Directory website builder and SEO teacher behind Ship Your Directory
Ship Your Directory, HeyLinks, Discover Plasma +1$2K+/mo
stack --tool ahrefs · #77 of 117
Indie makers who build with Ahrefs (2026)
2 indie makers on IndieMakerList list Ahrefs in their stack — 1% of makers who share one — including Frey Chu and Jules Canlas. Below: their products, self-reported revenue and the tools they pair with Ahrefs.
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makers
5
products
$60K/mo
combined revenue*
0
exits
Top indie makers using Ahrefs
2 active makers, ranked by profile depth, audience and reported revenue.
Founder and CEO of Embarque, a bootstrapped productised SEO and AI-search agency
Embarque$700K+ ARR
Products built by Ahrefs makers
A selection of the 5 products shipped by these makers.
Ship Your Directory
shipyourdirectory.com
Paid community, SEO course and playbook for building profitable directory websites.
by Frey Chu
HeyLinks
heylinks.ai
AI backlink outreach tool that finds sites linking to competitors and writes a personal email for each.
by Frey Chu
Embarque
embarque.io
Productised SEO and AI-search (GEO) agency that sells monthly content and SEO packages to startups and SaaS companies.
$700K+ ARRby Jules Canlas
Revenue of indie makers using Ahrefs
Combined self-reported revenue: about $60K/mo across 2 makers. *Figures come from the makers' own posts and interviews, at different dates, and cover their whole business — not just Ahrefs projects.
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Jules CanlasFounder and CEO of Embarque, a bootstrapped productised SEO and AI-search agency
$700K+ ARRas of 2023 - 02
Frey ChuDirectory website builder and SEO teacher behind Ship Your Directory
$2K+/moas of 2025
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Ahrefs indie makers FAQ
Which indie makers build with Ahrefs?
Indie makers on IndieMakerList who list Ahrefs in their stack include Frey Chu and Jules Canlas.
How popular is Ahrefs with indie makers?
2 makers — 1% of the 346 profiles with a listed stack — use Ahrefs, ranking it #77 of 117 tools used by two or more makers.
What tools do indie makers use with Ahrefs?
The tools most often listed alongside Ahrefs are Stripe (1 maker), WordPress (1 maker), Claude Code (1 maker) and Webflow (1 maker).
How much do indie makers using Ahrefs earn?
2 makers using Ahrefs have shared revenue figures, adding up to roughly $60K per month combined. The highest is Jules Canlas ($700K+ ARR). Figures are self-reported and from different dates.
What do indie makers build with Ahrefs?
Makers using Ahrefs mostly work in Community Builders (1), Directory Makers (1) and Educators & Course Creators (1), and have shipped 5 listed products between them.
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