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Free Bulk Domain Rating Checker

Paste up to 10 domains. Get the real Ahrefs Domain Rating for each, plus average, median and DR distribution.

What a run costs
One free run a day, no account needed
How it runs
In the background
Who it is for
Free: 2 a day. Silver: 5 a day. Gold: 10 a day. Ultimate: unlimited.

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Overview

Domain Rating (DR) is the Ahrefs metric that scores a website on a 0 to 100 scale based on the size and quality of its backlink profile. It is the most widely cited authority metric in SEO and a core input for link-building, outreach prioritisation, and competitive research. This free bulk DR checker pulls the real Ahrefs DR for up to 10 domains in a single run.

How The Check Works

Paste a list of domains or URLs, one per line. The tool extracts the registrable domain from each entry, deduplicates the list, and queries Ahrefs in parallel for every unique domain. Results stream back into a sortable table with the DR value, a rating label, and a DR distribution chart so you can see the shape of your prospect list at a glance.

When To Use It

Use it before launching an outreach campaign to filter prospects by minimum DR. Run it against a backlink export to spot which referring domains carry weight. Compare a list of competitors at once instead of one-by-one. Copy the whole table into your spreadsheet or CRM. A run takes 10 domains without an account and 100 signed in.

About the tool

What Is The SBMM Bulk Domain Rating Checker?

The SBMM Bulk Domain Rating Checker is a free online tool that pulls the real Ahrefs Domain Rating (DR) for up to 10 domains in a single run. Paste a list of URLs or bare domains, hit Check, and get a sortable per-domain table with the DR score, a rating label, an average and median for the batch, and a six-bucket distribution chart that shows the shape of your prospect list at a glance.

Domain Rating is the Ahrefs authority metric that scores any website on a 0 to 100 logarithmic scale based on the size and quality of its backlink profile. It is the most widely cited authority metric in modern SEO, the input every outreach SEO uses to filter prospects, the number guest-post platforms quote in their inventory, and the standard the wider industry compares competing domains by. Checking it one domain at a time on the Ahrefs marketing page is fine for two or three sites; for any real outreach or competitive workflow you need bulk.

This tool fixes that. It dedupes your paste, normalises bare domains and full URLs to their registrable form, queries the Ahrefs free DR endpoint in parallel batches, and returns the full report in seconds. A run takes 10 domains without an account and 100 signed in, so a normal week of outreach prospecting, broken-link link building, or competitor sweeps fits comfortably. Pair it with our Backlink Audit for live-link verification, or the Bulk Meta Extractor for title and description scraping across the same list.

Step by step

How To Use This Tool In 3 Steps

  1. Paste Your Domain List

    Drop up to 10 domains or URLs (one per line, or comma / space separated) into the form. Bare domains (example.com), full URLs (https://example.com/path), and messy spreadsheet paste with mixed case or trailing slashes all get normalised to the registrable domain before query.

  2. Parallel DR Lookup Against Ahrefs

    The tool dedupes the list, sends each unique domain to the Ahrefs free Domain Rating endpoint in parallel batches, retries any rate-limited requests with exponential backoff, and assembles the result table while you wait.

  3. Sort, Filter, Export

    See the per-domain table sorted by DR by default. Click a column header to re-sort, type into the filter box to narrow by partial domain name, or copy the full list to the clipboard, ready for your outreach spreadsheet or CRM.

Why this tool

Why Use This Tool

  • Real Ahrefs Domain Rating

    Pulls the live DR value direct from the Ahrefs free Domain Rating API for every unique domain. Same number Ahrefs shows on its public website authority checker, scored on the standard 0 to 100 logarithmic scale.

  • Up To 100 Domains Per Run

    Quickly grade a handful of prospects, a shortlist of competitors, or a curated broken-link hit list in a single paste. Signed in, a run takes 100 domains.

  • Average, Median, Highest, Lowest

    Every batch returns headline stats so you can grade the list at a glance: average DR, median DR, the top scorer, the weakest entry, and a count of any domains the upstream API could not resolve.

  • Six-Bucket DR Distribution Chart

    A visual distribution across DR 0 to 9, 10 to 29, 30 to 49, 50 to 69, 70 to 89, and 90 to 100 shows the shape of your prospect list. Lopsided distributions surface immediately, so you spot a list dominated by weak domains before you waste outreach time on it.

  • Smart Input Normalisation

    Accepts bare domains, full URLs, mixed case, trailing slashes, www prefixes, paths, query strings, and any combination of newline, comma, semicolon, or space separation. The tool strips everything down to the registrable domain and dedupes before query.

  • Sort, Filter And Copy

    The per-domain table sorts by either column, filters by partial domain name, and copies the full list to the clipboard with one click, ready to paste into Google Sheets, Excel, Airtable, or a CRM.

  • Free, One Run A Day

    A per-minute burst limit and the per-run domain cap keep the Ahrefs endpoint answering for everyone. One free run a day without an account. A free account gives you two runs a day of this tool, keeps your results and lets you download them. Paid plans raise the allowance further.

  • No Sign-Up, No Email Gate

    Free for everyone, with no account required, no email capture, and no credit card. Bookmark it, run it from any device, share it with your team.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Domain Rating (DR) in SEO?

Domain Rating is the Ahrefs authority metric that scores any website on a 0 to 100 logarithmic scale based on the size and quality of its backlink profile. A DR 30 site has a noticeably weaker backlink profile than a DR 60 site, which in turn is dwarfed by a DR 90 site. DR is widely used to filter outreach prospects, to qualify guest-post placements, and to compare competing sites at a glance.

Is this the real Ahrefs Domain Rating?

Yes. The tool queries the Ahrefs free Domain Rating endpoint that powers the public Ahrefs website authority checker. The DR value returned for every domain is the same number you would see on Ahrefs.com if you typed each domain into their public form one at a time. The only difference is bulk: you get 10 domains per run instead of one.

How is Domain Rating different from Domain Authority?

Domain Rating (DR) is Ahrefs proprietary score. Domain Authority (DA) is Moz proprietary score. Both estimate site-level authority from the backlink profile, both run on a 0 to 100 logarithmic scale, but the underlying index and weighting differ. Most SEO professionals quote DR more often now because the Ahrefs index is larger and refreshed faster than the Moz index.

How accurate is DR as a ranking signal?

DR is a directional signal, not a ranking guarantee. Google does not use DR (or DA) directly; it has its own internal PageRank-style metric. DR correlates with ranking strength because the underlying backlink profile drives both, but a high-DR domain with thin content will still lose to a focused low-DR site with strong topical authority for the right query. Use DR for outreach filtering and competitive triage, not as a sole ranking predictor.

How many domains can I check at once?

Ten unique domains per run without an account, and 100 signed in. Duplicate entries in your paste are collapsed automatically, so you only spend a slot on each unique registrable domain.

Does the tool accept full URLs or only domains?

Both. Paste anything: bare domains (example.com), full URLs (https://example.com/some/path?query=1), mixed case, www prefixes, trailing slashes, port numbers, query strings, fragment anchors, comma separation, semicolon separation, newline separation. The tool strips each entry to its registrable domain (the part Ahrefs scores) and dedupes before query.

Why do some domains come back as "not found" or with no DR?

A small fraction of newly registered, parked, or never-linked domains have no Ahrefs DR yet because the Ahrefs index has not yet seen any backlinks pointing to them. The tool surfaces these as "not_found" rows so the batch summary stays honest. Brand-new domains usually pick up a DR within a few months once the first backlinks land.

How fast is a 10-domain run?

A typical 10-domain run completes in 3 to 8 seconds, depending on Ahrefs response time and any rate-limit backoff. The tool sends requests in parallel batches and surfaces results to the table as they land, so you can start scanning the early rows before the slowest few finish.

Is there a daily limit?

Yes: one run a day without an account and two a day with a free one, plus a per-minute burst limit and a per-run cap of 10 domains. The per-run caps protect the Ahrefs endpoint from runaway traffic; the daily one is what keeps the tool free.

What does an account change?

Without an account you get one run a day of 10 domains. A free account gives you two runs a day of this tool; signed in, a run takes 100 domains, every run is kept in your history, and the full result downloads as JSON. The result itself is identical either way.

Can I export the results?

Yes. The result table has a Copy All button that writes a tab-separated list (domain + DR) to your clipboard, ready to paste into Sheets or Excel. Signed in, the whole run also downloads as JSON with the domain, DR value and status per row, ready to import into a CRM, an Airtable base, or a Notion table.