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

GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 22 judge labels across 1 categories by 12 of 14 models. Page: https://gtm-ai-index.com/vendors/ahrefs-brand-radar/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI visibility and answer engine tracking tools | 2% | 11 | 32% | 22 |

## What the models said for it

- "Ahrefs (specifically Brand Radar) is generally the strongest recommendation for B2B" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, AI visibility)
- "Ahrefs' Brand Radar leverages their massive backlink index to track brand mentions and citations" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, AI visibility)
- "Broad discovery and competitive research, especially for Ahrefs users" (GPT-6 Luna, AI visibility)
- "AI visibility is more of an adjacent feature than the whole product" (GPT-5.4 mini, AI visibility)

## And against it

- "rated this tool poorly (1.1/10), describing its methodology as "spurious."... Likely to waste time until the underlying data model is refined." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, AI visibility)
- "reviews frequently cite it as having "spurious methodology."" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, AI visibility)
- "Ahrefs Brand Radar if you need a precise picture of your own buyer prompts. ... Those are reasons to inspect the raw results—not reasons to dismiss the tool." (GPT-6 Luna, AI visibility)
- "Mid-market companies often struggle with "pay-per-keyword" pricing from massive enterprise suites (like Semrush/Ahrefs) which can get astronomically expensive" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, AI visibility)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- AI visibility and answer engine tracking tools: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 22 → 11 of 90.

## 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://gtm-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://gtm-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, gtm-ai-index.com.