Honest comparison · facts checked July 2026

AI Visibility Checker vs Airefs

Airefs is one of the best-value AI search trackers at $24/mo — share of voice, cited URLs, even Reddit-thread mining. We are the layer underneath: the audit that explains why agents cannot read you, and the fixes.

TL;DR

AI Visibility Checker audits your site as each AI agent sees it (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Doubao, Grok), tags every issue with per-agent severity and generates paste-ready fixes. Free scan; paid from $5/mo. Airefs tracks prompt performance and share of voice across ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews, monitors which URLs get cited, surfaces Reddit discussions worth joining, and logs AI crawler visits. From $24/mo with a 7-day trial.

Feature-by-feature

From public pricing pages and third-party reviews, July 2026. Spotted something stale? Tell us and we will fix it.

FeatureAI Visibility CheckerAirefs
Share-of-voice / prompt trackingno — on the roadmapyes (ChatGPT + Google AI Overviews)
Cited-URL tracking
Reddit discussion mining
AI crawler visit loggingpartial — we audit access, not visits
Technical per-agent crawl audit (robots.txt, JS, schema, headers)
Paste-ready fixes (robots.txt, JSON-LD, llms.txt)
Agents coveredChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Doubao, Grok (audit)ChatGPT + Google AI Overviews (tracking)
Site-wide audit crawler
Public score pages + embeddable badge
Free tier with no cardno (7-day trial on Pro)
Starting price (paid)$5/mo$24/mo

AI Visibility Checker is the better choice if…

  • You need to know why a specific agent cannot see your site — and ship the fix today.
  • You care about Claude, Doubao or Grok, which most budget trackers do not cover.
  • You want a free, no-signup scan before paying anything.
  • You audit client sites and need shareable reports and badges.

Airefs is the better choice if…

  • You want ongoing share-of-voice numbers for ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews at a fair price.
  • You want to catch Reddit threads before they become entrenched AI citations.
  • Your technical layer is already clean and measurement is the gap.

FAQ

Airefs is $24 and you are $5 — what explains the difference?

Different cost structures. Trackers run real prompts through AI engines on a schedule, which has recurring inference cost per customer. Our audits run on-demand against your site. Both prices are honest for what they do; they simply do different jobs — tracking versus diagnosing and fixing.

Does Airefs tell me how to fix what it finds?

Airefs is tracking-first: it shows where you stand, which URLs get cited and which conversations matter. It does not audit robots.txt, JS rendering, schema or Cloudflare settings, and it does not generate fixes. That diagnostic-and-fix layer is exactly what we do — which is why the two combine well.

Which should an SMB start with?

Start with a free technical audit (ours takes about 60 seconds, no signup). If agents cannot read your site, tracking numbers will only confirm you are invisible — fix access first. Once the technical layer passes, a tracker like Airefs tells you whether your content is winning the answers.

See what AI agents see. Fix what they can't read.

Free quick check, no signup. From $5/mo with every AI agent included.