Ahrefs vs ECB Data Portal comparison

Ahrefs focuses on App & Website Traffic, Data APIs, and APIs & SDKs while ECB Data Portal specializes in Data APIs, APIs & SDKs, and Data Visualizations. They overlap in 2 categories, so choose based on your preferred workflow and pricing.

Good news—both Ahrefs and ECB Data Portal offer free plans. You can try each platform without commitment and only pay when you need premium features.

Yes, both platforms offer API access for developers and quants who want to build custom integrations or automate their workflows.

Choose Ahrefs if you need Ahrefs Web Analytics is a free, privacy-friendly website analytics product (no cookies / no personal data stored by default) with up to 1M events/month per site on the free tier; higher event volumes are paid per-project add-ons., and Website Traffic Checker provides estimated traffic and key metrics (including organic and paid search traffic) and shows traffic progression globally and locally (country breakdown). Bulk-check supports up to 200 websites at once.. Go with ECB Data Portal if ECB online delivery service with interactive charts/dashboards, powerful search & browsing, and access to publications/methodology; includes some national breakdowns and counterpart areas., and ECB website states the ECB Data Portal “provides access to all official ECB statistics” and offers data downloads plus comprehensive dataset metadata. better fits how you invest.

Both cover Other. ECB Data Portal adds coverage for Bonds, and Currencies.

Ahrefs offers real-time data feeds, which is essential for active traders. ECB Data Portal uses delayed or end-of-day data, which works fine for longer-term investors who don't need up-to-the-second quotes.

Both platforms let you export data to spreadsheets (CSV, and PDF). This is useful for custom analysis or record-keeping.