Ahrefs AI Visibility Checker

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Free instant check of brand mentions across AI engines

Limited Free Tierfrom $199/mo

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About Ahrefs AI Visibility Checker

Ahrefs built its AI Visibility Checker as a free front door to Brand Radar, its paid AI search monitoring product. SEO teams and agencies type in a brand and get an instant view of whether the major AI assistants mention it. There is no signup, and the free view is a preview capped at the top five rows per section.

What the free plan gives you

A total count of AI mentions for the brand you enter
A platform-by-platform breakdown across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot and Google AI Overviews
Top 5 topics that trigger mentions of the brand
Top 5 cited domains and top 5 cited pages that appear alongside it
Unlimited checks, no account, no credit card

Where the free plan stops

Each section shows only five results, so you see the shape of your AI footprint but not the full list. Nothing is saved between checks, there is no history, and you cannot benchmark competitors side by side. Brand Radar lifts those limits: the Select platforms tier is $199/mo, and the All platforms tier at $699/mo adds the full prompt database (468M+ organic prompts), historical tracking, YouTube and Reddit visibility, and 2,500 custom prompt checks a month.

Who it suits

The free checker is the right tool if you want a quick yes-or-no on AI visibility, or a handful of topic ideas that already earn your brand a mention. Agencies that need to report month over month, or compare a client against three competitors, will hit the five-row ceiling within minutes and should budget for Brand Radar or a rival tracker.

Key Features

Six-engine AI mention check

Search-backed prompt testing

Brand Radar continuous monitoring (paid)

Competitor benchmarking (paid)

Pros & Cons

Truly free, no account at all

Broadest engine coverage of the free checkers

Instant results

One-time snapshot, results truncated on free tier

Ongoing monitoring requires paid Brand Radar

The free plan in practice

What you can actually do on Ahrefs AI Visibility Checker's free plan (Unlimited one-time checks, top 5 results per section (no signup)), where it stops, and when it's worth paying.

What you can do free

Mention counts across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot and AI Overviews
Top 5 topics that trigger brand mentions
Top 5 cited domains and top 5 cited pages
Unlimited brand checks
No signup or credit card

Where it stops

Preview only: 5 rows per section
No saved history or trend data
No competitor benchmarking (Brand Radar from $199/mo)

When to upgrade to a paid plan

Stay on the free plan while you're comfortably under the free plan's limit (Unlimited one-time checks, top 5 results per section (no signup)). It's worth moving to a paid plan once you consistently bump into that ceiling, need to remove branding, or want features the free tier holds back. Paid plans start at $199/mo.

What's the free tier actually like?

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