# Ahrefs, $129 monthly, Lite, GET /v3/site-explorer/backlinks-stats: Domain authority API

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

Ahrefs's domain authority API on its Lite plan. It costs $32.25 per 1,000 domains. It returns 1 of the 5 key fields we check: Referring domains.
Half of the 48 plans we rank by price cost $5.005 per 1,000 domains or less. This plan is the most expensive of the 48 plans.
[DataForSEO's top-up from $50](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/dataforseo/top-up-from-50-pay-as-you-go-post-v3-backlinks-bulk-ranks-live/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 domains: $0.036.
[AnyAPI](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/anyapi/top-up-from-10-manual-top-up-post-v1-run-semrush-overview/llms.txt), [DataForSEO](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/dataforseo/top-up-from-50-pay-as-you-go-post-v3-backlinks-bulk-ranks-live/llms.txt) and [SE Ranking](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/se-ranking/29-monthly-add-on-monthly-billing-get-v1-backlinks-authority-domain/llms.txt) are the best domain authority API providers in our benchmark.

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

## In the answer

- Completeness: 20%
- Referring domains: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 domains: $32.25
- Per: call
- Billing: monthly
- $ a month: $129

## Charges

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

## Overage

- $ per 1,000 domains: $2.50

## 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: 4,000 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Batch: 1

## The call

- You send: target, date. Optional: mode, portfolio_id, protocol
- Method: GET
- Path: /v3/site-explorer/backlinks-stats

## About the plan

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

## The 4 fields the plan's answer can hold

live backlinks, all-time backlinks, live referring domains, all-time referring domains

## Ahrefs's plans (7)

- [Ahrefs, $129 monthly, Lite, GET /v3/site-explorer/backlinks-stats](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/ahrefs/129-monthly-lite-get-v3-site-explorer-backlinks-stats/llms.txt): $32.25 per 1,000, 20% complete
- [Ahrefs, $249 monthly, Standard, GET /v3/site-explorer/backlinks-stats](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/ahrefs/249-monthly-standard-get-v3-site-explorer-backlinks-stats/llms.txt): $15.563 per 1,000, 20% complete
- [Ahrefs, $449 monthly, Advanced, GET /v3/site-explorer/backlinks-stats](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/ahrefs/449-monthly-advanced-get-v3-site-explorer-backlinks-stats/llms.txt): $11.225 per 1,000, 20% complete
- [Ahrefs, $1,290 yearly, Lite, GET /v3/site-explorer/backlinks-stats](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/ahrefs/1290-yearly-lite-get-v3-site-explorer-backlinks-stats/llms.txt): $26.875 per 1,000, 20% complete
- [Ahrefs, $2,490 yearly, Standard, GET /v3/site-explorer/backlinks-stats](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/ahrefs/2490-yearly-standard-get-v3-site-explorer-backlinks-stats/llms.txt): $12.969 per 1,000, 20% complete
- [Ahrefs, $4,490 yearly, Advanced, GET /v3/site-explorer/backlinks-stats](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/ahrefs/4490-yearly-advanced-get-v3-site-explorer-backlinks-stats/llms.txt): $9.354 per 1,000, 20% complete
- [Ahrefs, contact us, Enterprise, GET /v3/site-explorer/backlinks-stats](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/ahrefs/contact-us-enterprise-get-v3-site-explorer-backlinks-stats/llms.txt): 20% complete

## Ahrefs's calls for this API (4)

- `GET /v3/site-explorer/backlinks-stats`: [Ahrefs, $129 monthly, Lite, GET /v3/site-explorer/backlinks-stats](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/ahrefs/129-monthly-lite-get-v3-site-explorer-backlinks-stats/llms.txt)
- `GET /v3/site-explorer/domain-rating`: [Ahrefs, $129 monthly, Lite, GET /v3/site-explorer/domain-rating](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/ahrefs/129-monthly-lite-get-v3-site-explorer-domain-rating/llms.txt)
- `POST /v3/batch-analysis/batch-analysis`, Batch analysis: [Ahrefs, $249 monthly, Standard, POST /v3/batch-analysis/batch-analysis, Batch analysis](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/ahrefs/249-monthly-standard-post-v3-batch-analysis-batch-analysis-batch-analysis/llms.txt)
- `POST /v3/batch-analysis/batch-analysis`, Batch analysis, full: [Ahrefs, $249 monthly, Standard, POST /v3/batch-analysis/batch-analysis, Batch analysis, full](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/ahrefs/249-monthly-standard-post-v3-batch-analysis-batch-analysis-batch-analysis-full/llms.txt)

## Ahrefs's APIs (6)

- [Ahrefs: backlink API pricing, 7 plans, 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)
- [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: 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: domain authority API alternatives

- [SE Ranking, top-up from $50, Wallet, GET /v1/backlinks/summary](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/se-ranking/top-up-from-50-wallet-get-v1-backlinks-summary/llms.txt): $20.00 per 1,000, 60% complete, 1 month
- [RankParse, $10 pack, Starter, GET /v1/domain-rank](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/rankparse/10-pack-starter-get-v1-domain-rank/llms.txt): $20.00 per 1,000, 20% complete, 3 months
- [DataForSEO, top-up from $50, Pay as you go, POST /v3/backlinks/summary/live](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/dataforseo/top-up-from-50-pay-as-you-go-post-v3-backlinks-summary-live/llms.txt): $24.036 per 1,000, 100% complete, stored
- [AnyAPI, top-up from $10, Manual top-up, POST /v1/run/seo.backlinks_summary](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/anyapi/top-up-from-10-manual-top-up-post-v1-run-seo-backlinks-summary/llms.txt): $28.85 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-backlinks-stats