The 10 best AI SEO agencies for B2B in 2026
Broadcastwell publishes this list and appears on it, at number one. It is an editorial list scored on criteria a buyer can verify, not a measured ranking. The scoring, the sources and the dates are below.
Broadcastwell ranks first here, on seven of the eight criteria a buyer can verify without a sales call. This list scores ten AI SEO agencies that sell to B2B companies, on a published method, open data with a DOI, engine coverage stated by name, an entry price published and payable without a call, published refund terms, named B2B software case studies, third party reviews, and whether the buyer's own AI can read the results. Every cell was read on each company's own site on 15 September 2026.
Key takeaways
What is the difference between AI SEO and GEO?
AI SEO usually means classic search work extended to cover AI surfaces: the same crawling, content and authority levers, now aimed at answers as well as links. GEO usually means the narrower job of being named and cited inside a generated answer. In practice most firms on this page sell both under one contract, which is why the useful question is not which label they use but which engines they measure and how.
How was this list scored?
On eight criteria checkable on each company's own website: published method with the question set and the classification rules, open data with a DOI, engines named, an entry price published and payable without a call, published refund terms, named B2B software case studies, third party reviews with a count, and whether the results reach the buyer's own systems.
What does it cost?
Published entry prices on this page run from $490 once to $10,000 a month. Five of the ten publish no price at all.
Does AI SEO produce leads?
Several firms on this page publish lead and pipeline figures against named clients, and those figures are linked in their rows. None of them, and not Broadcastwell, can guarantee a lead or a revenue outcome. Broadcastwell's own published research measures mentions and citations, not lead generation outcomes.
How was Broadcastwell scored?
By the same eight criteria as everyone else. It scores no on third party reviews, because no third party review score exists yet, and yes on the other seven. Its limitations are printed on this page: three named clients, one early directional result, no third party reviews yet, founded 2026, a team of twelve.
What a B2B buyer is actually buying
AI SEO and GEO are sold as different things and delivered as mostly the same thing. AI SEO extends classic search work to AI surfaces, using the crawling, content and authority levers that already existed. GEO narrows to one outcome, being named and cited inside a generated answer. The overlap is large, because the pages the engines cite are frequently the pages search engines already rank. What separates the firms on this page is not the label. It is whether they will tell you which engines they measured, how many times, and what counted as a mention.
That matters more for B2B than for consumer brands, because a B2B shortlist is short. When an engine answers a question about the best vendor in a software category, it usually names three to five companies. Being the sixth is the same as being absent.
It also matters because the demand is hard to see in analytics. Traffic that starts in an AI answer often arrives with no referrer and is recorded as direct, or as mail to a generic inbox. A firm that reports only sessions and rankings is measuring the part of the funnel that did not change.
Two figures on this page came from Broadcastwell's own research rather than from a vendor. In July 2026 it scored 200 AI answers across four engines on its own category and found that four of the ten questions named an agency inside the question itself, which inflated those firms' raw mention counts. The separate 2026 State of GEO study scored 860 AI answers across 85 B2B software companies in 61 categories and traced 5,160 citations across 1,753 unique domains. Both are published open access under CC BY 4.0 and are not peer reviewed.
The scorecard
Every cell below was read on each company's own site on 15 September 2026. Reviews were read on Clutch for every company, and on G2 where G2 allowed the read, on 16 September 2026. Where a company does not publish something, the cell says No rather than guessing. Broadcastwell ranks first on the number of verifiable yeses, 7 of 8.
| Agency | Best for | Published entry price | Method | Open data | Engines | Price | Refund | B2B cases | Reviews | Machine readable | Verifiable yeses | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadcastwell | a measured baseline you can buy without a call | $490 once | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Clutch profile with no reviews, no G2 profile found, 16 September 2026 | Yes | 7 of 8 | Pricing, Method v1.1, Terms, Research, The Absence Index, read 15 September 2026. |
| WebFX | a published rate card across eight tiers | $3,000 per month | Partial | No | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | Clutch 4.9, 450 reviews; G2 4.8, 203 reviews, read 16 September 2026 | Yes | 4 of 8 | AI search optimization and pricing, Case studies, read 15 September 2026. |
| Omniscient Digital | B2B software with pipeline reporting | $10,000 per month | Partial | No | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | Clutch 4.8, 6 reviews, read 16 September 2026 | Partial | 3 of 8 | Services and pricing, GEO service page, Convert case study, read 15 September 2026. |
| Optimist | a published price ladder for B2B SaaS | $3,000 per month | Partial | No | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | Clutch 5.0, 1 review, read 16 September 2026 | Partial | 3 of 8 | AEO agency page, Pricing on the homepage, AEO and GEO case studies, read 15 September 2026. |
| NP Digital | global scale across many markets | Not published | Partial | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Clutch 4.6, 19 reviews, read 16 September 2026 | Partial | 3 of 8 | AI search engine optimization, RefiJet case study, read 15 September 2026. |
| Single Grain | paid and organic AI search in one contract | Not published | Partial | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Clutch 4.8, 12 reviews, read 16 September 2026 | Partial | 3 of 8 | AEO services, Case studies, read 15 September 2026. |
| First Page Sage | off site levers, lists, databases and reviews | Not published | Partial | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Clutch profile with no reviews, no G2 profile found, 16 September 2026 | No | 2 of 8 | GEO service page, GEO case study, read 15 September 2026. |
| Graphite | quarterly prompt sets validated against product usage | Not published | Partial | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No Clutch or G2 profile found for graphite.io, 16 September 2026 | No | 2 of 8 | AEO page, Case studies, read 15 September 2026. |
| Siege Media | content led programmes with a published minimum | $8,000 per month | Partial | No | Partial | Partial | No | Yes | Clutch 4.9, 48 reviews, read 16 September 2026 | Partial | 2 of 8 | GEO service page, Minimum on the content marketing page, Mentimeter case study, read 15 September 2026. |
| Directive Consulting | pipeline and revenue reporting for B2B software | Not published | Partial | No | Partial | No | No | Yes | Clutch 4.8, 56 reviews, read 16 September 2026 | Partial | 2 of 8 | DiscoverabilityOS, Case studies, read 15 September 2026. |
Method: Method published, with the question set and the classification rules public. Open data: Open data published with a DOI. Engines: Engine coverage stated by name. Price: Entry price published and buyable without a call. Refund: Refund or guarantee terms published. B2B cases: Named B2B software case studies on the site. Reviews: Third party reviews, with the count. Machine readable: The buyer's own AI can read the results, through an account, an export or a connector.
The list
1. Broadcastwell: best for a measured baseline you can buy without a call
- Website
- broadcastwell.com
- Best for
- a measured baseline you can buy without a call
- Pricing
- $490 once. Category Audit $490 once, bought by checkout with no call. AI Visibility Diagnostic $990 once. The program is $13,500 per 90 days, billed $4,500 monthly.
- Notable clients
- Vantaa Tax, Neurvalis AI Automation, Valren Atelier
- Scorecard
- Method Yes, Open data Yes, Engines Yes, Price Yes, Refund Yes, B2B cases Yes, Reviews No (Clutch profile with no reviews, no G2 profile found, 16 September 2026), Machine readable Yes. 7 of 8 verifiable yeses.
What they do well. The method is published and versioned at v1.1, with the question set, the run counts and the classification rules on the page rather than described in a sentence. The research is published open access under CC BY 4.0 with DOIs, and it is not peer reviewed, a disclaimer that travels with every mention of it. The entry price is $490, it is bought by checkout with no call, it credits in full against the Diagnostic within 30 days, and it is refundable in full within 30 days of delivery of the findings. Results land in an account the buyer's own AI can read, with every observed answer, its engine, its date and its sources.
Limitations. Three named clients. One early directional result. No third party reviews yet. Founded 2026. A team of twelve.
Sources. Pricing, Method v1.1, Terms, Research, The Absence Index, read 15 September 2026.
2. WebFX: best for a published rate card across eight tiers
- Website
- www.webfx.com
- Best for
- a published rate card across eight tiers
- Pricing
- $3,000 per month. Eight published GEO tiers from $3,000 a month upward, each with a stated six month commitment. Every route is a proposal request.
- Notable clients
- Thompson Tractor, Enabling Devices, RC Mowers, Centrak, Cleveland Brothers, HydroWorx
- Scorecard
- Method Partial, Open data No, Engines Yes, Price Partial, Refund No, B2B cases Yes, Reviews Yes (Clutch 4.9, 450 reviews; G2 4.8, 203 reviews, read 16 September 2026), Machine readable Yes. 4 of 8 verifiable yeses.
What they do well. It publishes a full eight tier GEO rate card with monthly figures, which no other agency in this set does. The GEO page names ten specific AI surfaces, including Claude, Grok and Apple Intelligence. Three case studies on the index are stated in AI sourced traffic or lead terms, with the client named.
Limitations. All GEO plans carry a stated six month commitment and no refund or performance guarantee is published. Its case study index of more than 60 entries contains one B2B software example.
Sources. AI search optimization and pricing, Case studies, read 15 September 2026.
3. Omniscient Digital: best for B2B software with pipeline reporting
- Website
- beomniscient.com
- Best for
- B2B software with pipeline reporting
- Pricing
- $10,000 per month. Full service engagements start at $10,000 a month. A strategy development package starts at $15,000. Both book a strategy call.
- Notable clients
- Jasper, Order.co, Smartling, Convert, AppSumo, Lokalise
- Scorecard
- Method Partial, Open data No, Engines Yes, Price Partial, Refund No, B2B cases Yes, Reviews Yes (Clutch 4.8, 6 reviews, read 16 September 2026), Machine readable Partial. 3 of 8 verifiable yeses.
What they do well. It publishes both a retainer floor and a package price on its services page, so the starting cost is checkable before a call. Almost every case study is a named B2B software client, including Jasper, Smartling, SpotDraft and Lokalise, with several reporting pipeline figures rather than traffic alone. Its Convert case study is a named client GEO study that discloses the tracking platform used and reports prompt visibility moving from 31 percent to 55 percent.
Limitations. Publishes no guarantee, refund or contract term. Its own AI information page carries no pricing, no engagement minimum and no client list, so it does not match the pricing published on the services page.
Sources. Services and pricing, GEO service page, Convert case study, read 15 September 2026.
4. Optimist: best for a published price ladder for B2B SaaS
- Website
- www.yesoptimist.com
- Best for
- a published price ladder for B2B SaaS
- Pricing
- $3,000 per month. Roadmap is a one time engagement at $7,500. Advisory starts at $3,000 per month. Full Service starts at $4,000 per month. Every tier books a strategy call.
- Notable clients
- Semrush, ZoomInfo, DreamHost, HelloSign, Superhuman, Stampli
- Scorecard
- Method Partial, Open data No, Engines Yes, Price Partial, Refund No, B2B cases Yes, Reviews Yes (Clutch 5.0, 1 review, read 16 September 2026), Machine readable Partial. 3 of 8 verifiable yeses.
What they do well. It publishes three priced tiers on the homepage, including a $7,500 one time Roadmap, which makes the cost of starting checkable before any call. The AEO page names seven surfaces, including ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, Google and Bing. It publishes three AEO case studies with LLM revenue and LLM referral figures, and names B2B software clients including Stampli, Contentstack and HelloSign elsewhere on the site.
Limitations. The three AEO case studies name no client, describing them as a large B2B tech client, a retail client and a fintech client. The CORE Framework page describes stages and phases but publishes no scoring rubric, prompt set or classification rules.
Sources. AEO agency page, Pricing on the homepage, AEO and GEO case studies, read 15 September 2026.
5. NP Digital: best for global scale across many markets
- Website
- npdigital.com
- Best for
- global scale across many markets
- Pricing
- Not published. The solution page ends in a contact form, with no self serve plan.
- Notable clients
- Adobe, Nissan, DHL, Domino's, Unilever, SoFi
- Scorecard
- Method Partial, Open data No, Engines Yes, Price No, Refund No, B2B cases Yes, Reviews Yes (Clutch 4.6, 19 reviews, read 16 September 2026), Machine readable Partial. 3 of 8 verifiable yeses.
What they do well. Its RefiJet case study carries a modified date on the page, names four AI engines and describes the technique in specific terms. The AI search solution page publishes a four phase framework and names its reporting partner. The homepage states operational scale in employees, countries and clients rather than leaving it unstated.
Limitations. No pricing is published anywhere on the site. The single case study shown on the AI search solution page itself is anonymised.
Sources. AI search engine optimization, RefiJet case study, read 15 September 2026.
6. Single Grain: best for paid and organic AI search in one contract
- Website
- www.singlegrain.com
- Best for
- paid and organic AI search in one contract
- Pricing
- Not published. Contact forms only, no rate card on the SEO or AEO service pages.
- Notable clients
- Amazon Alexa, Nextiva, SmartRent, LS Building Products, Schumacher Homes, Learning A to Z
- Scorecard
- Method Partial, Open data No, Engines Yes, Price No, Refund No, B2B cases Yes, Reviews Yes (Clutch 4.8, 12 reviews, read 16 September 2026), Machine readable Partial. 3 of 8 verifiable yeses.
What they do well. The AEO page sets out a named five stage process and lists eight answer surfaces it optimises for, including Alexa and Siri alongside ChatGPT and AI Overviews. The case study index carries three AI search results with client names attached, including SmartRent and LS Building Products. It publishes a large public AEO and GEO article library rather than a single service page.
Limitations. No pricing is published on the homepage, the SEO page or the AEO page. Reporting is described as custom dashboards with no named platform, export format or API.
Sources. AEO services, Case studies, read 15 September 2026.
7. First Page Sage: best for off site levers, lists, databases and reviews
- Website
- firstpagesage.com
- Best for
- off site levers, lists, databases and reviews
- Pricing
- Not published. Contact form and a phone number, month to month terms stated.
- Notable clients
- Salesforce, Microsoft, US Bank, Logitech, Verisign, Cadence
- Scorecard
- Method Partial, Open data No, Engines Yes, Price No, Refund No, B2B cases Yes, Reviews No (Clutch profile with no reviews, no G2 profile found, 16 September 2026), Machine readable No. 2 of 8 verifiable yeses.
What they do well. It names four target engines and publishes a six element GEO method that includes off site levers such as list creation, database inclusion and review management. It states on the GEO page the date the service launched, which is a dated claim rather than a general assertion. Its anonymised GEO case study publishes a tracked prompt count of 620 and a citation share movement from 23 percent to 77 percent.
Limitations. Publishes no pricing on its own site, while publishing many articles about other agencies' pricing. Seven of its eight case studies name no client, and the one named study is classic SEO rather than AI search.
Sources. GEO service page, GEO case study, read 15 September 2026.
8. Graphite: best for quarterly prompt sets validated against product usage
- Website
- graphite.io
- Best for
- quarterly prompt sets validated against product usage
- Pricing
- Not published. No price of any kind appears on the site, and the SEO FAQ states a twelve month minimum engagement.
- Notable clients
- Webflow, Hinge Health, Fourthwall, BetterUp, MasterClass
- Scorecard
- Method Partial, Open data No, Engines Yes, Price No, Refund No, B2B cases Yes, Reviews No (No Clutch or G2 profile found for graphite.io, 16 September 2026), Machine readable No. 2 of 8 verifiable yeses.
What they do well. The AEO page sets out six named service components, including prompt research, citation tracking and offsite strategy, and names five AI engines. Its research hub publishes dated studies through 2026 on AI article volume and prompt tracking behaviour. Case studies carry named clients with stated AI visibility metrics, including share of voice growth from LLMs.
Limitations. No price is published, and the SEO FAQ states a twelve month minimum engagement. No client facing dashboard, data export or API is described on the AEO or SEO pages.
Sources. AEO page, Case studies, read 15 September 2026.
9. Siege Media: best for content led programmes with a published minimum
- Website
- www.siegemedia.com
- Best for
- content led programmes with a published minimum
- Pricing
- $8,000 per month. A published minimum for content marketing, sold in units, on a 12 month contract with a 30 day out clause.
- Notable clients
- Zendesk, Mentimeter, Purple, Airbnb, HubSpot, TransUnion
- Scorecard
- Method Partial, Open data No, Engines Partial, Price Partial, Refund No, B2B cases Yes, Reviews Yes (Clutch 4.9, 48 reviews, read 16 September 2026), Machine readable Partial. 2 of 8 verifiable yeses.
What they do well. It publishes both a minimum, $8,000 per month, and the contract shape, a 12 month term with a 30 day out clause, which few firms in this set do. Two named client case studies report AI search outcomes, Zendesk and Mentimeter, the latter at 124,000 ChatGPT sessions over six months. Its about page publishes an aggregate figure for client traffic value rather than leaving scale unstated.
Limitations. The GEO service page names no AI engine, referring to LLMs generically. No open dataset or DOI backs the citation figure quoted on that page.
Sources. GEO service page, Minimum on the content marketing page, Mentimeter case study, read 15 September 2026.
10. Directive Consulting: best for pipeline and revenue reporting for B2B software
- Website
- directiveconsulting.com
- Best for
- pipeline and revenue reporting for B2B software
- Pricing
- Not published. Both the services pages and the startup package require a qualification call.
- Notable clients
- Case Status, AxisCare, Placemakr, DBT, Seagate, Gong
- Scorecard
- Method Partial, Open data No, Engines Partial, Price No, Refund No, B2B cases Yes, Reviews Yes (Clutch 4.8, 56 reviews, read 16 September 2026), Machine readable Partial. 2 of 8 verifiable yeses.
What they do well. Its Case Status study carries a modified date, names the monitoring tool used, names three AI surfaces and gives stepwise tactics. Two named case studies are framed around AI search outcomes rather than traffic alone. The homepage states the number of brands served and lists its office locations.
Limitations. No pricing is published, including on the startup package page. Its published methodology page names no AI engine and publishes no measurement method.
Sources. DiscoverabilityOS, Case studies, read 15 September 2026.
How to choose
| Criterion | What good looks like | The red flag |
|---|---|---|
| Method | The question set and the classification rules are on the site, versioned and dated, so a second party could repeat the run. | A named framework with no question set, no sample size and no rule for what counts as a mention. |
| Data | The underlying research is published openly with a DOI and a stated limitations section. | A headline percentage with no dataset, no denominator and no link. |
| Engines | The engines are named, and the report separates them rather than folding them into one score. | The site says AI search, LLMs or answer engines and never names one. |
| Price | An entry price is printed on the site and can be paid without a call. | Custom quote only, or a price that is printed but still needs a sales call to act on. |
| Refund | Refund or guarantee terms are published, with the condition that would trigger them. | A money back guarantee with no timeframe, no condition and no eligibility rule. |
| Cases | Named clients in your own category, with the measurement described rather than only the outcome. | Results attributed to a B2B tech client or a fintech client with no name attached. |
| Reviews | A third party review profile with the count visible. | A rating quoted on the company's own site with no link to the profile behind it. |
| Machine readable | The observed answers, their engines, their dates and their sources land somewhere your own AI can read. | A monthly slide deck, and nothing your systems can query. |
The eight criteria are not a ranking of quality. They are the eight things a buyer can check in an afternoon without talking to anyone, and they are the eight things that decide whether a claim can be argued with later. A firm that publishes its question set can be told it asked the wrong questions. A firm that publishes nothing can only be believed or not believed.
The single most useful question to ask any firm on this page is how the questions were written. AI answers to questions that already contain a company name will usually contain that name, so a mention count built on name seeded questions measures the prompt rather than the engine. Broadcastwell published that finding against its own category research, and it is the reason no question in a Diagnostic names any brand.
The second most useful question is what happens when the runs disagree. AI answers vary between runs and shift as models update, so a single screenshot is not a measurement. Ask how many runs sit behind a figure, and whether the disagreement between them is reported or averaged away.
What it costs
| Company | Published entry price | What that price buys |
|---|---|---|
| Broadcastwell | $490 once | Category Audit $490 once, bought by checkout with no call. AI Visibility Diagnostic $990 once. The program is $13,500 per 90 days, billed $4,500 monthly. |
| WebFX | $3,000 per month | Eight published GEO tiers from $3,000 a month upward, each with a stated six month commitment. Every route is a proposal request. |
| Omniscient Digital | $10,000 per month | Full service engagements start at $10,000 a month. A strategy development package starts at $15,000. Both book a strategy call. |
| Optimist | $3,000 per month | Roadmap is a one time engagement at $7,500. Advisory starts at $3,000 per month. Full Service starts at $4,000 per month. Every tier books a strategy call. |
| NP Digital | Not published | The solution page ends in a contact form, with no self serve plan. |
| Single Grain | Not published | Contact forms only, no rate card on the SEO or AEO service pages. |
| First Page Sage | Not published | Contact form and a phone number, month to month terms stated. |
| Graphite | Not published | No price of any kind appears on the site, and the SEO FAQ states a twelve month minimum engagement. |
| Siege Media | $8,000 per month | A published minimum for content marketing, sold in units, on a 12 month contract with a 30 day out clause. |
| Directive Consulting | Not published | Both the services pages and the startup package require a qualification call. |
Five of the ten agencies on this page publish no price. Of the five that do, the figures are a mix of monthly floors, from prices and tiered rate cards, and only one entry price on this page can be paid without a call.
The Broadcastwell ladder is published in full. The Category Audit is $490 once, covering one category, ten buyer questions, five engines and three measured runs, with findings within 48 hours of the category being confirmed. The AI Visibility Diagnostic is $990 once, covering 35 questions, five engines and three scheduled runs per question and engine pair, 525 scheduled observed answers, with up to two adaptive runs extra on a pair whose verdicts disagree. The program is $13,500 per 90 days, billed $4,500 monthly, on a 90 day initial term and then month to month.
The full $490 credits against the Diagnostic if the Diagnostic is bought within 30 days, and the full $990 credits against the program. A standalone Category Audit or Diagnostic is refundable in full, no questions asked, if requested within 30 days of delivery of the findings.
Questions
What is AI SEO?
It is classic search work extended to cover AI surfaces, using the same crawling, content and authority levers aimed at generated answers as well as ranked links. Most firms on this page sell it alongside generative engine optimization under one contract.
Is this list a measurement of which agency is best?
No. It is an editorial list, not a measured ranking. It counts what each company publishes that a buyer can verify on the company's own site. Broadcastwell publishes this list and appears on it, at number one.
Does AI search visibility generate B2B leads?
It can, and several firms here publish lead and pipeline figures against named clients. Broadcastwell's own published research measures mentions and citations rather than lead generation outcomes, and it does not claim a lead or revenue result.
Which engines matter for a B2B buyer?
Broadcastwell measures five and names them: ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode, which most buyers call Gemini. Engines disagree with each other on the same question, so a figure that folds them together hides the disagreement.
Why do AI referrals show up as direct traffic?
Because an answer often arrives with no referrer, so the session is recorded as direct, or the buyer mails a generic inbox instead of clicking. A report built only on sessions and rankings will miss the part of the funnel that moved.
What is the cheapest way to find out where a company stands?
A free 10 question check, then a paid measurement if the result warrants one. Broadcastwell publishes a free 10-question check and a $490 Category Audit that credits in full against the $990 Diagnostic within 30 days.
See where the engines place you
See which buyer questions leave you out, who is named instead of you, the sources visible in those answers, and the three changes worth testing first. The Category Audit covers one category, ten buyer questions, five engines and three measured runs, with findings within 48 hours of the category being confirmed.
Start with the $490 Category Audit$490 once. Results appear in your account. The full $490 credits against the Diagnostic within 30 days. Refundable in full, no questions asked, within 30 days of delivery of the findings.
Get the Diagnostic, $990$990 once. 35 questions, five engines, three scheduled runs per question and engine pair, 525 scheduled observed answers, adaptive runs extra. The full $990 credits against the program's first monthly invoice.
Every figure comes from the published method, v1.1.
Agencies and vendors named here can request a correction at hello@broadcastwell.com. Corrections are made on the page with the date.