Ahrefs vs. Pulse by Directive Consulting
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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Ahrefs | Score9 out of 10 | N/A | Ahrefs is an SEO tool providers. Ahrefs Site Explorer provides a suite of tools including a component for backlink & on-page SEO analysis, online brand mentions tracking, and domain comparison tool for competitor analysis, etc. They refer to themselves as “the largest index of live backlinks.” | $99 per month |
Pulse by Directive Consulting | N/A | N/A | Directive Consulting offers Pulse, a search marketing database. It can be used to review and benchmark every competitor in an industry on dimensions like, from their general research tool, domain rating, keywords, traffic, traffic value, ad spend, paid keywords, and paid clicks. | N/A |
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| Considered Both Products | No answer on this topic | No answer on this topic |
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| Would buy again | ||
95% Would buy again 37 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
| Delivers good value for the price | ||
94% Delivers good value for the price 33 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
| Happy with the feature set | ||
97% Happy with the feature set 38 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
| Lived up to sales and marketing promises | ||
97% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 32 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
| Implementation went as expected | ||
97% Implementation went as expected 35 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
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| Small Businesses | Nozzle Score10 out of 10 | No answers on this topic |
| Medium-sized Companies | Advanced Web Ranking Score8.2 out of 10 | No answers on this topic |
| Enterprises | Google Search Console Score9 out of 10 | No answers on this topic |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
| Ahrefs | Pulse by Directive Consulting | |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 9.7 | - |
| Likelihood to Renew | 10.0 | - |
| Usability | 9.3 | - |
| Support Rating | 8.8 | - |
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| Alternatives Considered |
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| Return on Investment |
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