> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.get-ryze.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Switching from Ahrefs

> How Ahrefs and Ryze differ, what you lose when you leave Ahrefs, and what to export before cancelling.

Ahrefs is primarily a backlink and research platform. Ryze is an execution agent. They overlap on audit and rank tracking and diverge sharply everywhere else.

## What each does

|                                  | Ahrefs            | Ryze                |
| -------------------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------- |
| Backlink index and analysis      | Best in class     | Not an index        |
| **Backlink building**            | No                | Yes                 |
| Keyword research                 | Extensive         | Yes, via DataForSEO |
| Site audit                       | Yes               | Yes                 |
| **Ships the fixes**              | No                | Yes                 |
| **Writes and publishes content** | No                | Yes, automated      |
| AI visibility tracking           | Yes (Brand Radar) | Yes                 |
| Rank tracking                    | Yes               | Yes, daily          |
| Paid ads management              | No                | Yes                 |

## Where Ahrefs is stronger

Ahrefs' backlink index is its real product, and nothing in Ryze replaces it. If your work involves link prospecting, competitor backlink analysis, or forensic link auditing, Ahrefs does that better.

Ryze *builds* links; it does not *index* the web's links. Those are different capabilities and it is worth being honest that dropping Ahrefs means losing the research side.

## Where Ryze is different

Ahrefs reports problems. Ryze fixes them — shipping technical corrections, publishing content, placing links, and managing ad campaigns under your approval settings.

The practical question is not which tool has more data but whether your bottleneck is *knowing what to do* or *getting it done*. Ahrefs solves the first; Ryze solves the second.

## What does not transfer

* **Backlink history and index access** — entirely lost on cancellation
* **Rank tracking history** — restarts in Ryze
* **Saved keyword lists, projects, and dashboards** — no import path
* **Site audit history**

Your Search Console history is unaffected and available up to 16 months on connection.

## Before you cancel

1. **Export your backlink profile** — the highest-value export, and irreplaceable
2. **Export referring domains** for any disavow record you maintain
3. **Export curated keyword lists**
4. **Export rank tracking history** for key terms
5. **Export outstanding site audit findings**

Do this while the subscription is active.

## If you are running both

A common arrangement: keep a lower Ahrefs tier for backlink research, run Ryze for execution. Ryze can connect to Ahrefs — see [Ahrefs integration](/integrations/ahrefs) — so the research remains available alongside the execution.

## Setting up Ryze

[Connect your store](/connect-shopify) and [Search Console](/connect-gsc), set [agent context](/agent/context), and run the first audit. See [quickstart](/quickstart).

## Related

* [Switching from Semrush](/migrate/from-semrush)
* [Backlinks and mentions](/ecommerce/backlinks-mentions)