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Aug 2, 2026•25 min read
Radarby Pixelmojo
Radar sweeps · sees what AI gets wrong
AI is already talking about your brand.
Radar fixes what it's saying.
Buyers ask AI before they buy, and showing up is not enough: the answer has to recommend you. Radar audits why AI misreads, skips, or wrongly describes your brand, then hands you the exact fix. Free to start, first audit in 60 seconds.
01 · Breadth
Every reason AI gets you wrong, in one audit.
Radar runs 13 checks in parallel across the full AI visibility stack, from crawl access and schema to live hallucination detection and share of voice across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity.
Find what no single tool can see
Blocking AI bots but expecting citations? Good crawlability but no llms.txt? Radar surfaces cross-tool conflicts no individual check would catch. This is the insight you cannot get from running 13 tools separately.
13 tools, one audit
Crawl check, robots.txt, llms.txt, AI readiness, citations, Reddit, AEO, citation test, source influence, SOV, schema audit, hallucination check, and brand disambiguation. All run in parallel.
One audit covers everything AI reads, from crawl access to hallucination detection.
6 technical readiness tools run free on every check. The 7 AI-response tools (citations, Reddit, hallucination, SOV, source influence, citation test, brand disambiguation) unlock with any paid plan.
AI Crawl Check
Tests 13 AI and search bot user-agents for access
Free·~15s per scan
Robots.txt Analyzer
Deep parse of robots.txt rules for 16 bots
Free·~10s per scan
llms.txt Validator
Validates structure, sections, links, entities
Free·~10s per scan
AI Readiness Score
5-category audit across all AI dimensions
Free·~20s per scan
Citation Tracker
Queries ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity
Paid·~30s per scan
Reddit Monitor
Discovers mentions, detects seeded content
Paid·~25s per scan
AEO Page Auditor
Scores page AEO readiness across 6 categories
Free·~15s per scan
Citation Tester
Tests if AI platforms cite your page for a question
Paid·~45s per scan
Source Influence
Maps top domains shaping AI narratives in your category
Paid·~40s per scan
Prompt SOV
Share of voice in AI recommendations for your category
Paid·~45s per scan
Schema Audit
Validates JSON-LD structured data across schema types
Free·~15s per scan
Hallucination Check
Detects factual errors in AI claims about your brand
Paid·~40s per scan
Brand Disambiguation
Checks if AI links your brand to the right entity, not a same-named one
Paid·~40s per scan
Monitoring tells you what AI says. Radar is the layer that fixes why.
Most tools watch what AI says about you. Radar focuses on making AI read you correctly in the first place.
LayerWhat it doesToolsRadar's role
AI MonitoringSee what AI says about youAhrefs Brand Radar, Profound, Otterly.AI, Peec AICompanion
AI Technical ReadinessEnsure AI can crawl, understand, and accurately cite youRadarPrimary
Traditional SEORank in web searchAhrefs, Semrush, MozComplementary
Most teams run Radar first to fix the technical foundation, then use a monitoring tool to track the results.
02 · Depth
Every issue comes with the exact fix, pre-written for your domain.
Radar doesn't just score you. It generates a context-rich AI prompt for every finding, pre-filled with your audit data, ready to paste into Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor.
AI Prompt Generator
Every action item generates a context-rich prompt pre-filled with your audit data: your blocked bots, missing schema types, citation rates, and domain. Copy it into Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor and implement the fix. Includes llms.txt and schema markup generators.
Implementation Threads
Actions group into 5 structured fix threads: Crawlability, Structured Data, LLM Communication, Content Authority, and Citation Building. Follow them in order, check off steps as you go, progress saved across sessions.
Re-verify and Track
Re-run any single tool to verify your fix worked. Fix your robots.txt and re-check just the Crawl Check in 15 seconds, no need to re-run all 13 tools.
Readiness Strategist
Built-in chat powered by our knowledge graph. Ask questions about your results, get strategy advice grounded in your audit data.
Competitor Comparison
Run the same audit on a competitor domain. Side-by-side score comparison across all 13 tools.
AI readiness score
C56/100
6 of 13 checks are failing56/100 across 13 scored checks. Trust is the weakest layer at 0 (Hallucination Check 0 and Brand Disambiguation 0). That means AI is describing your brand from inference rather than from your own pages. 4 critical issues and 5 warnings open.
Mean across 13 gradeable toolsScore trend · 8 runs+2 all time
Tools run13/13
Pass rate6/13
Open issues9
Last audit49.8s
- HIGHAnalyze 8 competitor pages being cited instead
- MEDPublish modification dates AI engines can read
- HIGHOutrank openai in AI recommendations
CrawlabilityA
93
Crawl Check98
Robots.txt86
llms.txt95
ContentA
88
AI Readiness98
AEO Audit74
Schema Audit92
CitationsD
30
Citations49
Citation Test42
Prompt SOV0
CommunityD
48
Reddit56
Source Influence39
TrustF
0
Hallucination Check0
Brand Disambiguation0
Audit any tab without leaving the browser
Install the Radar Chrome extension and click the icon on any site for an instant 6-tool readiness check. Free, anonymous, one audit per domain.
03 · Proof
Why we built this
We were invisible to AI. So we built the tool that fixed it.
In October 2025, ChatGPT was hallucinating about our services. Perplexity didn't know we existed. Over 6 months and 516 commits, we fixed every AI visibility issue manually. Then we packaged those fixes into Radar so you don't have to.
0/4
LLMs citing us (Oct 2025)
4/4
LLMs citing us (Mar 2026)
516
git commits of proof
950+
domains audited with Radar
From solo founders to agencies, teams fix AI visibility with Radar.
In-house SEO teams
Audit your domain, generate AI-ready prompts for each fix, and hand structured implementation threads to your dev team. Re-verify each fix without a full re-audit.
SEO agencies
Audit client domains, export PDF reports, compare against competitors. Generate implementation prompts your clients can use with their own AI tools.
Content strategists
Understand how AI search engines see your content. Generate starter llms.txt files and schema markup from your audit data. Fix content structure with guided AEO prompts.
Founders building in public
Check if AI search engines can find your product. Follow the 5 implementation threads step by step to go from invisible to cited. No SEO expertise needed.
Frequently asked questions
Is Radar really free?
The free check is genuinely free: 6 of the 13 tools, no credit card. The free run is capped at one per email address (lifetime) and one per domain. That is the technical readiness layer (AI bot crawl check, robots.txt analyzer, llms.txt validator, schema markup audit, AEO page auditor, AI Readiness score) plus 5 Readiness Strategist messages. The 7 tools that query live LLMs unlock with a paid audit, along with implementation threads, PDF export, and saved history. Audit packs start at $5, or Pro Retainer $199/mo for 40 audits plus weekly pulse re-scan. See pricing at pixelmojo.io/platform/pricing.
What tools are free vs paid?
Free (6 tools): AI bot crawl check, robots.txt analyzer, llms.txt validator, schema markup audit, AEO page auditor, AI Readiness score. Paid (7 more): citation tracking across ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini/Perplexity, Reddit brand monitoring, hallucination detection, prompt SOV, source influence mapping, answer engine per-page testing, and brand disambiguation.
How long does an audit take?
About 60 seconds for individual tool runs. Full 13-tool audits run all tools in parallel and typically finish in 1-3 minutes depending on your site complexity and how quickly each LLM responds. Free audits run 6 technical readiness tools and complete faster. Results stream in as each tool completes, so you can start reading without waiting for the slowest one.
How is Radar different from Semrush or Otterly?
Semrush and Otterly are monitoring tools that track brand mentions over time. Radar is a DIY audit-and-fix platform: deep technical scan across 13 tools, plus AI-ready implementation prompts for every issue it finds. Most teams use Radar to audit and fix, then a monitoring tool to track changes.
How is Radar different from Profound?
Profound is an enterprise monitoring platform built for ongoing share of voice and citation tracking. Radar audits why AI cannot find or correctly read your brand, then hands you the exact fix for each issue. They do different jobs: most teams run Radar first to fix the technical foundation, then use a monitoring tool like Profound to track the results. Radar starts at $5 per audit. Profound is enterprise, contact-sales pricing.
What if I want someone to implement the fixes?
Start with Radar DIY: the implementation threads and AI prompts handle most fixes. For complex strategy or ongoing optimization, we offer an AI Visibility Strategy service ($4,500 sprint + retainer) where our team handles everything.
Why should I trust Radar?
We built Radar for ourselves first. In October 2025, AI was hallucinating about our own brand. We spent 6 months and 516 git commits fixing our AI visibility manually, then automated those fixes into Radar. Every feature maps to a real problem we hit. Read the full origin story at pixelmojo.io/blogs/ai-visibility-stack-origin-story.
Can I verify my fixes without a full re-audit?
Yes. Every completed tool has a Re-verify button. Fix your robots.txt and re-run just the Crawl Check in 15 seconds. No need to re-run all 13 tools.
What AI engines does Radar query?
Radar queries ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini directly for citation tracking, share of voice, and hallucination detection.
What are implementation threads?
Radar groups your action items into 5 structured fix threads: Crawlability, Structured Data, LLM Communication, Content Authority, and Citation Building. Each thread has ordered steps with AI-ready prompts. You follow them in sequence, checking off steps as you go, with progress saved across sessions.
One grid, three verbs
Radar sweeps. Vector points. Hive multiplies.
Same grammar, different verb. One system, built to grow.
Radar sweepsSees what AI gets wrong.
Vector pointsShows the move.Hive multipliesThe colony works as one.See why AI isn't recommending you, free.
Run a free check across 6 technical readiness tools and preview all 13. Unlock the 7 AI-response tools and every fix prompt for $5.
Audit packs from $5, Pro Retainer $199/mo →
Want us to handle it for you?
AI Visibility Strategy: $4,500 sprint + retainer
