Why do you use Keyword Difficulty estimation tools?

RoyCooper said:

Keyword difficulty estimators like KWFinder, Keysearch and KeywordRevealer are some of the online tools I've used over the last year, year and a half, for my website (no blog, just a simple HTML/CSS website).

I keep seeing the SEO communities generally frown upon this type of tool as they lack the power of ahrefs and the likes. Some argue that one of the main flaws is related to them using MOZ ranking factors in the calculations. Many consider the DA to be useless.

And now it seems like you can use ahrefs one week for 7$ trial indefinitely by switching emails all the time.

So why is it that people here still use these cheaper tools? It can't be because of the price alone, what can they do that makes you use them and not go exclusively to ahrefs?

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MisterF said:

"And now it seems like you can use ahrefs one week for 7$ trial indefinitely by switching emails all the time."

Until Ahrefs patch this glitch. that is.

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MisterF said:

Until Ahrefs patch this glitch. that is.

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fasttrak said:

Ahrefs KW ratings are stupid, plain and simple. Kwfinder and Ahrefs are much better. You need to use a variety of tools when doing research, as well as common sense.

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RoyCooper said:

So in the end ahrefs alone aren't enough. Why do you personally prefer to use KWFinder and not Keysearch or Keyword Revealer? Just asking, I'm trying to decide on one of these myself at the moment.

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