Ahrefs (Brand Radar / AI tracking vs MaxAEO: what AI actually recommends
The same buying questions, run after run, to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity: the record of which of these two they name first. No opinions, no scores we invented: what the models said.
AI currently favors MaxAEO. Ahead in 1 of 1 shared category on consensus rank.
That is the latest close, not a verdict for all time. The model-by-model board below shows where they agree, where they split, and how both brands moved.
At the latest close, Ahrefs (Brand Radar / AI tracking leads 0 and MaxAEO leads 1 across the 1 category they both appear in.
Beyond this pairing, Ahrefs (Brand Radar / AI tracking is ranked in 1 category; MaxAEO is ranked in 1 category. The board below is the shared slice, where the four models place these two side by side.
The record, category by category.
Consensus rank · latest close- #17MaxAEONew entry at the last closespread 10Gemini#6
- #19Ahrefs (Brand Radar / AI trackingNew entry at the last closespread 10Claude#7
On consensus rank, MaxAEO leads here, #17 to Ahrefs (Brand Radar / AI tracking's #19. 11 to 10 on the 0-100 score. Every model that separates the two ranks MaxAEO ahead. MaxAEO is new to the board at this close.
What the models actually said.
The ranking is the answer; these are the words behind it. Every quote is from a recorded model answer — follow the category to read it whole.
MaxAEO
MaxAEO: Ideal for marketing teams and founders looking for a structured, repeatable AI search visibility workflow to replace unreliable, manual chatbot checking.
Gemini
Where the models split.
Across the 1 category Ahrefs (Brand Radar / AI tracking and MaxAEO share, the models line up cleanly in 0 and split in the 0 that remain.
Model by model, Claude is Ahrefs (Brand Radar / AI tracking's strongest backer, placing it ahead in 1 of the 1; Gemini leans the other way, favoring MaxAEO in 1.
- ChatGPTsplit 0-0
- Claudefavors Ahrefs (Brand Radar / AI tracking 1-0
- Geminifavors MaxAEO 1-0
- Perplexitysplit 0-0