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From teams paying for it today, plus the reasons teams leave. Is your Ahrefs bill bloated?
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Switch if you want something running this week and your process is standard. Build if your process is your edge, you want to own your data, or per-seat pricing keeps rising. Ahrefs: Keep email sending rented; own forms, lead scoring and reporting.
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