The 10 best GEO agencies for startups and small teams 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, at $490 once. This page lists ten options a small team can afford, scores them on a published method, open data with a DOI, engines named, a published entry price payable without a call, published refund terms, named B2B software case studies, third party reviews and machine readable results, and then puts every published entry price in one table, lowest first, with what each price buys.
Key takeaways
What can a startup actually afford here?
Published entry prices on this page start at $300 for a one off snapshot and reach $5,999 a month for a retainer. Three options cost under $500 once. A free 10-question check costs nothing at all.
Is the cheapest option the best one?
Not necessarily, and this page does not pretend so. The cost table is ordered lowest first, and the ranked list is ordered by how much each company lets a buyer verify. The cheapest published price on this page belongs to a company that names no engines, publishes no client and states no turnaround.
How was this list scored?
On eight criteria checkable on each company's own site: published method with the question set and 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 should a small team buy first?
A measurement, not a retainer. A fixed price audit answers whether the engines name you at all, and that answer decides whether a monthly spend is worth starting.
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.
A small budget buys one decision, so buy the decision
A startup with a few thousand dollars cannot buy a year of anything in this category, and should not try. What it can buy is one decision: whether AI engines name it when its buyers ask category questions, who is named instead, and whether the engines can read its site at all. That is a measurement, and it costs a few hundred dollars from several of the companies on this page.
The trap is that the cheapest published prices come with the least published scope. Of the three options under $500 on this page, one names no engines on its pricing page, one publishes no turnaround, and one publishes no client and no case study. That is not a reason to avoid them. It is a reason to read the cost table next to the scorecard rather than on its own.
Broadcastwell's Category Audit is $490 once. One category, ten buyer questions, five engines, three measured runs, with the disagreement between runs reported rather than averaged away. It names who is cited instead of you, checks whether hosting rules, security settings or bot filters are blocking AI crawlers silently, states which of the ten questions you lose, places you on the absence ladder and lists three prioritised fixes. Written findings arrive within 48 hours of the category being confirmed. It is bought by checkout, with no call.
Two terms make it a cheap decision rather than a cheap purchase. The full $490 credits against the $990 Diagnostic if the Diagnostic is bought within 30 days, so nothing is wasted by starting small. And it 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 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 measured baseline for $490, 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. |
| Embarque | the lowest published monthly agency tier | $1,500 per month | Partial | No | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Not verified | Partial | 3 of 8 | AI SEO agency, Packages and pricing, read 15 September 2026. |
| AnswerMentions | a self serve productised audit | $499 once | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Not verified | Partial | 3 of 8 | Pricing, Sample report, read 15 September 2026. |
| Digital Elevator | buying one discrete sprint at a time | $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 published advisory retainer for B2B SaaS | $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 any 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 | the cheapest published 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. |
| Wowbix | small local and healthcare businesses adding GEO | $1,500 per month | Partial | No | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | Not verified | No | 2 of 8 | SEO pricing, GEO page, read 15 September 2026. |
| Spicy Margarita | small B2B SaaS teams wanting published rates | 4,499 pounds or $5,999 per month | Partial | No | Partial | Partial | No | Yes | Not verified | Partial | 1 of 8 | Pricing, GEO page, read 15 September 2026. |
| AI Find My Business | the lowest published one off price anywhere here | $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 measured baseline for $490, bought by checkout
- Website
- broadcastwell.com
- Best for
- a measured baseline for $490, 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. Embarque: best for the lowest published monthly agency tier
- Website
- www.embarque.io
- Best for
- the lowest published monthly agency tier
- Pricing
- $1,500 per month. Four published monthly tiers from $1,500 to $10,000, billed over three, six or twelve months paid quarterly. Every tier books a call.
- Notable clients
- MentorCruise, Flick, Cleanvoice, UXCam, SignHouse, Growform
- Scorecard
- Method Partial, Open data No, Engines Yes, Price Partial, Refund Yes, B2B cases Yes, Reviews Not verified, Machine readable Partial. 3 of 8 verifiable yeses.
What they do well. It publishes four tiers with exact monthly prices, the lowest in this set of agencies, and states its billing terms on the same page. Its case study index carries around 35 entries, several reporting AI citation counts over a stated 90 day window. It publishes a money back guarantee and a cancel any time policy on the homepage.
Limitations. Several AI visibility case studies are listed by category only, with no client named. The money back guarantee is stated with no conditions, timeframe or eligibility rule, and its AI SEO FAQ quotes a monthly range that does not line up with the four published tiers.
Sources. AI SEO agency, Packages and pricing, read 15 September 2026.
3. AnswerMentions: best for a self serve productised audit
- Website
- answermentions.com
- Best for
- a self serve productised 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.
4. Digital Elevator: best for buying one discrete sprint at a time
- Website
- thedigitalelevator.com
- Best for
- buying one discrete sprint at a time
- 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 published advisory retainer for B2B SaaS
- Website
- www.yesoptimist.com
- Best for
- a published advisory retainer 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 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 any retainer
- Website
- rampiq.agency
- Best for
- a fixed price audit before any 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 the cheapest published citation diagnostic
- Website
- citant.ai
- Best for
- the cheapest published 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. Wowbix: best for small local and healthcare businesses adding GEO
- Website
- wowbix.com
- Best for
- small local and healthcare businesses adding GEO
- Pricing
- $1,500 per month. SEO campaigns from $1,500 a month. GEO itself is not priced on the site. A consultation is required before pricing is confirmed.
- Notable clients
- Microwize, Bergen Aesthetics, Seeker Dermatology, AAOBGYN, Ace of Fades 212, Nouri Brothers
- Scorecard
- Method Partial, Open data No, Engines Yes, Price Partial, Refund No, B2B cases Yes, Reviews Not verified, Machine readable No. 2 of 8 verifiable yeses.
What they do well. It publishes an entry price band rather than quoting on request only. It names five AI platforms it optimises for on its GEO page. It publishes around twenty named client case studies.
Limitations. No price is published for the GEO service itself, only for SEO campaigns. Its case study library contains no AI visibility or GEO outcome study.
Sources. SEO pricing, GEO page, read 15 September 2026.
9. Spicy Margarita: best for small B2B SaaS teams wanting published rates
- Website
- www.spicymargarita.co
- Best for
- small B2B SaaS teams wanting published rates
- Pricing
- 4,499 pounds or $5,999 per month. Two monthly packages are published. The next step is a booking form, not a checkout.
- Notable clients
- Rillion, Piktochart, Givebutter, Eton, EssayGrader, Sentisum
- 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 monthly package prices on a dedicated pricing page, which most agencies in this set do not. Package inclusions are itemised, down to the number of strategy calls a month and the access channel. Its B2B SaaS page attaches named clients to results.
Limitations. The pricing page and the B2B SaaS page publish different figures for what appear to be the same two tiers. No case study on the pages read is framed around AI search visibility outcomes.
10. AI Find My Business: best for the lowest published one off price anywhere here
- Website
- aifindmybusiness.com
- Best for
- the lowest published one off price anywhere here
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Wowbix | $1,500 per month | SEO campaigns from $1,500 a month. GEO itself is not priced on the site. A consultation is required before pricing is confirmed. |
| Embarque | $1,500 per month | Four published monthly tiers from $1,500 to $10,000, billed over three, six or twelve months paid quarterly. Every tier books a 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. |
| 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. |
| Spicy Margarita | 4,499 pounds or $5,999 per month | Two monthly packages are published. The next step is a booking form, not a checkout. |
Every published entry price on this page, lowest first. One off fees and monthly retainers are not the same kind of number, so the column next to each price says what that price buys. A $300 one off and a $1,500 a month retainer are twelve months and $17,700 apart.
Below all of them sits a free 10-question check, which costs nothing and is named exactly that, ten questions, rather than being called a free audit.
The Broadcastwell ladder is published in full. The Category Audit is $490 once. 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, adaptive runs extra. 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 within 30 days and the full $990 credits against the program.
Questions
What is the cheapest way to find out if AI engines name my startup?
A free 10-question check costs nothing. The cheapest published paid option on this page is a $300 one off snapshot, and Broadcastwell's Category Audit is $490 once with the full $490 crediting against the $990 Diagnostic within 30 days.
Can a startup afford a GEO retainer?
Published monthly floors on this page start at $1,500 a month and most of the wider market starts well above that. For a small team the honest sequence is a fixed price measurement first, then a retainer decision made against the result.
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.
Why is the cheapest option not ranked first?
Because the ranked list is ordered by how much each company lets a buyer verify, and the cost table is ordered by price. The cheapest published price on this page belongs to a company that names no engines on its pricing page and publishes no client.
Is the $490 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.
How long until findings arrive?
Written findings on the Category Audit arrive within 48 hours of the category being confirmed. That 48 hour term belongs to the Category Audit only. The Diagnostic has no promised delivery window, and results land in the account when the run completes.
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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