Ahrefs
All-in-one SEO & marketing platform for visibility and insights
What is Ahrefs?
Try AhrefsAhrefs is an AI marketing platform for AEO (AI-powered search) and traditional SEO. It helps you track where your brand shows up in AI answers, audit your site’s AI health, and publish content that earns citations from AI assistants. With Bot Analytics and 24/7 crawling, plus tools to speed up updates, Ahrefs connects visibility, optimization, and ongoing monitoring in one workflow.
What does Ahrefs do for AEO and AI search visibility?
Ahrefs helps you see where your brand appears in AI answers, know which AI platforms recommend you and for which queries, and benchmark your AI visibility against competitors. It also helps you spot mention and citation gaps and optimize your content so AI assistants are more likely to cite it.
What do I get with Ahrefs Free for AEO?
With Ahrefs Free, you get an AEO Audit that includes Site Audit with a health score plus Bot Analytics (in beta), and an AEO Content setup with AI Content Helper for 1 document per month. For a one-off spot check of any brand’s AI presence, you can also use the free AI Visibility Checker tool without an Ahrefs account.
Can non-technical marketers run AEO and technical checks in Ahrefs?
Yes. Ahrefs is built to support practical workflows like auditing and recommendations on how to fix issues, plus tracking AI bot activity. It also includes ways to notify AI bots about changes so updates can be acted on without needing developer-by-developer support for every change.
How does Ahrefs help you audit your site for AI bot activity?
Ahrefs AEO Audit uses Bot Analytics to show which AI bots crawl your site and how often, and it crawls your website 24/7 to surface AI recommendations to fix issues. It can also notify AI bots about changes instantly and speed up updates with IndexNow so changes are picked up faster.
What parts of AEO visibility tracking are not included on Ahrefs Free?
Ahrefs Free doesn’t let you track your own brand’s AI visibility over time, monitor competitors across AI platforms, or optimize content at scale. Ongoing tracking across AI answers requires Brand Radar, and deeper content optimization and larger AI Content Helper usage require paid access or add-ons.
Which paid options expand AEO visibility and content beyond the free tier?
For ongoing AI visibility tracking, Brand Radar is sold separately (starting at $199/mo), with an all-platform tier available. For content optimization beyond 1 document per month on Free, AI Content Helper is available as an add-on (from $99/mo, with more documents per month depending on the package).