Is Ahrefs Down?

Quickest ways to check the current status of ahrefs.com plus recent known issues and working alternatives if it's out.

Last editorial review: 2026-03-27

How to check right now

Step 1 -- Load the site
Open ahrefs.com→

The simplest check. If it loads and you can log in, the tool is up for you.

Step 2 -- Crowdsourced reports
DownDetector: Ahrefs→

User-reported outages aggregated across regions. Good signal for partial or regional outages.

Step 3 -- Live social
Search X for “Ahrefsdown” →

Live tweets from other users. Fastest signal for a fresh outage -- often beats status pages by 10-20 minutes.

Step 4 -- Official status page
Find Ahrefs's status page →

Most vendors publish a status page at status.[domain] or on Statuspage.io. Google-search to find the current URL.

Known issues we've tracked

Credit usage on Lite plan is opaque -- users report running out of credits mid-month without clear tracking
2026-03•Reddit r/SEO
Keyword difficulty scores sometimes disagree significantly with actual ranking difficulty for long-tail terms
2026-02•Reddit r/bigseo

Issues here are sourced from our editorial sweeps, not real-time telemetry. Newer issues may exist.

What to use if Ahrefs is down

Top AIToolTier-ranked alternatives in the same category, ordered by our overall score.

A

SEMrush

8.0

The Swiss Army knife of SEO -- does everything from keyword research to PPC analysis, with AI sprinkled throughout

B

Surfer SEO

7.8

AI-powered content optimization that tells you exactly what to write to rank on Google

About Ahrefs

Tier B (7.8/10). The SEO toolset that backlink nerds swear by -- massive data, clean UI, and now with AI writing baked in

Read the full Ahrefsreview →