GEO pricing depends on whether the buyer wants software, a one-time plan, selected services, or a managed program.
Published market examples make the range easier to evaluate. Profound pricing begins at $99 per month for tracking. Click Intelligence publishes an LLM package from £3,000 per month. Digital Elevator's pricing guide publishes agency tiers from $1,000 to $25,000 or more per month.
What does GEO cost?
A buyer can spend under $100 per month on basic software or more than $20,000 per month on a large managed engagement.
| Option | Published price | What is included | Best fit | What to confirm |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ShowUpWithAI done-for-you retainer | $2,800/month | Execution across seven workstreams, weekly calls, weekly reporting, AI visibility tracking, and a 60-day traffic guarantee | Businesses that want one team to perform the work | Priority markets, access, and approval process |
| Profound Starter | $99/month billed yearly | ChatGPT monitoring for 50 prompts | Teams that can execute internally | Labor and tools needed beyond tracking |
| Profound Growth | $399/month billed yearly | Three engines, 100 prompts, Agents credits, and platform analytics | Teams that want broader software support | Publishing, technical, outreach, and review ownership |
| Click Intelligence SME package | From £3,000/month | LLM audit, AI Overviews work, E-E-A-T optimization, schema, content clustering, links, digital PR, listicles, and reporting | Businesses seeking an SEO-led LLM program | Community, directory, and YouTube work |
| Market GEO retainer | $1,000 to $25,000+ across published tiers | Scope varies by package and provider | Businesses comparing agency levels | Exact execution, guarantees, and contract terms |
What does ShowUpWithAI charge?
ShowUpWithAI charges $2,800 per month for a managed AI search visibility program.
The $2,800/month retainer includes done-for-you execution across all seven workstreams, plus weekly calls, weekly progress reporting, and AI visibility tracking. A dedicated account manager coordinates the program so the client does not have to manage seven separate channels.
- Technical implementation: schema, llms.txt, sitemaps, crawl access, and entity consistency.
- AI-optimized content: pages and articles built around buyer questions.
- Reddit, Quora, and forums: community work through established systems.
- Publications and listicles: outreach for third-party authority.
- Directories and databases: accurate external profiles.
- Review strategy: a managed customer feedback process.
- YouTube: topics, scripts, supporting copy, editing, captions, and attribution structure.
The program includes a 60-day money-back traffic guarantee. The initial 30-minute AI visibility audit is free.
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Book my free auditWhy do GEO quotes vary so much?
The quote changes with execution depth, content volume, technical access, market coverage, and reporting needs.
- Execution depth: a dashboard, recommendations, selected deliverables, and full implementation are different products.
- Content volume: new pages, refreshes, research, editing, and publishing require different capacity.
- Third-party authority: community work, publications, directories, and reviews require separate systems and relationships.
- Market coverage: more products, locations, languages, or audiences create more work.
- Measurement: prompt tracking, citation analysis, analytics, and stakeholder reporting add different levels of complexity.
How should software be compared with an agency retainer?
Compare the full operating cost and name the owner of each action.
A $99 tracking plan can be a good purchase for a team that already has writers, developers, outreach support, and a program manager. The software price excludes the labor required to change the measured signals.
ShowUpWithAI includes the team performing and coordinating all seven workstreams. The agency versus tool comparison explains when each model fits.
What does DIY GEO cost?
DIY GEO combines software subscriptions with employee or contractor time.
ShowUpWithAI estimates 20 to 30 hours per week for full internal execution and coordination, roughly a part-time role. A buyer should price that time across content, technical implementation, outreach, community work, reviews, video, reporting, and project management.
The agency versus DIY guide includes the staffing and ownership checklist.
What should a buyer ask before accepting a quote?
A clear quote should separate strategy, implementation, output, measurement, and guarantee terms.
- Which workstreams are included every month?
- Who edits the website and publishes the content?
- Who performs community and publication work?
- Which third-party profiles, reviews, and video tasks are included?
- Where will the buyer verify AI referral traffic?
- What outcome, if any, is covered by the guarantee?
The lowest fee can become expensive when the buyer must assemble the missing work through several vendors. The agency buyer's guide provides a scope checklist.
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