Last reviewed October 2026 · 10 firms evaluated

10 Best Agencies for Technical AEO in 2026, Metrics Evaluated: Pricing, ROI & Reviews

Independent comparison of 37 agencies on the technical work that lets AI engines crawl, read and cite a site, plus the ROI and review proof a buyer can check.

Publisher disclosure. Published by MaximusLabs.ai, which competes with every firm listed. Listed first as publisher; on the evidence alone it ranks tenth. 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 cases with revenue, pipeline, lead or 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 10, 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
  • Write the pages a buyer reads right before choosing, first
  • Get named by AI on the questions where rivals already win
  • Show up in the places AI trusts, like Reddit and review sites
  • Make product data readable so shopping agents can buy from you
  • Tie every AI mention back to leads and revenue
  • Publish free research that others quote
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 studiesFounded 2025, so there is almost no operating history. Clutch lists a $25-$49 hourly band, which sits oddly beside the enterprise positioning. Every result is self-reported from client dashboards and an in-house tracker. One of three live cases is anonymised. The client logo wall is longer than the published case list. It is also the publisher of this list.$2,999-$4,999 / mo
TripleDart#2 · tripledart.com
  • Find out which AI answers name you and which name rivals
  • Make the brand read the same everywhere, from your site to Wikipedia
  • Win the 'best' and 'vs' questions with your own comparison pages
  • Get reviews and mentions on G2, Reddit and the press AI reads
  • Let AI crawlers in with llms.txt and a clean page structure
  • Track citation share weekly and tie it to pipeline
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 foundA buyer who wants independent verification of AI results (none are third-party) or a senior-only team; breadth across 300+ clients and paid, RevOps and SEO lines spreads senior attention.From $5,000 / mo
Intero Digital#3 · interodigital.com
  • Find out how each AI engine describes you today, and who it names instead
  • Make sure AI knows exactly what your brand is, down to Wikipedia
  • Put the answer in the first lines of every page
  • Get talked about on Reddit, Quora and the press AI reads
  • Let AI crawlers in and serve pages they can read
  • Correct wrong things AI says about your brand
Freshpet · Global Industrial · Updox · Credera · Flying Squirrel Sports · Mizuno · PubMatic · ZayoClutch: 4.8 · GoodFirms: 4.5 (stored, not re-verified) · G2: 3.9 (stored, not re-verified)AI tracking rides on Profound, a third-party tool, rather than owned tooling. GEO is one line in a menu of 40-plus services. The site claims both 13,000+ and 500+ clients served. Founding year differs by source (1996 vs 2003). A GoodFirms 1.0 review alleges unauthorised account access after termination.Not published
Ignite Visibility#4 · ignitevisibility.com
  • Let AI crawlers in and give them a clean map of your site
  • Put the answer first on every key page
  • Win the 'best' and 'vs' questions with your own comparison pages
  • Keep your brand facts the same everywhere, including Wikipedia and directories
  • Get mentioned on review sites, Reddit and roundup lists
  • Connect AI visits to booked sales in your CRM
Orangetheory FitnessClutch: 4.8 · G2: 4.5B2B SaaS or single-site buyers wanting named, comparable AI proof outside franchise and home services.$2,000 to $10,000+/mo
Momentic#5 · momenticmarketing.com
  • Check that AI bots can really reach your site, not just on paper
  • Make your brand facts match everywhere engines look
  • Give agents clean, readable versions of your pages
  • Fix pages that look fine to people but break for crawlers
  • Watch what each AI tool says about you every week, answer by answer
  • Trace a bad answer back to the page causing it, then fix that page
  • Decide what agents may see, use, or buy on your site
BibleProject · Hal Leonard · Fleet Farm · Metadata.io · RiteKnife · 367 VenturesClutch: 4.9 · DesignRush: 5.0 · Google: 5.0No published client AI-citation result yet. Its case studies are SEO wins dated 2019-2023. A team of about 12 limits capacity. PR, links and paid media are delivered by partners.$4K-$18K+/mo
MADX Digital#6 · madx.digital
  • Make the brand look the same everywhere AI reads, from Wikipedia to G2
  • Build content hubs that answer every buyer question in one place
  • Earn mentions and links on sites AI already cites
  • Track share of voice against named rivals on real prompts
  • Tie AI visibility to signups and pipeline
  • Publish prices so buyers can budget before a call
MoonPay · Veed.io · Postalytics · Parcel Tracker · Reveille · Nosto · Orderful · Thunes · KEY ESG · Hola Prime · KURVEClutch: 4.9Organic and AI search only, with no paid, community or site build. Its cheapest tier now starts at $3,500 a month, and full execution sits at $5,500 or more. The strongest AI numbers are snapshots on older SEO wins, not before-and-after GEO trials. Founding year varies by source. It relies on third-party tools (Ahrefs), not owned tracking.$3,500-$9,500 / mo
WebFX#7 · webfx.com
  • Start by measuring which AI answers mention you and which do not
  • Track the same prompts every month against five rivals
  • Get your expertise published on sites AI already trusts
  • Build content around the questions buyers ask AI before they buy
  • Tie AI traffic to leads, not just mentions
  • Scale the number of prompts and assets as budget grows
Thompson Tractor · KOA · S. Clyde WeaverClutch: 4.9 · G2: 4.8Buyers needing deep entity, community or listicle work, or more than a few content assets a month at low tiers.$3,000 to $68,250/mo
Graphite#8 · graphite.io
  • Build the prompt set from real buyer language, not keyword tools
  • Track citations logged in, the way buyers actually see answers
  • Fix the product and category pages AI already reads
  • Work Reddit and offsite sources chosen by what moves citations
  • Test changes against a control group before scaling them
  • Publish research on what actually moves AI answers
Webflow · n8n · Hinge Health · Fourthwall · BetterUp · MasterClass · Adobe · UpworkClutch: Not found · G2: Not foundBuyers wanting results inside six months, published prices, or independent reviews to check before signing. No review profile exists, and the Clutch profile named Graphite belongs to Graphite Financial.Custom · 12-month minimum
Hop AI (formerly Hop Online)#9 · hoponline.ai
  • Measure AI visibility many times per question, not once
  • Feed the models what only you know: interviews, data, customer voice
  • Publish often and straight into your site
  • Get named on the pages AI already quotes
  • Watch each AI engine on its own; they disagree
  • Pick topics where rivals do not already own the cited pages
Rapid7 · Immersive Labs · Group-IB · SecurityScorecard · IntSights · Recruiterflow · Itilite · LifeX (GEO case)Clutch: 4.8 · G2 (agency, Hop Online): 4.8 · G2 (GEOforge software): 4.7Three of four GEO cases are anonymised and the named proof lives on the product site, not the agency results page. Most Clutch reviews date from 2019. Perplexity, Gemini and Claude are named but not tracked in plans. Homepage testimonials look like placeholders.$350-$695/mo platform; managed GEO custom
BrainZ Digital#10 · brainz.digital
  • Find out where the brand shows up in ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity today
  • Rewrite key pages so AI tools can lift clear answers from them
  • Make sure AI crawlers can actually read the site
  • Earn mentions on trusted industry sites and directories
  • Grow non-branded demand so new buyers find the brand
  • Watch AI referral traffic and revenue every month
Hulken · BLEND · Gloww · Melio · Yotpo · Elementor · Papaya Global · Mindspace · BoomiClutch: 5.0 · DesignRush: 5.0 · GoodFirms: 5.0 · G2: Not publishedTwo of three GEO cases are anonymized. Team size is small (10-49). Self-published agency rankings put BrainZ at the top.Not published
10 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 capability58/70

general fit13/30

Signal rank#10

Evidence quality6/10

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. B2B SaaS, AI and D2C brands that want crawler access, schema and per-engine fixes shipped with BOFU content, on a published rate card and month-to-month terms.

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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 capability60/70

general fit24/30

Signal rank#1

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 SaaS, fintech and AI companies that want technical GEO, entity and programmatic work in one retainer from $5,000 a month.

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Intero Digitalinterodigital.com

A full-service digital agency with a trademarked GEO framework and the one named, numbered industrial AI-search win on this list: Global Industrial from zero to 1,200+ AI Overview appearances.

Location
Colorado Springs, CO (Clutch)
Founded
2003 per the firm; Clutch, GoodFirms and G2 list 1996, likely from an acquired predecessor
Projects completed
13,000+ clients served per the site headline; a site lead form says 500+ (internal conflict)
Annual cost
Not published

Notable clients. Freshpet · Global Industrial · Updox · Credera · Flying Squirrel Sports · Mizuno · PubMatic · Zayo

AEO capability56/70

general fit24/30

Signal rank#2

Evidence quality7/10

Clutch4.8147 · Premier Verified. Founded 1996 per Clutch. Recent reviews April 2026 (4.5 and 5.0).
GoodFirms4.5 (stored, not re-verified)9 · 403 on 2026-09-30. Stored note: a Nov 2025 1.0 review alleges unauthorised post-termination account access.
G23.9 (stored, not re-verified)5 · Not re-opened
Who they are
Intero Digital is a roll-up of acquired agencies (Minds On, Titan Growth, Radd Interactive), led by CEO Marc Blumberg with Christina Adame heading search and GEO. Headquartered in Colorado Springs. Sources conflict on founding year (2003 vs 1996) and headcount (50-249 to 400+).
Offices
San Diego, CA · Farmington, AZ · Columbia, MO · Lewis Center, OH
Team size
Clutch band 50-249. The site says both '13,000+ clients served' and '500+ clients served'.
Strongest proof
Global Industrial (industrial and MRO distribution): from zero presence in Google AI Overviews to 1,200+ appearances year over year, a 34% rise in page-one rankings and a 24% organic revenue increase (first-party).
Monthly pricing
Not published. Clutch minimum project $1,000+. Stored directory hourly bands (GoodFirms $100-$149, DesignRush $150-$199) not re-verified.
Terms
Clutch minimum project $1,000+ · Not published

Best for. Mid-market consumer, retail and industrial brands that want technical GEO inside a large SEO, PR and paid team with a deep review record.

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Ignite Visibilityignitevisibility.com

Full-service agency for franchise and multi-location brands that sells AI SEO (GEO and AEO) alongside its Rallio AI platform.

Location
San Diego, CA
Founded
2013
Projects completed
2,500+ brands and 50,000+ locations managed (first-party)
Annual cost
$24k–$120k+ / yr

Notable clients. Orangetheory Fitness

AEO capability58/70

general fit21/30

Signal rank#3

Evidence quality8/10

Clutch4.8175 · Firm's own pages cite 170+ and 173; live count is 175. Clutch lists GEO as 20% of SEO focus.
G24.53 · Very low count.
Who they are
Founded 2013 by John Lincoln and Krishnan Coughran. Backed by Mountaingate Capital (2023). Acquired Outliant, Rallio and EverConnect in 2025. Hired a VP of GEO & SEO (Karen Devlin, ex-BrightEdge) in Sep 2025.
Offices
San Diego (HQ) · Irvine, CA · New York, NY · Orlando, FL · remote
Team size
700+ full-time staff (first-party, AI information page); 600+ experts (first-party, G2 description); 250-999 (third-party, Clutch)
Strongest proof
Unnamed home services franchise group: +458% AI Overview visibility across 5,000+ blogs (OMMA Award). Unnamed automotive franchise: #3 to #1 in AI share of voice (reported).
Monthly pricing
Most engagements run $2,000 to $10,000+ per month, custom-scoped (first-party).
Terms
$1,000+ minimum project; $100-$149/hr (third-party, Clutch) · No long-term contracts; clients are not locked in (first-party).

Best for. Franchise and multi-location brands that want AI crawler access and entity work tied to CRM revenue, with no long-term contract.

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Momenticmomenticmarketing.com

Engineering-led boutique SEO and AI search agency (SEO, AEO/GEO, AXO) in Milwaukee that builds its own tooling (Momentic Studio, Atlas).

Location
Milwaukee, WI (316 N Milwaukee St, #350)
Founded
2018
Projects completed
Not published (claims '100s of enterprise and mid-market brands', first-party)
Annual cost
$48K+/yr (derived)

Notable clients. BibleProject · Hal Leonard · Fleet Farm · Metadata.io · RiteKnife · 367 Ventures

AEO capability62/70

general fit14/30

Signal rank#4

Evidence quality8/10

Clutch4.911 · Live profile read via WebFetch (direct curl got Cloudflare 403). Reviews dated 2020-2023; none mention GEO/AEO. Clutch: $5,000+ min, $150-$199/hr, 2-9 staff, focus 60% SEO, 20% generative AI.
DesignRush5.06 · Profile blocked (403). Value from search-index snippet only, not verified live.
Google5.08 · From search-index snippet only; Google profile not opened. Not verified live.
Who they are
Founded 2018 in Milwaukee by Tony Van Hart (President & CEO) and Tyler Einberger (COO). Senior-only team, no account managers.
Offices
Milwaukee, WI
Team size
12 people (llms.txt, first-party); 2-9 employees (Clutch)
Strongest proof
Published SEO case studies (2019-2023) with traffic, revenue and ROI figures. No published client case with AI-citation results; Atlas research on 134,110 AI answers across 18 brands (first-party).
Monthly pricing
Ongoing partnerships from $4K/month (focused), $7K+ (integrated), $18K+ (multi-surface); consulting from $1K per half day (first-party).
Terms
Fixed-scope discovery first, then ongoing engagement. Clutch lists $5,000+ minimum project and $150-$199/hr. · Every engagement starts with a fixed-scope discovery plan; ongoing term length not published.

Best for. Mid-market and enterprise brands with complex sites that want senior engineers auditing AI bot access, rendering and entity data, and can work without published AI case results.

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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

general fit21/30

Signal rank#5

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. SaaS and fintech teams that want entity-first technical GEO and SEO from one SaaS-only team, priced from $3,500 a month.

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WebFXwebfx.com

Full-service digital agency that sells GEO as tiered packages run on its own AI visibility tracker, OmniSEO.

Location
Harrisburg, PA
Founded
1995
Projects completed
Not published (claims 24,859,684+ leads and $10.08B+ revenue driven for clients, first-party)
Annual cost
$36k–$819k / yr

Notable clients. Thompson Tractor · KOA · S. Clyde Weaver

AEO capability47/70

general fit26/30

Signal rank#6

Evidence quality9/10

Clutch4.9450 · Clutch lists 20% of SEO focus as generative engine optimization.
G24.8203
Who they are
Founded 1995 in Pennsylvania. Large full-service agency with its own martech stack (RevenueCloudFX, OmniSEO, Nutshell).
Offices
8 locations across PA, NY, DC, FL, MI (third-party, Clutch)
Team size
750 experts on staff (first-party, About page); 250-999 employees (third-party, Clutch)
Strongest proof
Thompson Tractor: +586% traffic from generative AI sources, +500% leads from AI platforms (reported). Claims 94K client mentions in AI sources and 12,335+ AI-driven leads (first-party).
Monthly pricing
GEO tiers on a 6-month commitment: Bronze $3,000 | Silver $5,250 | Gold $7,500 | Diamond $12,000 | Platinum $23,250 | Enterprise $34,500 | Enterprise+ $68,250 | Global Enterprise+ by quote (first-party).
Terms
6-month commitment (first-party pricing table). Clutch lists $1,000+ minimum project. · Progressive monthly optimization, 6-month commitment (first-party).

Best for. SMB and mid-market companies that want a fixed-price GEO package with owned tracking across ten AI engines, on a six-month commitment.

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Graphitegraphite.io

The most rigorous AEO practice in the category and the only one publishing controlled evidence — with no cybersecurity client, no security content and no compliance practice of any kind.

Location
United States
Founded
Not published
Projects completed
Not published; deliberately limited client slots
Annual cost
Custom · 12-mo term

Notable clients. Webflow · n8n · Hinge Health · Fourthwall · BetterUp · MasterClass · Adobe · Upwork

AEO capability56/70

general fit15/30

Signal rank#9

Evidence quality8/10

ClutchNot foundNo Graphite Growth profile located · name collision: clutch.co/profile/graphite (5.0, 8 reviews) is Graphite Financial (graphitefinancial.com), a finance outsourcing firm
G2Not foundNo agency profile · G2 'Graphite' is an unrelated code review product
Who they are
Graphite Growth, Inc. CEO Ethan Smith teaches SEO and AEO at Reforge, is an adjunct professor at IE Business School, and was previously a growth advisor to MasterClass, Robinhood and Honey. Chief AI Officer Gregory Druck holds a machine learning PhD and was previously Chief Data Scientist at Yummly.
Offices
United States · Distributed research and delivery team
Team size
Not published; named research team incl. two PhDs
Strongest proof
Clients include Webflow, Notion, Adobe, Upwork, MasterClass, BetterUp, n8n and Hinge Health.
Monthly pricing
Not published. No retainer figures on the AEO, SEO or About pages (checked 2026-09-30).
Terms
Twelve months minimum, stated on the SEO page (first-party) · 12-month minimum stated for SEO engagements; AEO page states no terms

Best for. Venture-backed software and consumer brands that want technical changes measured against control groups and can commit to twelve months.

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Hop AI (formerly Hop Online)hoponline.ai

B2B performance agency for cybersecurity and SaaS that sells GEO through its own GEOforge platform.

Location
Sofia, Bulgaria (43 Cherni Vrah Blvd.)
Founded
2009 (Clutch, third-party; GEOforge page quotes the founder: SEO since 2009). About page does not state a year.
Projects completed
Not published. Legacy site hop.online says trusted by 485+ companies (first-party). GEOforge claims 50+ brands (first-party).
Annual cost
15% off monthly (platform)

Notable clients. Rapid7 · Immersive Labs · Group-IB · SecurityScorecard · IntSights · Recruiterflow · Itilite · LifeX (GEO case)

AEO capability52/70

general fit19/30

Signal rank#7

Evidence quality8/10

Clutch4.824 · Listed as Hop AI. Latest reviews Nov 2024 and Aug 2024; most from 2019. No review mentions GEO.
G2 (agency, Hop Online)4.831 · Read via browser (WebFetch returned 403). Seller shown as Hop AI.
G2 (GEOforge software)4.714 · Product rating for the GEO platform, not the agency. Read via browser.
Who they are
Founder-led (Paris Childress, ex-Google country manager) performance agency rebranded from Hop Online to Hop AI; now also a GEO software vendor.
Offices
Sofia, Bulgaria · New Orleans, LA, USA
Team size
10-49 employees (Clutch, third-party). About page shows a staff directory of roughly 35 people (derived).
Strongest proof
Long PPC/SEO case list on /results (no GEO cases there). Four GEO case studies on getgeoforge.com, three anonymized, one named (LifeX).
Monthly pricing
GEOforge platform: Create $350/mo per brand (50 pages/mo, 30 prompts); Dominate $695/mo per brand (100 pages/mo, CiteForge citation building); Enterprise/Agency custom with managed service and dedicated GEO strategist (first-party). Managed GEO agency retainer price: Not published. Legacy hop.online pricing (2024 footer) lists $2,000-$5,000/mo consulting fees for paid/demand programmes, not GEO.
Terms
$1,000+ minimum project; most common project $10,000-$49,999; $100-$149/hr (Clutch, third-party). GEOforge 14-day free trial, no card. · GEOforge: monthly or annual billing, upgrade or downgrade anytime (first-party). Agency contract terms: Not published.

Best for. B2B cybersecurity and SaaS teams that want a GEO platform with Cloudflare and CMS integrations they can trial cheaply.

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BrainZ Digitalbrainz.digital

London AI-first SEO agency that sells GEO alongside SEO and runs its own LLM visibility tracker.

Location
London, UK (site lists Northiam, London N12 7HJ)
Founded
2019 (site); Clutch lists March 2023 for BrainZ Digital LTD, formerly Liraz Postan LTD (2019)
Projects completed
Not published
Annual cost
Not published

Notable clients. Hulken · BLEND · Gloww · Melio · Yotpo · Elementor · Papaya Global · Mindspace · Boomi

AEO capability52/70

general fit19/30

Signal rank#8

Evidence quality7/10

Clutch5.037 · Read live. Min project $1,000+, $100-$149/hr, 10-49 staff, 55% SEO / 45% Generative AI.
DesignRush5.041 · Profile returned 403. Figure from search-result snippet only, not read live. Treat as unverified.
GoodFirms5.01 · Profile returned 403. Figure from search-result snippet only, not read live. Treat as unverified.
G2Not publishedNot published · No G2 profile found.
Who they are
Boutique, founder-led AI-first SEO agency focused on B2B SaaS and tech brands.
Offices
London (HQ) · Remote international team
Team size
10-49 employees (Clutch, third-party)
Strongest proof
Reported: Hulken 860% AI Overviews visibility increase and 26.32% month-over-month LLM growth (first-party). Anonymized SaaS client 326% LLM-driven traffic increase in 6 months (first-party). Anonymized Chrome-extension client 80% of organic traffic from AI Overviews and LLM referrals (first-party).
Monthly pricing
Not published. Pricing page lists three tiers (Startup Strategy one-off, SEO Consultancy retainer, Full Hands-On Team retainer) with no figures.
Terms
$1,000+ minimum project (Clutch, third-party) · Not published. Retainer and one-off consultancy models are listed without terms.

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How did we choose these agencies?

Built from technical AEO capability first: the work that lets AI engines reach, render and understand a site. Capability carries 70 points and weighs ten technical lines, from crawler access and schema to entity work, site builds and citation tracking. Proof carries 30: 15 for published ROI and 15 for reviews. Pricing is reported, never scored.

Build the pool from two nets

The pool combined the ten firms on the 2025 edition, 25 agencies already researched for this directory, and two technical SEO agencies cited in independent roundups, Onely and Seer Interactive. 37 firms were researched in total. Self-rankings were not counted.

Score technical capability from the firm's own pages

Capability carries 70 points. It weighs whether the firm runs a named technical AEO method and how many of ten technical lines it treats as core: AI crawler access and llms.txt, schema, entity work, per-engine playbooks, quotable page structure, site builds, programmatic pages, international work, audits and citation tracking. A line counts only when the firm's own page describes it.

Score ROI and reviews

Proof carries 30 points: 15 for published ROI and 15 for reviews. Named cases with revenue, pipeline or citation results score highest. Ratings were read on the live Clutch, G2 and Trustpilot profiles, not taken from the firm's site. Pricing is reported as published and not scored.

Keep the ten and preserve the exclusions

Twenty-seven researched firms sit below the line, each with the reason it fell short and what would change the call. Three supply-chain and SaaS specialists in this directory were left out as outside a general list.

What the community check found

The basics are covered and the hard parts are not. Eight of the ten treat crawler access as a core line and eight treat schema that way. Only four ship site changes themselves, one builds programmatic pages, and two run international work as a core line.

The correction worth naming

The 2025 edition did not check live review profiles or published ROI. Every firm was re-researched for this edition. Funnel Boost Media, Rankings.io, Victorious, NinjaPromo, Inflow, vertify and SmartSites fell below the line. TripleDart, Ignite Visibility, MADX, WebFX, Graphite, Hop AI and BrainZ entered.

Which technical AEO services does each firm actually run?

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

ServiceMaximusLabs.aiTripleDartIntero DigitalIgnite VisibilityMomenticMADX DigitalWebFXGraphiteHop AI (formerly Hop Online)BrainZ DigitalOffer it
Prompt and visibility auditTesting what AI says about you now●●●●●●●●●●10/10
Per-engine playbooksChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and AI Overviews cite differently●●◐●◐◐◐◐◐◐3/10
Comparison and alternatives pagesThe queries that decide a shortlist●●○●○◐○○◐○3/10
Product, pricing and money pagesThe pages a buyer reads right before choosing●◐○◐◐○◐◐◐○1/10
Content built to be quotedStructured so passages can be lifted●●●●●●◐●●●9/10
Entity and knowledge-graph resolutionMaking the model describe you correctly●●●●●●○●◐◐7/10
Crawler access and renderingllms.txt, JavaScript, bot access●●●●●●◐●◐●8/10
Schema and structured dataMachine-readable markup●●●●●●◐●●◐8/10
Third-party roundup placementGetting onto the lists AI quotes○◐○●○◐○◐◐○1/10
Review platform programmesG2, Clutch, Capterra and peer sites◐●◐●◐◐◐○○○2/10
Reddit and community presenceWhere buyers ask who is actually any good◐●●●◐○◐●◐○4/10
Digital PR and earned citationsCoverage on sources models trust●●●●◐●●◐◐●7/10
Original researchThe asset that earns citations unasked●◐○◐●◐○●○◐3/10
Programmatic page buildsUse-case and template pages at scale○●○◐◐○○◐◐○1/10
Citation and prompt trackingKnowing whether any of it worked●●●●●●●●●●10/10
Revenue attributionTraced to leads, pipeline or orders●●◐●◐●●●◐◐6/10
Link acquisition in-houseRun by the firm, not outsourced◐◐●◐◐●●○●●5/10
Paid media alongside organicSame buyer, second surface○●●●◐○●◐●◐5/10
Site build and developmentShipping changes, not recommending them○○●●●○●○◐◐4/10
Multilingual and internationalSelling beyond one market○○○○●◐◐○◐●2/10

What does technical 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.
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.
Intero DigitalNot published. Clutch minimum project $1,000+. Stored directory hourly bands (GoodFirms $100-$149, DesignRush $150-$199) not re-verified.Not published; directory hourly bands onlyClutch minimum project $1,000+Not publishedNot published
Ignite VisibilityMost engagements run $2,000 to $10,000+ per month, custom-scoped (first-party).Roughly $24,000-$120,000+ a year; derived from the published $2,000-$10,000+ monthly range$1,000+ minimum project; $100-$149/hr (third-party, Clutch)No long-term contracts; clients are not locked in (first-party).15 AI Overview placements in 3 months for one home services franchise (reported). General timeline Not published.
MomenticOngoing partnerships from $4K/month (focused), $7K+ (integrated), $18K+ (multi-surface); consulting from $1K per half day (first-party).Derived: $48K+ per year at the $4K/month entry tier.Fixed-scope discovery first, then ongoing engagement. Clutch lists $5,000+ minimum project and $150-$199/hr.Every engagement starts with a fixed-scope discovery plan; ongoing term length not published.Not published for AEO. Planning horizon 6-12 months. JS SEO case saw gains within six weeks of implementation (first-party).
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.
WebFXGEO tiers on a 6-month commitment: Bronze $3,000 | Silver $5,250 | Gold $7,500 | Diamond $12,000 | Platinum $23,250 | Enterprise $34,500 | Enterprise+ $68,250 | Global Enterprise+ by quote (first-party).$36,000 a year at Bronze up to $819,000 at Enterprise+; derived from the published monthly tiers on a 6-month commitment6-month commitment (first-party pricing table). Clutch lists $1,000+ minimum project.Progressive monthly optimization, 6-month commitment (first-party).Not published
GraphiteNot published. No retainer figures on the AEO, SEO or About pages (checked 2026-09-30).Custom, committed for twelve months — the firm's stated minimumTwelve months minimum, stated on the SEO page (first-party)12-month minimum stated for SEO engagements; AEO page states no termsCompounding from about month six; meaningful outcomes between months 9 and 12 (first-party, SEO page)
Hop AI (formerly Hop Online)GEOforge platform: Create $350/mo per brand (50 pages/mo, 30 prompts); Dominate $695/mo per brand (100 pages/mo, CiteForge citation building); Enterprise/Agency custom with managed service and dedicated GEO strategist (first-party). Managed GEO agency retainer price: Not published. Legacy hop.online pricing (2024 footer) lists $2,000-$5,000/mo consulting fees for paid/demand programmes, not GEO.Annual billing saves 15% on GEOforge plans (first-party). Annual figure: Not published.$1,000+ minimum project; most common project $10,000-$49,999; $100-$149/hr (Clutch, third-party). GEOforge 14-day free trial, no card.GEOforge: monthly or annual billing, upgrade or downgrade anytime (first-party). Agency contract terms: Not published.Cases report first AI citations in a median 5.9 days after publishing (one client) and AI-cited presence in about 5 months (another). First-party.
BrainZ DigitalNot published. Pricing page lists three tiers (Startup Strategy one-off, SEO Consultancy retainer, Full Hands-On Team retainer) with no figures.Not published$1,000+ minimum project (Clutch, third-party)Not published. Retainer and one-off consultancy models are listed without terms.Not published as a promise. Cases report results over 6 months (SaaS) and 'within months' (Chrome extension).

How does each firm check what AI crawlers see and cite?

An owned crawler or citation tracker, a licensed tool, or manual checks.

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.
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.
Intero DigitalProfound (third-party AI visibility tracker); InteroBOT crawlerUnified. GEO is a standalone practice built on top of the SEO, content and PR functions.
Ignite VisibilityCertaintyTech | RevConnect | Rallio AI (incl. RevIntel attribution, REVV reviews)Three disciplines: SEO for indexability, AEO for extractability, GEO for citation (first-party AI SEO page).
MomenticMomentic Studio (data layer, knowledge graph, RAG); Momentic AI (agent layer); Atlas (AI answer tracking, 21,412 graded citations on its own brand, 500,000+ sources catalogued); public MCP server with analyze_site and check_bots; free agent skills.Same foundation, different mechanics. Works on both at once; AI search is not 'SEO with a new label'.
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.
WebFXOmniSEO (tracks AI Mode, AI Overviews, Apple Intelligence, ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, Meta AI, Perplexity, xAI) | RevenueCloudFXGEO sold as part of a wider visibility strategy; tiers include SEO audit and SEO optimizations (first-party).
GraphiteIn-house AI content platform plus a separately sold AEO tracking product.Fully integrated. The stated position is that great SEO is free AEO, and offsite is the real difference.
Hop AI (formerly Hop Online)GEOforge (own platform); integrations with Cloudflare, GA4, Google Search Console, WordPress, Webflow, Wix.Frames GEO as distinct from SEO on the service page, but sells both; one case (When GEO Drives SEO) reports search gains as a by-product.
BrainZ DigitalBrainz AI (AI Search Intelligence Platform) | AI Content Machine | AIO Re Ranker Tool | MCP website connector | LLMs.txt generator | Screaming FrogGEO sold as an extension of SEO; the same team runs technical, content and link work.

Which firms have published ROI you can check?

Named clients, revenue and citation results, the engines each firm declares, and who it positions against.

AgencyDeclared surfaceCited on promptsService linesStated gapsBuilt forCompetitive sets
MaximusLabs.aiChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews, Gemini (Basic); adds Grok, DeepSeek, Claude (Advanced); plus AI shopping agents.Untracked unless observed01entrantTraditional SEO agencies selling rankings and traffic; agencies with 12-month lock-in contracts.
TripleDartChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, Microsoft Copilot, Claude (and Meta AI on AEO page)Untracked unless observed01challengerGeneralist agencies that relabel SEO retainers as GEO.
Intero DigitalGoogle AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot; Claude shown in tracker mock-up only.Untracked unless observed01leaderAgencies that relabel SEO as GEO ('not SEO with a new label').
Ignite VisibilityGoogle AI Overviews and AI Mode, Gemini, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot, ClaudeUntracked unless observed01challengerThird-party listicles that rank rivals above the client (named on AI SEO page).
MomenticChatGPT | Google AI Overviews | AI Mode | Gemini | Perplexity | Claude | Microsoft CopilotUntracked unless observed01challengerAgencies that relabel SEO as GEO, resell SaaS dashboards, or promise guaranteed ChatGPT citations.
MADX DigitalChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini; tier tracking covers ChatGPT, Google AIO, Claude.Untracked unless observed01challengerAgencies that bolt AI search onto old SEO; it publishes review pages on rivals such as Skale.
WebFXGoogle AI Overviews and AI Mode, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot, Meta AI, Gemini (plus Claude, Apple Intelligence, xAI tracked in OmniSEO)Untracked unless observed01leaderNot published. Publishes its own GEO agency roundup that includes WebFX.
GraphiteChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI OverviewsUntracked unless observed01leaderUnmeasured AEO tactics and prompt trackers that force web search and misstate citations.
Hop AI (formerly Hop Online)ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode tracked; Gemini, Perplexity, Claude named on GEO page.Untracked unless observed01challengerMeasurement-only GEO tools (Profound, Peec, Otterly, Scrunch, AthenaHQ) and SEO-first suites; 30+ comparison pages on getgeoforge.com.
BrainZ DigitalChatGPT | Gemini | Claude | Perplexity | Meta AI | Google AI Overviews | Bing Copilot (case only)Untracked unless observed01challengerTraditional SEO agencies that only chase rankings.

Which firms were researched but not ranked?

Researched in full, below the line on this weighting.

FirmCapability /70Industry /30Why it falls short here
LoudFaceloudface.co5912Nine of ten technical lines are core, but Clutch holds two same-day reviews and AI results are thin.
Victoriousvictorious.com4723Strong reviews, Clutch 4.8 from 119, but the firm sells AEO as part of SEO. Every AI result is an AI Overview citation count, and one AI client is named.
Directivedirectiveconsulting.com4822One named GEO result (Case Status). Its entry price now appears only in page metadata, not on the page.
NinjaPromoninjapromo.io5020Technical coverage is real on paper, but there is no GEO case. Its ROI cases are paid and SEO work.
Avenue Zavenuez.com5316Two of 22 case studies concern AI search, and one is anonymised. Clutch holds 15 reviews. Pricing is not published.
Omniusomnius.so5712No review profile can be matched to the firm, pricing is unpublished, and some names on its case index are teardowns, not clients.
Rankings.iorankings.io4722Built for law firms only. Its +992% ChatGPT case is unnamed and gives no baseline or tool.
iPullRankipullrank.com5513The deepest technical thinking in the pool, but Clutch holds zero reviews and the $50,000 minimum comes from Clutch, not the firm. One first-party AI case.
Seer Interactiveseerinteractive.com5414A real technical method and a named Trex case (2.8x AI Overview references), but Clutch reads 3.8 from 4 and pricing is third-party only.
NoGoodnogood.io5215Technical lines are covered, but the review record is two Clutch reviews, one related-party, and pricing is third-party only.
SmartSitessmartsites.com3928Strong reviews (Clutch 4.9 from 368) and named ChatGPT-traffic cases, but no llms.txt, log-file or citation-tracking work. The firm calls it the same SEO.
Go Fish Digitalgofishdigital.com5013Its only GEO case is its own website. Clutch holds 13 reviews. Pricing is not published.
Siege Mediasiegemedia.com3825Strong proof, but schema, entity work and AI crawler access are not on its GEO page. It is a content and PR firm, not a technical one.
Onelyonely.com4814Strong on AI bot rules, rendering and log analysis, but no published AI-citation or ROI case. Case-study pages were blocked.
First Page Sagefirstpagesage.com4417Its Clutch profile holds zero reviews. The firm does not publish pricing; the $8,000-$20,000 band is reported by competitors.
Skaleskale.so4416No named AI search result. Price and minimum term are published only by third parties.
Nine Peaks Medianinepeaks.io4314Its main cases are SEO wins relabelled as AI results, and the founder's own site ranks it without disclosure.
Omniscient Digitalbeomniscient.com3816Its site blocked checks on the review date. Clutch holds six reviews. The one named AI case is Convert.
GrackerAIgracker.ai4210It is software, not an agency. Several case-study clients are tied to the founder's own ventures.
Inflowgoinflow.com3715Its technical depth targets Google, not AI crawlers. No llms.txt or entity work and no published GEO results.
InboundJunctioninboundjunction.com3117No on-site or technical AI work, and one named GEO case (Hoxhunt, 37.3% share of voice).
Elit-Webelit-web.com3115No GEO case studies. GEO appears as line items in $1,500-$3,500 SEO plans. Its Clutch 5.0 from 88 reflects SEO work.
Animalzanimalz.co367AEO results are anonymised, Clutch shows zero reviews, and pricing is not published.
Funnel Boost Mediafunnelboostmedia.net2419GEO is relabelled SEO: FAQ schema only, nothing on AI crawlers, llms.txt or rendering, and no AI search case. Clutch 4.9 from 119 reflects SEO work.
97 Switch97switch.com1710No AEO tracking and no AEO cases. Its Clutch 5.0 from 33 covers site builds.
vertifyvertify.agency148AI search gets one passing mention and most pages date from 2020-2022. Not to be confused with vertify.com, a RevOps platform.
Growth Playsgrowthplays.com150No GEO service page, no technical work described, no cases and no review profiles.
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Krishna Kaanth is the founder & CEO of MaximusLabs, an AI-search growth agency helping brands get found across Google, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and the other engines people now ask instead of searching.

He and his team turn AEO, GEO, and technical SEO into one measurable growth engine — and publish the research, comparisons, and field-tested playbooks you find across this library.

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