{"industry":{"id":"70ea3802-1fc6-4fd7-a505-140d38d1c74a","slug":"digital-marketing","label":"Digital Marketing","description":"SEO, content, demand gen, and growth marketing"},"topic":{"slug":"answer-engine-optimization","label":"Answer Engine Optimization","description":"How B2B teams get content selected and cited by AI answer engines.","schemaKind":null},"answer":{"id":"dd35bc2c-b462-48a4-acb2-50032a35c0a4","slug":"how-much-do-aeo-services-cost","question":"How much do answer engine optimization services cost?","answerMarkdown":"Three sellers' published prices run from $29 a month for Otterly's tracking software to $9,000 a month for Lean Labs' full agency program, with OutreachBloom's managed service starting at $3,400 a month. The prices sit so far apart because they buy different work: a one-time build, months of an agency's labor, or a tool your own team runs.","answerText":"Three sellers' published prices run from $29 a month for Otterly's tracking software to $9,000 a month for Lean Labs' full agency program, with OutreachBloom's managed service starting at $3,400 a month. The prices sit so far apart because they buy different work: a one-time build, months of an agency's labor, or a tool your own team runs.","answerHtml":"

Three sellers' published prices run from $29 a month for Otterly's tracking software to $9,000 a month for Lean Labs' full agency program, with OutreachBloom's managed service starting at $3,400 a month. The prices sit so far apart because they buy different work: a one-time build, months of an agency's labor, or a tool your own team runs.

\n","summary":"AEO is sold as one-time projects, monthly programs and software, and each is priced differently. Lean Labs lists $9,000 one time for on-site work and $5,000 or $9,000 a month for ten-month programs. OutreachBloom's managed service starts at $3,400 a month, and Otterly's tracking software starts at $29 a month.","publishedAt":"2026-05-14T20:56:15.476","verifiedAt":"2026-09-14T00:00:00","editorialStatus":"APPROVED","lastReviewedAt":"2026-10-10T05:21:58.034","nextReviewDueAt":"2026-12-14T00:00:00","templateVersion":"v2","aliases":["How much does answer engine optimization cost?","What do AEO services cost per month?","How much do AEO agencies charge in 2026?","What is a typical AEO retainer?","How much does an AEO audit cost?","How much do GEO services cost?","What does AI search optimization cost?"],"confidenceScore":62,"confidenceLabel":"Medium","canonicalUrl":null},"contributor":{"id":"ec39deab-44fe-48d8-9029-fefe993ab85a","slug":"answer-stack","displayName":"AnswerStack","websiteUrl":null},"contributorOrganizationProfile":{"entityId":"ec39deab-44fe-48d8-9029-fefe993ab85a","legalName":null,"description":null,"websiteUrl":null,"imageUrl":null,"slogan":null,"subtitle":null,"facts":[],"coiNote":null,"foundingDate":null,"numberOfEmployeesText":null,"contactPoint":null,"address":null,"headquartersText":null,"organizationType":null},"contributorPerson":null,"sections":[{"id":"5f3f0b5e-1b0c-4aa3-aeee-2482f19852bc","sectionKey":"published_prices_by_type_of_work","sectionType":"table_section","heading":"Published prices by type of work","introMarkdown":null,"introHtml":null,"outroMarkdown":null,"outroHtml":null,"contentJson":{"rows":[{"cells":["Lean Labs GrowthRocket Visibility Suite","$9,000 one time, first year included","Answer hub, entity schema, review system, entity listing"]},{"cells":["Lean Labs Authority System","$5,000 per month for 10 months","Off-site articles and mentions, citation tracking"]},{"cells":["Lean Labs AEO Complete","$9,000 per month for 10 months","On-site and off-site work, conversion work, a strategist"]},{"cells":["OutreachBloom AISEO, Silver","$3,400 per month","10 pillar content pieces, 30 Reddit engagements and 10 citation targets a month"]},{"cells":["Otterly Lite","$29 per month, billed monthly","15 prompts tracked daily across four AI search engines"]}],"columns":["Offer","Published price","What it covers"]},"configJson":{},"noteMarkdown":null,"noteHtml":null,"sortOrder":10},{"id":"30c784ee-d0d4-4730-aea6-88114794855f","sectionKey":"what_lean_labs_three_prices_buy","sectionType":"markdown_section","heading":"What Lean Labs' three prices buy","introMarkdown":"[Lean Labs' published AEO pricing](https://www.leanlabs.com/solutions/answer-engine-optimization-agency) splits the work in two. Work on your own site is the $9,000 package, a one-time setup charge with the first year included. Ask what a second year costs before you sign. Work on other sites is the $5,000 monthly program, and its ten payments come to $50,000.\n\nThe full program's ten payments of $9,000 come to $90,000. It includes the on-site package, so that package isn't a separate $9,000 charge. Multiplying either monthly program by twelve overstates it.\n\nAn engine chooses its own sources, so none of these is a price per citation. We describe the two kinds of work in [what structured data does in AEO](https://www.answerstack.io/q/structured-data-role-in-aeo) and [what off-site signals matter for AEO](https://www.answerstack.io/q/what-offsite-signals-matter-for-aeo).","introHtml":"

Lean Labs' published AEO pricing splits the work in two. Work on your own site is the $9,000 package, a one-time setup charge with the first year included. Ask what a second year costs before you sign. Work on other sites is the $5,000 monthly program, and its ten payments come to $50,000.

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The full program's ten payments of $9,000 come to $90,000. It includes the on-site package, so that package isn't a separate $9,000 charge. Multiplying either monthly program by twelve overstates it.

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An engine chooses its own sources, so none of these is a price per citation. We describe the two kinds of work in what structured data does in AEO and what off-site signals matter for AEO.

\n","outroMarkdown":null,"outroHtml":null,"contentJson":{},"configJson":{},"noteMarkdown":null,"noteHtml":null,"sortOrder":20},{"id":"f8752398-0ccd-44ed-a7c7-1f98daacedb8","sectionKey":"how_other_sellers_write_their_prices","sectionType":"markdown_section","heading":"How other sellers write their prices","introMarkdown":"[OutreachBloom's rate card](https://outreachbloom.com/pricing/) counts the output. Its managed AI visibility service starts at $3,400 a month. At that Silver level it lists 10 pillar content pieces, 30 Reddit engagements and 10 citation targets a month. Gold is $4,900 a month for 15 pieces, 50 engagements and 15 targets. The card calls them targets, and an engine still decides what it cites. The price is per month, so the total depends on the term in your contract.\n\nThat makes the two agencies hard to compare from their price pages alone. OutreachBloom states monthly quantities. A fair comparison needs a term and quantities from both.\n\nFor a smaller one-time job, [Fuel Online's pricing guide](https://fuelonline.com/ai-seo-geo/ai-seo-pricing-aeo-geo-cost-2026/) estimates $2,500 to $5,000 to audit and restructure up to 20 existing pages. Fuel Online calls that figure an industry planning range and says it isn't one of its own package prices. We go through that kind of project in [how much an AEO audit costs for a B2B website](https://www.answerstack.io/q/how-much-does-an-aeo-audit-cost-for-a-b2b-website).","introHtml":"

OutreachBloom's rate card counts the output. Its managed AI visibility service starts at $3,400 a month. At that Silver level it lists 10 pillar content pieces, 30 Reddit engagements and 10 citation targets a month. Gold is $4,900 a month for 15 pieces, 50 engagements and 15 targets. The card calls them targets, and an engine still decides what it cites. The price is per month, so the total depends on the term in your contract.

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That makes the two agencies hard to compare from their price pages alone. OutreachBloom states monthly quantities. A fair comparison needs a term and quantities from both.

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For a smaller one-time job, Fuel Online's pricing guide estimates $2,500 to $5,000 to audit and restructure up to 20 existing pages. Fuel Online calls that figure an industry planning range and says it isn't one of its own package prices. We go through that kind of project in how much an AEO audit costs for a B2B website.

\n","outroMarkdown":null,"outroHtml":null,"contentJson":{},"configJson":{},"noteMarkdown":null,"noteHtml":null,"sortOrder":30},{"id":"9b49d179-da2a-4f32-ac6d-b7f7b91e79be","sectionKey":"software_is_a_different_purchase","sectionType":"markdown_section","heading":"Software is a different purchase","introMarkdown":"Otterly prices its tracking tool by the number of prompts. [Its pricing page](https://otterly.ai/pricing/) lists three monthly plans: $29 for 15 prompts, $189 for 100 and $489 for 400. Each tracks ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot daily. Coverage of Claude, Gemini and Google's AI Mode is sold as add-ons.\n\nThe subscription reports where you appear. Writing pages and earning mentions stays with your team, and their hours are part of what the work costs you. We look at those hours in [how much internal time AEO requires](https://www.answerstack.io/q/how-much-internal-time-aeo-requires) and at the reports in [how to track traffic from AI answer engines](https://www.answerstack.io/q/how-to-track-traffic-from-ai-answer-engines).","introHtml":"

Otterly prices its tracking tool by the number of prompts. Its pricing page lists three monthly plans: $29 for 15 prompts, $189 for 100 and $489 for 400. Each tracks ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot daily. Coverage of Claude, Gemini and Google's AI Mode is sold as add-ons.

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The subscription reports where you appear. Writing pages and earning mentions stays with your team, and their hours are part of what the work costs you. We look at those hours in how much internal time AEO requires and at the reports in how to track traffic from AI answer engines.

\n","outroMarkdown":null,"outroHtml":null,"contentJson":{},"configJson":{},"noteMarkdown":null,"noteHtml":null,"sortOrder":40},{"id":"3d699a57-70c1-4ed6-8f24-a00709a94689","sectionKey":"adding_up_a_first_year","sectionType":"markdown_section","heading":"Adding up a first year","introMarkdown":"Suppose a B2B software company buys the on-site package this year and tracks the results itself on a 15-prompt plan. The listed charges are $9,000 plus twelve months at $29, which is $348. That's $9,348 before any taxes, and the team's time comes on top.\n\nSo judge a quote by the work it names: what gets produced, the term, what renewal costs, and who does the implementing. We go further into that in [what to look for when choosing an AEO agency](https://www.answerstack.io/q/what-to-look-for-choosing-an-aeo-agency), and into the monthly side in [what an AEO retainer costs a startup](https://www.answerstack.io/q/how-much-does-an-aeo-retainer-cost-for-a-startup).","introHtml":"

Suppose a B2B software company buys the on-site package this year and tracks the results itself on a 15-prompt plan. The listed charges are $9,000 plus twelve months at $29, which is $348. That's $9,348 before any taxes, and the team's time comes on top.

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So judge a quote by the work it names: what gets produced, the term, what renewal costs, and who does the implementing. We go further into that in what to look for when choosing an AEO agency, and into the monthly side in what an AEO retainer costs a startup.

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Supports the $2,000 to $10,000 B2B band, audits at $250 to $500 (small business), $1,000 to $3,000 (enterprise) and $1,000 to $4,000 (standalone project), hourly $50 to $400, its Silver $3,400 and Gold $4,900 tie","domain":"outreachbloom.com","publisherName":"OutreachBloom"},{"title":"AI SEO Pricing 2026: Cost of AEO, GEO & AI Search Strategy","url":"https://fuelonline.com/ai-seo-geo/ai-seo-pricing-aeo-geo-cost-2026/","excerpt":"Content Audit + AEO Restructuring Only: $2,500-$5,000 as a one-time project for up to 20 pages. Monthly AEO Retainer: $3,500-$8,000/month. Hiring a full-time AI SEO specialist costs $70,000-$110,000/year. Updated: 9/6/26.","quoteText":null,"sourceRole":"SUPPORTING","verifiedAt":"2026-09-14T00:00:00","supportsText":"Seller-published agency guide. 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Measure three outcomes separately: appearance in AI answers, visits from assistants, and signups or customers. Use your own baseline and a check date, since another company's figure, such as Vercel's signup share, isn't a forecast.","url":"/q/what-aeo-results-can-a-saas-startup-expect"},{"id":"e43cc4d4-fe3f-4a31-b46e-6ace8c313588","slug":"how-startups-should-budget-for-aeo","question":"How should an early-stage startup budget for AEO?","publishedAt":"2026-09-16T14:15:03.584","confidenceScore":78,"confidenceLabel":"Medium","industry":{"id":"70ea3802-1fc6-4fd7-a505-140d38d1c74a","slug":"digital-marketing","label":"Digital Marketing","description":"SEO, content, demand gen, and growth marketing"},"topic":{"slug":"answer-engine-optimization","label":"Answer Engine Optimization","description":"How B2B teams get content selected and cited by AI answer engines.","schemaKind":null},"contributor":{"id":"ec39deab-44fe-48d8-9029-fefe993ab85a","slug":"answer-stack","displayName":"AnswerStack","websiteUrl":null},"snippet":"Budget AEO as a defined piece of work with a known total, sized against cash. 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