SEO Elite 'v' ARELIS - Whats Best & Comparisons ?

Hi Everyone,

Off-page optimisation is totally new to me so I'm about to take a big jump in at the deep end.

I want to purchase a good piece of software which helps me with my linking strategies (thats techno babble for me, trust me) !

I've downloaded both SEO Elite and ARELIS but because I'm new to it, it really doesn't mean that much at the moment so I would like to ask if anyone can say one is better than the other or better still offer comparisons - i.e. what one will do or won't and the same for the other software (if you get my meaning). Quite literally, a table showing one against the other etc based on features ...

What I would like is something which is easy to get to grips with (with me being a newbie) but something which is feature packed for when I know what I'm doing further down the road. The more features the better as I don't want to find myself having to buy further software etc ...

Can anyone help in DUMMY style english ?

Thanks in advance ...
Jane