When the Ahrefs MCP is the better pick
If backlink research is the core of your work and you already pay for Ahrefs, its MCP puts that index straight into your AI with the numbers your team already trusts.
When CrakSEO is the better pick
You want SERP checks, keyword data and backlinks on demand without a monthly plan, and your usage goes up and down. Pay per call suits that.
You also want Search Console and indexing in the same client, free.
Use both
Clients connect to several MCP servers at once, so you can keep Ahrefs for backlinks and add the free Search Console and URL Indexing servers for your own site.
Connect in one line
Paste into your client. It opens the sign-in page the first time it connects.
claude mcp add --transport http crakseo-seo https://crakseo.com/mcp/seo
claude mcp add --transport http crakseo-search-console https://crakseo.com/mcp/search-console{
"mcpServers": {
"crakseo-seo": {
"url": "https://crakseo.com/mcp/seo"
},
"crakseo-search-console": {
"url": "https://crakseo.com/mcp/search-console"
}
}
}