AEONiti Agency API Starter $39/mo (5 fresh + 2,000 cached calls with HMAC-signed webhook delivery) vs Ahrefs Brand Radar bundled into $129+/mo Standard — roughly 3× cheaper, and you get an API not a chart. White-label PDF export ships on our grandfathered dashboard tier — talk to us.
If you already pay Ahrefs for SEO and just want a temperature check on AEO, their addon is fine. If AEO is the actual job-to-be-done — and you want it as JSON your client dashboards can consume — you want an API built for the job.
Ahrefs is a fantastic SEO platform. Brand Radar was added in late 2024 as a response to AEO becoming a category. It does the basics — ChatGPT and Perplexity mention tracking, some citation extraction. It does not do hallucination detection, Citation Gap (bidirectional), or HMAC-signed webhook delivery.
| Feature | AEONiti Agency API Starter — $39/mo | Ahrefs Brand Radar — $129+/mo |
|---|---|---|
| AEO is the core product | ✓ (it's an API) | Addon to SEO suite |
| Engines tracked | ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overview | ChatGPT, Perplexity |
| Bundled JSON response | ✓ one call | — |
| Hallucination detection | ✓ | — |
| Citation Gap (bidirectional) | ✓ unique | — |
| HMAC-signed webhooks | ✓ | — |
| White-label PDF reports | Grandfathered dashboard tier — talk to us | — |
| Free tier | 1 fresh + 100 cached, forever | 7-day trial only |