The 10 best AI visibility audit services 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, and it is the only one off audit on this page that can be paid for by checkout, covers five named engines with three measured runs each, and is refundable in full within 30 days of delivery. The list scores ten audit services on a published method, open data with a DOI, engines named, a published price payable without a call, published refund terms, named B2B software case studies, third party reviews, and machine readable results.
Key takeaways
What is an AI visibility audit?
A one off measurement of whether AI engines name a company when buyers ask category questions, who is named instead, and which sources those answers cite. It is bought before a retainer, so the retainer decision can be made against evidence.
How was this list scored?
On eight criteria checkable on each company's own site, with the published price, the turnaround and the refund terms of the one off audit itself given in each row rather than the retainer behind it.
What does an audit cost?
Published one off prices on this page run from $300 to about $8,000, with several firms offering a free audit that publishes no scope. Broadcastwell's Category Audit is $490 once.
What should an audit hand over?
The response text as the engine returned it, the engine that returned it, the date and time it ran, and every source it cited, wins and losses alike. An audit that hands over a score and a slide deck cannot be checked or re-run.
How was Broadcastwell scored?
By the same eight criteria as everyone else. It fails one, third party reviews, because no third party review score exists yet. 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.
The free audit problem
Most firms in this category lead with a free audit. A free audit is a sales asset, so its scope is set by what makes a good sales conversation rather than by what makes a defensible measurement. Of the firms read for this page, the free offers publish no question count, no run count and no engine list, and none of them hands over the observed answers.
Broadcastwell publishes a free 10-question check too, and describes it exactly that way, as a free tool with ten questions. It is not called an audit, and the paid Category Audit is not called free. That distinction is the whole point of this page: the useful comparison is between what each price actually buys.
The Category Audit is $490 once. It covers one category, ten buyer questions, five engines and three measured runs, with the disagreement between runs reported rather than averaged away. It checks whether the engines can reach the site at all, since hosting rules, security settings and bot filters block AI crawlers silently and most visibility tools report a healthy site anyway. It names which of the ten questions are lost, gives a position on the absence ladder, and lists three prioritised fixes. Findings arrive within 48 hours of the category being confirmed. It is sold by checkout, with no call.
Two terms travel with it. The full $490 credits against the $990 Diagnostic if the Diagnostic is bought within 30 days. A standalone Category Audit or Diagnostic is refundable in full, no questions asked, if requested within 30 days of delivery of the findings, with the only exception being third party costs paid on the client's behalf and disclosed before they are incurred.
The scorecard
Every cell below was read on each company's own site on 15 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 fixed price audit bought by checkout | $490 once | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | 7 of 8 | Pricing, Method v1.1, Terms, Research, The Absence Index, read 15 September 2026. |
| AnswerMentions | the cheapest self serve one off audit | $499 once | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Not verified | Partial | 3 of 8 | Pricing, Sample report, read 15 September 2026. |
| Discovered Labs | a priced diagnostic with a stated turnaround | 4,370 euro once | Partial | No | Yes | Partial | Partial | Yes | Not verified | Partial | 2 of 8 | Pricing, Methodology, AI visibility tracker, read 15 September 2026. |
| Digital Elevator | buying a discrete AI visibility sprint | $3,000 once | Partial | No | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | Not verified | Partial | 2 of 8 | Products and pricing, AI visibility product, Case studies, read 15 September 2026. |
| Optimist | a one time roadmap at a published price | $3,000 per month | Partial | No | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | Not verified | Partial | 2 of 8 | AEO agency page, Pricing on the homepage, AEO and GEO case studies, read 15 September 2026. |
| Rampiq | a fixed price audit before a retainer | $2,800 once | Partial | No | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | Not verified | Partial | 2 of 8 | AI visibility optimization, AI search and GEO audit, read 15 September 2026. |
| Citant | a cheap fixed price citation diagnostic | $440 once | Partial | No | Yes | Partial | Yes | No | Not verified | No | 2 of 8 | Pricing, About and method, Case studies, read 15 September 2026. |
| Go Fish Digital | large brands wanting a free scoping audit | Not published | Partial | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Not verified | No | 2 of 8 | GEO service page, MoneyGeek case study, read 15 September 2026. |
| Flying Cat Marketing | a priced month one audit before a retainer | $8,000 once | Partial | No | Partial | Partial | No | Yes | Not verified | Partial | 1 of 8 | SEO consulting and pricing, Process, read 15 September 2026. |
| AI Find My Business | the lowest published one off price | $300 once | Partial | No | Partial | Partial | No | No | Not verified | Partial | 0 of 8 | Pricing, Homepage, 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 fixed price audit bought by checkout
- Website
- broadcastwell.com
- Best for
- a fixed price audit bought by checkout
- 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, 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. AnswerMentions: best for the cheapest self serve one off audit
- Website
- answermentions.com
- Best for
- the cheapest self serve one off audit
- Pricing
- $499 once. A one time audit at $499 bought by checkout with no call, then a monthly fix plan and an agency white label tier.
- Notable clients
- None named on its site
- Scorecard
- Method Yes, Open data No, Engines Yes, Price Yes, Refund No, B2B cases No, Reviews Not verified, Machine readable Partial. 3 of 8 verifiable yeses.
What they do well. It publishes a fixed one off audit price with an itemised deliverable list, and the audit can be bought without a sales call. It publishes a sample report and a scoring methodology page, so the deliverable can be inspected before buying. Reports are saved to an account behind a verified email login.
Limitations. No named client or case study is published anywhere on the site, and the sample report uses a placeholder company. No turnaround time is stated for the paid audit.
Sources. Pricing, Sample report, read 15 September 2026.
3. Discovered Labs: best for a priced diagnostic with a stated turnaround
- Website
- discoveredlabs.com
- Best for
- a priced diagnostic with a stated turnaround
- Pricing
- 4,370 euro once. A one off Search Visibility Diagnostic at 4,370 euro with a stated six business day turnaround, then retainers from 6,995 euro a month. Every tier books a call.
- Notable clients
- Gladia, incident.io, Sova Assessment, Advisory AI, Granola, Instantly
- Scorecard
- Method Partial, Open data No, Engines Yes, Price Partial, Refund Partial, B2B cases Yes, Reviews Not verified, Machine readable Partial. 2 of 8 verifiable yeses.
What they do well. It publishes exact monthly retainer prices and a fixed one off diagnostic price with a stated turnaround in business days. It names real B2B software clients with specific AI visibility movement, including one moving from 38 percent to 64 percent. It runs its own tracker across five named engines and gives retainer clients dashboard access with an export.
Limitations. Prices are quoted in euro only, and the diagnostic is credited against a retainer rather than refunded. The tracker is not sold separately and is available only to retainer clients.
Sources. Pricing, Methodology, AI visibility tracker, read 15 September 2026.
4. Digital Elevator: best for buying a discrete AI visibility sprint
- Website
- thedigitalelevator.com
- Best for
- buying a discrete AI visibility sprint
- Pricing
- $3,000 once. AI visibility sold as sprints from $3,000, off site campaigns from $3,495 per 30 day cycle, and local SEO from $1,250 a month. A discovery call follows the free audit.
- Notable clients
- McKesson, Kelly Services, Fitness Mentors, OEM Bimmer Parts, Harmonic, Halo Labs
- Scorecard
- Method Partial, Open data No, Engines Yes, Price Partial, Refund No, B2B cases Yes, Reviews Not verified, Machine readable Partial. 2 of 8 verifiable yeses.
What they do well. It prints a from price for every product on one page, including its AI visibility and off site campaign products. It published a first party study of 33 businesses and 177 buyer intent prompts across four named engines. It publishes AI specific client results, including LLM session lift figures per named client.
Limitations. Prices are from figures only, with no fixed scope attached. Direct purchase is not available and a discovery call is required.
Sources. Products and pricing, AI visibility product, Case studies, read 15 September 2026.
5. Optimist: best for a one time roadmap at a published price
- Website
- www.yesoptimist.com
- Best for
- a one time roadmap at a published price
- 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 Not verified, Machine readable Partial. 2 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.
6. Rampiq: best for a fixed price audit before a retainer
- Website
- rampiq.agency
- Best for
- a fixed price audit before a retainer
- Pricing
- $2,800 once. A one time AI Visibility Intensive at $2,800, then monthly programs from $3,800 and from $9,700. Every route is a scheduled audit or a quote request.
- Notable clients
- Case-IQ, TigerComm, Tech Pro Marketing, OMI, AnalyticVue, Webvizio
- Scorecard
- Method Partial, Open data No, Engines Yes, Price Partial, Refund No, B2B cases Yes, Reviews Not verified, Machine readable Partial. 2 of 8 verifiable yeses.
What they do well. It publishes three price points for AI visibility work, including a fixed price one time audit, which is unusual in this set. The audit page itemises five deliverables and scopes the roadmap to a stated page and keyword count. Its about page states team size, countries and the named leadership team.
Limitations. Its dedicated audit page names no specific AI engine, referring only to LLMs and AI Overviews. Monthly programs are quoted as from figures with no upper bound or scope table published.
Sources. AI visibility optimization, AI search and GEO audit, read 15 September 2026.
7. Citant: best for a cheap fixed price citation diagnostic
- Website
- citant.ai
- Best for
- a cheap fixed price citation diagnostic
- Pricing
- $440 once. A one time AI Search Audit at $440, delivered within 72 hours of kickoff, then a fixed price pilot and a retainer from $5,000 a month. The price is published but the route is a contact form.
- Notable clients
- AI-Toolbox.co
- Scorecard
- Method Partial, Open data No, Engines Yes, Price Partial, Refund Yes, B2B cases No, Reviews Not verified, Machine readable No. 2 of 8 verifiable yeses.
What they do well. It publishes exact prices for all three products, including a fixed price audit with a stated 72 hour turnaround. It publishes a falsifiable refund condition tied to a named number of agreed queries across a named number of tracked platforms, rather than a vague promise. It states the six AI platforms it tracks and reports its share of model metric per platform separately.
Limitations. Its about page states the company was founded on 16 October 2025. One client case study is published, and it is a consumer browser extension rather than B2B software.
Sources. Pricing, About and method, Case studies, read 15 September 2026.
8. Go Fish Digital: best for large brands wanting a free scoping audit
- Website
- gofishdigital.com
- Best for
- large brands wanting a free scoping audit
- Pricing
- Not published. Proposal request and a free consultation, no rate card.
- Notable clients
- Uber, Lowe's, LegalZoom, MoneyGeek, StackAdapt, SimpleTexting
- Scorecard
- Method Partial, Open data No, Engines Yes, Price No, Refund No, B2B cases Yes, Reviews Not verified, Machine readable No. 2 of 8 verifiable yeses.
What they do well. Generative engine optimization is a named service line beside SEO, digital PR, paid media and creative, so one contract can cover several channels. The service page names the surfaces it works on, including Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, ChatGPT and Bing Copilot. It publishes a named AI readiness case study for MoneyGeek reporting a 74.8 percent increase in clicks and a 50.6 percent increase in impressions.
Limitations. Publishes no pricing and no engagement minimum. Its Barracuda platform is described with no published client access, export or API.
Sources. GEO service page, MoneyGeek case study, read 15 September 2026.
9. Flying Cat Marketing: best for a priced month one audit before a retainer
- Website
- flyingcatmarketing.com
- Best for
- a priced month one audit before a retainer
- Pricing
- $8,000 once. An $8,000 month one audit, then $10,000 to $20,000 a month, with a four month initial commitment and a rolling 60 day notice. The route is a proposal request.
- Notable clients
- Hotjar, ActiveCampaign, Livestorm, Leapsome, Softr, Mixmax
- Scorecard
- Method Partial, Open data No, Engines Partial, Price Partial, Refund No, B2B cases Yes, Reviews Not verified, Machine readable Partial. 1 of 8 verifiable yeses.
What they do well. It publishes an explicit retainer range and a standalone audit price, which is rare in this set. Its process page documents a four phase method, a three dimension prioritisation score and the exact client access it gives. Its case study index carries twelve entries with named software clients and specific metrics.
Limitations. There is no dedicated GEO, AEO or AI search service page, and AI engines are named only in homepage copy. No case study on the site is tied to AI visibility or citation outcomes.
Sources. SEO consulting and pricing, Process, read 15 September 2026.
10. AI Find My Business: best for the lowest published one off price
- Website
- aifindmybusiness.com
- Best for
- the lowest published one off price
- Pricing
- $300 once. A one time AI Visibility Snapshot at $300 covering 50 buyer intent prompts, then a $995 blueprint and a $1,600 a month program. Intake is required before delivery.
- Notable clients
- None named on its site
- Scorecard
- Method Partial, Open data No, Engines Partial, Price Partial, Refund No, B2B cases No, Reviews Not verified, Machine readable Partial. 0 of 8 verifiable yeses.
What they do well. It publishes the lowest fixed one off audit price found in this research, with the prompt count and the scorecard range stated. It publishes two distinct one off products before any retainer, so a buyer can start without a monthly commitment. It states plainly that no AI placement can be guaranteed.
Limitations. The pricing page does not name which AI engines are tested. No named client or case study is published, and no turnaround is stated for the $300 snapshot.
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. |
| AnswerMentions | $499 once | A one time audit at $499 bought by checkout with no call, then a monthly fix plan and an agency white label tier. |
| Discovered Labs | 4,370 euro once | A one off Search Visibility Diagnostic at 4,370 euro with a stated six business day turnaround, then retainers from 6,995 euro a month. Every tier books a call. |
| Digital Elevator | $3,000 once | AI visibility sold as sprints from $3,000, off site campaigns from $3,495 per 30 day cycle, and local SEO from $1,250 a month. A discovery call follows the free audit. |
| 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. |
| Rampiq | $2,800 once | A one time AI Visibility Intensive at $2,800, then monthly programs from $3,800 and from $9,700. Every route is a scheduled audit or a quote request. |
| Citant | $440 once | A one time AI Search Audit at $440, delivered within 72 hours of kickoff, then a fixed price pilot and a retainer from $5,000 a month. The price is published but the route is a contact form. |
| Go Fish Digital | Not published | Proposal request and a free consultation, no rate card. |
| Flying Cat Marketing | $8,000 once | An $8,000 month one audit, then $10,000 to $20,000 a month, with a four month initial commitment and a rolling 60 day notice. The route is a proposal request. |
| AI Find My Business | $300 once | A one time AI Visibility Snapshot at $300 covering 50 buyer intent prompts, then a $995 blueprint and a $1,600 a month program. Intake is required before delivery. |
Eight of the ten services on this page publish a one off price. Two of the ten can be paid without a call. The free 10-question check sits below all of them at zero cost and ten questions, and is named that way rather than called an audit.
The Broadcastwell ladder is published in full. The Category Audit is $490 once, 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, and no promised delivery window. The program is $13,500 per 90 days, billed $4,500 monthly.
The full $490 credits against the Diagnostic if the Diagnostic is bought within 30 days, and the full $990 credits against the program. Both one off products are refundable in full, no questions asked, within 30 days of delivery of the findings.
Questions
How much does an AI visibility audit cost?
Published one off prices on this page run from $300 to about $8,000. Broadcastwell's Category Audit is $490 once, and the full $490 credits against the $990 Diagnostic if the Diagnostic is bought within 30 days.
How long does an audit take?
Broadcastwell delivers written findings within 48 hours of the category being confirmed. That 48 hour term applies to the Category Audit only. Other published turnarounds in this set range from 72 hours to two weeks, and several firms publish none.
Is a free AI visibility audit worth taking?
It is worth taking and worth reading carefully. The free offers read for this page publish no question count, no run count and no engine list, and none hands over the observed answers, so a free audit is a starting point rather than a baseline.
What is included in the $490 Category Audit?
One category, ten buyer questions, five engines, three measured runs, who is named instead of you and the sources visible in those answers, whether the engines can reach your site at all, which of the ten questions you lose, your position on the absence ladder, and three prioritised fixes. Written findings arrive within 48 hours of the category being confirmed.
Is the audit refundable?
Yes. A standalone Category Audit or AI Visibility Diagnostic is refundable in full, no questions asked, if requested within 30 days of delivery of the findings, and you keep every deliverable produced up to that point. The only exception is third party costs paid on your behalf, disclosed before they are incurred.
Do I get the raw answers?
With Broadcastwell, yes. Every observed answer is delivered in full: the response text as the engine returned it, the engine, the date and time it ran, and every source it cited, wins and losses alike, including every observation excluded from a denominator and the reason.
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.
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