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AI search optimization services and prices
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AI search optimization services are agencies and done-for-you teams that work to get your product named when people ask ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity or Google's AI answers. The ones that publish a price on their own site run from $499 a month (ZeroGravity's Starter) to $15,000 a month and up (The Rank Collective's top tier). If that's more than you want to spend, a tracker starts at $29 a month, and AfterLaunch, which drafts the work as well as measuring it, is $149.
Every price here was read off the provider's own page on 23 October 2026. Plenty of agencies in this space only quote on a call, NoGood among them, so this list is the ones you can price before you speak to anyone.
- The Rank Collective's Foundation plan is $3,500 a month with a 3-month minimum, and its page says no placement is guaranteed.
- Visiblie sells a one-off audit and roadmap from $1,000, credited toward a retainer. Its retainers start at $2,292 a month, billed annually.
- First Page Sage publishes a range of $6,000 to $12,000 a month, month to month.
- A service does the work. A tracker tells you where you stand and leaves the work with you. AfterLaunch measures, ranks the next move and drafts it, and you or your AI ship it.
What these services do
Most of them sell the same bundle in different sizes. First a baseline: how often the engines name you across a set of prompts, against a few competitors. Then technical fixes such as schema, robots.txt and an llms.txt, pages rewritten so the answer comes first, and outreach for mentions on other sites. A bigger plan buys more pages a month, more engines and more calls.
Services with a published price
| Service | What it does | Price on its page, 23 Oct 2026 | The one reason to pick it |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rank Collective | Schema, robots.txt and llms.txt setup, answer-first work on 8 to 12 pages a month, one pillar topic and monthly reporting on Foundation | Foundation $3,500 a month, 3-month minimum. Growth $7,500, 6-month minimum. Category Leader from $15,000, 12-month minimum | A team writing the pages for you every month |
| Visiblie | Audit: a baseline over 25 to 50 prompts, a gap map against three competitors and an entity and schema audit. Retainers add briefs, drafts, schema and Reddit and LinkedIn work | Audit from $1,000, one-off. Advisory from $2,292 a month, Done for You from $4,125, both billed annually | An audit before you commit to a retainer |
| ZeroGravity | A monthly report and a client portal. Growth adds competitor AI analysis and calls every two weeks | Starter $499 a month, Growth $599, Scale $699, each with a $199 setup fee. No long-term contract | The lowest monthly price, with no contract |
| First Page Sage | GEO work billed in monthly deliverable credits | A published range of $6,000 to $12,000 a month, month to month | An established agency, month to month |
| NoGood | AEO services | Quote on request | You want an agency and are happy to start with a call |
If a service is more than you need
A service is worth it when you have the budget and nobody in-house to do the work. If you have a few hours a week, a tool gets you the same baseline for far less, and you do the pages yourself.
| Tool | What it does | Price on its page, 23 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Otterly.ai | Tracks mentions and citations on ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Copilot | Lite $29 a month for 15 prompts |
| AthenaHQ | Tracking with recommendations | Essential free with 300 credits a month, Starter $295 a month |
| Frase | AI citation tracking joined to a content editor | Starter $49 a month or $39 billed yearly, 7-day free trial |
| AfterLaunch | Weekly AI visibility on ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews, plus SEO, competitors and channels, ranked into growth moves with a draft in your voice | Free deep scan, 14 days free with no card, then $149 a month |
How to pick
- Ask what the baseline is and how they'll show you it moved. A service that can't name the prompts it tracks can't show you a change.
- Read the minimum term. The Rank Collective's plans run 3 to 12 months. ZeroGravity and First Page Sage are month to month.
- Start with an audit if one is on offer. Visiblie credits its $1,000 audit toward a retainer, so it's a cheap way to see their work.
- Treat a guarantee with care. The Rank Collective's own page says no placement is guaranteed, which is the honest position.
- If you'd rather keep the work in-house, a tracker plus your own hours costs a fraction of any retainer here.
Where AfterLaunch fits
AfterLaunch does the part of a service that a tool usually leaves out. It checks ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews every week, reads your SEO, competitors and channels beside it, and ranks what to do next as growth moves: the page to write, the listing to fix, the thread worth answering, each with its evidence and a working draft in your voice. You or your AI finishes it, and nothing goes out until you say yes.
It's $149 a month after 14 free days, against a retainer that starts in the thousands. If you have the budget and want people doing all of it, hire a service. If you'd rather ship the work yourself with the drafting done, that's AfterLaunch.
The AEO tools compared on price →Getting named by AI without an agency →How much do AI search optimization services cost?
Of the providers that published a price on 23 October 2026, ZeroGravity started at $499 a month plus a $199 setup fee, Visiblie at $1,000 for a one-off audit or $2,292 a month on a yearly retainer, The Rank Collective at $3,500 a month with a 3-month minimum, and First Page Sage at $6,000 to $12,000 a month.
Can a service guarantee my product gets named by ChatGPT?
The Rank Collective's own pricing page says no placement is guaranteed. The answer an engine writes can change from one run to the next, so read the terms of any guarantee before you sign.
Should I hire a service or use a tool?
Hire a service if you have the budget and nobody to do the work. Use a tracker if you have the hours and only need the read. AfterLaunch sits between the two: it measures, ranks the next move and drafts it, and you or your AI ship it, for $149 a month after a 14-day free trial.
- The Rank Collective, Pricing, read 23 October 2026
- Visiblie, Pricing, read 23 October 2026
- ZeroGravity, Pricing, read 23 October 2026
- First Page Sage, GEO and AEO pricing statistics, dated 7 October 2026, read 23 October 2026
- NoGood, Answer engine optimisation services, read 23 October 2026
- Otterly.ai, Pricing, read 23 October 2026
- AthenaHQ, Pricing, read 23 October 2026
- Frase, Pricing, read 23 October 2026
- AfterLaunch, Pricing
The deep scan asks ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity the questions your customers ask, and shows who they name. Free, no card.
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