# Ahrefs, $129 monthly, Lite, GET /v3/site-explorer/all-backlinks, Backlinks, full: Backlink API

> Backlinks, referring domains, DR/UR, organic & paid traffic reports, historical charts.

Ahrefs's backlink API on its Lite plan. It costs $74.82 per 1,000 backlinks. It returns all 5 key fields we check: Source URL, Anchor text, Follow or nofollow, Authority, First and last seen.
Half of the 43 plans we rank by price cost $0.25 per 1,000 backlinks or less. This plan is the most expensive of the 43 plans.
[RankParse's $199 pack](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/rankparse/199-pack-lifetime-deal-get-v1-backlinks/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 backlinks: $0.004. RankParse charges for each page of results. We count 1,000 backlinks on each page to get the $0.004 price.
[DataForSEO](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/dataforseo/top-up-from-50/llms.txt), [SE Ranking](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/se-ranking/29-monthly-add-on-monthly-billing-get-v1-backlinks-raw/llms.txt) and [RankParse](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/rankparse/199-pack-lifetime-deal-get-v1-backlinks/llms.txt) are the best backlink API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/ahrefs/129-monthly-lite-get-v3-site-explorer-all-backlinks-backlinks-full
- [Best backlink API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-backlink-api.txt)
- Get it: https://ahrefs.com/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.ahrefs.com/v3/site-explorer/all-backlinks`, Backlinks, full
- API key: with the plan, on https://ahrefs.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.ahrefs.com/en/api/reference/site-explorer/get-all-backlinks
- Sold by: Ahrefs (https://ahrefs.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-30

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Source URL: ✓
- Anchor text: ✓
- Follow or nofollow: ✓
- Authority: ✓
- First and last seen: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 backlinks: $74.82
- Per: result
- Billing: monthly
- $ a month: $129

## Charges

- Start fee: $0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Domain rating · Backlinks stats · Batch analysis · Organic keywords · Overview · Related terms · Matching terms · SERP Overview

## Overage

- $ per 1,000 backlinks: $5.80

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $32.25

## In their words

- Their pitch: Backlinks, referring domains, DR/UR, organic & paid traffic reports, historical charts.

## Data

- Keep data: Upon termination of your use of Ahrefs Services, any license rights granted to you under the Terms will terminate with immediate effect.
- Use data: Ahrefs grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and revocable licence to access and use Ahrefs Services solely for the purposes of your internal business operations. [...] you shall not engage in any use of Ahrefs Services, Content or User Content in violation of intellectual property rights, including but not limited to: a) reproducing, duplicating, copying, selling, trading, transferring, assigning, publishing, or exploiting for any commercial purposes, any portion of Ahrefs Services, or use or access to Ahrefs Services or the computer code that powers Ahrefs Services, without our express written consent, [...] You agree that you will not [...] i) except through the software or search agents provided by Ahrefs Services, search, crawl, scrape or harvest data or information from Ahrefs Services through the use of any engine, software, tool, agent, device or mechanism, [...] l) use Ahrefs Services to develop a product or service which competes with us or any of our products and services

## Plan

- Pay: $129
- You get: 200,000 credits a month
- Enough for: about 1,724 results a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Batch: 1

## The call

- You send: target, select "url_from,ahrefs_rank_source,ahrefs_rank_target,alt,anchor,broken_redirect_new_target,broken_redirect_reason,broken_redirect_source,class_c,discovered_status,domain_rating_source,domain_rating_target,drop_reason,encoding,first_seen,first_seen_link,http_code,http_crawl,ip_source,is_alternate,is_canonical,is_content,is_dofollow,is_form,is_frame,is_image,is_lost,is_new,is_nofollow,is_redirect,is_redirect_lost,is_root_source,is_root_target,is_rss,is_spam,is_sponsored,is_text,is_ugc,js_crawl,languages,last_seen,last_visited,link_group_count,link_type,linked_domains_source_domain,linked_domains_source_page,linked_domains_target_domain,links_external,links_internal,lost_reason,name_source,name_target,noindex,page_category_source,page_size,page_type_source,port_source,port_target,positions,powered_by,redirect_code,redirect_kind,refdomains_source,refdomains_source_domain,refdomains_target_domain,root_name_source,root_name_target,snippet_left,snippet_right,source_page_author,source_page_publish_date,title,tld_class_source,tld_class_target,traffic,traffic_domain,url_from_plain,url_rating_source,url_redirect,url_redirect_with_target,url_to,url_to_plain". Optional: where, order_by, limit, timeout, aggregation, history, mode, portfolio_id, protocol
- Method: GET
- Path: /v3/site-explorer/all-backlinks

## About the plan

- Plan: Lite
- Who can get it: anyone with an Ahrefs account, only workspace owners and admins create API keys

## The 82 fields the plan's answer can hold

source URL, Ahrefs rank source, Ahrefs rank target, alt, anchor text, broken redirect new target, broken redirect reason, broken redirect source, class c, discovered status, source domain rating, domain rating target, drop reason, encoding, first seen, first seen link, HTTP code, HTTP crawl, IP source, is alternate, is canonical, is content, is dofollow, is form, is frame, is image, is lost, is new, is nofollow, is redirect, is redirect lost, is root source, is root target, is RSS, is spam, is sponsored, is text, is UGC, JS crawl, languages, last seen, last visited, link group count, link type, linked domains source domain, linked domains source page, linked domains target domain, links external, links internal, lost reason, name source, name target, noindex, page category source, page size, page type source, port source, port target, positions, powered by, redirect code, redirect kind, referring domains source, referring domains source domain, referring domains target domain, root name source, root name target, text before anchor, text after anchor, source page author, source page publish date, source page title, TLD class source, TLD class target, traffic, traffic domain, URL from plain, URL rating source, URL redirect, URL redirect with target, target URL, URL to plain

## Ahrefs's plans (7)

- [Ahrefs, $129 monthly, Lite, GET /v3/site-explorer/all-backlinks, Backlinks, full](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/ahrefs/129-monthly-lite-get-v3-site-explorer-all-backlinks-backlinks-full/llms.txt): $74.82 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Ahrefs, $249 monthly, Standard, GET /v3/site-explorer/all-backlinks, Backlinks, full](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/ahrefs/249-monthly-standard-get-v3-site-explorer-all-backlinks-backlinks-full/llms.txt): $36.105 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Ahrefs, $449 monthly, Advanced, GET /v3/site-explorer/all-backlinks, Backlinks, full](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/ahrefs/449-monthly-advanced-get-v3-site-explorer-all-backlinks-backlinks-full/llms.txt): $26.042 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Ahrefs, $1,290 yearly, Lite, GET /v3/site-explorer/all-backlinks, Backlinks, full](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/ahrefs/1290-yearly-lite-get-v3-site-explorer-all-backlinks-backlinks-full/llms.txt): $62.35 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Ahrefs, $2,490 yearly, Standard, GET /v3/site-explorer/all-backlinks, Backlinks, full](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/ahrefs/2490-yearly-standard-get-v3-site-explorer-all-backlinks-backlinks-full/llms.txt): $30.087 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Ahrefs, $4,490 yearly, Advanced, GET /v3/site-explorer/all-backlinks, Backlinks, full](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/ahrefs/4490-yearly-advanced-get-v3-site-explorer-all-backlinks-backlinks-full/llms.txt): $21.702 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Ahrefs, contact us, Enterprise, GET /v3/site-explorer/all-backlinks, Backlinks, full](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/ahrefs/contact-us-enterprise-get-v3-site-explorer-all-backlinks-backlinks-full/llms.txt): 100% complete

## Ahrefs's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /v3/site-explorer/all-backlinks`, Backlinks: [Ahrefs, $129 monthly, Lite, GET /v3/site-explorer/all-backlinks, Backlinks](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/ahrefs/129-monthly-lite-get-v3-site-explorer-all-backlinks-backlinks/llms.txt)
- `GET /v3/site-explorer/all-backlinks`, Backlinks, full: [Ahrefs, $129 monthly, Lite, GET /v3/site-explorer/all-backlinks, Backlinks, full](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/ahrefs/129-monthly-lite-get-v3-site-explorer-all-backlinks-backlinks-full/llms.txt)

## Ahrefs's APIs (6)

- [Ahrefs: backlink API pricing, 7 plans, GET /v3/site-explorer/all-backlinks, Backlinks, full](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/ahrefs/129-monthly-lite-get-v3-site-explorer-all-backlinks-backlinks-full/llms.txt)
- [Ahrefs: domain authority API pricing, 7 plans, GET /v3/site-explorer/backlinks-stats](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/ahrefs/129-monthly-lite-get-v3-site-explorer-backlinks-stats/llms.txt)
- [Ahrefs: domain authority API pricing, 7 plans, GET /v3/site-explorer/domain-rating](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/ahrefs/129-monthly-lite-get-v3-site-explorer-domain-rating/llms.txt)
- [Ahrefs: related keywords API pricing, 7 plans, matching-terms, Matching terms](https://datacircle.dev/related-keywords-apis/ahrefs/129-monthly-lite-get-v3-keywords-explorer-matching-terms-matching-terms/llms.txt)
- [Ahrefs: related keywords API pricing, 7 plans, matching-terms, Matching terms, full](https://datacircle.dev/related-keywords-apis/ahrefs/129-monthly-lite-get-v3-keywords-explorer-matching-terms-matching-terms-full/llms.txt)
- [Ahrefs: related keywords API pricing, 7 plans, related-terms, Related terms](https://datacircle.dev/related-keywords-apis/ahrefs/129-monthly-lite-get-v3-keywords-explorer-related-terms-related-terms/llms.txt)
- [Ahrefs: related keywords API pricing, 7 plans, related-terms, Related terms, full](https://datacircle.dev/related-keywords-apis/ahrefs/129-monthly-lite-get-v3-keywords-explorer-related-terms-related-terms-full/llms.txt)
- [Ahrefs: ranked keywords API pricing, 7 plans, Organic keywords](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/ahrefs/129-monthly-lite-get-v3-site-explorer-organic-keywords-organic-keywords/llms.txt)
- [Ahrefs: ranked keywords API pricing, 7 plans, Organic keywords, full](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/ahrefs/129-monthly-lite-get-v3-site-explorer-organic-keywords-organic-keywords-full/llms.txt)
- [Ahrefs: keyword research API pricing, 7 plans, GET /v3/keywords-explorer/overview, Overview](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/ahrefs/129-monthly-lite-get-v3-keywords-explorer-overview-overview/llms.txt)
- [Ahrefs: keyword research API pricing, 7 plans, GET /v3/keywords-explorer/overview, Overview, full](https://datacircle.dev/keyword-research-apis/ahrefs/129-monthly-lite-get-v3-keywords-explorer-overview-overview-full/llms.txt)
- [Ahrefs: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, GET /v3/serp-overview/serp-overview, SERP Overview](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/ahrefs/129-monthly-lite-get-v3-serp-overview-serp-overview-serp-overview/llms.txt)
- [Ahrefs: SERP API pricing, 7 plans, GET /v3/serp-overview/serp-overview, SERP Overview, full](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/ahrefs/129-monthly-lite-get-v3-serp-overview-serp-overview-serp-overview-full/llms.txt)

## Ahrefs: backlink API alternatives

- [SE Ranking, top-up from $50, Wallet, GET /v1/backlinks/all](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/se-ranking/top-up-from-50-wallet-get-v1-backlinks-all/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 100% complete, 1 month
- [RankParse, $10 pack, Starter, POST /v1/batch](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/rankparse/10-pack-starter-post-v1-batch/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 80% complete, 3 months
- [Keywords Everywhere, $84 yearly, Bronze, POST /v1/get_unique_page_backlinks](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/keywords-everywhere/84-yearly-bronze-post-v1-get-unique-page-backlinks/llms.txt): $4.20 per 1,000, 40% complete
- [Moz, $20 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/backlink-apis/moz/20-monthly/llms.txt): $6.667 per 1,000, 100% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-30.

- https://ahrefs.com/legal/terms
- https://ahrefs.com/pricing
- https://ahrefs.com/seo-api
- https://docs.ahrefs.com/
- https://docs.ahrefs.com/en/api/docs/introduction
- https://docs.ahrefs.com/en/api/docs/limits-consumption
- https://docs.ahrefs.com/en/api/reference/site-explorer/get-all-backlinks