New Site Radar vs Ahrefs

Disclosure: we build New Site Radar. Everything below about Ahrefs comes from its public pages as we read them on October 2, 2026 (sources at the bottom). Products change; if something here is out of date, email hello@newsiteradar.com and we will fix it.

Ahrefs is a search and SEO toolset for checking any website, with free search traffic estimates and keywords. New Site Radar serves a narrower job: finding AI tool sites registered in 2025 or later that are gaining traffic, ranked monthly.

Side by side

What it tracks: New Site Radar: AI tool sites registered in 2025 or later that are gaining traffic; Ahrefs: Any website: organic and paid search traffic estimates and keywords (SEO toolset)
Interface language: New Site Radar: English, Spanish; Ahrefs: English (other languages not checked)
Paid plan: New Site Radar: Pro $19/month or $149/year; Ahrefs: Starter $29/month; Lite, Standard, Advanced and Enterprise plans on the pricing page (shown in local currency)
Free plan: New Site Radar: 20-site monthly sample of the rankings, every site page, watchlist of 10 sites; Ahrefs: Free Traffic Checker and an Ahrefs Free plan; history by country and bulk checks are in paid Site Explorer
Second-source check of traffic numbers: New Site Radar: Yes: traffic is compared with a second, independent source (search-traffic estimates, or Tranco rank for brand-driven sites); sites only one source covers are labelled; Ahrefs: Not described on the pages we checked
Revenue view: New Site Radar: Detected payment provider and real pricing, with a modelled revenue range and its confidence; Ahrefs: Not described on the pages we checked
API / MCP: New Site Radar: Remote MCP server with 7 read-only tools (listing free, calls on Pro); Ahrefs: API and MCP access on Lite, Standard and Advanced plans

	New Site Radar	Ahrefs
What it tracks	AI tool sites registered in 2025 or later that are gaining traffic	Any website: organic and paid search traffic estimates and keywords (SEO toolset)
Interface language	English, Spanish	English (other languages not checked)
Paid plan	Pro $19/month or $149/year	Starter $29/month; Lite, Standard, Advanced and Enterprise plans on the pricing page (shown in local currency)
Free plan	20-site monthly sample of the rankings, every site page, watchlist of 10 sites	Free Traffic Checker and an Ahrefs Free plan; history by country and bulk checks are in paid Site Explorer
Second-source check of traffic numbers	Yes: traffic is compared with a second, independent source (search-traffic estimates, or Tranco rank for brand-driven sites); sites only one source covers are labelled	Not described on the pages we checked
Revenue view	Detected payment provider and real pricing, with a modelled revenue range and its confidence	Not described on the pages we checked
API / MCP	Remote MCP server with 7 read-only tools (listing free, calls on Pro)	API and MCP access on Lite, Standard and Advanced plans

When Ahrefs is the better fit

You need free organic and paid search traffic estimates and keywords for any website.
You need traffic history by country (171 countries) from paid Site Explorer.
You need bulk checks of 200+ websites from paid Site Explorer.

When New Site Radar is the better fit

You want AI tool sites that launched recently and are starting to grow, before they are well known.
You want to know how far to trust each number: every figure is checked against a second source where one exists, and the evidence is on the site page (see the methodology).
You want to query the data from Claude Code, Cursor or Codex over MCP.

Try it: the growth rankings have a free monthly sample, and Pro shows the full board.

Sources

Ahrefs Traffic Checker page: https://ahrefs.com/traffic-checker (checked October 2, 2026)
Ahrefs pricing page: https://ahrefs.com/pricing (checked October 2, 2026)
New Site Radar: pricing, methodology