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Aether AI vs Ahrefs Brand Radar

Ahrefs Brand Radar tracks how a brand shows up across AI answers, backed by a research set Ahrefs puts at 525 million prompts. It also follows the outside sources that shape answers, such as YouTube, TikTok and Reddit. For research at scale, especially if you already use Ahrefs, it is very strong.

The main difference: Ahrefs Brand Radar is mainly a tool your team uses, while Aether AI is a service where our team does the measuring and the writing for you. Facts about Ahrefs Brand Radar were read on its own website on 3 November 2026.

What Ahrefs Brand Radar does well

A very large prompt research set (525 million prompts, Ahrefs says)

Tracks outside sources such as YouTube, TikTok and Reddit

Shows which pages get visits from AI assistants

Ahrefs Brand Radar

Aether AI

What it is

Ahrefs Brand RadarBrand tracking across AI answers, with mentions, citations, competitors and sentiment

Aether AIA managed service, run on our own platform: we measure how AI assistants answer your buyers, then write and publish content aimed at being the source they cite

Who does the work

Ahrefs Brand RadarYour SEO or marketing team, self-serve

Aether AIOur team runs it for you, with a dedicated account manager

Writing content

Ahrefs Brand RadarResearch and tracking; the writing is yours

Aether AIUp to 90 articles a month, written, checked and published for you

AI assistants covered

Ahrefs Brand RadarGoogle AI Overviews, AI Mode, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Copilot; Claude in custom prompt tracking

Aether AIClaude on every measurement, with ChatGPT added in every audit; each result we report names the assistant that gave it

Published price

Ahrefs Brand RadarIncluded in paid plans from Lite (£99 a month); Brand Radar AI add-on from £159 a month

Aether AIFully Managed: £999 a month, no hidden fees, no long term contract, cancel any time

Try before you buy

Ahrefs Brand RadarAhrefs has a free plan; we did not find a Brand Radar trial

Aether AIA free AI visibility audit of your business before you decide

Based in

Ahrefs Brand RadarNot stated on the pages we read

Aether AIFleet, England (Aether Agency Ltd)

Suited to

Ahrefs Brand RadarTeams already using Ahrefs, or who want research across a very large set of prompts

Aether AIUK businesses that would rather have the measuring and the writing done for them

The short version

If you have a team ready to run a platform and act on what it shows, Ahrefs Brand Radar may be all you need. If you would rather have the measuring, the writing and the publishing done for you, that is what Aether AI is for.

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Where the Ahrefs Brand Radar facts come from, read on 3 November 2026: ahrefs.com/brand-radar, ahrefs.com/pricing. Prices are as shown on those pages that day, in the currency shown, and can change. Customer counts and awards are the company’s own claims. Aether AI facts come from our pricing and about pages. Spotted something out of date? Let us know and we will correct it.