# Ahrefs Brand Radar: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 26 judge labels across 1 category by 13 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/ahrefs-brand-radar

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [AI visibility and answer engine tracking tools](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/ai-visibility-tracking/index.md) | 0% | 21 | 15% | 26 |

## What the models said for it

- "Available on Ahrefs paid plans, allowing you to fold LLM mention tracking across major engines directly into your existing subscription." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, AI visibility)
- "Established SEO platforms (like Semrush, Ahrefs, or Google Search Console) have added AI Overview and citation monitoring features" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, AI visibility)
- "If you're already on Ahrefs: Ahrefs Brand Radar adds AI Overviews tracking at no extra subscription cost." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, AI visibility)
- "Built into the Ahrefs ecosystem; combines AI visibility with backlink and organic data in one dashboard" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, AI visibility)

## And against it

- "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, AI visibility)
- "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, AI visibility)
- "Ahrefs Brand Radar notably lacks sentiment ... refreshes its chatbot index only monthly" (MiniMax M2.5, AI visibility)
- "Strong on SEO data, but focus is more on backlinks than direct AI-search monitoring." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, AI visibility)

## By model

| 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 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Ahrefs Brand Radar, from 72 of the 72 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- blog.hubspot.com: 36
- sona.com: 21
- gane.ai/index: 18
- otterly.ai: 17
- blog.closelyhq.com: 16
- metehan.ai: 16
- peec.ai: 11
- hubspot.com: 10
- semrush.com: 10
- ahrefs.com: 9 (its own site)

### Pages cited

- https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/llm-visibility-tools: 22
- https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/best-ai-visibility-tools: 18
- https://blog.closelyhq.com/best-ai-visibility-tools: 16
- https://metehan.ai/api/article/best-ai-visibility-tools.json: 12
- https://sona.com/blog/6-tools-to-track-ai-search-visibility-in-chatgpt-and-gemini: 11
- https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/ai-visibility-tracking/smb: 10
- https://otterly.ai/: 10
- https://affine.pro/blog/best-ai-visibility-tools: 8

## The company

Ahrefs; https://ahrefs.com/; Singapore, Singapore; founded 2010. From Wikidata, fetched 2026-09-14.

## In its own words

What Ahrefs Brand Radar's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Articles and resources about the Brand Radar tool (https://help.ahrefs.com/en/collections/12501057-brand-radar)

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.