Last reviewed October 2026 · 8 firms evaluated

8 Best AEO/GEO Agencies for FinTech in 2026, Metrics Evaluated: Pricing, ROI & Reviews

Independent comparison of 20 agencies doing AEO and GEO for fintech companies, scored on AI search execution for a regulated category and on named fintech results.

Publisher disclosure. Published by MaximusLabs.ai, which competes with every firm listed. Listed first as publisher; on the evidence alone it ranks eighth. Read the methodology before using the order as a recommendation.

Pricing

What each firm publishes, and on what terms. Directory figures are labelled third-party. Reported, never scored.

ROI

Named fintech cases with signups, pipeline, revenue or AI citation results. Vendor-reported figures are labelled as reported.

Reviews

Live ratings and counts, read on each platform on the review date. Self-cited ratings do not count.

All 8, side by side

The levers each firm pulls, its proof, where it breaks, and what it costs.

AgencyWhat they actually doNamed clientsProof on recordWhere it breaksMonthly price
MaximusLabs.ai#1 · maximuslabs.ai
  • Find the 20 money prompts your buyers ask AI, like best payment API or best personal loan
  • Put a dated, sourced number on every rate, fee and APY page
  • Name a real expert author and reviewer on every money page
  • Build comparison pages against the banks and fintechs AI already names
  • Get real reviews on G2 and Capterra and show up in the Reddit threads AI quotes
  • Track demos and pipeline from AI traffic, not just mentions
Oliv AI · Nidra Goods · Anonymised US nutrition brand · UnderDefense · Explorium · HROne · EasyWebinar · Luca · B2Brain · Teamvoy · EdgelabsClutch: Profile live · Trustpilot: Profile live · G2: Profile listed · Own site testimonials: 3 named on case studiesNo named fintech client exists. The three fintech cases are all anonymised, live only in the firm's own blog and listicles, and their details do not match each other. The same metrics are tied to a 'payment gateway provider' in one place and a 'Series B embedded lending API' in another. The fintech page quotes $1,299/mo while the pricing page starts at $2,999/mo. 'Compliance-safe' is claimed but no regulator, legal reviewer or sign-off step is described. A third-party roundup (Omnius) lists Oliv AI and Refractional as its fintech clients; neither is a fintech. Founded 2025, and it publishes this list.$2,999-$4,999 / mo
LoudFace#2 · loudface.co
  • Move disclosures out of PDFs and login walls so AI crawlers can read them
  • Put a named, credentialed author and reviewer on every money page
  • Mark up products with FinancialProduct and Organization schema
  • Build one programmatic page per rate, role or country your buyers search
  • Get onto the vertical fintech listicles AI pulls from
  • Track citations weekly per engine and tie them to pipeline
Toku · Hoxhunt · Genie · Transalis · TradeMomentum · Eraser · Dimer Health · Ceipal · LIQID · Montblanc · Radisson Hotels GroupClutch: 4.8One named fintech AI case, and its numbers differ by page (86% at position 2.4, 97.8% at position 2.1, 3.1 elsewhere). The second fintech AI case is anonymised. Team of 2-9 with 2 Clutch reviews. Compliance workflow is described, but no client confirms it. LoudFace ranks itself #1 on its own fintech list.From $5,000 / mo
NoGood#3 · nogood.io
  • Ask for Chime's baseline and dates behind the 93% enrollment lift
  • Ask who signs off claims about rates, fees and FDIC wording before publishing
  • Use them if you need AEO, social and paid from one squad and have the budget
  • Ask how the earned source calendar gets you onto NerdWallet and Bankrate pages
  • Plan comparison and calculator pages elsewhere; they are not shown in fintech work
  • Ask whether AEO for fintech runs in Goodie, Evertune or both, and who owns the data
SteelSeries · Chime · Nike · TikTok · Intuit · MongoDB · Inflection AI · Johnson & Johnson · ByteDance · Amazon · Spring Health · CitiClutch: 5.0 · Trustpilot: 2.6Only one fintech AEO case (Chime), and it has no timeline or baseline numbers. Compliance is named as a constraint, but no review process is published. No comparison, calculator or programmatic page work for fintech. Third-party ratings are thin (Clutch 2 reviews, one related-party).Not published (~$20,000 / mo reported)
MADX Digital#4 · madx.digital
  • Ask for MoonPay's AI citation count before the work started, not just the 2,478 snapshot
  • Ask who signs off claims on returns, fees and guarantees; they describe awareness, not a process
  • Use them if your fintech needs links and PR pointed at product pages across several countries
  • Ask which Thunes number to trust: 55% traffic growth or 11.6x top-3 keywords
  • Budget separately for paid, calculators and programmatic pages; they do not offer them
  • Ask what 'compliance-safe link building' excludes for regulated or trading brands
MoonPay · Veed.io · Postalytics · Parcel Tracker · Reveille · Nosto · Orderful · Thunes · KEY ESG · Hola Prime · KURVEClutch: 4.9Fintech wins are SEO and link building first; the MoonPay AI citation count is a snapshot with no before figure. Compliance is described as awareness, not a sign-off process. No paid, calculators or programmatic pages. Thunes numbers differ between pages.$3,500-$9,500 / mo
First Page Sage#5 · firstpagesage.com
  • Put a named reviewer and review date on every rate, fee and terms page so AI engines can trust and quote it
  • Build comparison pages against the banks and neobanks buyers actually ask AI about
  • Track which finance prompts name you, and report the change monthly with the prompt list
  • Tie AI-sourced visits to signups, funded accounts or consultations, not traffic
  • Publish one original finance data study a quarter that journalists and AI can cite
  • Keep a compliance archive of every published claim from month one
Logitech · Salesforce · Alcoa · Rodan + Fields · Cadence · Corcoran · Sierra Wireless · U.S. Bancorp · BairesDev (named in a GEO case study)Clutch: Profile live · Flexable: 2.0 · DesignRush: Not verified · G2: Not foundAll fintech numbers are portfolio averages, not named cases, so no single fintech AI result can be checked. Independent review proof is thin (Clutch 0 reviews). Its own fintech GEO ranking puts itself first with no disclosure. No community, calculator or programmatic work.~$8,000-$20,000 / mo (reported, not published)
Siege Media#6 · siegemedia.com
  • Find which 'best X' finance prompts skip you and get onto the publisher pages AI pulls from
  • Publish a quarterly data study in your niche that reporters and AI can quote
  • Build one calculator buyers use every week, and make it linkable
  • Put credentialed reviewers on every money page
  • Track LLM visibility per prompt monthly, and tie it to signups or funded accounts
  • Ask for a written compliance review step before content ships
Zendesk · Zapier · Zoom · Mentimeter · Grow Therapy · Hippo · Asana · Norton · Instacart · Credit Karma · Airbnb · HubSpotClutch: 4.9 · G2: Not publishedCompliance is a claim, not a described process; no regulator or review step is named. No audit, schema, entity or crawler work for fintech. Most fintech cases report links and traffic value, not AI citations or signups. Credit Karma is a logo only, with no case.From $8K/mo (content); $12-15K/mo (PR)
TripleDart#7 · tripledart.com
  • Ask for one fintech client where they moved AI citations or AI-sourced signups, not just paid MQLs
  • Ask who reviews claims about fees, rates and security before publishing, since no process is published
  • Use them if you want paid and organic run by one team with pipeline reporting
  • Get the starting price in writing; their own pages say $3,500 and $5,000 a month
  • Ask to see the Slate prompt set for your category before signing
  • Ask what they did for Razorpay and Payoneer; only logos are public
SentinelOne · Freshworks · Zoho · Zuora · Sprinklr · HighRadius · VWO · Glean · Signeasy · Meegle · Airbase · Helpshift · Razorpay · Payoneer · PayU · Atlan · TrueFoundry · MakeMyTripTrustpilot: 4.8 · G2: 4.8 · Clutch: Not foundNo published fintech AI-search result; every fintech case is paid or classic SEO. No compliance or claims review process anywhere. Razorpay and Payoneer are logos with no described work. Its own pages give two different starting prices ($3,500 and $5,000 a month).From $5,000 / mo
Omnius#8 · omnius.so
  • Ask who checks product claims and FCA wording before pages go live; nothing is published
  • Ask for a second fintech case with AI-search numbers beyond ANNA Money
  • Ask what they did for Payoneer and WorldFirst; only logos are public
  • Use them if you need comparison and programmatic pages for a UK or EU fintech
  • Plan separately for reviews, Reddit and listicle placements; they do not offer them
  • Ask for the Atomic AGI prompt list for your category before signing
Payoneer · BigCommerce · WorldFirst · ANNA Money · Meniga · TextCortex · Zencoder · Native Teams · Sigma360 · apexanalytix · Solflare · Global App Testing · AuthoredUp · Crustdata · LSports · onetrace · Myos · HotelSyncClutch: Not found · G2: Not verified · Own client reviews page: PublishedOnly one fintech case (ANNA Money) shows an AI-search number. No compliance or YMYL process is published, which matters for regulated claims. No off-site work: no reviews, Reddit or listicle placements. Payoneer and WorldFirst have no described work. No verified third-party rating.Not published
8 firms · listed in publisher orderSignal rank printed on every card
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MaximusLabs.aimaximuslabs.ai

An AEO-first agency with a named enterprise security client, selling citation share and pipeline rather than traffic, on monthly terms with first content live in four days.

Location
Remote-first, no published office address
Founded
2025 — Clutch profile and the firm's own listings agree
Projects completed
10 named clients published on the about page, across four countries
Annual cost
$29,988-$51,588 / yr

Notable clients. Oliv AI · Nidra Goods · Anonymised US nutrition brand · UnderDefense · Explorium · HROne · EasyWebinar · Luca · B2Brain · Teamvoy · Edgelabs

AEO capability54/70

fintech fit9/30

Signal rank#8

Evidence quality5/10

ClutchProfile liveFounded 2025, 10-49 employees, $25-$49/hr, min project $1,000+, HQ San Francisco (Clutch company data).
TrustpilotProfile live
G2Profile listedG2 returned 403 on 2026-09-30, so the listing was not opened.
Own site testimonials3 named on case studiesOliv AI CEO, Nidra founder, anonymised nutrition founder · vendor-published
Who they are
Founded 2025 by Krishna Kaanth M, Founder and CEO, named and linked on the site, Crunchbase and Clutch. His stated background: growing a bootstrapped company past $2M from pure inbound before starting MaximusLabs. Remote-first, 10-25 specialists, clients across four countries.
Offices
Remote-first — stated on the firm's own published agency listings · Company LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/maximus-labs-ai · Founder LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/krishna-kaanth-kk · Clients span four countries, US to India
Team size
10-25 specialists per the firm's own listings; Clutch profile states 10-49 employees
Strongest proof
Named cybersecurity clients UnderDefense and Edgelabs, with no published case study for either yet.
Monthly pricing
Published rate card (first-party). Basic $2,999/mo, or $2,499/mo billed yearly ($29,988/yr): 1,500 GEO credits (about 15 master AEO/GEO articles), 5 AI platforms tracked (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews, Gemini), weekly 45-minute strategy calls, dedicated Slack, 24-hour response. Advanced $4,999/mo, or $4,299/mo billed yearly ($51,588/yr): 3,000 credits (about 30 articles), 8 platforms (adds Grok, DeepSeek, Claude), multi-touch attribution, digital PR, dedicated account strategist, 4-hour response. Both include a technical audit stated at $2,500 value.
Terms
Monthly plans, cancel anytime (first-party, AEO service page). Annual billing about 14-17% cheaper. · The AEO page states monthly plans with no long-term commitment. The pricing page itself states no contract term. A refund and cancellation policy page is published.

Best for. Fintech startups that want YMYL trust work and BOFU content on month-to-month terms, and can accept anonymised fintech proof and a 2025 founding date.

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LoudFaceloudface.co

Builds the site and runs the growth programme with the same team, and publishes its own tracked leaderboard of AI-answer visibility on cybersecurity buyer prompts — including where it places itself.

Location
San Francisco, CA (Clutch)
Founded
2019
Projects completed
200+ websites built, 100+ companies worked with
Annual cost
~$60k / yr

Notable clients. Toku · Hoxhunt · Genie · Transalis · TradeMomentum · Eraser · Dimer Health · Ceipal · LIQID · Montblanc · Radisson Hotels Group

AEO capability57/70

fintech fit22/30

Signal rank#1

Evidence quality7/10

Clutch4.82 · Both reviews dated 2 September 2026 (Genie 5.0, Transalis 4.5). Clutch lists 2-9 employees.
Who they are
Founded 2019 by Arnel Bukva, who leads growth and has worked across Webflow, technical SEO, conversion optimisation and AI search. Founder-led, European base, remote delivery.
Offices
Europe · Remote delivery
Team size
Clutch band 2-9 employees
Strongest proof
200+ websites built and 100+ companies worked with since 2019.
Monthly pricing
Published: 'Autopilot' retainers from $5,000/mo (first-party). Solo (1 active initiative), Dual (2) and Scale (3-4) tiers; only the starting price is shown. Clutch lists $150-$199/hr and min project $5,000+.
Terms
Three-month minimum on fixed-scope engagements within the retainer (first-party) · Retainer that scales between tiers; cancellation terms not published

Best for. Fintech and crypto teams that want a compliance workflow, financial product schema and Webflow builds from one small team.

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NoGoodnogood.io

A New York growth agency that embeds AEO inside multi-channel growth squads rather than selling it as a channel, with proprietary AI-visibility tooling and a price floor that sorts the buyer set for it.

Location
New York, United States
Founded
2016 (Clutch)
Projects completed
Not published
Annual cost
~$240k+ / yr

Notable clients. SteelSeries · Chime · Nike · TikTok · Intuit · MongoDB · Inflection AI · Johnson & Johnson · ByteDance · Amazon · Spring Health · Citi

AEO capability53/70

fintech fit23/30

Signal rank#2

Evidence quality6/10

Clutch5.02 · Newest review (Sep 2026) is from Goodie AI, NoGood's own affiliated product, so it is related-party. The other is from April 2024.
Trustpilot2.64 · 50% 5-star, 50% 1-star; latest reviews date from 2020; profile claimed September 2026
Who they are
A New York growth marketing agency delivering through cross-functional squads, serving VC-backed startups and enterprise brands. Founding year and headcount not published.
Offices
New York, NY (HQ) · West Hollywood, CA · Miami, FL
Team size
10-49 employees (Clutch band)
Strongest proof
Named across many independent AEO and GEO roundups, consistently as the growth-embedded pick.
Monthly pricing
Not published. Third-party roundups report retainers around $20,000+/mo, with estimates of $15,000-$25,000/mo (third-party, unverified).
Terms
Not published · Not published

Best for. Funded consumer fintechs that want AEO run inside a paid, social and creative growth squad.

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MADX Digitalmadx.digital

A London agency working only with B2B SaaS and tech, running entity-first GEO alongside technical SEO, content and digital PR as one system — and one of very few in the category publishing its rate card.

Location
London, England (Clutch)
Founded
2020 per Clutch; stored value was 2021; the firm's own About page does not state a year
Projects completed
Not published; SaaS and tech exclusively
Annual cost
12 months at 30% off

Notable clients. MoonPay · Veed.io · Postalytics · Parcel Tracker · Reveille · Nosto · Orderful · Thunes · KEY ESG · Hola Prime · KURVE

AEO capability54/70

fintech fit22/30

Signal rank#3

Evidence quality8/10

Clutch4.914 · Recent 5.0 reviews from Orderful (Feb 2026), KEY ESG and Scrape.do (Mar 2026). Clutch lists min project $5,000+ and packages from $2,500/mo.
Who they are
Founded 2021 in London by Perry Steward and Toni Koraza. Works exclusively with B2B SaaS and technology companies, with multilingual delivery across European and English-speaking markets.
Offices
London, United Kingdom · Distributed team · Multilingual delivery across European and English-speaking markets
Team size
16+ named team members on the About page; Clutch band 10-49
Strongest proof
Clients include MoonPay, Veed.io, Postalytics, Parcel Tracker and Reveille.
Monthly pricing
Published tiers (first-party): Authority $3,500/mo (AI visibility tracking on 3 models, GEO audit and strategy, monthly report); Growth $5,500/mo (adds execution, 5 articles/mo, dashboard, conversion attribution); Scale $9,500/mo (10 articles/mo, dedicated GEO strategist, scaled PR, one client per category); Enterprise custom. Add-ons $2,000/mo each. One-off AI Search Growth Plan $4,500 over 3-4 weeks.
Terms
Rolling 3-month minimum, or 12-month contract at 30% off (first-party) · Billed monthly. Client keeps full ownership of produced assets; no rollback on cancellation.

Best for. Fintech, payments and crypto SaaS teams that want SEO and GEO from a SaaS-only firm with a YMYL method, from $3,500 a month.

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First Page Sagefirstpagesage.com

The incumbent: seventeen years old, four named security clients, published security benchmarks, and the deepest claim-verification process on this list — with nothing at all happening off-domain.

Location
United States
Founded
2009
Projects completed
100+ mid-sized businesses plus enterprise accounts
Annual cost
$96k–$240k / yr

Notable clients. Logitech · Salesforce · Alcoa · Rodan + Fields · Cadence · Corcoran · Sierra Wireless · U.S. Bancorp · BairesDev (named in a GEO case study)

AEO capability52/70

fintech fit22/30

Signal rank#4

Evidence quality6/10

ClutchProfile live0 reviews · 0.0 shown, not yet reviewed; lists 50-249 staff, Berkeley CA, founded 2009, min project $10,000+
Flexable2.042 reviews · reported by third-party pages (fervorstudio.ca, search aggregation); profile not opened directly, re-verify
DesignRushNot verifiedNot verified · profile returned 403 on fetch
G2Not foundNo profile located
Who they are
Founded 2009 by Evan Bailyn. Reported annual revenue around $20.8M. In-house employee writers rather than a freelance bench, with a published culture and careers operation.
Offices
United States · In-house employee writing staff, no freelance bench
Team size
Enterprise-scale; reported annual revenue around $20.8M
Strongest proof
Four named cybersecurity clients on its own site: New Context, Cyberfort, SpiderOak and ZPE Systems. Okta cited in its category study.
Monthly pricing
Not published by the firm. Its November 2025 GEO cost article gives industry survey tiers only ($2,000-$3,000, $4,000-$7,000, $8,000-$12,000 a month), not its own prices. A competitor (Fervor Studio, updated July 2026) reports $8,000-$20,000 a month, citing directories and roundups (third-party, unverified). Clutch lists a $10,000+ minimum project (third-party).
Terms
Clutch minimum project $10,000+ (third-party). Competitor pages report a 6 to 12 month minimum (third-party, not confirmed by the firm). · Not published by the firm. One first-party case study describes a 12-month initial engagement plus a 2-year renewal.

Best for. Larger financial brands that need SEC and FINRA claims review built into the content process and can fund a premium retainer.

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Siege Mediasiegemedia.com

Content, digital PR and GEO agency that sells a named GEO programme built on bottom-funnel content, PR and Reddit.

Location
Contradiction: Clutch lists Austin, TX as HQ; the About page refers to Siege HQ in San Diego, CA.
Founded
2012 (Clutch, third-party). Site says 13+ years without a year.
Projects completed
Not published
Annual cost
About $96K+/yr (derived)

Notable clients. Zendesk · Zapier · Zoom · Mentimeter · Grow Therapy · Hippo · Asana · Norton · Instacart · Credit Karma · Airbnb · HubSpot

AEO capability45/70

fintech fit25/30

Signal rank#5

Evidence quality8/10

Clutch4.948 · Read live. Min project $5,000+, $100-$149/hr.
G2Not publishedNot published · Page blocked (403); not verified.
Who they are
Large content-led agency that has repositioned its content, PR and link work as a full-service GEO offer.
Offices
Austin, TX · San Diego, CA · New York, NY · Chicago, IL · San Francisco, CA
Team size
50-249 employees (Clutch, third-party). About page roster suggests 70+ (derived).
Strongest proof
Reported: Zendesk 98% LLM visibility for industry queries (first-party). Zapier 47.2K citations in AI Overviews and 96% LLM visibility (first-party). Zoom 86% LLM visibility (first-party). Mentimeter 250,000 ChatGPT visits (first-party). Grow Therapy nearly 4x LLM visibility (first-party).
Monthly pricing
Content marketing minimum $8,000/month (first-party). Digital PR, including PR content, starts at $12,000-$15,000/month (first-party). GEO-specific price: Not published.
Terms
$8,000/month for content marketing (first-party). Clutch lists $5,000+ minimum project (third-party). · 12-month standard agreement with a 30-day out clause (first-party, content marketing page). GEO page describes a phased plan from Month 1 to Month 4+.

Best for. Growth-stage fintechs that want citations earned through content and digital PR on a 12-month plan from $8,000 a month.

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TripleDarttripledart.com

A B2B SaaS agency with a standing cybersecurity practice across organic and paid, proprietary LLM citation tracking, and the only verified third-party review record on this list.

Location
Plano, TX (US office) with a Bangalore office, per homepage
Founded
2020-2021 (sources differ)
Projects completed
125+ B2B SaaS companies
Annual cost
From $60k / yr

Notable clients. SentinelOne · Freshworks · Zoho · Zuora · Sprinklr · HighRadius · VWO · Glean · Signeasy · Meegle · Airbase · Helpshift · Razorpay · Payoneer · PayU · Atlan · TrueFoundry · MakeMyTrip

AEO capability53/70

fintech fit17/30

Signal rank#6

Evidence quality7/10

Trustpilot4.856 reviews · read live; 9 reviews in last 12 months, latest April 2 2026; Trustpilot notes the firm has not invited customers recently
G24.82 reviews · search-aggregated; direct profile returned 403, re-verify
ClutchNot foundNo profile at /profile/tripledart (404)
Who they are
Founded by former marketing leaders from Freshworks, Zoho, Remote and HubSpot. An 80-member global team with people in the US, EU, India and APAC. Sources differ on whether the founding year is 2020 or 2021.
Offices
Bengaluru, India (HQ) · Plano, Texas (US) · Team across US, EU, India and APAC
Team size
80-member global team
Strongest proof
125+ B2B SaaS companies served, typically from $3M+ ARR — Seed to Series A for startups, Series B to public for scaleups.
Monthly pricing
Standalone SEO/AEO/GEO from $5,000 a month, covering strategy, technical work, up to 30 content assets a month, 5,000 tracked prompts and a dedicated strategist (first-party). The AEO page also shows a Paid Performance service from $6,500 a month (first-party). Manages $10K-$500K monthly ad spend.
Terms
Typical six-month initial term, then month to month (first-party GEO and AEO pages) · Billed monthly; 'no long-term contracts required' per the GEO page, yet most engagements start with a six-month initial term (first-party, internally inconsistent wording)

Best for. B2B fintech SaaS teams that want GEO, paid and RevOps in one retainer and can wait for fintech AI proof.

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Omniusomnius.so

A capacity-capped European boutique that owns its analytics platform, publishes a seven-stage process with named outputs, and works regulated risk and compliance clients — but no security vendors.

Location
London, United Kingdom
Founded
2022-2023
Projects completed
Capped at eight new clients a year, roughly two per quarter
Annual cost
Not published

Notable clients. Payoneer · BigCommerce · WorldFirst · ANNA Money · Meniga · TextCortex · Zencoder · Native Teams · Sigma360 · apexanalytix · Solflare · Global App Testing · AuthoredUp · Crustdata · LSports · onetrace · Myos · HotelSync

AEO capability47/70

fintech fit22/30

Signal rank#7

Evidence quality6/10

ClutchNot foundNo profile for omnius.so located · name collision: clutch.co/profile/omnius is a Mexican software firm (omnius.com.mx); clutch.co/profile/omnius-web-development is a Canadian freelancer
G2Not verifiedNot verified · search shows an 'Omnius' seller at 4.9 from 10, but the page returned 403 and the entity could not be matched to omnius.so
Own client reviews pagePublished17 named reviewers with titles (vendor-published)
Who they are
Founded in London by Matija Golubović (CEO) and Ana Pantić (COO), with offices in London, Dubai and Belgrade. Partners exclusively with SaaS, fintech and AI companies.
Offices
London · Dubai · Belgrade
Team size
Boutique; in-house staff only, no freelancers
Strongest proof
Clients include BigCommerce (Nasdaq-listed), Payoneer (Nasdaq-listed), WorldFirst (Ant International), Sigma360, apexanalytix (KKR-backed) and Meniga.
Monthly pricing
Not published. The GEO and AEO pages disclose no pricing, minimum or contract length. A search-indexed Omnius text states a $5,000 minimum project (first-party per search snippet, not seen on pages fetched).
Terms
Not published on pages fetched; $5,000 minimum project per search-indexed text (unverified) · Not published

Best for. Consumer and SME fintechs building organic and AI search from an early stage, without a paid layer.

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How did we choose these agencies?

Built from answer engine capability first, then filtered for fintech. Capability carries 70 points across twenty fintech service lines, from compliance-reviewed content and YMYL trust signals to comparison pages and signup attribution. Fintech proof carries 30: named fintech clients, published ROI and AI search results.

Build the pool from two nets

The pool combined the eight firms on the 2025 edition, firms already in this directory with fintech clients, and fintech AEO agencies named in 24 roundups from 2026. Self-rankings were not counted. 20 agencies were researched in full.

Score capability from the firm's own pages

Capability carries 70 points across twenty fintech service lines: compliance-reviewed content, YMYL trust signals, comparison and product pages, calculators, entity and schema work, roundup placement, review programmes, citation tracking and signup attribution. A line counts only when the firm's own page describes it.

Score fintech proof

Proof carries 30 points. Named fintech clients with AI search or ROI results score highest. Logos without a case, anonymised cases and SEO-only wins count for less. Ratings were read on the live Clutch, G2 and Trustpilot profiles.

Keep eight and preserve the exclusions

Twelve researched agencies sit below the line, each with the reason it fell short and what would change the call. Tool vendors such as Profound, Peec AI and Scrunch were not ranked.

What the community check found

Compliance is the thinnest line. Only two of the eight treat a compliance review process as a core line, and none runs multi-market or licensing work as core. Six track citations and six attribute signups or pipeline.

The correction worth naming

The 2025 edition ranked Victorious, WebFX, Searchbloom, Sure Oak, Intero, Search Engine People and Straight North behind MaximusLabs. Every firm was re-researched. Only Victorious had a named fintech AI result, and it covers AI Overviews only. LoudFace, NoGood, MADX, First Page Sage, Siege Media, TripleDart and Omnius entered.

Which fintech AEO services does each firm actually run?

Twenty fintech service lines down the side, eight firms across the top, with a count of how many treat each as core.

ServiceMaximusLabs.aiLoudFaceNoGoodMADX DigitalFirst Page SageSiege MediaTripleDartOmniusOffer it
AI visibility audit on financial promptsWhich money questions name you, and which name rivals●●●●●○●●7/8
Compliance-reviewed contentClaims and disclosures that survive legal review◐●◐◐●◐○○2/8
YMYL and E-E-A-T trust signalsExpert authors and reviewers AI checks on money topics●●○●●●○○5/8
Comparison and alternatives pagesYou versus banks, neobanks and incumbents●●○◐●◐●●5/8
Product, rate and fee pages built to be quotedThe numbers buyers ask AI to compare◐●◐◐●○○◐2/8
Calculators and interactive toolsUtility pages AI links to○◐○○○●◐○1/8
Entity and licensing dataMaking the model describe your licences and products correctly◐●○●◐○●●4/8
Financial product and FAQ schemaMachine-readable rates, fees and products●●●●○○●●6/8
Crawler access and renderingAI bots reaching app-like fintech sites●◐●●◐○●●5/8
Roundup and comparison-site placementNerdWallet-style lists AI quotes○●◐◐◐●◐○2/8
Trustpilot, G2 and app store reviewsTrust signals AI checks before recommending◐◐○◐◐○●○1/8
Reddit and finance forumsWhere users ask which app is safe●○◐○○◐●○2/8
Financial press and earned citationsCoverage on sources models trust◐○●●◐●◐◐3/8
Original data reportsThe asset that earns citations unasked◐○○◐◐●◐◐1/8
Programmatic rate and currency pagesPages at scale for long-tail money queries○●○○○○●●3/8
Citation and prompt trackingKnowing whether any of it worked●●●●◐◐●●6/8
Signup and pipeline attributionFunded accounts and pipeline, not mentions●●●●●◐●◐6/8
Paid media alongside organicSame buyer, second surface○○●○◐○●○2/8
Multi-market and licensing by countrySelling where you are licensed○◐○◐○○◐○0/8
Site build and developmentShipping changes, not recommending them○●○○◐◐○●2/8

What does fintech AEO cost with each firm?

Published rate cards first. Directory figures are labelled third-party, and annual figures are derived.

AgencyMonthlyAnnualMinimum engagementContract and exitFirst result
MaximusLabs.aiPublished rate card (first-party). Basic $2,999/mo, or $2,499/mo billed yearly ($29,988/yr): 1,500 GEO credits (about 15 master AEO/GEO articles), 5 AI platforms tracked (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews, Gemini), weekly 45-minute strategy calls, dedicated Slack, 24-hour response. Advanced $4,999/mo, or $4,299/mo billed yearly ($51,588/yr): 3,000 credits (about 30 articles), 8 platforms (adds Grok, DeepSeek, Claude), multi-touch attribution, digital PR, dedicated account strategist, 4-hour response. Both include a technical audit stated at $2,500 value.$29,988/yr (Basic) or $51,588/yr (Advanced), billed yearly (first-party)Monthly plans, cancel anytime (first-party, AEO service page). Annual billing about 14-17% cheaper.The AEO page states monthly plans with no long-term commitment. The pricing page itself states no contract term. A refund and cancellation policy page is published.First content live in four days. First citation signals 4-8 weeks. Meaningful pipeline 3-4 months.
LoudFacePublished: 'Autopilot' retainers from $5,000/mo (first-party). Solo (1 active initiative), Dual (2) and Scale (3-4) tiers; only the starting price is shown. Clutch lists $150-$199/hr and min project $5,000+.From roughly $60,000 a year; derived from the published $5,000 monthly floorThree-month minimum on fixed-scope engagements within the retainer (first-party)Retainer that scales between tiers; cancellation terms not publishedNot published. The Dimer Health conversion result is reported over six months.
NoGoodNot published. Third-party roundups report retainers around $20,000+/mo, with estimates of $15,000-$25,000/mo (third-party, unverified).From roughly $240,000 a year at the reported rateNot publishedNot publishedNot published.
MADX DigitalPublished tiers (first-party): Authority $3,500/mo (AI visibility tracking on 3 models, GEO audit and strategy, monthly report); Growth $5,500/mo (adds execution, 5 articles/mo, dashboard, conversion attribution); Scale $9,500/mo (10 articles/mo, dedicated GEO strategist, scaled PR, one client per category); Enterprise custom. Add-ons $2,000/mo each. One-off AI Search Growth Plan $4,500 over 3-4 weeks.12-month contract at 30% discount (first-party)Rolling 3-month minimum, or 12-month contract at 30% off (first-party)Billed monthly. Client keeps full ownership of produced assets; no rollback on cancellation.Not published.
First Page SageNot published by the firm. Its November 2025 GEO cost article gives industry survey tiers only ($2,000-$3,000, $4,000-$7,000, $8,000-$12,000 a month), not its own prices. A competitor (Fervor Studio, updated July 2026) reports $8,000-$20,000 a month, citing directories and roundups (third-party, unverified). Clutch lists a $10,000+ minimum project (third-party).Not published by the firm. Roughly $96,000-$240,000 a year if the competitor-reported $8,000-$20,000 monthly band holds (derived)Clutch minimum project $10,000+ (third-party). Competitor pages report a 6 to 12 month minimum (third-party, not confirmed by the firm).Not published by the firm. One first-party case study describes a 12-month initial engagement plus a 2-year renewal.Technical work inside month one, content from month two, first pipeline month three or four.
Siege MediaContent marketing minimum $8,000/month (first-party). Digital PR, including PR content, starts at $12,000-$15,000/month (first-party). GEO-specific price: Not published.Derived minimum about $96,000/year on the 12-month content contract (derived).$8,000/month for content marketing (first-party). Clutch lists $5,000+ minimum project (third-party).12-month standard agreement with a 30-day out clause (first-party, content marketing page). GEO page describes a phased plan from Month 1 to Month 4+.Early signals within the first quarter; 3-6 months stated on the GEO page (first-party).
TripleDartStandalone SEO/AEO/GEO from $5,000 a month, covering strategy, technical work, up to 30 content assets a month, 5,000 tracked prompts and a dedicated strategist (first-party). The AEO page also shows a Paid Performance service from $6,500 a month (first-party). Manages $10K-$500K monthly ad spend.From $60,000 a year; derived from the published $5,000 monthly floorTypical six-month initial term, then month to month (first-party GEO and AEO pages)Billed monthly; 'no long-term contracts required' per the GEO page, yet most engagements start with a six-month initial term (first-party, internally inconsistent wording)Not published. Third-party case data shows AI visibility movement inside six months.
OmniusNot published. The GEO and AEO pages disclose no pricing, minimum or contract length. A search-indexed Omnius text states a $5,000 minimum project (first-party per search snippet, not seen on pages fetched).Not published. Third-party shortlists place it with agencies serving $1M-$50M ARR companiesNot published on pages fetched; $5,000 minimum project per search-indexed text (unverified)Not publishedTangible improvements typically from months two to three; published cases show conversion and organic movement inside six months.

What tools do they own?

An owned tracker, a licensed tool such as Peec AI or Profound, or none.

AgencyTooling and IPRelationship to SEO
MaximusLabs.aiIn-house workflows plus free public tools — AI crawlability checker, llms.txt generator, content optimizer. No named proprietary platform.AEO-first. SEO is treated as one input the engines sample rather than the parent discipline.
LoudFacePeec AI (third-party visibility tracker), Search Console, PostHogIntegrated. SEO foundations, AEO content and CRO run as one growth system rather than parallel engagements.
NoGoodGoodie AI, an AEO platform built by NoGood's founder and launched January 2025 with agency backing.Growth-marketing parent. AEO and SEO are components of a multi-channel programme rather than the organising discipline.
MADX DigitalNo named proprietary platform.Organic-first with GEO integrated into the same system, on the stated view that the two compound together for SaaS.
First Page SageCase studies state recommendation share is tracked with Profound (third-party tool, not owned).SEO-parent. GEO and AEO are a mature practice built on a seventeen-year content and authority operation.
Siege MediaBlueprintIQ (content strategy) | DataFlywheel (quarterly or faster content refresh)GEO sold as an extension of its content, PR and link programmes. SEO results and LLM results are reported side by side.
TripleDartSlate, a proprietary platform for auditing, schema generation and weekly citation-share tracking across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Copilot and AI Overviews (first-party).Unified. Traditional authority building and generative optimisation run as one system.
OmniusAtomic AGI, an in-house AI search tracking platform launched early 2024, monitoring citations and visibility across LLMs (first-party).Multi-engine by design: traditional SEO, programmatic SEO and generative optimisation treated as one system.

How much fintech proof has each firm published, and who have they written against?

Named fintech clients, published ROI, compliance process, and the competitors each firm positions against.

AgencyDeclared surfaceCited on promptsService linesStated gapsBuilt forCompetitive sets
MaximusLabs.aiChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Claude on the fintech page; pricing adds AI Mode, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek by tier.Untracked unless observed56entrantTraditional agencies with slow onboarding and top-funnel content (fintech page comparison table). No fintech brand competitors named.
LoudFaceChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews on fintech page; Toku case also names Brave Search and Grok.Untracked unless observed44entrantGeneric EOR incumbents (Toku case avoided their prompts)
NoGoodChatGPT | Gemini | Claude | Perplexity | Google AI OverviewsUntracked unless observed46leaderNot published. Chime case says competitors held high-value LLM queries but does not name them.
MADX DigitalChatGPT | Perplexity | Gemini | Google AI Overviews | Google AI Mode | Copilot | GrokUntracked unless observed46challengerNot published. Thunes case says established competitors owned priority terms but does not name them.
First Page SageChatGPT, Claude, Gemini named on fintech page; agentic search optimization (ASO) listed.Untracked unless observed45challengerNot published
Siege MediaLLMs and AI Overviews generally; no engine named on fintech page.Untracked unless observed46leaderOpenAI and Anthropic on finance AI terms (Hebbia case)
TripleDartChatGPT | Perplexity | Gemini | Claude | Copilot | Google AI OverviewsUntracked unless observed45challengerRazorpayX (named as Mysa's competitor in the Mysa case). Otherwise Not published.
OmniusChatGPT | Claude | Gemini | Perplexity | Google AI OverviewsUntracked unless observed46challengerNot published. ANNA case targets other UK business account and company formation providers without naming them.

Which firms were researched but not ranked?

Researched in full, below the line on this weighting.

FirmCapability /70Industry /30Why it falls short here
Intero Digitalinterodigital.com5413SEC, FINRA and client compliance review are described, but its finance results are SEO and PPC only, with no fintech AI search case.
Mint Positionmintposition.co3924ChatGPT results for fintech clients Lula and Duckfund are reported by the firm and its tool vendor Peec AI, and the Lula case page returned 404.
Victoriousvictorious.com4320One named fintech AI result (Instant Financial, AI Overview citations up 15x), Google only. Its fintech pages blocked checks on the review date.
Searchbloomsearchbloom.com448No fintech page or fintech case. US Bank, Divvy, LoanPro and Bill.com appear as logos only.
Skaleskale.so3714No fintech page on its own site. Its fintech claim rests on rankings written by its co-founders.
Directivedirectiveconsulting.com4110The finance page shows logos only (Betterment, Bill.com, Dwolla), with no AI search work and no finance case.
Sure Oaksureoak.com3218Five financial SEO cases, but its only AI result is for a cybersecurity client. SoFi is a logo and a podcast guest.
CSTMRcstmr.com2722AI search is one sub-line with no published AI results. Clutch 4.9 from 7.
Croton Contentcrotoncontent.com3118No named fintech client and no AI search results.
Straight Northstraightnorth.com3315GEO is a newer line with no fintech AI proof, and its HQ and starting price differ between its own pages and Clutch.
WebFXwebfx.com397Its finance page has no AI or compliance content, and its only finance-filed case is a benefits firm with no AI metric.
Search Engine Peoplesearchenginepeople.com327No fintech page. Its one lending case (Speedy Cash) is SEO-only.
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