pick your Ahrefs connection.

  • Select a data point from the catalog (see the Data points article in this folder for the full list).

  • Set a sync frequency. An initial sync runs after save; use Resync on the KPI card for on-demand updates.

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