Ahrefs AI policy evolution
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Aug 31, 2026retentionhigh
content license
Latest stance: sublicensable or transferable
“12.1. Ahrefs retains sole ownership of all intellectual property rights in Ahrefs Services, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and any other proprietary rights inherent in Ahrefs Services which encompass innovations, visual interfaces, graphics, design, compilation, computer code, data, software, algorithms, products and domain names. 12.2. Other than what is expressly granted in the Terms, we do not grant you any rights, title or interest in Ahrefs Services. You agree to attribute such proprietary rights in any publication or distribution, where applicable. 12.3. Content may be collected from public domain sources and Content remains the sole responsibility of those who make it available. Where Content is subject to intellectual property rights, such as Content accessible through Ahrefs, all intellectual property rights vest in their respective owners. 12.4. Subject to your complete and ongoing compliance with the Terms and the fulfilment of your payment obligations to us (whether arising out of the use of Ahrefs Services or any other products and services of Ahrefs), Ahrefs grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and revocable licence to access and use Ahrefs Services solely for the purposes of your internal business operations. 12.5. You agree to grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free and fully paid-up licence to use (including to process, host, store, transfer, display, modify, publish, distribute or create derivative works of), in any form, all User Content for the purposes of providing Ahrefs Services.”
Open citationAug 31, 2026retentionmedium
content license
Latest stance: broad license
“12.1. Ahrefs retains sole ownership of all intellectual property rights in Ahrefs Services, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and any other proprietary rights inherent in Ahrefs Services which encompass innovations, visual interfaces, graphics, design, compilation, computer code, data, software, algorithms, products and domain names. 12.2. Other than what is expressly granted in the Terms, we do not grant you any rights, title or interest in Ahrefs Services. You agree to attribute such proprietary rights in any publication or distribution, where applicable. 12.3. Content may be collected from public domain sources and Content remains the sole responsibility of those who make it available. Where Content is subject to intellectual property rights, such as Content accessible through Ahrefs, all intellectual property rights vest in their respective owners. 12.4. Subject to your complete and ongoing compliance with the Terms and the fulfilment of your payment obligations to us (whether arising out of the use of Ahrefs Services or any other products and services of Ahrefs), Ahrefs grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and revocable licence to access and use Ahrefs Services solely for the purposes of your internal business operations. 12.5. You agree to grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free and fully paid-up licence to use (including to process, host, store, transfer, display, modify, publish, distribute or create derivative works of), in any form, all User Content for the purposes of providing Ahrefs Services.”
Open citationAug 31, 2026retentionhigh
content ownership
Latest stance: platform claims or reserves rights
“8.1. You may cancel a Subscription Plan through your Account or by contacting us at [email protected] . Any cancellation of a Subscription Plan will take effect at the end of the Subscription Period and the products and services available under such Subscription Plan will be available to you till the end of the Subscription Period. 8.2. Unless expressly provided for by applicable law, we have no obligation to provide refunds in any instance. You may request for a refund via email in writing to [email protected] for non-use. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to review and determine such requests. 8.3. To delete an Account, you may send us a request via email in writing to [email protected] or use the live chat function available on https://ahrefs.com/ . You agree that the deletion of any Account is subject to the fulfilment of your payment obligations to us (whether arising out of the use of Ahrefs Services or any other products and services of Ahrefs) and your receipt of written confirmation from us that the Account has been deleted. 8.4. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion and determination, without liability and with immediate effect, to restrict functionality, suspend, terminate and/or delete your Subscription Plan, your Account and any information within, your use of Ahrefs Services or take any other appropriate measure (for instance, blocking your IP address) for reasons including but not limited to:”
Open citationAug 5, 2026retentionhigh
content license
Latest stance: sublicensable or transferable
“12.1. Ahrefs retains sole ownership of all intellectual property rights in Ahrefs Services, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and any other proprietary rights inherent in Ahrefs Services which encompass innovations, visual interfaces, graphics, design, compilation, computer code, data, software, algorithms, products and domain names. 12.2. Other than what is expressly granted in the Terms, we do not grant you any rights, title or interest in Ahrefs Services. You agree to attribute such proprietary rights in any publication or distribution, where applicable. 12.3. Content may be collected from public domain sources and Content remains the sole responsibility of those who make it available. Where Content is subject to intellectual property rights, such as Content accessible through Ahrefs, all intellectual property rights vest in their respective owners. 12.4. Subject to your complete and ongoing compliance with the Terms and the fulfilment of your payment obligations to us (whether arising out of the use of Ahrefs Services or any other products and services of Ahrefs), Ahrefs grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and revocable licence to access and use Ahrefs Services solely for the purposes of your internal business operations. 12.5. You agree to grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free and fully paid-up licence to use (including to process, host, store, transfer, display, modify, publish, distribute or create derivative works of), in any form, all User Content for the purposes of providing Ahrefs Services.”
Open citationAug 5, 2026retentionmedium
content license
Latest stance: broad license
“12.1. Ahrefs retains sole ownership of all intellectual property rights in Ahrefs Services, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and any other proprietary rights inherent in Ahrefs Services which encompass innovations, visual interfaces, graphics, design, compilation, computer code, data, software, algorithms, products and domain names. 12.2. Other than what is expressly granted in the Terms, we do not grant you any rights, title or interest in Ahrefs Services. You agree to attribute such proprietary rights in any publication or distribution, where applicable. 12.3. Content may be collected from public domain sources and Content remains the sole responsibility of those who make it available. Where Content is subject to intellectual property rights, such as Content accessible through Ahrefs, all intellectual property rights vest in their respective owners. 12.4. Subject to your complete and ongoing compliance with the Terms and the fulfilment of your payment obligations to us (whether arising out of the use of Ahrefs Services or any other products and services of Ahrefs), Ahrefs grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and revocable licence to access and use Ahrefs Services solely for the purposes of your internal business operations. 12.5. You agree to grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free and fully paid-up licence to use (including to process, host, store, transfer, display, modify, publish, distribute or create derivative works of), in any form, all User Content for the purposes of providing Ahrefs Services.”
Open citationAug 5, 2026retentionhigh
content ownership
Latest stance: platform claims or reserves rights
“8.1. You may cancel a Subscription Plan through your Account or by contacting us at [email protected] . Any cancellation of a Subscription Plan will take effect at the end of the Subscription Period and the products and services available under such Subscription Plan will be available to you till the end of the Subscription Period. 8.2. Unless expressly provided for by applicable law, we have no obligation to provide refunds in any instance. You may request for a refund via email in writing to [email protected] for non-use. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to review and determine such requests. 8.3. To delete an Account, you may send us a request via email in writing to [email protected] or use the live chat function available on https://ahrefs.com/ . You agree that the deletion of any Account is subject to the fulfilment of your payment obligations to us (whether arising out of the use of Ahrefs Services or any other products and services of Ahrefs) and your receipt of written confirmation from us that the Account has been deleted. 8.4. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion and determination, without liability and with immediate effect, to restrict functionality, suspend, terminate and/or delete your Subscription Plan, your Account and any information within, your use of Ahrefs Services or take any other appropriate measure (for instance, blocking your IP address) for reasons including but not limited to:”
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