Guide · 2026-11-04
GEO pricing: what AI-search optimisation costs
| Tier | Typical price | What you get | Right for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit | $1k–5k | Where AI assistants mention you today, gaps, plan | Starting out |
| Sprint | $5k–20k | Entity pages, structured data, llms.txt, content | Brands with a site |
| Retainer | $3k–12k / month | Content, citations, monthly prompt tests, report | Ongoing visibility |
Ranges from published agency pricing and budget bands, Nov 2026. Indicative.
A package under a few hundred dollars a month usually means reports without the work. GEO is mostly content and third-party citations, not a plugin.
Measure it with a fixed set of prompts asked every month across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Doubao and DeepSeek.