As of October 2026, Answersky’s one-time check costs $30 once; in one roundup, six self-serve tracking tools list entry plans from $29 to $199 a month; one custom-priced platform example starts at $15,000 a month; and in a study of 214 agencies, starter retainers run $1,800 to $4,200 a month.
The tool and platform figures come from Zapier’s roundup of AI visibility tools, updated Sep 14, 2026, and the agency figures from a pricing study of 214 agencies, published Oct 7, 2026. They are samples, not market floors or averages. The one-time check is ours, from Answersky’s pricing page in October 2026: Answersky (answersky.com) sells it, so that row is not neutral and not a market price.
| Type | Price, as of October 2026 | What it includes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| One-time check (Answersky) | $30 once | Full Report, per Answersky's pricing page: ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude, 9 questions each asked 3 ways, 108 answers. A snapshot, with no tracking afterwards. | Answersky pricing page |
| The same check, repeated monthly (Answersky) | $49 a month | Monthly, on the same page: the same Full Report every month, with what changed and your trend from month 2. | |
| Self-serve monthly tracking tools | $29 to $199 a month, entry plans of six tools in one roundup | Prompts tracked on a schedule. The offers differ: the lowest plan covers 15 prompts daily, another 50 prompts on three engines, and two of the six are add-ons to an existing account with the same company's SEO tool. | Zapier's roundup of AI visibility tools |
| Custom-priced platforms | Quote only, or one example from $15,000 a month | Scope set with the seller. The priced example is software plus a consulting team (strategy, content marketing, digital PR). Two more examples in the roundup are by request only. | Zapier's roundup of AI visibility tools |
| Done-for-you agencies and retainers | $1,800 to $4,200 a month, starter tier | Reporting, a technical audit and a few pages a month, usually on a 3-month minimum. Median across all tiers: $6,850 a month. | Pricing study of 214 agencies |
These are four different products, not four prices for one thing. A check shows where you stand today, a tracker or repeated check shows change, a platform adds scale, and an agency does work on your site.
What do AI search visibility tools cost per month?
Self-serve tools list entry plans from $29 to $199 a month. In Zapier’s roundup, updated Sep 14, 2026, six tools show a starting price in that range. They are different offers, not equivalent plans. Two are add-ons to an existing account with the same company’s SEO tool; for one, the roundup says that base account can be free or paid, and it prices neither.
| Offer (name hidden) | Starting price a month | What the roundup says it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Entry plan | $29 | Daily tracking of 15 prompts. Some assistants, including Gemini and Claude, cost extra. |
| Starter preset of customizable plans | $35.63 | Customizable plans, beginning with the starter preset. |
| Entry plan | $95 | 50 prompts across three engines you choose. |
| Add-on to an existing account with the same company's SEO tool | $99 | Billed per domain and sub-user. Tracks four AI platforms. |
| Entry plan | $129 | Tracking limited to three assistants. |
| Add-on to an existing account with the same company's SEO tool | $199 | The base account can be free or paid. Tracks six AI surfaces. |
Some platforms don’t put a price on the page. The roundup has three such examples. One lists custom pricing from $15,000 a month, and that offer is software plus a consulting team that builds the strategy and runs content marketing and digital PR. The other two are by request only, with no figure, so we give none.
What does a one-time AI visibility check cost?
On Answersky’s pricing page in October 2026, the Full Report is $30 once. It asks 9 questions, each asked 3 ways, on ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude: 108 answers. It shows whether you’re named and who is named instead, and it is a snapshot. It doesn’t keep tracking after it arrives. Repeating the same check every month is $49 a month on that page.
These rows aren’t like for like, and the tables show only what each source lists. The free Quick Scan, as described on the same page, asks 6 questions on ChatGPT and Perplexity (12 answers) and shows whether AI names you at all.
What do agencies charge for AI search work?
In a pricing study published Oct 7, 2026, built from 1,146 quotes by 214 agencies, the median GEO and AEO retainer was $6,850 a month. Starter engagements for local and small businesses ran $1,800 to $4,200 a month with a median of $2,950, usually on a 3-month minimum.
| Tier | Typical client | Monthly price range | Median | Typical minimum term |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Local and small businesses | $1,800 to $4,200 | $2,950 | 3 months |
| Growth | Mid-market companies | $4,500 to $11,000 | $7,400 | 6 months |
| Advanced | Upper mid-market companies | $11,000 to $22,000 | $14,600 | 6 months |
| Enterprise | Large enterprises | $22,000 to $60,000 and up | $31,500 | 12 months |
The study’s publisher sells this kind of service, and its data includes client proposals and signed contracts as well as public pricing pages.
What should you ask before paying?
- What exactly is counted? Prompts, assistants and how often: in the roundup, one plan covers 15 prompts and another 50.
- Which assistants are included, and which cost extra? Some plans sell assistants as add-ons.
- Is it an add-on, and how is it billed? Two of the six offers above are add-ons to an existing SEO-tool account, one billed per domain and sub-user.
- Can you see the raw answers and who is named instead of you? For how to compare tools on method, see how to choose an AI visibility tool. This post is about price only.
- What is the minimum term, and how do you cancel? In the agency study, the typical minimum runs from 3 months for starter engagements to 12 for enterprise ones.
- What do you get besides numbers? A report, written fixes and work done on your site are different products. No type, including ours, can promise your mention rate will go up.
Which type fits where you are now?
If you don’t yet know whether AI names your business, start with a check, not a subscription. To watch changes, a repeated check or a tracker fits. For many brands or markets, a custom-priced platform is built for the scale. For the work done for you, agencies sell that. Different jobs, not a ranking.
What are the limits of these numbers?
- How we built the tables. Each figure comes from the page it links to, read on Oct 22, 2026. We didn’t ask any seller for a quote.
- Starting prices are not quotes. Pages change, so read the current one.
- One roundup, not the market. It lists nine tools, with offers that aren’t like for like. We haven’t tested any, and a price says nothing about quality.
- Our own row. The Full Report asks the assistants through their APIs, so the consumer apps can answer differently.
What should you do next?
See whether AI names your business before you pay for anything: the free AI visibility checker shows who AI named. Our own dated figures are on AI visibility statistics.
