AI visibility service

AIGROW vs a GEO agency

A GEO agency does the work at a scope and price set per client. Where agencies publish a GEO retainer, it starts at $3,000 a month, and full-service engagements start at $10,000. AIGROW does a narrower version of the same work at a published price: a $490 audit, then $990 a month for one site, with dates in writing and a report against the baseline. An agency suits a business that needs strategy, content at volume or PR; AIGROW suits one that needs the fixes done on one site.

See the tableOrder the audit

A retainer for generative engine optimization, scoped and priced per client

AIGROW vs a GEO agency
10features compared, with the cases they win named rather than buried
AIGROW covers
7 of 10
An agency covers
6 of 10
Pricing tiers, both sides
4
Sponsored placement
none

Nothing on this page is paid for by anyone. Where they are the better answer, the row says so.

Feature by feature

What each one actually does

A plus is best in class, a tick is present, a dash is partial, a cross is absent. Where they have something we do not, the row says so.

FeatureAIGROWGEO agency
Price published before you talkYes$490 audit, $990 a monthPartialA few publish, most quote
Google Business Profile curatedYesEvery monthYesWhen it is in the scope
Citations placed in the right directoriesYesEvery monthYesWhen it is in the scope
Structured data added to your siteYesYesWhen it is in the scope
Pages and answers written for your customersYesFor one siteBest in classVolume set by the retainer
Digital PR and outreach for mentionsNoPartialDepends on the agency
Strategy across search, social and contentNoAI visibility onlyBest in class
Measured across four assistants against a baselineYesEvery monthPartialTools and cadence vary
Delivery dates written down in advanceYesPlan in 5 working days, report by the 5thPartialSet in each contract
More than one site or brandNoOne site per planYes
Money

What each one costs

Their published prices against ours. Where a plan is quote-only on either side, the row says that instead of guessing.

Our full price list
TierAIGROWGEO agency
One-off audit$490, credited against the first month$8,600 at WebFX
Every month$990/mo for one siteFrom $3,000/mo where published (WebFX, RevvGrowth)
Full serviceOne plan, one scopeFrom $10,000/mo at Omniscient; NoGood averages above $20,000
By the hourNot sold by the hour$150 to $300 an hour at Thrive

Market prices as published by Pepper, read on 4 October 2026. Prices change, so check them before you decide.

The difference

Where we differ from an agency

The parts that are structural rather than a feature gap they could close next quarter.

A published price and a fixed scope

An agency sets the scope and the price per client, which suits broad needs. AIGROW publishes one: $990 a month for one site, covering the Google Business Profile, directory citations, structured data, pages and answers, and a monthly report.

Where an agency is the better buy

Content at volume, digital PR, strategy across search and social, several sites or brands. A good agency does all of that and AIGROW does none of it. If that is the job, the retainer is the right price for it.

The audit stands on its own

The $490 audit is a document you keep: the prompts, every answer, a score per model, a citation map and the ordered fixes. Hand it to an agency, do the work yourself, or have us do it.

Working with an agency already

Migration, overlap, and the cases where staying where you are is the right answer.

Other comparisonsAIGROW vs ProfoundAIGROW vs Peec AIAIGROW vs Otterly.aiAIGROW vs AthenaHQ

It does agency work on a fixed scope: one site, the fixes on a written list, and a monthly measurement against the baseline. It does not write content at volume, run digital PR or plan strategy across channels, which full-service agencies do.

Among agencies that publish their prices, GEO retainers start at $3,000 a month at WebFX and RevvGrowth, and full-service engagements start at $10,000 at Omniscient, as collected by Pepper in September 2026. Thrive bills consulting at $150 to $300 an hour. Most agencies quote per client.

Because the scope is narrower and fixed: one site, four assistants, the same kinds of fixes every month, and no account team. If you need more than that, the agency's price buys it.

Yes. The audit hands over the prompt sheet, every recorded answer, the citation map and the ordered fixes. Any agency can work from it and run the same prompts again to measure the result.

Neither should. No one controls what a model answers. What you can hold a supplier to is the work, its dates and a measurement against a baseline that you can check.

See what the assistants say about your business.

The free checker asks the questions a customer would ask and shows who gets named. The audit goes further: your own questions, four assistants, and the fixes in the order they matter.

Check a businessOrder the audit

The audit: $490 once · within 5 working days or refunded