Backlinks, keywords and Brand Radar under one login.
Choose GrackerAI if
You want the why behind each AI mention
Diagnosis, an AEO Audit and finished articles, in one workflow.
Use both if
Google and AI both drive pipeline
Ahrefs for Google. GrackerAI for what AI says about you.
What makes it different
Six things GrackerAI is built around
Tracking tells you where you stand. These tell you why, and what to do next.
Prompt Mining
Track real buyer questions
Turn Google Search Console, Bing, People Also Ask and forum questions into prompts, with search volume.
Competitor analysis
Head to head, answer by answer
Win rate against each rival, who is named first, and the competitor pages behind each answer.
Citation sources
See every source AI trusts
Every cited page and domain by engine, third-party sites, and Reddit rolled up by subreddit.
Discoverability
Catch rivals you do not track
Brands AI names beside yours that are not in your competitor list yet, ready to add in one click.
Diagnosis and audit
A reason, not just a score
Visibility Diagnosis explains each lost prompt. AEO Audit grades every page for AI answers.
Content and SME Agent
The fix, in your voice
Articles and page rewrites in your Brand Voice, with SME Agent drafts for technical topics. You review before anything goes live.
What you need
What would you actually need?
Check your volume and price, or pick the jobs you need done. See what each tool covers.
Prompts to track
50prompts
Engines you need
Tracking frequency
What do you need done?
Side by side
Feature comparison
Filter by what matters to you. The tag on each row shows which tool has the edge, including where that is Ahrefs.
●Included◐Partial or limited by plan○Not included
Feature
Ahrefs
GrackerAI
Edge
AI engines
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AI Overviews, AI Mode, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot in the index; Claude on custom promptsEach Claude update uses 8 checks
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3 on Individual, 4 on Team, 10 on EnterpriseEnterprise adds Gemini, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek and Brave Leo
Depends on plan
Prompts tracked
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5 to 20 custom prompts on Lite to Advanced; 83+ on EnterpriseLarge prompt database to research; more checks via packages
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100 on Individual, 200 on Team, 1,000+ on Enterprise
GrackerAI
Prompt discovery
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Search demand and a database of AI prompts to research
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Prompt Mining from Search Console, Bing, People Also Ask and forums, with volumePrompt Diagnosis flags weak prompts
Both strong
Update frequency
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Daily refresh listed for custom promptsThe FAQ says monthly, weekly or daily can be chosen per platform
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Weekly on Individual, daily on Team, hourly on Enterprise
Depends on plan
Competitor analysis
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AI share of voice against competitors
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Win rate against each rival, who is named first, and the competitors found in every answer
Both
Citation sources
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Citations, mentions and sentiment across AI search
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Every cited URL and domain, by engine and source type, with Reddit by subreddit
Both
AI crawler analytics
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Bot Analytics shows AI crawler visitsIn beta
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AEO Audit checks that AI crawlers can reach your pagesrobots.txt, CDN and llms.txt checks, no traffic logs
Ahrefs
Discoverability
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Not found on its public pages
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Discovered Entities: brands AI names beside you that you do not track yet
GrackerAI
Response detail
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Not found on its public pages
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Each answer shows format, tone, mentions, competitors, attributes and co-occurrence
GrackerAI
Countries and locations
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Country-level custom prompts and a search-demand location view
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Visibility by country, and country by engineCountry and language set per brand
Both cover it
Why a prompt is lost
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Shows who AI cites instead and which pages it links to
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Visibility Diagnosis: matches your page, shows the competitor pages AI cited, returns a brief or gap report1, 5 or 10+ runs a month by plan
GrackerAI
AEO audit
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Site Audit covers technical SEO, not AEO scoring
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AEO Audit grades every page on Page Health, AEO, Content and Technical, with fixes50 to 100,000+ pages, scaling by plan
GrackerAI
Content creation
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AI writing tools and Content ExplorerNot tuned to earn AI citations
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Articles in your Brand Voice, page rewrites and SME Agent drafts3, 10 or unlimited a month by plan
GrackerAI
Recommendations and tasks
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Citation data to guide content ideas
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On Page and Off Page recommendations, plus tasks with owners and due datesTasks on Team and Enterprise
GrackerAI
SEO, backlinks and PPC
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Backlinks, keywords, rank tracking and site audit
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Not included
Ahrefs
Reporting
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Report Builder add-on with scheduled reports; Brand Radar charts and data exportScheduling is a paid add-on
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Prompts as CSV, Responses and Citations as Excel, an 8-tab Analytics dashboard and Advanced AnalyticsWhite-label on Enterprise and the Agency Partner Program. Charts by screenshot, no scheduled or PDF reports
Ahrefs
Integrations and API
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Brand Radar API, API and MCP access, Looker Studio on Advanced and up
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Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster, MCP server with GraphQL API, WordPress on EnterpriseNo REST API keys, Looker Studio, Slack or Zapier yet
Ahrefs
Several brands
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Projects limited by plan
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Multi-brand and multi-product workspaces with a portfolio view
Both
Industry focus
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All industries
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Cybersecurity and B2B SaaS
Depends on you
Gaps GrackerAI closes
Where GrackerAI is ahead of Ahrefs
Ahrefs shows how often AI mentions you. GrackerAI also explains each lost prompt, audits your pages and writes the fix. Every row below comes from the feature table above.
Prompts tracked
Ahrefs: 5 to 20 custom prompts on Lite to Advanced; 83+ on Enterprise
GrackerAI: 100 on Individual, 200 on Team, 1,000+ on Enterprise
Why a prompt is lost
Ahrefs: Shows who AI cites instead and which pages it links to
GrackerAI: Visibility Diagnosis: matches your page, shows the competitor pages AI cited, returns a brief or gap report
AEO audit
Ahrefs: Site Audit covers technical SEO, not AEO scoring
GrackerAI: AEO Audit grades every page on Page Health, AEO, Content and Technical, with fixes
Content creation
Ahrefs: AI writing tools and Content Explorer
GrackerAI: Articles in your Brand Voice, page rewrites and SME Agent drafts
Recommendations and tasks
Ahrefs: Citation data to guide content ideas
GrackerAI: On Page and Off Page recommendations, plus tasks with owners and due dates
Where Ahrefs is ahead
SEO suite. Backlinks, keywords, rank tracking and Site Audit in the same login.
Scheduled reports. The Report Builder add-on schedules reports. GrackerAI exports data but has no scheduled or PDF reports.
API and Looker Studio. A Brand Radar API, and a Looker Studio connector on Advanced and up. GrackerAI offers MCP and GraphQL, not REST API keys or Looker Studio.
AI crawler visits. Bot Analytics (beta) shows AI crawler visits. GrackerAI checks crawler access only.
Your situation
Which one fits you?
Pick the sentence that sounds most like your week.
Workflow
From "AI never mentions us" to a published fix
The same problem, followed through each tool. Filled dots mark steps that happen inside the product. Hollow dots are left to your team.
Inside GrackerAI
Where GrackerAI goes deeper
Every view lives in the dashboard. Click through to see what each one answers.
Before you decide
When each tool is not enough
Every tool has a shape. Here is where each one stops.
GrackerAI is not the right fit if
You need backlinks, rank tracking or PPC. GrackerAI covers AI search only. Keep an SEO suite for the rest.
You sell to consumers or local customers. It is built for cybersecurity and B2B SaaS buyers.
You want content to publish itself. Every article goes through your team's review first.
You want daily checks on the lowest plan. Individual checks weekly. Daily tracking starts on Team.
Ahrefs alone may fall short if
You need the reason, not just the gap. You want to know which page should win a prompt and what the winner does better.
You track more than a handful of prompts. Custom prompts are capped at 5 to 20 by plan, with more checks bought as packages.
You want fixes in the same workflow. Articles, page rewrites and tasks sit beside the tracking.
You need Grok or DeepSeek. Those engines are not listed for Brand Radar.
4 to 6 weeksTypical time to first visibility gains with any AI visibility tool. Larger citation gains usually take 2 to 3 months.
Questions you may have
What is the main difference between GrackerAI and Ahrefs?
Ahrefs is an SEO suite, best known for backlinks and keyword research, that added Brand Radar for AI visibility. GrackerAI is built only for AI search, for cybersecurity and B2B SaaS. It tracks citations, diagnoses why a prompt is lost, runs an AEO Audit on your pages and writes the content to fix it, all in one workflow.
Does Ahrefs track AI search visibility?
Yes. Brand Radar covers AI Overviews, AI Mode, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Copilot in its index, and custom prompts add Claude. It reports mentions, citations, sentiment and AI share of voice.
How do the GrackerAI plans differ?
Plans scale how deep you track. Individual covers 100 prompts on 3 engines, checked weekly. Team covers 200 prompts on 4 engines, checked daily, with tasks and 4 seats. Enterprise covers 1,000+ prompts on 10 engines, checked hourly, with publishing connectors. Ahrefs includes 5 to 20 custom prompts on Lite to Advanced. Use the plan finder above to see which plan fits your prompts and engines.
What if I need more prompts or checks?
On Ahrefs, extra checks come from Custom Prompt packages: Basic is $50 a month for 2,500 checks, Growth $100 for 7,000 and Scale $250 for 25,000, with overage per check. Each prompt on each platform in each location uses one check, and Claude uses 8 per update. On GrackerAI, prompts, engines and tracking frequency scale together when you move up a plan: Individual 100 prompts on 3 engines, Team 200 on 4, Enterprise 1,000+ on 10
What is the AEO Audit, and does Ahrefs have something similar?
AEO Audit grades each page on Page Health, AEO, Content and Technical health, lists the issues with fixes, and shows which pages AI already cites. Ahrefs Site Audit checks technical SEO issues such as crawl errors, which is a different job. GrackerAI audits 50 to 100,000+ pages depending on plan.
Can I use GrackerAI and Ahrefs together?
Yes, and many B2B teams do. Use Ahrefs for backlinks, keywords and technical SEO. Use GrackerAI to see where AI engines cite you, why they skip you, and what to publish next.
Can GrackerAI replace my SEO tool?
No. GrackerAI does not include backlink data or keyword research. It replaces the manual work of checking AI answers and deciding what to fix.
How many prompts and engines can I track?
GrackerAI tracks 100 prompts on 3 engines on Individual, 200 prompts on 4 engines on Team, and 1,000+ prompts on 10 engines on Enterprise. Ahrefs Brand Radar tracks 5 to 20 custom prompts on Lite to Advanced across six indexed surfaces plus Claude.
Which AI engines does each GrackerAI plan cover?
GrackerAI Individual covers ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews. Team covers ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode and Copilot. Enterprise covers all of them plus Gemini, Claude, Grok and DeepSeek. Use the plan finder above to check your exact list.
How does GrackerAI choose which prompts to track?
You choose, with help. Prompt Mining pulls real questions from Google Search Console, Bing, People Also Ask and forums, with search volume. Prompt Diagnosis then flags weak prompts so you track the ones that matter.
Can I see which competitors AI recommends, and which pages it cites?
Yes. Competitor views show your win rate against each rival and who is named first. Citations show every page and domain AI cited, by engine and source type, plus a Reddit view by subreddit. Discovered Entities lists rivals AI mentions that you do not track yet.
Can I see what kind of answer AI gave?
Yes. Open any response in the dashboard to see its format, tone, word count, mentions, competitors with their role, extracted attributes and co-occurrence. Connect the MCP to ask questions across all responses at once.
Does GrackerAI write the content?
Yes. Articles are generated in your Brand Voice from a diagnosis or a competitor source, and existing pages can be rewritten. The SME Agent drafts technical topics. Your team reviews everything before it is published. Plans include 3, 10 or unlimited articles a month.
Can GrackerAI publish to my website?
Enterprise can publish to WordPress. On other plans you copy the reviewed article into your CMS. HubSpot and headless CMS connectors are not available yet.
Can I query my data from Claude or another AI tool?
Yes. GrackerAI includes a read-only MCP connection on every plan, scoped to your brands, so any MCP client can query your visibility data in plain language.
Why is GrackerAI built for cybersecurity and B2B SaaS?
Technical buyers ask AI long, specific questions such as "best CSPM for mid-market" or "SIEM alternatives to Splunk". GrackerAI's prompts, content and review flow are tuned for those buyers.
How fast will I see results?
Most teams see first visibility gains in 4 to 6 weeks and larger citation gains in 2 to 3 months. That holds for any tool because AI engines need time to pick up new content.
Is this comparison unbiased?
GrackerAI wrote it, so we made it checkable. Ahrefs details come from Ahrefs's own pricing page and documentation, and we show where Ahrefs wins. If you spot an error, tell us and we will fix it.
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