Ahrefs (Brand Radar / AI tracking vs SE Ranking (AI Visibility Tracker): 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 SE Ranking (AI Visibility Tracker). 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 SE Ranking (AI Visibility Tracker) leads 1 across the 1 category they both appear in.
Beyond this pairing, Ahrefs (Brand Radar / AI tracking is ranked in 1 category; SE Ranking (AI Visibility Tracker) 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- #18SE Ranking (AI Visibility Tracker)New entry at the last closespread 10Claude#6
- #19Ahrefs (Brand Radar / AI trackingNew entry at the last closespread 10Claude#7
On consensus rank, SE Ranking (AI Visibility Tracker) leads here, #18 to Ahrefs (Brand Radar / AI tracking's #19. 11 to 10 on the 0-100 score. Every model that separates the two ranks SE Ranking (AI Visibility Tracker) ahead. SE Ranking (AI Visibility Tracker) 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.
SE Ranking (AI Visibility Tracker)
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Claude
Where the models split.
Across the 1 category Ahrefs (Brand Radar / AI tracking and SE Ranking (AI Visibility Tracker) both appear in, the models never break ranks: in each one, the same brand leads on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity alike.
No model runs against the grain here: each of the four ranks SE Ranking (AI Visibility Tracker) ahead at least as often as not, with Claude the most lopsided.
- ChatGPTsplit 0-0
- Claudefavors SE Ranking (AI Visibility Tracker) 1-0
- Geminisplit 0-0
- Perplexitysplit 0-0