# Ahrefs, $129 monthly, Lite, GET /v3/site-explorer/organic-keywords, Organic keywords, full: Ranked keywords API

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

Ahrefs's ranked keywords API on its Lite plan. It costs $118.68 per 1,000 keywords. It returns 4 of the 6 key fields we check: Position, Search volume, Cost per click, Keyword difficulty.
Half of the 29 plans we rank by price cost $0.50 per 1,000 keywords or less. This plan is the most expensive of the 29 plans.
[Mangools's $15 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/mangools/15-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 keywords: $0.001. Mangools charges for each page of results. We count 1,000 keywords on each page to get the $0.001 price.
[DataForSEO](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/dataforseo/top-up-from-50/llms.txt), [SE Ranking](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/se-ranking/29-monthly/llms.txt) and [AnyAPI](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/anyapi/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) are the best ranked keywords API providers in our benchmark.

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

## In the answer

- Completeness: 67%
- Position: ✓
- Search volume: ✓
- Cost per click: ✓
- Keyword difficulty: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 keywords: $118.68
- 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 · Backlinks · Overview · Related terms · Matching terms · SERP Overview

## Overage

- $ per 1,000 keywords: $9.20

## 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 1,086 results a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1

## The call

- You send: target, date, select "keyword,all_positions,all_positions_prev,best_position,best_position_diff,best_position_has_thumbnail,best_position_has_thumbnail_prev,best_position_has_video,best_position_has_video_prev,best_position_kind,best_position_kind_merged,best_position_kind_prev,best_position_prev,best_position_set,best_position_set_prev,best_position_url,best_position_url_prev,cpc,cpc_merged,cpc_prev,entities,is_best_position_set_top_3,is_best_position_set_top_3_prev,is_best_position_set_top_4_10,is_best_position_set_top_4_10_prev,is_best_position_set_top_11_50,is_best_position_set_top_11_50_prev,is_branded,is_commercial,is_informational,is_local,is_navigational,is_transactional,keyword_country,keyword_difficulty,keyword_difficulty_merged,keyword_difficulty_prev,keyword_language,keyword_merged,keyword_prev,language,language_prev,last_update,last_update_prev,serp_features,serp_features_count,serp_features_count_prev,serp_features_merged,serp_features_prev,serp_target_main_positions_count,serp_target_main_positions_count_prev,serp_target_positions_count,serp_target_positions_count_prev,status,sum_paid_traffic,sum_paid_traffic_merged,sum_paid_traffic_prev,sum_traffic,sum_traffic_merged,sum_traffic_prev,volume,volume_desktop_pct,volume_merged,volume_mobile_pct,volume_prev,words,words_merged,words_prev", date_compared. Optional: where, order_by, limit, timeout, volume_mode, traffic_mode, country, mode, portfolio_id, protocol
- Method: GET
- Path: /v3/site-explorer/organic-keywords

## About the plan

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

## The 68 fields the plan's answer can hold

keyword, all positions, all positions on comparison date, best position, best position change, best position has thumbnail, best position has thumbnail on comparison date, best position has video, best position has video on comparison date, best position kind, best position kind merged, best position kind on comparison date, best position on comparison date, best position set, best position set on comparison date, best position URL, best position URL on comparison date, cost per click, cost per click merged, cost per click on comparison date, entities, is best position set top 3, is best position set top 3 on comparison date, is best position set top 4 10, is best position set top 4 10 on comparison date, is best position set top 11 50, is best position set top 11 50 on comparison date, is branded, is commercial, is informational, is local, is navigational, is transactional, country, keyword difficulty, keyword difficulty merged, keyword difficulty on comparison date, keyword language, keyword merged, keyword on comparison date, language, language on comparison date, updated at, updated at on comparison date, SERP features, SERP features count, SERP features count on comparison date, SERP features merged, SERP features on comparison date, SERP target main positions count, SERP target main positions count on comparison date, SERP target positions count, SERP target positions count on comparison date, status, paid traffic, sum paid traffic merged, paid traffic on comparison date, organic traffic, sum traffic merged, organic traffic on comparison date, search volume, desktop volume percentage, volume merged, mobile volume percentage, search volume on comparison date, words, words merged, words on comparison date

## Ahrefs's plans (7)

- [Ahrefs, $129 monthly, Lite, GET /v3/site-explorer/organic-keywords, Organic keywords, full](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/ahrefs/129-monthly-lite-get-v3-site-explorer-organic-keywords-organic-keywords-full/llms.txt): $118.68 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Ahrefs, $249 monthly, Standard, GET /v3/site-explorer/organic-keywords, Organic keywords, full](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/ahrefs/249-monthly-standard-get-v3-site-explorer-organic-keywords-organic-keywords-full/llms.txt): $57.27 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Ahrefs, $449 monthly, Advanced, GET /v3/site-explorer/organic-keywords, Organic keywords, full](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/ahrefs/449-monthly-advanced-get-v3-site-explorer-organic-keywords-organic-keywords-full/llms.txt): $41.308 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Ahrefs, $1,290 yearly, Lite, GET /v3/site-explorer/organic-keywords, Organic keywords, full](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/ahrefs/1290-yearly-lite-get-v3-site-explorer-organic-keywords-organic-keywords-full/llms.txt): $98.90 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Ahrefs, $2,490 yearly, Standard, GET /v3/site-explorer/organic-keywords, Organic keywords, full](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/ahrefs/2490-yearly-standard-get-v3-site-explorer-organic-keywords-organic-keywords-full/llms.txt): $47.725 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Ahrefs, $4,490 yearly, Advanced, GET /v3/site-explorer/organic-keywords, Organic keywords, full](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/ahrefs/4490-yearly-advanced-get-v3-site-explorer-organic-keywords-organic-keywords-full/llms.txt): $34.423 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [Ahrefs, contact us, Enterprise, GET /v3/site-explorer/organic-keywords, Organic keywords, full](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/ahrefs/contact-us-enterprise-get-v3-site-explorer-organic-keywords-organic-keywords-full/llms.txt): 67% complete

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

- `GET /v3/site-explorer/organic-keywords`, Organic keywords: [Ahrefs, $129 monthly, Lite, GET /v3/site-explorer/organic-keywords, Organic keywords](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/ahrefs/129-monthly-lite-get-v3-site-explorer-organic-keywords-organic-keywords/llms.txt)
- `GET /v3/site-explorer/organic-keywords`, Organic keywords, full: [Ahrefs, $129 monthly, Lite, GET /v3/site-explorer/organic-keywords, 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'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: 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, 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: ranked keywords API alternatives

- [Mangools, $30.50 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/mangools/30-50-monthly/llms.txt): $0.407 per 1,000, 50% complete, 1 month
- [SpyFu, $2,244 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/spyfu/2244-yearly/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Keywords Everywhere, $84 yearly, Bronze, POST /v1/get_url_keywords](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/keywords-everywhere/84-yearly-bronze-post-v1-get-url-keywords/llms.txt): $1.68 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Moz, $20 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/ranked-keywords-apis/moz/20-monthly/llms.txt): $6.667 per 1,000, 0% 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-organic-keywords