VerifiedDR vs Moz vs Semrush: three website score checkers compared

Moz shows Domain Authority. Semrush shows Authority Score. VerifiedDR shows Domain Rating next to TrueDR, tracks both and turns the gap into the next link to build.

VerifiedDR

Moz Domain Analysis

Semrush checker

Check my Domain Rating

Free lookup. No signup. Every claim is a row in the table.

What each tool gets you

A tick means the free tool ships it. A dash means it takes a paid plan or a separate product. VerifiedDR loses the index row to both. That is the point of an honest table.

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Outcome	VerifiedDR Score to growth	Moz Domain Analysis Domain Authority check	Semrush checker Authority Score check
Check a score for free	DR and TrueDR, no signup	Domain Authority, daily cap	Authority Score
Separate link strength from trust	DR next to TrueDR	Spam Score beside the number	One blended score
Track history and get alerts	History, alerts, digests	Moz Pro campaigns	Paid projects
Own backlink index	Third-party providers	Moz's own index	Semrush's own index
Map your backlinks visually	Interactive Trust Map	Link Explorer lists them	Backlink Analytics lists them
Know what to fix next	Ranked actions	No	Separate paid audits
Recover lost backlinks	Included	Moz Pro	Paid plans
Track keywords and competitors	Included	Ranking keyword count	Paid plans
See if AI answers name you	ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI	No	Separate AI toolkit
Find verified link exchanges	Matched, outreach built in	No	No
Automate with API and agents	API, MCP and CLI (paid plans)	Links API, small free tier	API on top plans
What it costs	Free. Programs from $129, paid once	Free checker. Moz Pro for tracking	Free checker. Paid plans for tracking

“Moz Pro” and “paid plans” mean the capability lives in the paid suite, not in the free checker compared here. Details reviewed 2 September 2026 from Moz Domain Analysis and Semrush free checker. Tell us if a row needs updating.

Short answer

Moz
Pick it to read Domain Authority and Spam Score for a website you are judging, a few lookups a day.
Semrush checker
Pick it when you already pay for Semrush and want one blended score with a traffic estimate beside it.
VerifiedDR
Pick it to see DR next to TrueDR, track both with alerts, and find verified link exchanges that can move them.

Common questions

What is the difference between Domain Authority, Authority Score and Domain Rating?

They are three separate 0 to 100 scores from three separate backlink indexes. Moz's Domain Authority predicts how likely a website is to rank, based on Moz's link index. Semrush's Authority Score blends backlinks, an organic traffic estimate and spam signals from Semrush's index. Domain Rating measures backlink strength and comes from third-party providers. None of them converts into another, so compare a website with the same score every time.

Why is my Domain Authority different from my Domain Rating?

Each index sees a different set of links and weighs them with a different formula, so a gap between the two is normal. What matters is the trend of one score over time, and whether traffic and trust support it. That second check is what TrueDR adds on top of DR.

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