How Much Does AEO Cost?

AEO is the practice of optimizing your content to be featured in AI-powered search tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Gemini. Unlike traditional SEO that focuses on ranking URLs in search results, AEO focuses on getting your brand recommended and cited when AI assistants answer user questions.

TopFound AEO agency program pricing starts at $797/month for Growth and $1,297/month for Scale. Custom AEO plans are scoped for multi-brand or multi-market footprints on a 90-day rolling term. Prices are for managed execution (strategy, content, technical work, authority, and weekly reporting)—not a self-serve monitoring tool subscription.

Growth ($797/mo) covers one site with 30 on-brand SEO & AEO articles a month, 3–5 trusted links, and up to 70 tracked AI questions. Scale ($1,297/mo) roughly doubles velocity: 60 articles, 6–10 links, and up to 140 tracked questions, plus whole-site tuning. Both are month to month. See the comparison table on this page for full deliverables.

TopFound is a human-managed AEO agency program with software under the hood. You get a dedicated strategist, a Technical Operations Specialist, shipped content and technical work, and weekly written updates—not a dashboard-only subscription that leaves execution to your team.

Every plan includes site tuning for Google and AI crawlers, topic and question mapping, on-brand articles, trusted links, real mentions, social posts, Reddit & Quora seeding, AI question tracking, weekly written updates, weekly strategy calls, and Slack access. Growth, Scale, and Custom differ mainly by volume and footprint. Full line items are listed in the plan cards and comparison table above.

Traditional SEO optimizes for search engine rankings. AEO optimizes for AI citations and recommendations. The best strategy combines both — which is exactly what we deliver. Our approach ensures you're visible whether someone searches on Google, asks ChatGPT, or uses any AI assistant.

By 2026, traditional search volume is predicted to drop 25% as users shift to AI assistants. More importantly, AI traffic converts at rates up to 10× higher than traditional search. Getting in front of this wave now means capturing market share before your competitors realize what's happening.

Yes, and that's why every plan includes full site optimization, keyword research, content publishing, and backlink building. Our approach is additive. You get everything traditional SEO offers, plus the AI visibility layer that most agencies can't deliver.

Most clients see meaningful growth in as little as 100 days. Unlike traditional SEO that can take 6-12 months, our AI-first methodology accelerates visibility. You'll receive weekly reports so you can track progress from day one.

Our clients typically achieve 3-9× ROI within their first 180 days. Exact results depend on your industry, competition, and starting point, which is why we offer a free strategy call to assess your specific situation.

Across our client campaigns, brands see an average 920% increase in traffic attributed to AI search platforms (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews). For many clients, this represents an entirely new traffic channel that didn't exist before working with us.

Every plan is a monthly subscription (autopay), not a manual invoice. You enter a payment method at checkout, it is charged immediately for the first month, and the same method is auto-debited on that anniversary each month. Recurring add-ons follow the same cycle; one-time add-ons are charged when ordered. You receive a receipt when a charge succeeds.

Growth and Scale are billed monthly. Cancel at any time and the current month continues as already billed; the next month is not charged. Custom AEO plans are also billed monthly — you are not charged three months up front. The 90-day rolling term means you commit to 90 days at a time; ending after month one does not stop months two and three of that window.

For qualified Growth and Scale clients: 30% more qualified organic + AI traffic in 90 days, or we work free until you do. The offer is measured against an agreed prior-90-day GA4/GSC baseline. It requires week-one access, unblocked approvals, and no major migration or tracking issue that invalidates the baseline. Custom plans are scoped separately; we do not invent discounts beyond the published plans.

Our technical audit covers crawlability for both search engines and AI systems, schema markup governance, Core Web Vitals optimization, mobile responsiveness, site architecture, internal linking structure, and AI-specific metadata optimization.

We create and publish optimized articles based on your topical map and keyword strategy. Each piece includes proper schema markup, internal links, AI-generated images, and embedded video where relevant. You approve the content calendar, and we handle execution.

Our topical mapping system maps every search and AI prompt opportunity in your niche. It identifies keywords and questions across all awareness stages, from people who don't know they have a problem to those ready to buy.

We monitor your brand's presence across ChatGPT, Perplexity AI, Google Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. Our dashboard shows you exactly when and how often AI systems recommend your brand.