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Ahrefs Brand Radar alternative for a $12 one-off check

Ahrefs publishes a free AI visibility checker and sells Brand Radar as the hosted product around it. SeenByLLMs is the alternative when you want the check without the platform.

SeenByLLMs is a one-off AI visibility checker: paste a brand or URL, ask buyer questions, read who was named. $12 a month, or $49 once for the first 100 buyers (then $79). Your OpenRouter key pays the model calls. There is no scheduled run, no account, and no shared seats. It does not promise a higher rank.

	Ahrefs Brand Radar	SeenByLLMs
Free check	Free AI visibility checker, no signup, on their marketing page.	Free check in your browser. Watermark stays. Detail stops at the first 3 rows. OpenRouter bills model calls.
Paid price	$199/mo, or $699/mo for all platforms, as listed that day.	$12/mo, or $49 once for the first 100 buyers, then $79. Model calls are extra.
Account	Part of the Ahrefs product.	No SeenByLLMs account. The key and the report stay in this browser.
Schedule	A hosted product built to keep watching.	No scheduled run. Open the page and press Run.
Models named on the marketing page	ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, AI Overviews.	GPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity Sonar, and DeepSeek, via OpenRouter. API answers, not the ChatGPT website and not AI Overviews.

Ahrefs figures from the public AI visibility checker page on 20 October 2026: free checker, plans described as a platform tier and an all-platforms tier at $199/mo and $699/mo, and the line "Used by 3,000+ companies." Confirm on ahrefs.com before you buy.

Choose Ahrefs Brand Radar if

You already live in Ahrefs and want Brand Radar next to the rest of that suite.
You want a hosted product with a schedule, and a $199 or $699 monthly decision is in budget.

Choose SeenByLLMs if

You want one AI visibility check you can send today, at $12/mo or $49 once.
You do not want an account, shared seats, or a run that happens without you opening the page.

Neither page is a review of product quality. The rows above are public pricing and positioning, checked on the date in the note, set next to what this checker does and refuses to do.

Questions

Is SeenByLLMs a replacement for every Ahrefs feature?

No. It does not replace Site Explorer, keywords, or the rest of Ahrefs. It is an alternative to buying Brand Radar when the only job is one AI visibility check.

Run a free AI visibility check

BYOK · $12/mo or $49 once · model calls billed by OpenRouter. Free check: watermark stays, detail stops at the first 3 detail rows. No SeenByLLMs account.