Comparison
Updated . Brand Radar pricing and standalone availability rechecked against the vendor’s own pages; other comparison details were checked on 29 September 2026.
Ahrefs is an SEO research tool with AI tracking bolted on through Brand Radar. Are you found by AI? was built from day one for the way buyers search now: they ask AI. It's made for small and medium businesses, and the agencies that look after them.
At a glance
| Ahrefs | Are you found by AI? | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | SEO teams researching whole markets from keyword data | Businesses and agencies competing for the answers AI gives now |
| SEO | A huge backlink and keyword database for specialists | The SEO that matters to a local business: your Google Search Console data, search volumes for your buyers' questions, backlinks and Google reviews against your competitors, and a full check of your site |
| AI | Brand Radar, a separate add-on priced per AI engine | Built for AI search from day one: seven engines, your own AI reading it over MCP, and what an AI agent sees on your site |
| Price | Brand Radar’s platform indexes cost US$199 a month each, or US$699 for all. Standalone Custom Prompts starts at US$50 a month for 2,500 checks. Neither requires a paid Ahrefs plan. | Free scan, then a free plan for up to 3 sites; Pro is US$79 a month for all your sites, plus GST for Australian customers |
| AI engines | ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, plus Claude on custom prompts | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, DeepSeek and Google AI Overviews, when you choose |
| Questions | Millions of generic prompts built from Ahrefs' keyword database. Your own prompts: 5 a day on Lite, 10 on Standard, 20 on Advanced | Up to 25 written for your buyers and grouped into buyer personas. Change any of them. |
| How often | The prompt index monthly; custom prompts daily, weekly or monthly | Every week |
| Your score | AI Share of Voice: your mentions and citations against other brands | How often AI named you, out of every answer |
| What you get | A research database of AI mentions, next to Ahrefs' SEO tools | What AI tells your buyers, who it names instead of you, and the fixes written for your site |
Why Ahrefs is the wrong fit for a business owner
- Platform indexes or your own prompts. Brand Radar’s platform indexes cost US$199 a month each, or US$699 for all. Standalone Custom Prompts starts at US$50 a month for 2,500 checks. Neither requires a paid Ahrefs plan.
- Generic prompts don't know your area. Brand Radar's index is built from Ahrefs' keyword database, so it measures the market in general. A mortgage broker in Austin needs to know what AI says when someone in Austin asks, and we measure area by area. Your own questions in Ahrefs come in a small daily quota: 5 a day on Lite.
- The big index moves slowly. Its ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Copilot data refreshes monthly over a 90-day window, so a fix you ship today can take months to show.
- It stops at the data. Share of voice and citations tell you where you stand. We write the actual fixes for your site.
Why we fit you better
- The major AI engines, on the schedule you choose, for US$79 a month. Pro checks 25 buyer questions. You see the token cost before confirming a run; unused tokens last three months. Australian customers pay GST on top.
- Your buyers' questions. We write up to 25 questions your customers really ask, for the areas you serve, group them into buyer personas, and you can change any of them.
- A number that means something. AI named you in 3 of 10 answers is 30%: how often a buyer hears your name, out of every answer.
- The SEO you need, included. Your Google Search Console data, search volumes for your buyers' questions, the sites that link to you and your competitors, Google reviews side by side, and a full check of how AI reads your site.
- The fixes, written for you. Your business details file, your guide for AI, and the pages to add, ready to paste.
- Made for agencies too. One US$79 monthly account adds 14,000 tokens shared across your authorized client sites, plus GST for Australian customers, instead of paying per AI engine.
How we count
- We ask each of your buyers' questions on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok and DeepSeek up to three times, and keep the majority answer. Google AI Overviews is read once.
- Every answer counts, including the ones that name nobody.
- You can open the number and read what each engine said.
Which one fits
Ahrefs
You're an SEO team researching whole markets across millions of prompts, and AI is one more report next to your backlinks.
Are you found by AI?
You run a business, or an agency for businesses. You want to know what AI tells your buyers, who it recommends instead of you, and exactly what to fix, for US$79 a month.
Sources: Ahrefs pricing, Brand Radar plans, Ahrefs Brand Radar, Brand Radar methodology, Ahrefs custom prompts and Ahrefs pricing summary. Comparison checked 29 September 2026; Brand Radar pricing and standalone availability rechecked 3 November 2026.