Ahrefs Brand Radar vs Clearscope

Two SEO tools side by side: what each does, what it costs and who it suits.

The verdict Side by side Plans and pricing Who each is for Other options

The verdict

On the data we hold, Clearscope comes out ahead. Here is why, point by point.

What the data says

Clearscope covers more of the features we compared: 1 of 1, against 0.
Only Ahrefs Brand Radar has a free plan to start on.
Only Ahrefs Brand Radar has an MCP server, so an AI employee can work in it directly.
In our SEO ranking, Clearscope places 11 and Ahrefs Brand Radar 10 of 15.

Side by side

Ahrefs Brand Radar and Clearscope compared
5 points compared	Ahrefs Brand Radar	Clearscope
Starts at	€46.70/mo	$129/mo
Free plan	Yes	No
API	Yes	Not known yet
MCP server	Yes	No
Optimisation recommendations	No	Yes
Links	Visit	Visit

Plans and pricing

Ahrefs Brand Radar

Brand Radar AIResearch any brand across 450M+ AI prompts and track your own prompts; starts at 179 per month.€179/mo
Custom prompts: BasicTrack your own prompts only, 2,500 checks per month; overage 0.0187 per check.€46.70/mo
Custom prompts: GrowthTrack your own prompts only, 7,000 checks per month; overage 0.014 per check.€93/mo
Custom prompts: ScaleTrack your own prompts only, 25,000 checks per month; overage 0.0093 per check.€234/mo

Clearscope

Essentials$129 a month with 50 tracked queries, 50 pages, unlimited users.$129/mo
Business$399 a month with 300 tracked queries, 300 pages and a dedicated account manager.$399/mo

Prices as the vendors list them. They change often; the final price is on their sites.

Who each is for

Choose Ahrefs Brand Radar if…

Marketing and SEO teams that already track search rankings and now want to see how often, and how favourably, AI answer engines mention their brand.

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Choose Clearscope if…

A content team that publishes SEO articles every week and wants every writer to work from the same brief and score, instead of guessing which topics to cover.

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