An ongoing AEO program
$27,000 for three months of an ongoing AEO program at about $9,000 a month, the low end in HubSpot's breakdown[1], at an agency that asks for a three-month minimum, as some do[2].
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An ongoing AEO program
$27,000 for three months of an ongoing AEO program at about $9,000 a month, the low end in HubSpot's breakdown[1], at an agency that asks for a three-month minimum, as some do[2].
supereo Autopilot
$1,497 for supereo Autopilot over the same three months, per brand, with no minimum term.
Worked out from $9,000[1] × 3[2] and supereo Autopilot's monthly price today × 3.
01 // the quote
HubSpot's breakdown of agency programs lists strategy, content production, schema and technical work, off-site authority building, monitoring and reporting[3]. Here is what one published starter tier delivers in a month[4], beside supereo.
| The work | Starter AEO tier | supereo |
|---|---|---|
| On your pages | Schema in its core types: FAQ, Article and Organization[4]. | Rewrites the pages AI already reads so the answer comes first and the facts are right, and lets AI crawlers in where they're blocked. |
| New content | 2 to 4 pages optimized a month[4]. | Builds the comparison, alternatives and best-of pages AI quotes, aimed at the questions where AI skips you, within the limits you set. |
| Engines tracked | 2 platforms: Google AI Overviews and Perplexity[4]. | All six: ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Mode, AI Overviews, Perplexity and Claude, each asked the way a buyer reaches it[5]. |
| Off your site | Not on the starter tier's list[4]. Full programs add off-site authority building[3]. | Finds the lists that answer your buyers' questions and writes your pitch and your entry for each one, ready to send. |
| Reporting | A monthly summary report[4]. | Weekly: the plan on Monday, each change as it ships, the recap on Friday, and a result for each change it tests. |
| Setup fee | $2,500 to $12,000 or more at traditional agencies, by Discovered Labs' account[6]. | None. The free audit is the first step. |
| Minimum term | 6 to 12 months at most agencies, by Discovered Labs' account[7]. Some ask for three[2]. | None: pay by the month or the year, after the 7-day trial[8]. |
A step up buys more pages and more platforms tracked: AI Advantage Agency's mid-market tier is $5,000 to $10,000 a month for 6 to 10 pages and 3 to 4 platforms[9].
02 // your total
Enter the monthly fee, the minimum term and any setup fee from the quote in your hand, or start from a published retainer. The total is what you've paid before you can leave, and supereo's two plans sit beside it for the same months.
Paid before you can leave
$56,500
$9,000 × 6 + $2,500
supereo over the same months
The difference, against Autopilot: $53,506
The total is a floor. Link building, original research and repurposing are often add-ons at lower tiers[13], billed on top of the retainer.
free audit // before you sign
Agencies sell a one-time audit or sprint from about $3,000, in HubSpot's breakdown[1]. supereo's audit is free and takes about two minutes: your buyers' questions on five AI engines, every answer, and who AI picks instead of you.
03 // how it's proved
AI Advantage Agency puts it plainly: a retainer without defined deliverables or a baseline to measure against is a monthly bill for vague activity[14].
So ask for the baseline before you sign: where you stand in AI answers on day one, measured the same way every month after. Without it, a better month can't be told apart from the engines moving on their own.
supereo's free audit is your day one, from the questions your buyers ask. Once you start, supereo asks them every week, and measures each change it tests against control questions the change isn't aimed at.
A win isn't banked once. Every change that worked is measured again every 28 days after its verdict[15], and one that fades goes back on the plan.
Nothing is called a win early: the harm stop can only ever say Made it worse[16], and a change that makes things worse is undone.
A company that works to get your brand named and cited when people ask AI assistants what to buy. Agencies do it by hand on a retainer, trackers report where you stand, and supereo is an AI agent that does the work itself and proves its changes against control questions.
Hire one if you want people on calls and can sign for the term. If you want the work done and measured, an agent costs less and runs every week. Either way, run supereo's free audit first, so you have a baseline to judge the work by.
Published prices run from about $249 a month for an entry plan to $15,000 a month for a full-service program, in HubSpot's breakdown[12]. AI Advantage Agency prices its own tiers from $2,500 to $25,000 or more a month[10].
Strategy, content production, schema and technical work, off-site authority building, monitoring and reporting, in HubSpot's breakdown of agency programs[3]. supereo covers the same ground as software: it fixes and builds pages, finds the lists AI cites, tracks six engines and reports every week.
Yes. supereo is an AI agent built for it: it finds the questions where AI skips you, makes or writes the changes that get you named, and measures whether AI recommends you more. On Autopilot it ships changes to your site itself, and on Copilot it writes them for your team.
Yes: supereo is AEO software that does the work rather than only reporting on it, and proves its changes. Our guide to AEO software that does the work compares it with the trackers.
In marketing it stands for answer engine optimization: getting your business named in the answers AI assistants give, from ChatGPT and Claude to Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI Overviews. In trade and customs, the same letters stand for Authorised Economic Operator, a status in a programme built on the World Customs Organization's standards[17].
A ranking puts your page in a list of links the buyer scans. A citation puts your page, or your name, inside the one answer they read. You can rank and still be left out of the answer, which is why supereo measures the answers themselves.
No, it builds on it. Answer engines lean on the same crawlable, clear pages that SEO produces, then name a few brands. Keep your SEO, and treat AEO as the part that decides whether the answer names you.
Evolving. People still search, but more of their questions now end in an AI answer, so the job widens from ranking pages to getting named in answers. AEO is the name for that wider job, and it's the job supereo does.
Ahrefs polled 439 SEO providers[18] and found SEO costs $2,917 a month on average[19]. Ongoing AEO programs run higher in HubSpot's breakdown, from about $9,000 a month[1].
The 4A's survey of 886 rate cards found the most common hourly rates for specialized services at $100 to $149[20]. A retainer buys that time by the month; supereo's plans are priced per brand instead.
The same work in the places people ask questions in public: Reddit threads, YouTube videos and other posts that AI engines also read and cite. A clear answer from your brand there can end up in an AI answer, so supereo's plan can point you to the threads and topics worth showing up in.
Mostly the name. AEO says answer engine, GEO says generative engine, and both mean getting named and cited in AI answers, so you can treat them as one job.
Answer engines read your pages when they answer, so an old price or a retired feature becomes what they tell your buyers. supereo compares what AI says about you with your own pages and corrects the page AI is reading.
The one that shows you a baseline, publishes its price and proves which changes worked. If you want the work and the proof more than the meetings, supereo is the agent to compare it with, and its free audit gives you the baseline to judge any agency by.
05 // sources
We read published AEO agency pricing and breakdowns of what AEO costs, and used only what each source says in its own words. Every figure links to its source and the day we read it under Sources. The quote check multiplies what you enter: a monthly fee times the minimum term, plus any setup fee.
The two supereo plans in the quote check are priced per brand, straight from its billing each time the page is built. supereo is ours, which is why it's the agent we hold quotes against, and each agency appears in its own published words.
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Typical monthly cost How you pay What's usually included Best for Agency One-time audit or sprint from ~$3,000; ongoing programs ~$9,000–$15,000+blog.hubspot.com, read 7 November 2026.
Some agencies require a three-month minimum, so confirm the term length before signing.blog.hubspot.com, read 7 November 2026.
Strategy, content production, schema and technical work, off-site authority building, monitoring, and reporting, all managed for youblog.hubspot.com, read 7 November 2026.
Starter Tier: $2,500 to $4,500/month Service Component What Is Included Schema markup Core types: FAQ, Article, Organization Content optimization 2 to 4 pages per month AI visibility tracking 2 platforms (Google AI Overviews + Perplexity) Reporting Monthly summary reportaiadvantageagency.com, read 7 November 2026.
Each is asked the way a buyer reaches it, with nothing forced: ChatGPT: its app, signed out. Gemini: its app, signed out.supereo.app, read 7 November 2026.
Setup fees range from $2,500 to $12,000+ at traditional agencies.discoveredlabs.com, read 7 November 2026.
Most agencies require 6-12 month commitments because AEO results take 3-4 months to materialize.discoveredlabs.com, read 7 November 2026.
It does the work to get you recommended and tells you what worked. 7-day free trial, card up front.supereo.app, read 7 November 2026.
Mid-Market Tier: $5,000 to $10,000/month Service Component What Is Included Schema markup Expanded types including LocalBusiness, Product, Person, and Service Content optimization 6 to 10 pages per month AI visibility tracking 3 to 4 platforms including ChatGPT Searchaiadvantageagency.com, read 7 November 2026.
Starter (SMB, single service or location) $2,500 to $4,500/mo Mid-Market (growth-stage, multi-service or regional) $5,000 to $10,000/mo Enterprise (multi-location, complex tech stack, high content volume) $15,000 to $25,000+/moaiadvantageagency.com, read 7 November 2026.
Nugentive’s Done-For-You plan at $1,497/mo, which handles schema and three to five pages of content a month, sits near the entry of this band.blog.hubspot.com, read 7 November 2026.
Rates run from about $249 a month for an entry plan covering audits and strategy from NetWebMedia to $15,000 a month for a full-service program from RevenueZenblog.hubspot.com, read 7 November 2026.
Link building, original research, and content repurposing are often add-ons rather than inclusions at lower tiersblog.hubspot.com, read 7 November 2026.
Red flag: A retainer without defined deliverables or a clear citation baseline measurement is not a retainer. It is a monthly bill for vague activity.aiadvantageagency.com, read 7 November 2026.
Every change that worked is measured again every 28 days after its verdictsupereo.app, read 7 November 2026.
The harm stop can only ever say Made it worse: nothing is called a win early.supereo.app, read 7 November 2026.
The EU Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) programme is based on the World Customs Organization (WCO) SAFE Framework of Standards.taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu, read 7 November 2026.
We polled 439 SEO service providers for the data in this post.ahrefs.com, read 7 November 2026.
SEO costs $2,917 per month on average.ahrefs.com, read 7 November 2026.
The 4A’s Billing Rate Benchmark Survey analyzed over 36,000 data points across 886 rate cards and found the most common hourly rates fall in the $100-$149 range for specialized services.swydo.com, read 7 November 2026.
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