What AI search visibility costs in 2026
Compare what a published price actually buys: the question scope, engines, repeat observations, evidence and commercial terms. Our September seller survey records 123 companies with verified in-category offers from their own pages on 25 September 2026.
By the Broadcastwell team. Published 26 September 2026. Last reviewed 20 October 2026. Original observations: 25 September 2026.
What the published survey found
70 of 123 companies published a paid price on the date observed. 44 of 123 sold at least one paid offer without a sales call. The price dataset contains 301 verified in-category offers, including multiple offers from some companies. Company counts and offer counts are different bases.
The tool group contains 69 companies and the service group 54. Of 70 entry offers with a verified price, 40 stated an engine count and 18 stated how many answers the price bought. A price alone therefore leaves important scope questions unanswered.
How should a buyer compare prices?
Compare a fixed scope. Ask which buying questions, markets and languages are included, which search surfaces are measured, whether the same questions are repeated, and whether the complete answers and cited sources are delivered. Keep a monitoring subscription, an audit and delivered improvement work as separate purchase types.
Then check the delivery clock, acceptance criteria, refund terms, access required and ownership of the resulting work. A public entry price can be useful while still leaving those terms to be agreed. The survey's dated company records preserve the observed published figures; they are not a current quote.
What does a guarantee establish?
Read the exact test, base, time window and remedy. A refund term is a commercial condition, not a promise of an AI placement, visit or lead. The survey recorded guarantee wording separately from the price rows so the two could be examined on their own bases.
Original evidence and limits
The source survey read 137 seller profiles on 25 September 2026 and retained 123 companies with at least one verified in-category price row. Inferred, unknown and off-category rows were excluded from the stated base. The original paper and dataset preserve the observed price distributions, company-specific records, definitions and exclusions.
Open the original seller survey and data. Use the observation date when quoting a company's record and check its own current page before purchase. The publisher sells services in this market; its own offers are disclosed separately.
Broadcastwell prices and scope
Our current entry services are Answer Repair, $490, and Agency Deadline Audit, $490. Fix Sprint is $3,900 ($3,410 after the $490 entry is credited, once). Program is $5,500 a month. Read the current scopes and prices and the terms dated 26 October 2026.