Semrush
ActiveSEO and marketing intelligence suite paying a flat bounty per sale, not recurring commission.
- Commission
- $50–$450
- Recurring
- One-time
- Cookie
- 120 days
- Network
- Impact
10 verified programs · 8 open
Best SEO software affiliate programs
Rank tracking, keyword research and competitive intelligence platforms.
SEO tools are the most competitive corner of SaaS affiliate marketing, and the most misreported. Several of the biggest names pay a flat bounty per sale rather than recurring revenue, and at least one major brand closed its program years ago while affiliate blogs kept publishing its old commission rate. The records below separate what vendors actually publish from what gets repeated.
What the data shows in this category
5/10pay recurring commission
4pay for the lifetime of the account
32%average published commission rate
77 daysaverage cookie, across the 7 that publish one
- Longest verified attribution window: Semrush at 120 days.
- 3 of 10 programs in this category do not publish a cookie duration anywhere we could verify. Those fields are left blank rather than filled from third-party listings.
- 2 programs are not currently open to new affiliates: Ahrefs, SpyFu. They stay listed because the status itself is the useful answer.
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Top-scoring open programs
7.0
Topical Map AIVerified listing: Topical Map AI submitted and paid for this listing. Payment never changes its score, data or position.
ActiveAI topical map builder for SEO paying 40% of every payment for as long as a referred customer stays subscribed, on a 90-day cookie.
- Commission
- 40%
- Recurring
- Lifetime
- Cookie
- 90 days
- Network
- In-house
SE Ranking
ActiveSEO platform paying 30% on every referred sale, with a 120-day cookie, lifetime credit after signup and no application.
- Commission
- 30%
- Recurring
- Lifetime
- Cookie
- 120 days
- Network
- In-house
How we selected and checked these
Every SEO record here was checked against the vendor's own affiliate page or terms document where one exists. Where a vendor publishes tiered per-sale bounties rather than a single rate, we store the full range instead of quoting the headline number in isolation. Programs that have closed stay in the directory with a closed status, because 'this program no longer exists' is the answer a lot of people are searching for.
Programs are ordered by the SaaS Affiliate Score, an editorial rating built from commission, recurring potential, cookie duration, payout terms, promotional flexibility, program stability and market opportunity. Components whose underlying data a vendor does not publish are dropped from the calculation rather than guessed at, so no program is penalised for a figure it never disclosed. Sponsorship has no input into the score.
SEO affiliate program FAQs
Do SEO tools pay recurring affiliate commission?
Some do and some do not, and the split matters more than the headline rate. Semrush pays a one-time bounty per sale with no recurring revenue, while SE Ranking and SpyFu pay a percentage of subscription revenue on an ongoing basis. Check the recurring column before you build content around a program.
Which SEO tool has the longest cookie?
Of the programs we have verified, Semrush publishes the longest attribution window at 120 days. Cookie duration matters more for SEO tools than for many categories because buyers typically trial several platforms before committing.
Why is Ahrefs listed if it has no affiliate program?
Because it is one of the most searched SEO affiliate questions, and the honest answer is useful. Ahrefs closed its program and has publicly said it does not plan to reopen it. Listing it with a closed status stops people wasting time looking for a signup page that does not exist.
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