Getting recommended by AI is a fraction of the cost of hiring for it, and it wins every comparison. Here is exactly what it costs and what you get.
We optimize the site you already have and maintain it every month.
+ $1,500 one-time setup and initial fixes
A fresh, fully optimized site we build. You own it.
+ $5,000 build, your domain, your asset
Guide sites we own that rank in AI answers and send you leads.
Bundled add-on, or pay per qualified lead
Every engagement starts with a free share-of-voice audit. Your final quote is set after it, against what you already spend, never a number pulled from the air.
Same goal. Very different cost. Here is the honest comparison, with real 2026 market numbers.
Where our pricing sits. Independent 2026 pricing guides put GEO and AEO agency retainers between $2,000 and $15,000 a month, with most mid-market work at $3,000 to $5,000, and classic SEO agencies near $2,900 a month on average. Our pricing sits deliberately at the efficient end of that market: full-service work, without the enterprise markup.
| Hire in-house | A typical GEO agency | ambit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real monthly cost | $8,000 to $10,000 | $3,000 to $5,000 | from $2,000 |
| Covers SEO, AEO, GEO, content and PR | No, one person cannot | Usually | Yes, one system |
| Multi-engine share-of-voice tracking | Buy separate tools | Sometimes | Built in, reported monthly |
| Who owns the mistakes | You do | Varies | We do, human checked |
| Time to first value | Hire and ramp, months | Weeks | Free audit this week |
| Hiring and turnover risk | High | None | None |
The in-house math. One mid-level SEO and content hire is about $80,000 in base salary, or $100,000 to $120,000 fully loaded once you add benefits, payroll tax and overhead. That is roughly $8,000 to $10,000 a month, plus $300 to $800 in tools, for a single person who still cannot cover SEO, GEO, content and PR alone. A team that truly can runs $17,000 to $26,000 a month. For most local businesses, that function is never worth hiring. That is the gap we fill.
For most local businesses, $2,000 a month with ambit, plus a one-time setup (more up front if you want a brand-new site). That covers the on-site work, the off-site authority building that actually drives AI citations, and monthly tracking of how often you are recommended. It is far less than the $8,000-plus a month it would cost to hire the same capability, and one booked job usually covers it.
Because our engine does the measuring, drafting and auditing in software, so we are not billing you for a room full of hours. A person still checks and approves the work that carries your reputation. You get the same outcome, priced to what it actually takes us to deliver, not to what the market will bear.
You can, and some owners start there. The catch is that the model is the easy part, everyone has the same one. The work is knowing what a good answer looks like in your market, building the off-site authority the engines trust, and being accountable when something is wrong. That is what you are paying for, and it is the part a chatbot in a browser tab does not give you.
Usually not. Most clients start on Tune your site, where we optimize what you already have. We only recommend a rebuild when the current site genuinely cannot be brought up to standard, and even then, you own the new site outright.
A flat monthly retainer for a defined scope, so you always know the number. The setup fee is one time. There are no long lock-ins, because the work speaks for itself: if your share of voice is not moving, you will see that in the monthly report before you see it on your invoice.
Share of voice: how often you are named as a top pick across the real questions buyers ask AI assistants, measured across engines and reported every month. It is a concrete number we move, not a vanity ranking. We never sell you on an AI failing to mention you once, because that is noise. We sell you the trend.
We will measure your current share of voice and show you who is getting recommended instead. No cost, no obligation, and it is the fastest way to know if this is worth your time.
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