# SandBase, free, Start, POST /v1/api/ahrefs/domain-rating: Domain authority API > Return the Ahrefs Domain Rating (0-100 authority score) and Ahrefs Rank for a target domain on a given date. 4xx/5xx are not charged. SandBase's domain authority API on its Start plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 domains. It returns 1 of the 5 key fields we check: Authority score. We rank 71 plans by price. [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), [SE Ranking](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/se-ranking/29-monthly-add-on-monthly-billing-get-v1-backlinks-authority-domain/llms.txt) and [DataForSEO](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/dataforseo/top-up-from-50-pay-as-you-go-post-v3-backlinks-bulk-ranks-live/llms.txt) are the best domain authority API providers in our benchmark. - This page: https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/sandbase/free-start-post-v1-api-ahrefs-domain-rating - [Best domain authority API in 2026: providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-authority-api.txt) - Get it: https://www.sandbase.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing - Request: `POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/ahrefs/domain-rating` - API key: with the plan, on https://www.sandbase.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing - Its API docs: https://www.sandbase.ai/apis/ahrefs/domain-rating?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing#api - Sold by: SandBase (https://www.sandbase.ai?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing) - Checked: 2026-11-03 ## In the answer - Completeness: 20% - Authority score: ✓ ## Price - $ per 1,000 domains: $0.00 - Per: call - Billing: free ## Charges - Also pays for: from the same budget: 2,286 other calls ## Not found - $ per 1,000: $0.00 ## In their words - Their pitch: Return the Ahrefs Domain Rating (0-100 authority score) and Ahrefs Rank for a target domain on a given date. 4xx/5xx are not charged. ## Data - Keep data: no limit - Use data: You may use outputs to the extent allowed by applicable law and the relevant model, API, dataset or content license. [...] Verify rights before commercial use, publication or distribution. [...] Access to a search, scraping or social-data API is not permission to bypass access controls, infringe a platform’s terms or process personal information unlawfully. Public availability of data does not remove your obligations to the people or rights holders concerned. [...] Do not use SandBase or allow your users to use it for: [...] Infringing intellectual property, privacy, publicity or confidentiality rights, unlawful surveillance, doxxing or collection of personal information, [...] Circumventing safety systems, identity checks, billing, quotas, rate limits or access restrictions, exploiting trials, coupons or promotional credits. ## Plan - Pay: $0 ## Rate limit - Concurrent: 2 - Batch: 1 ## Speed - Answer: in the call ## The call - You send: date, target - Method: POST - Path: /v1/api/ahrefs/domain-rating ## About the plan - Plan: Start - Who can get it: anyone at least 18 and legally able to enter a contract ## The 2 fields the plan's answer can hold domain rating, Ahrefs rank ## SandBase's plans (3) - [SandBase, free, Start, POST /v1/api/ahrefs/domain-rating](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/sandbase/free-start-post-v1-api-ahrefs-domain-rating/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 20% complete - [SandBase, top-up, Build, POST /v1/api/ahrefs/domain-rating](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/sandbase/top-up-build-post-v1-api-ahrefs-domain-rating/llms.txt): $80.00 per 1,000, 20% complete - [SandBase, contact us, Scale, POST /v1/api/ahrefs/domain-rating](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/sandbase/contact-us-scale-post-v1-api-ahrefs-domain-rating/llms.txt): 20% complete ## SandBase's calls for this API (2) - `POST /v1/api/ahrefs/domain-rating`: [SandBase, free, Start, POST /v1/api/ahrefs/domain-rating](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/sandbase/free-start-post-v1-api-ahrefs-domain-rating/llms.txt) - `POST /v1/api/semrush/backlinks-overview`: [SandBase, free, Start, POST /v1/api/semrush/backlinks-overview](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/sandbase/free-start-post-v1-api-semrush-backlinks-overview/llms.txt) ## SandBase's APIs (81) - [SandBase: domain authority API pricing, 3 plans, POST /v1/api/ahrefs/domain-rating](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/sandbase/free-start-post-v1-api-ahrefs-domain-rating/llms.txt) - [SandBase: Amazon product API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/amazon-product-apis/sandbase/free/llms.txt) - [SandBase: Amazon search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/amazon-search-apis/sandbase/free/llms.txt) - 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We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-03. - https://www.sandbase.ai/apis/ahrefs/domain-rating.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing - https://www.sandbase.ai/docs/admin/billing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing - https://www.sandbase.ai/docs/guides/billing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing - https://www.sandbase.ai/docs/guides/concurrency-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing - https://www.sandbase.ai/docs/guides/rate-limiting?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing - https://www.sandbase.ai/llms-full.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing - https://www.sandbase.ai/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing - https://www.sandbase.ai/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing - https://www.sandbase.ai/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-authority-api-pricing