# mowteng vs Ahrefs MCP

Ahrefs' MCP server brings Ahrefs data, and your Search Console data from Ahrefs projects, into your assistant. mowteng does a narrower job for a fraction of the price.

## In short

Ahrefs MCP is part of an Ahrefs subscription, from $129 a month. It gives your assistant Ahrefs' backlink, keyword and competitor data and, for projects connected to Search Console in Ahrefs, your own keywords, pages and positions. mowteng costs $9 a month and works directly with Google, Bing and Yandex: URL inspection, index audits, sitemap and IndexNow submission. Many teams will use both.

## Where mowteng leads

|  | mowteng | Ahrefs MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Setup | Add the URL and sign in with Google. No Google Cloud project, API key or service account. Bing and Yandex connect with their own sign-in. | An Ahrefs account on the Lite plan or higher, with Search Console connected to a project in Ahrefs for your own data. |
| Engines | Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools, Yandex Webmaster and IndexNow. | Ahrefs' own index (backlinks, keywords, competitors) and, through Ahrefs, Search Console keywords, pages, positions and history. Bing, Yandex and IndexNow not listed. |
| Actions | Submits or removes sitemaps, adds properties, and sends changed URLs to Bing, Yandex and IndexNow. Your assistant asks before each one. | Not listed. |
| Price | 7-day free trial without a card, then $9 a month or $90 a year. No free plan. | Included in Ahrefs plans from Lite at $129 a month; not available on the free plan. |

## Why choose mowteng over Ahrefs MCP

- Costs $9 a month, without an SEO suite subscription.

- Bing Webmaster Tools, Yandex Webmaster and [IndexNow](https://mowteng.app/indexnow-mcp) next to Google, behind the same URL, with a [Google vs Bing](https://mowteng.app/analyses/google-vs-bing-rankings) analysis.

- Can act, not only read: submit sitemaps to Google, Bing and Yandex and send changed URLs to IndexNow, with your assistant asking before each write.

- Works directly with the consoles: URL inspection and index audits, not only performance data.

## When Ahrefs MCP may suit you better

- You get backlinks, keyword volumes and competitor data that Search Console does not have.

- It combines your Search Console numbers with Ahrefs' data, including anonymous queries.

- You already pay for Ahrefs.

> **Ask your assistant:** Which of my pages have high impressions but a click-through rate below 1%?

## About this comparison

What this page says about Ahrefs MCP was read from its own pages on 5 November 2026: [MCP introduction](https://docs.ahrefs.com/en/mcp/docs/introduction), [tool categories](https://docs.ahrefs.com/en/mcp/docs/tool-categories), [GSC API reference](https://docs.ahrefs.com/en/api/reference/gsc), [pricing](https://ahrefs.com/pricing). Products change quickly; if something here is out of date, email [hi@milowda.com](mailto:hi@milowda.com) and we will correct it. Where a page did not say something, we say "not listed" rather than "no".

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Source: https://mowteng.app/compare/ahrefs-mcp