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The SEO metrics you need, without the enterprise contract

Ahrefs-powered authority and organic traffic, Similarweb-style visit estimates, keyword volumes and SERP checks — for any domain, in one JSON call. A Similarweb seat starts at $149/month and its API is a sales call; our paid plans start at $20 and the free tier is a form away.

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Everything the expensive dashboards charge separately for

Each response tells you which provider answered and when it was fetched — numbers on the wire, never mystery strings.

Domain authority

Domain Rating (0–100) and Ahrefs Rank straight from the Ahrefs API — the same numbers agencies quote in every audit and link-building pitch.

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Traffic, two ways

Similarweb-style total visits and Ahrefs organic estimates in the same response — with engagement, top countries and popularity ranks alongside.

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Keywords & SERP

Search volume, difficulty and CPC per keyword, live SERP snapshots and Google index checks — the research half of an SEO toolkit, by API.

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How it works

From signup to metrics in three steps

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Grab a key

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Call one endpoint

Ask /v1/domains/<domain> for the field groups you need — rating, traffic, countries, engagement and more.

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Read honest numbers

Every field carries its provider and fetch time. null means unknown — never a silent zero.

$ curl -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_…" \
    "https://seometricsapi.com/v1/domains/apnews.com?fields=rating,traffic"

{
  "data": {
    "domain": "apnews.com",
    "domain_rating": 91,
    "ahrefs_rank": 412,
    "monthly_visits": 105300000,
    "organic_monthly_visits": 38200000,
    "sources": {
      "domain_rating": { "provider": "ahrefs", "status": "ok" },
      "monthly_visits": { "provider": "similarweb", "status": "ok" }
    }
  },
  "meta": { "cache": "hit", "cost_units": 0 }
}

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Data providers per lookup

Ahrefs authority data and Similarweb-style traffic estimates answer the same request, side by side.

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Where paid plans start

20,000 credits a month. A Similarweb seat starts at $149 — and still doesn't include API access.

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Free credits, every month

The free tier renews monthly. Cached lookups cost 0 credits, so light use stays free for good.

Pricing

Same data, a fraction of the invoice

Monthly plans or prepaid credit packs. Start free, upgrade when your quota does.

Starter

$20/month

20,000 credits / month

120 requests / minute

Growth

$80/month

95,000 credits / month

300 requests / minute

Scale

$180/month

210,000 credits / month

600 requests / minute

Competitor prices quoted on this page are their published entry list prices as of August 2026 and change at their discretion; check their sites for current figures.

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SEO Metrics API is an independent service and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Ahrefs, Similarweb or Semrush. Authority and organic-traffic metrics are retrieved from the Ahrefs API under our own subscription; visit estimates come from third-party Similarweb-style datasets. All traffic figures are estimates, not analytics.