AI visibility tools, head to head
Ahrefs Brand Radar vs AIclicks
Pricing, features and differences, researched August 2026.
Ahrefs Brand Radar and AIclicks both help teams track how AI tools mention brands and cite web content. Buyers often compare them when they need to measure AI visibility across several platforms, find the sources shaping AI answers, and decide what to improve next. The main differences come down to data collection, platform coverage, reporting, and workflow. Ahrefs Brand Radar uses a large index of search-backed prompts and ties AI visibility data to Ahrefs’ SEO, YouTube, Reddit, and TikTok data. AIclicks monitors more than 10 AI surfaces through their live user interfaces, then links mentions, citations, competitors, and traffic to prioritized content and outreach actions. For SEO managers and agencies, the choice may depend on whether they want AI visibility inside a broader search data set or a tool centered on AI search monitoring and follow-up work.
At a glance
Ahrefs Brand Radar
Pick it if you already pay for Ahrefs, since this is a $199 add-on on top of that plan and the entry tier tracks 5 to 20 prompts.
- Entry price
- $199/mo add-on, plan on top
- Tracked prompts
- 5–20 prompts; 150–600 checks/mo
- Free trial
- None
AIclicks
Pick it if you want tracking and CMS publishing cheaply, and accept 30 prompts and 3 of its 11 engines at the entry price.
- Entry price
- $59/mo
- Tracked prompts
- 30 / 150 / 300
- Free trial
- 3 days
Hi, MooseOur AEO tool
Pick it if you want the fix shipped rather than scored: an agent that publishes the change, audio repurposing no other tool here offers at any price, and a built-in model so the AI can cost you nothing.
- Entry price
- $39/mo BYOK; $79/mo AI included
- Tracked prompts
- No hard limit on any plan
- Free trial
- n/a - free plan, no expiry
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Full comparison
202 rows across 20 categories. Values are quoted as published; where a vendor does not publish a number, the cell says so.
| Feature | Ahrefs Brand Radar | AIclicks | Hi, Moose Our AEO tool |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing & cost model | |||
| Free plan available | Free account, no AI visibility | No - 3-day trial, no card | Yes - free forever, no card |
| Free daily visibility runs, no cap | No | No | Yes - local runs unlimited on every plan |
| Engines free to run daily | 0 | 0 - free tools are one-off | 5 |
| Entry paid price | $199/mo add-on, plan on top | $59/mo | $39/mo BYOK; $79/mo AI included |
| Annual billing discount | Yes - 2 months free | Yes - up to 29% | Yes - BYOK 2 months free; managed plans ~10% |
| Pricing model | Per engine index + prompt checks | Per prompt + engine count by tier | Flat plan with monthly AI credit balance, or BYOK |
| Bring your own API key | No | No | Yes - OpenRouter |
| Can run with $0 AI cost to vendor | No | No | Yes |
| Usage metered in one transparent unit | Partial - checks cover custom prompts only | No - prompt, response, article caps | Yes - AI credits, published rate card |
| In-app usage dashboard | Yes - limits and usage page | Not published | Yes - % used, reset date, pace warning |
| Agency / reseller tier | No - agency directory listing only | Custom pricing + rev share | Yes - $149 BYOK Agency; $449+ AI included |
| Affiliate program | No - discontinued | Yes | Yes |
| Annual contract required | No - Enterprise annual only | No - monthly, cancel anytime | No |
| Free trial length | None | 3 days | n/a - free plan, no expiry |
| Paid plans pricing range | $29–$1,499/mo + $199–$699 add-ons | $59–$499/mo + custom | $39–$1,999/mo |
| Deployment, privacy & data ownership | |||
| Native desktop app | No - browser extension only | No | Yes - Windows and macOS |
| Browser-based app | Yes | Yes | No |
| Local-first data storage | No - cloud SaaS | No - cloud SaaS | Yes - local database on the device |
| Works offline | No | No | Partial - local models and stored data; engine checks need the web |
| On-device AI Inference | No | No | Yes |
| Local model sizes offered | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Data export on cancellation | CSV + API anytime | In-app export; API on $189+ | CSV, PDF, DOCX exports plus full local backup |
| SOC 2 certification | SOC 2 Type 2 | Not published | Pending |
| ISO certification | ISO 27001 (2022) | Not published | No |
| Local backup and restore | No | No | Yes - export and import a backup file |
| Visibility & prompt tracking | |||
| Engines tracked | 8 listed; 6 collecting | 11 offered; you get 3 / 4 / 6 | 10; 5 of them also collected locally |
| Real consumer-surface capture | Yes - free web UI, no login | Claimed, unverified - chat UIs, not APIs | Yes - 5 engines read from the device, no API |
| ChatGPT | Yes - $199/mo index | Yes - default on all plans | Yes |
| Claude | Custom prompts only, 8 checks each | Only if chosen - 3 / 4 / 6 of 11 | Yes |
| Gemini | Yes - $199/mo index | Only if chosen - 3 / 4 / 6 of 11 | Yes |
| Google AI Mode | Yes - $199/mo index | Only if chosen - 3 / 4 / 6 of 11 | Yes |
| Google AI Overviews | Yes - $199/mo index | Only if chosen - 3 / 4 / 6 of 11 | Yes |
| Grok | Listed, collection paused | Only if chosen - 3 / 4 / 6 of 11 | Yes |
| Bing Copilot | Yes - $199/mo index | Only if chosen - 3 / 4 / 6 of 11 | Yes |
| DeepSeek | No | Only if chosen - 3 / 4 / 6 of 11 | Yes |
| Meta AI | No | Only if chosen - 3 / 4 / 6 of 11 | Yes |
| Tracked prompts included | 5–20 prompts; 150–600 checks/mo | 30 / 150 / 300 | No hard limit on any plan |
| Samples per prompt configurable | No | No - monthly response cap instead | Yes |
| Run cadence options | Daily, weekly or monthly | Daily; weekly on $499 | Multiple times a day, weekly, monthly, and on-demand |
| On-demand run now | Not published | Not published | Yes |
| Instant one-off check | Yes - search the stored index | Yes - free website tools | Yes |
| Prompt manager | Yes - add, tag, delete | Yes - list, topics, CSV import | Yes |
| Branded vs non-branded classification | Not published | Not published | Yes |
| Prompt categories and topics | Yes - tags + topic clusters | Yes - one topic per prompt | Yes |
| Per-prompt model selection | Yes - engines set per prompt | No - set per project | Yes |
| Brand name variant support | Yes - multiple names per brand | Not published | Yes - secondary brand terms |
| Brand multi-domain support | Yes - uncapped | 1 site on $59; unlimited above | Yes - secondary owned domains |
| Suggested prompts from Google Search Console | No | No - no GSC connector | Yes - real GSC questions |
| Suggested prompts from competitor gaps | Partial - AI generator from brand focus areas | Yes - discovery + citation-driven | Yes |
| Perplexity | Yes - $199/mo index | Only if chosen - 3 / 4 / 6 of 11 | Yes |
| Scoring & analysis | |||
| Mention detection | Yes - string match | Yes | Yes |
| Citation detection | Yes - cited vs found-not-cited | Yes - URL and domain level | Yes - domain and page level |
| Sentiment scoring | No | Yes - $189+ only | Yes |
| Average position / rank | No | Yes | Yes |
| Share of Voice | Yes - impression-weighted | Yes | Yes |
| Share of Mentions | Partial - mention counts per brand | Yes - visibility % | Yes |
| Share of Citations | Partial - citation counts per domain | Partial - frequency, brand view | Yes |
| Narrative drift detection | No | Partial - sentiment themes over time | Yes - scored against a brand truth profile |
| Feature-parity / accuracy scoring | No | No | Yes |
| Untracked brand extraction | Partial - auto-suggests rivals at setup | Yes - competitor discovery | Yes - with sentiment and average rank |
| Cited source categorization | Partial - by domain and page, not typed | Yes - 14 page types | Yes - 8 source types |
| Topic-level breakdown | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Engine-level breakdown | Yes | Yes - model leaderboard | Yes |
| Competitor tracking | Yes - any brand, no setup wait | Yes | Yes - or promote any brand seen in results |
| Competitors included | Uncapped | No cap published | 15 |
| Visibility gap analysis | Yes - topic and citation gaps | Yes - topic, source, competitor | Yes |
| ChatGPT fan-out capture | Yes - ChatGPT and Perplexity | Yes - logged per run | Yes |
| AI Mode grounding queries capture | No | Yes - same fan-out capture | Yes - the live grounding searches |
| Bing Index probe | No | No | Yes |
| AI crawler access check | Partial - bot traffic logs, no robots check | No - free website tool only | Yes - retrieval, live fetch and training |
| Reporting & exports | |||
| Executive dashboard | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AI-written narrative summary | No | Not published | Yes |
| Data export | Yes - CSV, API, Looker Studio | Yes - in-app; API on $189+ | Yes - CSV |
| Branded PDF report | No - Ahrefs branding, stated policy | Not published | Yes |
| Scheduled email reports | Partial - report scheduling, $249+ | Not published | Yes - paid, per-user opt-in |
| Action log with export | No - audit log on Enterprise | Partial - status + notes, no export | Yes - CSV on paid managed plans |
| Historical data retention | AI answers from 2025; 6–60 mo by plan | Not published; API caps at 90 days | No cap - stored on device,. Paid plans offer 400 day backup on-cloud; audio analytics 180–365 days |
| Taking action (the AEO loop) | |||
| Covers full loop: track → fix → verify → deploy | No - measurement only | Partial - no verify step | Yes |
| Page-level AEO audit | No - technical SEO audit only | No - free website tool only | Yes |
| Scored categories | 0 for AI readiness | 6 - free website tool only | 9 |
| Retrieval-readiness scoring | No | Partial - free website tool only | Yes - deterministic dense retrieval |
| Evidence tiers on recommendations | No - no recommendations | No - impact ranking only | Yes - proven, directional, best-practice |
| Element-level rewrite suggestions | No | No | Yes - element, character budget, before and after |
| Second-model QA pass | No | No - manual editing advised | Yes - pass, revised or needs human review |
| Static crawler-view snapshot | No | No | Yes - full-page screenshot, JavaScript off |
| Audit input sources | n/a - no AI page audit | Live URL, free website tool | Live URL, pasted text, file, WordPress, Webflow, Grav |
| Baseline vs verification re-runs | Partial - crawl compare, not AI | No - manual re-run | Yes - compares against the baseline |
| Recommendation status tracking | No | Yes - pending / done / dismissed | Yes - planned, staged, completed |
| Visibility data sets page priority | Partial - cited pages report | Yes | Yes - defend, recover, convert, earn |
| Search Console sets page priority | Partial - GSC data in platform | No | Yes - protect, balanced or expand |
| Branded audit PDF | n/a - no AI page audit | No | Yes |
| CMS integration & publishing | |||
| WordPress | Plugin for audits, no publishing | Yes - publish and update | Yes - official plugin, production and staging |
| Webflow | No | Yes - publish and update | Yes - OAuth MCP, pages and collection items |
| Framer | No | Yes - triggers site redeploy | On roadmap |
| Grav | No | No | Yes - official plugin |
| Shopify | No | Yes - publish and update | On roadmap |
| Surgical element-level edits to live page | No | No - whole article only | Yes |
| Preview before applying | No | Partial - save as CMS draft | Yes |
| Staging environment support | No | No | Yes - WordPress, with promote to production |
| One-click rollback | No | No | Yes - WordPress |
| Patch history per site | No | No | Yes - WordPress |
| Visual placement picker | No | No | Yes - pick the spot on the rendered page |
| Push Schema JSON-LD into page | No | Not published | Yes - FAQPage schema |
| Publish approval gate | n/a - never publishes | Partial - manual click only | Yes - always, including scheduled runs |
| Agentic capability | |||
| Truly agentic (agent chooses its own steps) | No - separate product, $99+/mo | No - form-driven writer | Yes - plans and executes against the live web |
| Fixed-workflow automation only | No workflow builder either | Yes - generate, edit, publish | No - workflows exist alongside the agent |
| Agents can run on local model at zero cost | No | No | Yes |
| Multi-agent panel | No | No | Yes - two extra agents, paid plans |
| Live browser view | No | No | Yes |
| Take control mid-run | No | No | Yes |
| Steer agent while running | No | No - inputs set upfront | Yes - talk to any agent mid-job |
| Background execution | No - separate product | Not published | Yes - with notify on completion |
| Approval gate before real-world actions | n/a - takes no actions | Yes - publish is manual | Yes |
| Long-running deep work jobs | No | No | Yes |
| Scheduled agent jobs | No - scheduled prompt checks only | No | Yes - daily, weekdays, weekly, monthly |
| Agent produces saved artifacts | No | Yes - article drafts | Yes - briefs, drafts, FAQs, audits |
| Evidence capture | Partial - raw AI answers stored | Partial - full AI answer stored | Yes - screenshots and captured proof |
| Searchable job history | No - saved reports only | Not published | Yes |
| Chat & assistant | |||
| Agentic chat with mid-answer tool calls | No - data exposed to outside assistants via MCP | No - MCP for outside assistants | Yes |
| Model picker per conversation | No | No | Yes |
| LLM models available | n/a | n/a | 27 hosted + 3 local; any model on BYOK |
| Chat memory across conversations | No | No | Yes - semantic search over past chats |
| Live web search | No | No | Yes |
| Fetch and read URLs | Partial - import a URL in the editor | Partial - reads URLs you supply | Yes |
| Semantic search over your own site | No | No | Yes - on-device index |
| Topic coverage check | Partial - topic score vs top pages | Partial - topic and source gaps | Yes - covered, partial or not covered |
| File attachments | No | Partial - CSV prompt import only | Yes - txt, md, doc, docx, pdf, images |
| In-app screenshot capture | No | No | Yes - screen or window, with crop |
| Custom specialists with own tool access | No | No | Yes - plus 6 presets |
| Image generation | No | Not published | Yes |
| Content generation | |||
| Research-backed briefs | Partial - topics and headings from top pages | Partial - ideas from gaps, no brief | Yes |
| Live SERP / PAA research | Yes - separate $99/mo add-on | No - fan-out queries only | Yes - plus related searches and AI search snapshots |
| Full draft generation | No - assisted editor, 1 doc/mo free | Yes - 5 / 15 / 30 per mo | Yes |
| Brand voice grounding | Yes - brand kits | Partial - free-text instructions | Yes |
| Brand truth profile | No - brand names and domains only | Partial - domain, services, rivals | Yes |
| Internal linking placement | No - listed as coming soon | Partial - you supply the links | Yes |
| Featured image generation | No | Not published | Yes |
| FAQ generation with schema export | No | No | Yes - HTML and JSON-LD |
| Key points extraction | No | No | Yes - pushable into the live pag |
| AI-tell removal pass | Separate free tool, not in product | No - manual editing advised | Yes - paid, toggleable |
| Artifact library | Partial - saved documents | Yes - saved articles | Yes |
| Export formats | CSV, PDF; API, Looker | Not published; CMS publish or export | Markdown, HTML, DOCX, PDF, TXT |
| Revise artifacts in place | Yes - editor + version history | Yes - re-publish updates the post | Yes |
| Deploy directly to CMS | No | Yes - 4 platforms | Yes |
| Content repurposing / audio | |||
| Turn any page into audio | No | No | Yes - URL, pasted text or file |
| Two-voice conversation format | No | No | Yes |
| Voices | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Languages | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Length options | n/a | n/a | Short, standard, deep dive |
| Embeddable audio player | No | No | Yes |
| Player theming and layout | No | No | Yes - theme, layout, accent, title, transcript |
| White-label audio attribution | No | No | Yes - agency plans |
| Attribution backlink to agency | No | No | Yes - real link in page HTML |
| Listening analytics | No | No | Yes - plays, completion, listen time |
| BYOK audio generation | No | No | Yes |
| Site crawl & monitoring | |||
| Automatic site discovery | Yes - own crawler + sitemap | Partial - reads site at setup | Yes |
| Scheduled full-site crawl | Yes - 100k–5M pages/mo by plan | No | Yes - weekly or on demand |
| Monitored page management | Yes | No | Yes |
| Batched change digests | Partial - crawl comparison + email alerts | No | Yes |
| On-device semantic index | No | No | Yes |
| Page freshness tracking | Partial - page and content change data | No | Yes |
| Entity & knowledge graph | |||
| Site-wide entity graph | No | No | Yes |
| Inferred relationships | No | No | Yes |
| Salience scoring | No | No | Yes |
| Graph readable by AI agent | No | No | Yes |
| Graph export | No | No | Yes - CSV and PDF |
| Automation & workflows | |||
| Visibility-threshold triggers | No | Not published | Yes - mentions or citations, all or one topic |
| Pre-built recovery recipe | No | No | Yes - detect, locate, audit, stage a fix |
| Conditional branching | No | No | Partial - branches on whether a matching page exists |
| Scheduled content cadence | No | No | Yes - daily to monthly |
| Workflow reports | No | No | Yes - posted to the inbox |
| Alerts & inbox | |||
| Unified project inbox | No | No | Yes |
| Native OS notifications | No | No | Yes - Windows and macOS |
| Customized notifications with severity thresholds | No | Not published | Yes - per project |
| Email digest | Partial - web mentions and rankings, not AI | Not published | Yes |
| Teams & workspaces | |||
| Seats included | 1 | Not published - invite by team | Unlimited on paid managed; 10 BYOK Premium, 25 BYOK Agency |
| Cost per additional seat | $40–$80/mo | Not published | $0 on paid managed plans, +$7 per seat for BYOK plans |
| Shared allowance across team | Yes - shared checks and credits | Yes - prompts split across projects | Yes |
| Per-member usage visibility | Partial - per-user credit usage | Not published | Yes |
| Multi-project workspaces | Yes | Yes - domains within a team | Yes |
| Projects included | 5 / 20 / 50 / 100 | 1 site on $59; unlimited above | 1 free, 3–10 managed, 25–unlimited agency; +$10 each |
| Archive and restore projects | Not published | Not published | Yes |
| Per-project API keys | No - account-level | Partial - scoped to team + domains | Yes - rotatable |
| SSO / SAML | Enterprise only | Not published | Roadmap |
| Agency & white-label | |||
| White-label PDF reports | No - stated policy | Not published | Yes - visibility report and audit |
| Custom logo, color and link | No | Not published | Yes |
| White-label audio player | No | No | Yes - custom attribution text and link |
| Client-facing backlink | No | No | Yes |
| Dedicated agency tier | No | Yes - custom pricing, no fixed price | Yes - four tiers |
| Client sub-accounts | No - projects and seats only | Yes - separate teams or domains | No - clients are projects, no client logins |
| Integrations | |||
| Google Search Console | Yes | No | Yes - OAuth, credentials stay on device |
| Google Analytics | Partial - GA4 import into their analytics | Yes - GA4 read-only, $189+ | Roadmap |
| MCP connector support | Yes - hosted server, $129+ | Yes - read-only, $189+ | Partial - Webflow connects over MCP |
| Public API | Yes - $129+, unit-metered | Yes - read-only, $189+ | No - project keys for own plugins only |
| Slack | No | Partial - support channel only | No |
| Zapier | No | No - no webhooks | No |
| Custom connection support | Yes - API and data connector | Enterprise only | Yes - request a connection, paid plans |
| Platform & support | |||
| UI languages | 12 | 1 (English) | 6 |
| Troubleshooting and recovery tools | No | Partial - docs only | Yes |
| In-app help agent | Partial - live chat with support | Partial - chatbot on docs site | Yes |
| Done-for-you service available | No - partner agency directory | Yes - in-house AI SEO agency | Yes |
| Team | |||
| Founders have SEO backgrounds | Yes. | Yes. | Yes. Founder Sam Morris has 15+ years in SEO and software engineering. |
Which one to pick
Ahrefs Brand Radar suits teams that want a large search-backed prompt index and ties to Ahrefs SEO, YouTube, Reddit, and TikTok data. It also offers SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001 certification, a public API, and CSV, API, and Looker Studio exports. AIclicks may suit teams that need browser-based access, GA4 access on its $189+ plan, or publishing across Shopify and Framer.
For most SMBs and agencies that need to improve AI search visibility, Hi, Moose covers a broader working loop. It tracks 10 engines, supports unlimited local daily runs across five engines, and places no hard cap on tracked prompts. It can then audit a page across nine AEO categories, prepare element-level changes, compare verification runs against a baseline, and stage approved changes for WordPress, Webflow, or Grav.
Cost and control also favor Hi, Moose for teams watching spend. Its free plan never expires and needs no card. Paid access starts at $39 per month with an OpenRouter key, or $79 per month with AI included. The BYOK option can reduce the vendor AI cost to $0, while the in-app dashboard shows AI credit use, reset dates, and pace warnings. Ahrefs Brand Radar requires a paid Ahrefs plan plus a $199 monthly add-on for its AI visibility index. AIclicks starts at $59 per month and meters usage through prompt, response, and article limits.
Hi, Moose also gives teams more control over where data lives. The Windows and macOS app stores data in a local database, supports three local model sizes, and lets users export and restore full local backups. Engine checks still need the web, but local models and stored data can work offline. Teams that require browser access, formal security certifications today, or a public API should weigh Ahrefs Brand Radar first.
Hi, Moose fits buyers who want visibility tracking to lead to reviewed work on real pages. It combines engine-level visibility, citation and sentiment analysis, grounding-query capture, content briefs, audits, CMS changes, and verification in one desktop tool. Nothing publishes until the user approves it.
Sources and research date
Researched August 2026
Every value comes from vendor pricing pages, public docs or a live account. Where a vendor does not publish a number, the cell says not published instead of an estimate. Plans change often. If a row is wrong, tell us and we will date the correction.
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