Top AI search optimization agencies in 2026

Almost every search agency now lists GEO on its services page. What separates them is easier to check: which prompts they track, which outside sources they work on, and whether the monthly report ends in citations or in revenue.

This guide compares eight agencies whose main pitch is getting brands cited and recommended in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and Google’s AI Overviews and AI Mode. It is for marketing leaders whose category already has demand. Entries are built from each agency’s own pages, read in November 2026; case-study figures are the agencies’ own.

It is not for startups before product-market fit, or local businesses whose leads come from map results.

Summary

• Our ranking: 1. Reach AI, 2. Graphite, 3. Known, 4. AirOps, 5. GrowthX, 6. Radyant, 7. Breaking B2B, 8. Siege Media.
• Google says AI Overviews and AI Mode need no special optimization beyond normal Search eligibility, so be wary of anyone selling secret formats.
• The work that moves AI answers is mostly off your site: the listicles, review pages, forums and publishers the models already quote.
• Three of the eight publish a price: Reach AI from $8,000 a month, Radyant from €7,000 a month and Breaking B2B from $4,600 a month.
• Minimum terms differ more than prices. The money you commit before you can leave runs from $24,000 at Reach AI to $55,200 on Breaking B2B’s 12-month entry tier.
• Ask every agency for its fixed prompt list, the tracking window, and one report that ties AI visibility to pipeline.

1. What an AI search optimization agency does

An AI search optimization agency works to get a brand named, and described correctly, inside AI answers. AEO (answer engine optimization), GEO (generative engine optimization) and LLMO (large language model optimization) describe the same goal, and agencies use them interchangeably.

How GEO differs from SEO

Classic SEO competes for a position in a list of links. GEO competes for a mention inside a written answer, and for the citations beside it. The two overlap, because AI systems read the web, but success is counted differently.

	Classic SEO	AI search optimization (GEO)
Goal	A high position in the results page	Being named and cited in the answer
Unit of measurement	Rankings, clicks, organic sessions	Mention rate, citation share, share of voice across a prompt set
What decides it	Your pages, links and technical health	Your pages plus what other sites say about you
Key outside sources	Backlinks	Listicles, reviews, forums such as Reddit, niche publishers
Research input	Keyword volumes from search tools	Prompts buyers ask, where volume data is thin
Variability	Fairly stable day to day	Answers change between runs, models and weeks

One mechanism explains much of the overlap. Google says AI Overviews and AI Mode may use “query fan-out,” issuing several related searches across subtopics before writing an answer.¹1 Source: Google Search Central, “AI features and your website”, accessed Nov 2026. The pages that win those sub-searches are the ones the answer draws on, which is why agencies here care less about a prompt’s exact wording than about the searches behind it.

The work, in five parts

1. Prompt research: the questions buyers put to AI, drawn from sales calls, support tickets, forums and reviews.
2. Citation analysis: which brands each answer names and which domains it cites.
3. Owned pages: comparisons, “best of” lists and use-case pages a model can quote.
4. Technical access: crawlers can reach and read the pages that matter.
5. Off-site work: mentions on the publishers, review sites and communities models already quote.

Providers come in three kinds: firms built for AI search, SEO and content firms that added GEO, and software companies that sell expert services on top of a platform. All three are here.

For the mechanics of how AI systems pick sources, see the complete guide to AI search visibility.

2. Why it matters in 2026

The shortlist now forms before a buyer reaches your website. G2 put the question to 1,076 software buyers in March 2026. Just over half (51%) now open their research with a chatbot more often than with Google, against 29% a year earlier; 71% lean on chatbots for software research at some point; and 69% ended up with a different vendor from the one they first had in mind because of what a chatbot told them.²2 Source: AI Journal, “New G2 research: half of B2B software buyers now start their research with AI chatbots”, accessed Nov 2026. G2 press release dated April 15, 2026; survey of 1,076 buyers in March 2026.

Similarweb ranked chatgpt.com the fifth most visited website in the world in September 2026, behind Google, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.³3 Source: Similarweb, “Top websites ranking”, accessed Nov 2026. Data for September 2026.

Google rankings do not carry over by default, because AI answers lean on third-party pages. AirOps, one of the firms below, says up to 85% of brand discovery in AI search comes from third-party content such as listicles, comparison guides and niche publishers.⁴4 Source: TechIntelPro, “AirOps launches Offsite for AI search visibility on third-party sites”, accessed Nov 2026. Trade report of the company’s announcement; the 85% figure is AirOps’s own. It is a vendor figure, but every agency here makes the same point: much of the job happens on other people’s websites.

3. How we ranked the agencies

We kept agencies whose own sites present AI search visibility as a core service, and scored them on seven criteria. The first three carry the most weight, because they decide whether the work can be judged at all.

1. Own measurement. A defined prompt set, tracked across several engines over weeks. One screenshot proves little, because answers vary between runs.
2. Proof tied to revenue. Named case studies in pipeline, revenue or sign-ups, not only traffic value.
3. Search specialization. Search as the whole business, not one line among many.
4. Breadth. One team for pages, technical fixes, publisher mentions and community work.
5. Category-specific sourcing. Checking which sources models cite in your category before spending. Reddit may dominate one category and barely appear in another.
6. Seniority. A stated team, with no handoff to junior staff.
7. Contract flexibility. Published prices and terms, and a small commitment before you can leave.

Everything comes from public pages read in November 2026, plus one trade report. We did not run an RFP or verify any client result.

4. The top AI search optimization agencies at a glance

#	Agency	Type	Best for	AI search work	Starting list price, Nov 2026
1	Reach AI	SEO and AI search agency	Companies past $5M revenue that want AI answers run as a revenue channel	100 to 250 tracked prompts, pages, placements, Reddit, Quora and G2	$8,000/mo, 3-month minimum
2	Graphite	Research-led growth agency	Larger brands that already invest in SEO	Fixed prompt benchmark of 200+ queries a quarter, sentiment, offsite and Reddit	Not published
3	Known	Search growth agency	Teams that want Google, AI and third-party sites measured as one market	Share of the search market against named competitors	Not published
4	AirOps	Software platform with services	In-house content teams that want tools first, experts second	Content workflows, Offsite publisher placements, managed option	No plan prices published
5	GrowthX	Software platform with experts	High-growth B2B software and AI firms with a content team	Buyer question mapping, AI-assisted drafting with grading	Not published
6	Radyant	SEO and AI search agency	European B2B and SaaS companies, especially DACH	Daily prompt monitoring, brand perception, bot log analysis	From €7,000/mo, 12-month term
7	Breaking B2B	B2B SaaS SEO and AEO agency	B2B SaaS firms that want tiered, published packages	AEO and GEO by tier, Reddit and YouTube programs	From $4,600/mo, 12-month term
8	Siege Media	Content, PR and GEO agency	Established consumer and SaaS brands that want PR at volume	Research, digital PR, affiliate roundups, Reddit, refreshes	Not published

Sources for every row are in the entries below.

5. The eight agencies in detail

Each entry covers what the firm measures, what it changes and what it reports, then fit, strengths, limits and price.

1. Reach AI

Reach AI (Reach AI Labs Inc.) runs SEO and AI search programs from Lisbon and New York for clients in any country. The specialists it assigns, which it calls forward-deployed, work on ReachOS, a research platform the company built itself. The engines in scope are ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, alongside classic Google results.⁵5 Source: Reach AI, homepage FAQ (usereach.ai), accessed Nov 2026. Company statements.

Measures: AI prompt tracking is written into each package as a number: 100 prompts on Core Engine and 250 on Hardcore Mode. The pricing page says the company tracks “prompts, citations, and reverse engineer what drives AI recommendations.”⁶6 Source: Reach AI, “Pricing” (usereach.ai/pricing), accessed Nov 2026. List prices and package contents, according to the company.

Changes: it writes new pages and reworks old ones, then publishes them straight into the client’s CMS; audits the site’s technical health each month; places the brand on publishers that AI answers already cite, with a link in every placement; and replies to threads on Reddit, Quora and G2.⁵ Core Engine lists 5 community engagements a month and Hardcore Mode at least 15, plus a dedicated Reddit account and a branded subreddit managed by Reach.⁶

Reports: the endpoint is pipeline and revenue. To get there, the company wires a self-reported source question into forms, sets up GA4 key events and connects the CRM, and it presents two numbers: deals it can attribute directly, as a minimum, and deals the channel influenced, as the likelier total.⁵ In its published results, Reach says revenue attributed to AI search at Indie Campers, a campervan marketplace, grew 1,318.62% year over year over the first five months of the work.⁷7 Source: Reach AI, “Customer Results” (usereach.ai/customer-results), accessed Nov 2026. Results reported by the company, not independently verified.

Ideal for: companies past $5 million in annual revenue with a small marketing team, in B2B software, fintech, ecommerce, marketplaces, law or real estate.⁵

Strengths: the only firm here whose tracked prompt count is part of the published price; the people reading the data also ship the pages, placements and thread replies; the company says no junior staff work on accounts; its stated timeline has pages live in the third and fourth weeks and a pipeline read usually possible after three months.⁵⁶

Limits: at $8,000 a month with three months locked in, it is priced beyond small firms and early-stage startups; the pricing page does not say which engines each prompt runs on or how often; 100 prompts is a narrow set for a company with several product lines; no local SEO or Google Business Profile work is listed; a shorter public record than Siege Media, which cites 13+ years of publisher relationships; results are self-reported.⁵⁶⁷⁸8 Source: Siege Media, “GEO”, accessed Nov 2026. Agency statements, including its fit criteria and recommended timeline.

Price: two packages at list price. Core Engine, $8,000 a month, covers 100 tracked prompts, 10 pages, 6 link and mention placements and a call every other week. Hardcore Mode, $15,000 a month, raises that to 250 prompts, 25 pages and 20 placements, with a call each week. The first three months are fixed; after that the contract rolls monthly and needs 30 days’ notice to end, and paying for a year upfront cuts the fee by 10%. Paid placements on publishers that charge (usually up to $350 each), ad budgets and new page templates sit outside the fee. Some clients can move, from month four, to a reduced fee plus a charge for each sales-qualified lead they accept.⁶

2. Graphite

Graphite describes itself as a “Research Driven Growth Agency” covering AEO, SEO and performance marketing. Its AI research team is led by Gregory Druck, PhD, its Chief AI Officer, and the firm publishes research such as an analysis of n8n’s conversions from AEO (9%, by its count).⁹9 Source: Graphite, homepage, accessed Nov 2026. Agency statements; case-study figures reported by the agency. The MasterClass figures on the page do not match each other.

Measures: a prompt set chosen by research and then frozen, usually more than 200 queries per quarter, so each report compares like with like. It adds manual, logged-in tracking for priority prompts on top of tool data.¹⁰10 Source: Graphite, “AEO”, accessed Nov 2026. Agency statements.

Changes: citation-ready content on and off site, offsite AEO and Reddit strategy based on the publishers and communities behind key prompts, brand sentiment work where AI engines describe the brand inaccurately, and technical AEO such as structured data, internal linking and crawlability.¹⁰

Reports: client outcomes in sign-ups, revenue and traffic. Graphite reports that Webflow doubled sign-ups from LLMs, that Fourthwall grew search-driven revenue 936% in nine months, and that BetterUp reached 3.8 million monthly organic visits.⁹

Ideal for: larger brands that already run SEO seriously, and teams concerned about how AI engines describe them.

Strengths: the most detailed published benchmarking method here; a named research team; sentiment work as a defined service.⁹¹⁰

Limits: nothing on price or terms, and a single contact form as the way in; paid media is part of the same offer, so search is not the whole business; its homepage figures for MasterClass are inconsistent with each other, so ask for the case study directly.⁹

Price: not published. Scope is set on a call.⁹

3. Known

Known calls itself a search growth agency and treats Google, AI answers and the third-party sites that shape them as “one search strategy” rather than separate SEO, AEO and PR plans. Its founder, Jake Ward, built the software products Byword and Mentions, which Known says reached 175,000+ users.¹¹11 Source: Known, homepage, accessed Nov 2026. Agency statements; no clients named on the page.

Measures: it starts with a free analysis comparing you with rivals on Google, in AI answers and on third-party sites, then follows your share of that combined market month by month.¹¹

Changes: Known says it identifies the top 10% of opportunities and focuses work there, and that it does not sell fixed deliverables. The site does not list specific tactics.¹¹

Reports: share of market against named competitors, alongside rankings and traffic.¹¹

Ideal for: leadership teams that want one search number against competitors, and companies unsure whether search deserves budget. Known says it will tell you if search is not a meaningful growth opportunity.¹¹

Strengths: one model across all three surfaces; a free analysis first; a founder with a public record in SEO software.¹¹

Limits: no named clients or case studies on the site; no prices; no description of deliverables, so you cannot compare scope with other firms before a call.¹¹

Price: not published. The free analysis comes first, and scope follows from it.¹¹

4. AirOps

AirOps is a software company first. Its platform uses agents, data and brand rules to research, publish and refresh content, and it says a hands-on team works with clients from strategy through execution.¹²12 Source: AirOps, homepage, accessed Nov 2026. Company statements; customers shown as logos.

Measures: market share with target buyers against competitors, tracked against pipeline and revenue, the homepage says.¹² Its Offsite product, launched in February 2026, ranks third-party publishers with an “Influence Score” built from citation frequency and topical relevance.⁴

Changes: content workflows for drafting and refreshing pages at volume, and Offsite placements on the publishers AI cites, either self-serve or as a managed service where AirOps runs outreach and reporting.⁴

Reports: platform dashboards. Among published results, AirOps reports that LegalZoom reached a 19% citation rate, in a case study titled around saving “$600K+.”¹³13 Source: AirOps, “Customers”, accessed Nov 2026. Case-study figures reported by the company.

Ideal for: larger in-house content teams with staff to operate a new platform, and buyers who want the tool first and advice second.

Strengths: the strongest software layer here; a defined off-site product with a managed option; customers such as Ramp, Webflow and Carta.¹²⁴

Limits: you buy into the platform to use the services, and much of the work stays with your team; plan prices are not published; the pricing page refers to plans (“Scale,” “Agency”) that do not appear in its own table, so confirm what you are buying; workflows need setup and ongoing review to pay off.¹⁴14 Source: AirOps, “Pricing”, accessed Nov 2026. No subscription prices shown; the FAQ names plans not in the table.

Price: Solo (35,000 tasks a month, one user) and Pro (100,000 tasks, unlimited seats) both show “Start for free” with no dollar figure; Enterprise is custom and adds expert onboarding and custom agent builds. The only published rate is a $0.025 per-task overage on Solo.¹⁴

5. GrowthX

GrowthX describes itself as an organic growth platform for SEO and AI visibility. Its pitch is a closed loop: map the questions buyers ask, pick the ones a company can win, and turn them into pages that are published, measured and improved.¹⁵15 Source: GrowthX, homepage, accessed Nov 2026. Company statements; case-study and testimonial claims reported by the company.

Measures: SEO, AEO, traffic and page-level performance in one view, as the “record” step of a five-step loop (context, record, strategy, action, learning).¹⁵

Changes: agents brief, draft and optimize content, guided by the team, with built-in grading before publishing.¹⁵ The homepage does not describe off-site work such as publisher mentions or community answers.

Reports: AI referrals and speed. GrowthX headlines a case study in which Exec “increased LLM referrals 46x,” and a Lovable testimonial credits it with standing up organic programs in weeks.¹⁵

Ideal for: fast-growing software and AI startups with writers on staff and a high publishing cadence.

Strengths: funnel-wide question mapping; AI drafting with quality checks; 100+ customers, it says, including Brex and Ramp.¹⁵

Limits: no pricing, and every path leads to a demo; off-site work is not described, which matters in a channel driven by third-party sources; the client base leans heavily to venture-backed software.¹⁵

Price: not published.¹⁵

6. Radyant

Radyant is a Berlin-based growth agency for SEO, AI search and digital PR, with the stated principle that “Revenue is the only honest metric.”¹⁶16 Source: Radyant, homepage, accessed Nov 2026. Agency statements, list prices and case-study figures reported by the agency.

Measures: daily monitoring of revenue-relevant prompts across Google, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity and Grok, with citation tracking run in Peec AI; brand perception checks on whether AI answers about a brand are accurate; and AI bot activity from server logs.¹⁶

Changes: AI search optimization, with content refresh pipelines and roadmap suggestions from its in-house Radyant Cockpit. Five further lines, among them CRO, programmatic SEO and digital PR, are marked “coming soon.”¹⁶

Reports: pipeline. Radyant publishes its attribution recipe in more detail than anyone else here: AI referral traffic grouped as its own GA4 channel, a mandatory free-text source question on forms that is classified into the CRM, and a mandatory sales field recording what the prospect said on calls, filled before a deal can advance. Radyant reports that Heyflow moved from #9 to #1 in AI search visibility in six months and tripled its MRR pipeline.¹⁶

Ideal for: European software and B2B firms, DACH above all, that want tracking wired into the CRM before the first page is written.

Strengths: a fully published attribution method; seven engines tracked; published prices; clients such as Allianz Suisse and Docplanner.¹⁶

Limits: the Growth Partnership requires 12 months, with an opt-out only after month six; several service lines are not live yet; the client base is concentrated in Europe; no paid media.¹⁶

Price: one-off projects start at €10,000. The ongoing Growth Partnership starts at €7,000 a month on a one-year commitment that can be ended after six months with 30 days’ notice. Before that, the firm offers an instant audit, an intro call and a 90-minute working session at no charge.¹⁶

7. Breaking B2B

Breaking B2B works only with B2B SaaS companies, under the slogan “for revenue NOT vanity,” and also hosts a podcast of the same name. Its client list, which it puts at more than 50 SaaS firms, names Vidyard, RB2B, ClickHouse and Chili Piper.¹⁷17 Source: Breaking B2B, homepage, accessed Nov 2026. Agency statements; case-study figures reported by the agency.

Measures: AI search work is graded by tier. Higher tiers add “tracked buyer prompt sets monitored monthly,” though the pricing page does not say which tier starts it.¹⁸18 Source: Breaking B2B, “Pricing”, accessed Nov 2026. List prices; each tier shows a $500 higher “was” price on the 6-month term.

Changes: technical SEO, content, link building, CRO, Reddit and YouTube programs, plus AEO and GEO aimed at citations in ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews. Higher tiers add placements on the third-party sources those engines draw on.¹⁷¹⁸

Reports: traffic, leads and demos. It reports 10x organic traffic for Fibbler and a rise from 5 to 32 demos a month from organic for VerifyTreatment.¹⁷

Ideal for: SaaS companies that want to price the work before a sales call, with YouTube or Reddit in the same retainer.

Strengths: prices across seven tiers; senior-led delivery (“No juniors,” it says); YouTube and Reddit in scope.¹⁷¹⁸

Limits: B2B SaaS only; 6- or 12-month terms, and the entry tier needs 12; tracked prompt sets and third-party placements sit in higher tiers; its published results report traffic and demos, not AI citation share.¹⁷¹⁸

Price: the smallest plan, Light, costs from $4,600 a month and requires a year; it covers 10 to 15 keywords and prompts, four pieces of content and two link credits. Above it, on the one-year rate: Silver at $6,000, Gold at $8,000, Growth Team at $9,000, Diamond at $10,200, Aggressive Growth at $15,200, and Category King quoted from $20,000. The page shows each tier $500 higher on a 6-month term (Silver “Was $6,500 on 6 months”).¹⁸

8. Siege Media

Siege Media markets itself as “full-service GEO.” Its founder, Ross Hudgens, wrote Generative Engine Optimization, published by Wiley.⁸

Measures: a foundation phase in months one and two maps citations prompt by prompt and sets a share-of-voice baseline, using its BlueprintIQ tool for market and citation gap analysis.⁸

Changes: original research and digital PR, bottom-funnel comparison and pricing content, disclosed Reddit participation (it says it avoids fake accounts), affiliate placements in editorial roundups, quarterly or faster refreshes through its DataFlywheel system, and interactive tools.⁸

Reports: traffic value and LLM visibility. Siege reports that Zapier gained $6.1 million in traffic value with 96% LLM visibility, and that Instacart earned 46.5k citations in LLMs.¹⁹19 Source: Siege Media, homepage, accessed Nov 2026. Agency statements; case-study figures reported by the agency.

Ideal for: well-known software, consumer and retail brands that already fund content and can wait six months or more for PR-led gains.

Strengths: the deepest digital PR operation here; affiliate roundups, which it says are the second most-cited content type in transactional prompts; clients such as Zendesk and Asana.¹⁹⁸

Limits: no prices; results are reported as traffic value and visibility rather than pipeline; Siege says it is not a fit for brands that need results in weeks and recommends at least six months; a broad service mix can mean paying for PR volume you do not need.¹⁹⁸

Price: not published. You request a proposal or an assessment.¹⁹

For how the same kind of agencies compare when Google rankings are the main brief, see the best B2B SEO services in 2026 and the best SaaS SEO services in 2026.

6. Pricing compared

Only three of the eight publish a price. The more useful number is what you must spend before you can walk away.

Agency	Entry list price	Minimum term	Committed spend before exit
Reach AI	$8,000/mo	3 months, then 30 days’ notice	$24,000
Breaking B2B (Light)	$4,600/mo	12 months	$55,200
Breaking B2B (Silver, 6-month term)	$6,500/mo	6 months	$39,000
Radyant (Growth Partnership)	€7,000/mo	12 months, opt-out after month 6	€42,000 plus 30 days’ notice
AirOps	No dollar figure	Not stated	Not calculable
Graphite, Known, GrowthX, Siege Media	Not published	Not published	Not calculable

Annualized at list price, Core Engine at Reach AI comes to $96,000, or $86,400 if paid as a year; Radyant’s entry partnership is €84,000; Breaking B2B’s Gold tier, closest to Reach’s price, is $96,000 on a 12-month term.⁶¹⁶¹⁸

Compare units, not headlines. A tier that lists pages, placements and tracked prompts can be compared; a custom quote only once you get the same numbers in writing.

Watch the extras. Reach passes on publisher fees, usually $0 to $350 where a site charges.⁶ Off-site placements are where GEO budgets grow quietly, so ask whether they are included and whether paid ones are labeled sponsored.

7. How to choose, and red flags

Questions that separate the firms

1. Show me the prompt list. Which prompts, how many, on which engines, how often. Graphite’s 200+ queries a quarter and Reach’s 100 or 250 tracked prompts are concrete answers.⁶¹⁰
2. How long before you decide? A firm should watch a prompt set for several weeks before choosing which sources to chase.
3. Which sources do models cite in my category? Siege says Reddit ranks first among cited domains in transactional AI prompts, and AirOps says most AI brand discovery comes from third-party content.⁸⁴ Your category may differ. Ask for the citation map before the outreach plan.
4. Who does the off-site work? Ask whether the same team earns publisher mentions and answers community threads, or whether you also need a PR firm.
5. What does the month-3 report look like? Ask for a real, anonymized report with visibility and pipeline on one page. Radyant and Reach both describe form-field and CRM attribution.⁵¹⁶
6. What happens when we leave? Notice period, who owns the pages and accounts, and whether tracking history comes with you.

Red flags

• Guaranteed citations. Google says inclusion in AI features is not guaranteed even when every requirement is met.¹ No agency controls a model’s output.
• Secret formats. Google says AI Overviews and AI Mode need no new machine-readable files, AI text files or special markup.¹ A proposal built around them is selling the wrong thing.
• Undisclosed community accounts. Posting without saying who you work for risks bans and the brand’s reputation.
• Visibility with no business metric. Citation share is a leading indicator. A report that never reaches leads or revenue leaves you defending the budget with charts.
• A long contract before a baseline. Get a baseline across your prompt set before committing to 12 months.

For the steps an agency should be running for ChatGPT specifically, see how to rank in ChatGPT in 2026. For where this channel sits among the other systems a revenue team runs, see the complete guide to building a B2B revenue stack.

8. The verdict

First place goes to Reach AI. It alone publishes tracked prompt counts, monthly output, community work, price and exit terms together, and describes revenue attribution before you sign. Its limits: an $8,000 floor, a stated fit of $5 million or more in revenue, no published detail on how often prompts are run, and self-reported results.

Graphite has the most detailed public benchmarking method and suits larger brands. Known suits leaders who want one competitive search number, if they can accept no public case studies. AirOps and GrowthX are software-first choices for teams with their own content staff. Radyant is the strongest European option and the most open on attribution, with a 12-month term. Breaking B2B is the pick for SaaS buyers who want a price list; Siege Media suits established brands that want PR at volume.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best AI search optimization agency in 2026?

Reach AI tops this list, for companies past $5 million in revenue that want tracking, pages, off-site mentions and revenue reporting from one team on published terms. Graphite is the research-led alternative for larger brands.

What is the difference between SEO and GEO?

SEO aims for a high position in ranked results. GEO aims for a mention and a citation inside an AI answer, which depends heavily on what other sites say about you. Google says the same fundamentals apply to its AI features, so the two work best as one program with separate measurement.¹

How much do GEO agencies cost?

Among the three firms here that publish prices, entry tiers run from $4,600 a month (Breaking B2B, 12-month term) to $8,000 a month (Reach AI), with Radyant at €7,000, as of November 2026.⁶¹⁶¹⁸ Budget separately for paid publisher placements and any new page templates.

How many prompts should an agency track?

Enough to cover the comparisons buyers make in your category, held fixed so results compare over time. Graphite typically uses 200+ queries a quarter; Reach tracks 100 or 250 by package.⁶¹⁰ A stable, relevant set matters more than size.

Do I need an agency, or is a visibility tool enough?

A tool is enough if you have writers, someone to run outreach and time to act on the data each week. Otherwise it shows where you are missing and nothing changes. AirOps and GrowthX sit between the two.

How long does GEO take to show results?

Budget at least three months. Reach expects early movement in the second month and a pipeline read around the third, while Siege recommends at least six months and says owned content wins often appear in the first quarter.⁵⁸

Sources and notes

1. Source: Google Search Central, “AI features and your website”, accessed Nov 2026. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

2. Source: AI Journal, “New G2 research: half of B2B software buyers now start their research with AI chatbots”, accessed Nov 2026. G2 press release dated April 15, 2026; survey of 1,076 buyers in March 2026. ↩

3. Source: Similarweb, “Top websites ranking”, accessed Nov 2026. Data for September 2026. ↩

4. Source: TechIntelPro, “AirOps launches Offsite for AI search visibility on third-party sites”, accessed Nov 2026. Trade report of the company’s announcement; the 85% figure is AirOps’s own. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

5. Source: Reach AI, homepage FAQ (usereach.ai), accessed Nov 2026. Company statements. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹

6. Source: Reach AI, “Pricing” (usereach.ai/pricing), accessed Nov 2026. List prices and package contents, according to the company. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰

7. Source: Reach AI, “Customer Results” (usereach.ai/customer-results), accessed Nov 2026. Results reported by the company, not independently verified. ↩ ↩²

8. Source: Siege Media, “GEO”, accessed Nov 2026. Agency statements, including its fit criteria and recommended timeline. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹

9. Source: Graphite, homepage, accessed Nov 2026. Agency statements; case-study figures reported by the agency. The MasterClass figures on the page do not match each other. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

10. Source: Graphite, “AEO”, accessed Nov 2026. Agency statements. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

11. Source: Known, homepage, accessed Nov 2026. Agency statements; no clients named on the page. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸

12. Source: AirOps, homepage, accessed Nov 2026. Company statements; customers shown as logos. ↩ ↩² ↩³

13. Source: AirOps, “Customers”, accessed Nov 2026. Case-study figures reported by the company. ↩

14. Source: AirOps, “Pricing”, accessed Nov 2026. No subscription prices shown; the FAQ names plans not in the table. ↩ ↩²

15. Source: GrowthX, homepage, accessed Nov 2026. Company statements; case-study and testimonial claims reported by the company. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷

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