Ahrefs Brand Radar is a tool from Ahrefs for tracking brand visibility in AI-generated answers, a practice known as GEO tracking · ahrefs.com ↗
Gane, the publisher, sells software in AI visibility, where this product is measured. It is measured there by the same method as every other product. How the conflict is handled.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Otterly is first at 51%.
Peec AI is first at 24%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Profound is first at 49%.
“Available on Ahrefs paid plans, allowing you to fold LLM mention tracking across major engines directly into your existing subscription.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Established SEO platforms (like Semrush, Ahrefs, or Google Search Console) have added AI Overview and citation monitoring features”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · alternative
“If you're already on Ahrefs: Ahrefs Brand Radar adds AI Overviews tracking at no extra subscription cost.”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Direct question · alternative
“Built into the Ahrefs ecosystem; combines AI visibility with backlink and organic data in one dashboard”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Comparative question · alternative
“Ahrefs has publicly stated it is not currently SOC 2 Type II certified and should be scrutinized closely if you require high compliance standards.”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
“impressions are estimated using Google search-volume data for matched prompts; that's a modeled metric, not a count of AI-answer viewers”GPT-6 Luna · Negative question · warning
“Ahrefs Brand Radar notably lacks sentiment ... refreshes its chatbot index only monthly”MiniMax M2.5 · Comparative question · warning
“Strong on SEO data, but focus is more on backlinks than direct AI-search monitoring.”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Paraphrase question · warning
The products named in the same answers as Ahrefs Brand Radar, over the 72 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | 2 | View → | |
| 49 | 16 | View → | |
| 47 | 14 | View → | |
| 45 | 11 | View → | |
| 29 | 1 | View → | |
| 24 | 1 | View → | |
| 19 | 0 | View → | |
| 16 | 0 | View → | |
| 12 | 2 | View → | |
| 9 | 1 | View → |
What the models named instead of Ahrefs Brand Radar →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
Stated on Ahrefs Brand Radar's own site, not checked by Gane.
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 72 of the 72 answers that named Ahrefs Brand Radar and are not a share of its labels.
137 of the 164 domain citations in answers naming Ahrefs Brand Radar came from a third party's page. Eighteen were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |