Last modified: March 26, 2026
1.1 Thank you for using Yep! These Terms of Service (the "Terms") are a binding agreement between you and Ahrefs Pte. Ltd. ("Ahrefs", "we", "us", or "our") (UEN No. 201227417H) of 16 Raffles Quay #33-03 Hong Leong Building Singapore 048581 (each a "Party" and collectively, the "Parties") with respect to your use of Yep Search API (https://platform.yep.com/) and all products and services offered in connection with from time to time (collectively, "Yep Services").
1.2 By using or accessing Yep Services or permitting any Authorised User to use or access Yep Services, you agree to be bound by the Terms, our Privacy Policy (https://platform.yep.com/privacy-policy) and the API Documentation (https://platform.yep.com/api-documentation) which are expressly incorporated herein.
1.3 Where you, being an Authorised User or otherwise, are entering into the Terms on behalf of the owner of the Account (whether the owner is a company, organisation, individual or entity), you represent that you agree to the Terms on behalf of such owner and you warrant that you have the authority to bind the owner of the Account to the Terms. In such cases, all references to "you" will refer to the owner of the Account. If you are an Authorised User, the Terms apply to you to the extent that the Terms are applicable to Authorised Users.
1.4 We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to amend the Terms, in whole or in part, at any time without notice and with immediate effect. The current version of the Terms can be found on https://platform.yep.com/ and the last modified date may be viewed at the top of the page. By continuing to use Yep Services, you agree to the current version of the Terms. We encourage you to review the Terms periodically. If there are material changes to the Terms, we may require you to re-accept the Terms to continue use of Yep Services.
1.5 Arbitration Notice. Unless you opt out of arbitration within 30 days of the date you first agree to the current version of the Terms using the procedure stated in clause 16.6, you agree to Section 16 of the Terms which requires that you submit any claims against us to binding and final arbitration on an individual basis and not as part of a class, representative or consolidated action.
2.1 In addition to the terms defined elsewhere herein, the following capitalised terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section.
"Account" refers to a unique account owned by you and created for you and/or your Authorised Users to access Yep Services.
"Authorised User(s)" refers to an individual who is authorised by you to use Yep Services under your Account and/or on your behalf, including your employees, affiliates, personnel, agents, contractors or consultants.
"Content" refers to all information, data, content, messages, photos, videos, recordings, images, ideas and other materials provided, generated or made available for and in relation to your use of Yep Services.
"Subscription Period" refers to the period which a Subscription Plan is in effect from the date you make payment for the Subscription Plan.
"Subscription Plan" refers to a set, package or tier of products and services of or within Yep Services for which you have access to in exchange for a payment for the Subscription Period.
"User" refers to you, your Authorised User(s) and/or end users of User Applications.
"User Application(s)" refers to any software application, platform and/or service, including any artificial intelligence tools, that you and/or your Authorised Users integrates or interfaces with Yep Services.
"User Content" refers to all information, data, search terms, prompts, messages and other materials that User provides to us in relation to Yep Services.
3.1 The Terms shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Singapore, without regard to conflict of law principles.
3.2 The Terms, which incorporates our Privacy Policy and API Documentation, constitute the entire agreement between the Parties and supersedes all previous representations and correspondence between the Parties. We shall not be bound by any other term or condition proffered by you in any correspondence or document, regardless of whether we expressly object to such term or condition.
3.3 The Terms are in the English language, which prevails over any translations of it to other languages.
3.4 The headings and titles used in the Terms are for convenience only and shall not be considered in construing or interpreting the Terms.
3.5 The term "including" in the Terms shall be interpreted to mean "including but not limited to".
4.1 You agree that you are responsible for maintaining the security, confidentiality and accuracy of all details and activities of any Account, and for procuring and maintaining all resources or equipment necessary to use Yep Services. Account credentials and authentication is managed by WorkOS (https://workos.com/) and you agree to the applicable terms and policies of WorkOS.
4.2 You agree that you are responsible for User's compliance with the Terms and the API Documentation, User's compliance with any other terms or policies that may be applicable with User's use of User Applications, all activity conducted under or within your Account and all User Content, including but not limited to the accuracy and legality of the User Content.
4.3 Where the User Application involves providing access to or the use of Yep Services by end users who are third parties who are outside of your organisation or unaffiliated to you, you shall ensure that any and all terms of use, privacy policy or other governing agreements with such third-party end users do not impose any additional obligations, warranties, liabilities or responsibilities on Ahrefs beyond those expressly set forth in the Terms nor imply any agency, partnership or joint venture relationship between you and Ahrefs. You agree that any claims, disputes or issues arising from such end users' use of the User Application and Yep Services shall be handled exclusively between you and such end users.
4.4 You agree that User will not:
4.5 You agree that we may access your Account as necessary to provide you with Yep Services and any support or assistance in connection with Yep Services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we are not obligated to provide any support for the Services and you acknowledge that any support we do provide is offered on a best-effort basis without guarantees of response time or resolution.
4.6 You agree to use reasonable efforts to prevent any unauthorised use of Yep Services. Upon being made aware of any unauthorised use of Yep Services, you agree to immediately notify us at support@yep.com, take all necessary steps to terminate the unauthorised use, and provide us with your full cooperation and assistance to terminate, rectify and/or prevent further unauthorised use.
4.7 You agree that User is solely responsible for retaining and maintaining copies of User Content and that Ahrefs has no obligation to store, extract or transfer any User Content to User under any circumstance.
4.8 You agree that Ahrefs may alter or amend any functionalities, restrictions, limits or access features in the API Documentation at its sole discretion.
4.9 Yep Services may not be suitable for use in cases requiring critical or time-sensitive decision-making and/or guaranteed uptime or data accuracy. You agree that any and all use of Yep Services is at User's own risk and User is solely and fully responsible for User's own use and taking any appropriate measures as User may deem or assess to be necessary, including evaluating and assessing the suitability of Yep Services for the relevant use purposes, verifying Content before any use or reliance, implementing appropriate backup or security measures and complying with all applicable law.
5.1 Content contains information or data obtained from public domain or third-party websites and sources, including open source software or other third-party software or third-party large language models. Content may be presented in a format different from its original source and any such presentation and adaptation of Content is provided solely to enable or enhance search functionality in User Applications and shall not be construed or otherwise used as a new or derivative work.
5.2 Content could include technical, typographical or photographic errors or may be inaccurate, offensive, indecent or objectionable. You agree that Ahrefs has no control over and is not responsible for examining or evaluating the accuracy, completeness, availability, timeliness, validity, copyright compliance or legality of Content, and that Content remains the sole responsibility of those who make it available. Ahrefs does not warrant or endorse or assume any liability or responsibility to User or any other person for Content and any reliance on Content is at User's own risk. You agree to irrevocably waive any claim against us with respect to Content.
5.3 Unless expressly stated otherwise, the presence or inclusion of any link, advertisement, notice or third-party content in Content does not imply our endorsement or approval or any relationship with the third party. You agree that User's use or interaction with any content, products and services from third parties are governed by their respective terms and policies.
5.4 Content may be subject to the intellectual property rights of third parties and all owners retain all rights to their respective content. You agree that User is solely responsible for ensuring that User has the necessary rights and permissions to use (including to process, host, store, transfer, display, modify, publish, distribute or create derivative works of) Content, whether in part or whole or in any form.
5.5 Without prejudice to the foregoing, we reserve the right, at our sole discretion and without liability, to monitor, screen, refuse, remove, edit, transfer or block any Content from or within Yep Services. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this clause assumes our liability or responsibility over and in relation to any such Content.
6.1 YEP SERVICES ARE WHOLLY BETA PRODUCTS PROVIDED BY AHREFS ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, GUARANTEES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES IN RELATION TO YEP SERVICES AND CONTENT, WHETHER STATUTORY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ORAL OR WRITTEN, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ITS ACCURACY, UPTIME, PERFORMANCE, CURRENCY, COMPLETENESS, AVAILABILITY, RELIABILITY, CONDITION, SECURITY, VALUE, QUALITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, NON-INTERFERENCE, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR THAT USER'S USE OF YEP SERVICES WILL ACHIEVE ANY INTENDED RESULT, BE CONTINUOUS, SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED, OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT YEP SERVICES WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH ANY SOFTWARE, SYSTEM OR OTHER SERVICE, OR THAT WE WILL UPDATE, REVISE, CORRECT OR RECTIFY ANY ERRORS OR DEFECTS WITH YEP SERVICES.
6.2 You acknowledge that Yep Services are subject to ongoing change, experiment, development and review as part of our product and software development process. You agree that there may be errors, bugs, issues or interruptions with Yep Services (including any paid-up functionalities) and that we have no obligation to provide notice and/or correct, update, modify, maintain or repair Yep Services. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion and without liability to you or any third party, to modify, amend, update, or fully or partially suspend or discontinue Yep Services or any part thereof, at any time and for any reason, temporarily or permanently, with or without notice.
7.1 Upon registering for an Account, you may obtain free access to some functions of our Yep Search API.
7.2 The features available to you will be based on your Subscription Plan, which is billed upfront monthly or annually.
7.3 We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to determine and amend the pricing structure for Yep Services. Any alterations in pricing will come into effect upon renewal of your Subscription Plan and you agree for us to charge you as such. We may make unique promotional offers to select customers and unless made to you, such offers will not apply to you or the Terms.
7.4 You authorise Ahrefs to charge all sums applicable to your Subscription Plan, including all applicable taxes, to the payment method specified in your Account. Where you make payments with a credit card, you agree that we may seek pre-authorisation of your credit card for our verification purposes and you agree to recurring periodic charges according to the Subscription Period until the Subscription Plan is cancelled or terminated. In the event where such recurring periodic charges do not go through, you agree to such recurring periodic charges on any backup payment method you may indicate.
7.5 Any additional use on top of the credits or features provided under such Subscription Plan may be subject to additional charges on a pay-as-you-go basis. This will continue for any accrued pay-as-you-go usage even after the cessation of such Subscription Plan for any reason and any unused portion will expire by the stipulated timeframe without being transferred to any subsequent usage period.
7.6 Any changes to a Subscription Plan, such as an upgrade or downgrade, will only take effect after the end of the Subscription Period.
7.7 In the event of any non-payment of a Subscription Plan, you agree to pay the costs and expenses of collection of any outstanding payments including but not limited to legal costs incurred by us. We may charge interest, at our sole discretion, on any outstanding payments due to us at a reasonable rate or at a rate permitted by applicable law.
8.1 You may cancel a Subscription Plan by contacting us at support@yep.com. Any cancellation of a Subscription Plan will take effect at the end of the Subscription Period and the products and services available under such Subscription Plan will be available to you till the end of the Subscription Period.
8.2 Unless expressly provided for by applicable law, we have no obligation to provide refunds in any instance. You may request for a refund via email in writing to support@yep.com for non-use. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to review and determine such requests.
8.3 To delete an Account, you may do so within your Account or send us a request via email in writing to support@yep.com. You agree that our acknowledgment or confirmation of deletion of any Account is subject to the fulfilment of your payment obligations to us (whether arising out of the use of Yep Services or any other products and services of Ahrefs) and your receipt of written confirmation from us that the Account has been deleted.
8.4 We reserve the right, at our sole discretion and determination, without liability and with immediate effect, to restrict functionality, suspend, terminate and/or delete your Subscription Plan, your Account, your use of Yep Services or take any legal or reporting action or any other appropriate measure (for instance, blocking your IP address) for reasons including but not limited to:
8.5 Upon termination of your use of Yep Services, any license rights granted to you under the Terms will terminate with immediate effect and any outstanding payments due to Ahrefs shall become immediately due and payable. We may, at our sole discretion, apply the value of any remaining Subscription Period towards the fulfilment of such payments.
8.6 You may appeal our decision under this section by writing to us at support@yep.com. All appeals are subject to review by us and may not be available in all circumstances.
9.1 This section applies to any and all payments made for and in relation to Yep Services.
9.2 All prices and charges are exclusive of taxes and fees. Where a currency other than United States Dollars is used for payment, we apply a fixed conversion rate that is updated from time to time. All payments and taxes due are calculated and determined by us at our sole discretion and we may make changes to such amounts without providing prior notice.
9.3 Where applicable and in accordance with applicable law, taxes and fees will be charged on the invoices issued by us. You are solely responsible for any applicable taxes and fees and you shall pay any additional amounts as may be required by applicable law such that the net amount received by us is equal to the total amount due and payable to us for your use of Yep Services. Upon request, we will provide you with tax forms to reduce or eliminate the amount of any withholding or deduction for taxes in respect of payments made for your use of Yep Services.
9.4 Where you are exempt from any taxes and fees, you shall provide us, for our review, validation and/or use, any and all appropriate documentation to substantiate as such. Where we determine, at our sole discretion, that such documentation is unavailable or invalid, we reserve the right to charge you the applicable taxes and fees.
9.5 Where taxes and fees are due from you to the tax authorities, you are solely responsible for paying such taxes and fees to the tax authorities such that the net amount received by us is equal to the total amount due and payable to us for your use of Yep Services. You shall provide us, for our review, validation and/or use, any and all appropriate documentation to substantiate your business nature. Where we determine, at our sole discretion, that such documentation is unavailable or invalid, we reserve the right to charge you the applicable taxes and fees.
10.1 If a Party (the "Receiving Party") obtains access to Confidential Information (as defined below) of the other Party (the "Disclosing Party") in connection with the negotiation or performance of any agreement in relation to Yep Services, the Receiving Party agrees that:
10.2 "Confidential Information" shall refer to any information disclosed by the Disclosing Party to the Receiving Party in connection with the negotiation or performance of any agreement in relation to Yep Services in any form which:
but which shall not include:
10.3 Without prejudice to clause 10.1, the Receiving Party may disclose Confidential Information to its directors, officers or employees on a need-to-know basis if they agree in writing to treat Confidential Information in accordance with non-disclosure terms at least as comprehensive as those in the Terms ("Authorised Person"). The Receiving Party agrees to be liable for a breach of such non-disclosure terms by the Authorised Person.
10.4 Without prejudice to clause 10.1, the Receiving Party may disclose Confidential Information as required to comply with any laws and regulations applicable to it under the Terms or orders of governmental entities with jurisdiction over it where the Receiving Party:
11.1 Ahrefs retains sole ownership of all intellectual property rights in Yep Services, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and any other proprietary rights inherent in Yep Services which encompass innovations, visual interfaces, graphics, design, compilation, computer code, data, software, algorithms, products and domain names.
11.2 Other than what is expressly granted in the Terms, we do not grant you any rights, title or interest in Yep Services or Content. You agree to attribute such proprietary rights in any publication or distribution, where applicable.
11.3 Where Content is subject to intellectual property rights, such as Content accessible through Ahrefs, all intellectual property rights vest in their respective owners.
11.4 Subject to your complete and ongoing compliance with the Terms and the fulfilment of your payment obligations to us (whether arising out of the use of Yep Services or any other products and services of Ahrefs), Ahrefs grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and revocable licence to use Yep Services for the limited purposes set forth in the documentation for Yep Services.
11.5 You agree to grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, transferable, sub-licensable, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free and fully paid-up licence to use (including to process, host, store, transfer, display, modify, publish, distribute or create derivative works of), in any form, all User Content for the purposes of providing and developing Yep Services and to otherwise access or disclose User Content to third parties as needed for such purposes or as necessary to comply with our obligations under applicable law.
11.6 You agree to grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free and fully paid-up licence to use your company name and logo on our website and in any promotional materials, press releases, investor materials and other stockholder communications. You are able to withdraw your permission under this clause by email in writing to support@yep.com.
11.7 Except and solely to the extent that such a restriction is impermissible under applicable law, you agree that User shall not engage in any use of Yep Services, Content or User Content in violation of intellectual property rights, including but not limited to:
11.8 If you provide us with suggestions, ideas, or feedback about the Services ("Feedback"), you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, modify, and incorporate such Feedback into the Services without any obligation to you. You irrevocably waive any and all rights of inspection, approval or attribution or claim to compensation relating to any use of such comments or feedback.
11.9 If you believe that there has been infringement of your intellectual property rights in relation to any use of Yep Services, please notify us via email in writing to support@yep.com. You understand that we may require your cooperation to investigate the alleged infringement, including but not limited to the provision of further information on the alleged infringement in a specified format.
12.1 You agree to our collection and processing of your information in line with the Terms and our Privacy Policy as you use Yep Services. Such information will include:
12.2 You agree to our use of Stripe (https://stripe.com/), third-party payment processor, to process payments made for and in relation to Yep Services. By submitting payment information such as your credit card details to us, you authorise the third-party payment processor to store such information and/or charge you as appropriate until your Account is deleted. You agree to keep any payment information current and accurate and you agree that your payments for Yep Services is subject to the terms and policies of Stripe.
12.3 You agree that we may use User Content for our business and/or operating purposes and that such use is to provide you with Yep Services, including to compile, develop and publish usage and performance information, train our machine learning models and operate, improve, develop, support and evolve Yep Services.
12.4 All information in relation to your use of Yep Services is collected and processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy. For more details on our processing of information and how you may exercise your rights to your information, please refer to our Privacy Policy.
13.1 You hereby represent and warrant that:
14.1 To the maximum extent permissible under applicable law, Ahrefs and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees or agents shall not, whether in contract, tort or otherwise, be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive or exemplary losses or damages of any kind whatsoever, including any and all loss of profit or revenue, loss of use of products or services, cost of capital, financial losses, interruption to business, loss of business opportunity, loss of reputation, loss of contract, loss of data or information, failure to meet contractual commitments or deadlines, downtime costs, increased expense of operation and/or loss of or corruption of any data, whether it be arising from the Terms, User's use or inability to use Yep Services, and/or the combination of Yep Services with User Applications or other networks or systems.
14.2 Notwithstanding any clause to the contrary in the Terms and to the maximum extent permissible under applicable law, you agree that our total aggregated liability arising out of or in connection with the Terms, including for any implied warranties, is limited to the amount of moneys actually received by us from you to use Yep Services during the 12 months preceding the event giving rise to the liability.
14.3 The liability of Ahrefs under the Terms shall not, in any event, apply to, limit or offset any payment obligations due to Ahrefs, whether arising out of the use of Yep Services or any other products and services of and in connection with Ahrefs.
14.4 You agree that where you are in breach of the Terms, monetary damages may not be an adequate remedy and we shall be entitled, at law or in equity, to any and all remedies or relief in respect of such breach that may be available under applicable law.
14.5 You agree that the limitations in this Section 14 (Limitation of Liability) reflect a reasonable allocation of risk between the parties and are a fundamental basis of our agreement. We would not provide Yep Services without these limitations.
15.1 To the maximum extent permissible under applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify, hold harmless, release and/or discharge (where applicable), Ahrefs, its owner(s), subsidiaries, affiliates, assigns, partners, officers, directors, agents, contractors, licensors, service providers, subcontractors, suppliers and employees, from and against any and all alleged and/or actual claims, actions, lawsuits, proceedings, loss of profit or revenue, loss of reputation, damages, penalties, demands, losses, expenses, fees (including reasonable attorney fees), costs, or liabilities of any kind or nature whatsoever (including but not limited to breach of any laws or regulations and/or infringement of any rights) incurred in connection with and/or arising out of:
15.2 Ahrefs reserves the right to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will assist and cooperate with Ahrefs in connection therewith. Where we decide not to assume defence and control over the matter, you shall take all action necessary to defend the matter, provided that you may not confess any judgment, admit any liability, take any other action materially prejudicial to the defence or impose any obligations on us without our prior written consent.
16.1 Parties agree that any dispute arising out of or in connection with the Terms, including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination, shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration administered by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre for the time being in force, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference in this clause.
16.2 For the avoidance of doubt, the arbitration agreement in the Terms shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Singapore, without regard to conflict of law principles. The substantive law of the arbitration shall be the laws of the Republic of Singapore.
16.3 To the exception of clause 16.1, you agree that Ahrefs has the right to seek injunctive relief against any unauthorised use or abuse of Yep Services, unauthorised disclosure of Confidential Information or intellectual property infringement and the right to pursue an enforcement action without first engaging in the dispute resolution process described herein.
16.4 The seat of the arbitration shall be Singapore. The tribunal shall consist of one (1) arbitrator. The language of the arbitration shall be English.
16.5 Parties agree to resolve any and all disputes in connection with and/or arising out of the Terms on an individual basis and not as part of a class, representative or consolidated action. For the avoidance of doubt, this clause applies whether or not you opt out of arbitration.
16.6 To opt out of arbitration, please notify us within 30 days of the date you first agree to the current version of the Terms via email in writing to support@yep.com.
16.7 Where there is a valid opt-out of arbitration in accordance with clause 16.6, Parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic of Singapore.
16.8 If any of the provisions of the Terms are held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal by a court or arbitrator of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall, at our discretion, be either replaced with an enforceable provision that most nearly achieves the intended effect of the unenforceable provision or be limited to the minimum extent, such that the remaining portions of the Terms will remain in full force and effect.
17.1 Your obligations under any clauses in the Terms which by their nature or sense are intended to survive beyond the termination or expiration of the Terms, including those under Sections 10, 14, 15 and 16, shall survive as such.
17.2 Ahrefs shall not be responsible to you or any other party for any delay in performance or non-performance due to any cause which is beyond the reasonable control of Ahrefs (including but not limited to acts of God, industrial action or labour disputes, civil unrest, government actions or regulations, telecommunication or utility failures, epidemic, quarantine restrictions, change in law, war or threats of war, terrorism or embargo). If the period of delay or non-performance continues for 30 days, Ahrefs at its sole and absolute discretion may terminate the Agreement by giving 10 days' written notice to you which shall take effect only if the circumstance delaying or preventing performance exist at the expiry of that notice period.
17.3 You shall not assign or transfer any rights or obligations under the Terms to any party without our express written consent. We may assign the Terms without your consent to a successor (including a successor by way of merger, acquisition, sale of assets or operation of law) where the successor agrees to assume and fulfil our obligations under the Terms. The Terms shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their successors and assigns.
17.4 The waiver by Ahrefs of any term or right set out in the Terms shall not be deemed a further or continuing waiver of any other term or right.
17.5 The delay or omission by either Party to enforce or exercise any terms or right pursuant to the Terms will not impair any such terms or right nor be construed to be a waiver thereof and will in no way affect the other Party's right to enforce it.
17.6 A person who is not a party to the Terms shall have no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 2001 for the time being in force, to enforce any of the covenants, terms or conditions of the Terms.
17.7 The Parties are independent contractors. Unless expressly stated otherwise, no partnership, joint venture, employment or agency relationship exists between the Parties as a result of the Terms and neither Party shall have any power or right to bind the other Party.
17.8 Unless expressly stated otherwise in the Terms, all notices under or in connection with the Terms shall be sent via email to support@yep.com.
17.9 We may pass notice to you by placing a banner notice on our website or platform, or by reaching you or your Authorised Users through your Account or contact information provided within your Account. You agree that you are responsible for keeping the information used to create your Account up-to-date in order to receive such notice from us.