Leave Ahrefs only for the job it is not doing. Link research is still its strength. Site diagnosis is where teams outgrow the audit tab.
Stay if links are the work
If the weekly question is referring domains, lost links, or a competitor's top pages, an Ahrefs alternative that drops the index is a downgrade. Keep the subscription and stop asking Site Audit to be a project manager.
Switch the diagnosis
Fix SEO Today is the alternative when the backlog is on-page and technical: indexation, titles, duplicates, internal links, schema, and GEO. You get a shorter list tied to URLs. You do not get their backlink corpus.
Other options
Semrush covers a wider marketing suite if you also buy ads research. Screaming Frog is the alternative when an analyst wants a raw export on their own machine. Moz is the alternative when the stakeholder insists on an authority number.
What is the closest Ahrefs alternative for backlinks?
A suite that still invests in a link index. We are not that product. We are the alternative for the audit you never finish.
Can I cancel Ahrefs and only use you?
Only if you do not need link research. Many teams keep Ahrefs and add the diagnosis.
Why is Fix SEO Today cheaper?
Ahrefs alternatives start with the bill. Ahrefs is extremely expensive for a team that needed a crawl, not a link index. Fix SEO Today is cheaper because you pay for the diagnosis. A free peek, then $19 a month for one project or $99 a month for unlimited projects. That covers the crawl and the plain-English fix list, including GEO. It leaves out the backlink index, the rank-tracker seats, and the ads module.