{
 "study": "What AI SEO costs a small business: agency packages, freelancer rates and AI visibility tools",
 "publisher": "Seotal Research",
 "url": "https://www.seotal.com/blog/ai-seo-cost-small-business",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0",
 "collected": "2026-10-01",
 "agencies": {
  "providers_with_price": 60,
  "monthly_entry_n": 52,
  "monthly_entry_usd": {
   "p25": 461,
   "median": 750,
   "p75": 2000,
   "min": 99,
   "max": 7903
  },
  "same_firm_pairs": 21,
  "ai_higher": 13,
  "equal": 5,
  "ai_lower": 3,
  "median_ai_to_seo_ratio": 1.2,
  "method": "Providers found by web search for AI SEO, GEO, AEO and LLM optimization pricing; every price read on the provider's own site on 2026-10-01. Entry price = cheapest monthly AI tier. White-label wholesale price lists excluded. Non-USD prices converted at ECB reference rates of 2026-10-01."
 },
 "tools": {
  "dedicated_trackers_with_price": 17,
  "entry_monthly_usd_median": 99,
  "entry_monthly_usd_min": 29,
  "entry_by_tool": {
   "Peec AI": 95,
   "Otterly.AI": 29,
   "Scrunch": 250,
   "AthenaHQ": 295,
   "Rankscale": 99,
   "Knowatoa": 59,
   "Goodie": 399,
   "Writesonic (GEO)": 99,
   "LLMrefs": 79,
   "Trakkr": 100,
   "Promptmonitor": 29,
   "Am I On AI": 100,
   "HubSpot AEO": 50,
   "SE Visible (SE Ranking)": 99,
   "Similarweb AI Search Intelligence": 129,
   "Surfer": 95,
   "Semrush": 99
  }
 },
 "freelancers": {
  "method": "Freelancer.com directory: every profile with an hourly rate listing Generative Engine Optimization, Answer Engine Optimization or ChatGPT Search Optimization, plus the first 200 SEO profiles per country in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the United States that list none of those skills.",
  "ai_search_all": {
   "n": 660,
   "p25": 8,
   "median": 14.5,
   "p75": 25
  },
  "ai_search_no_reviews": 505,
  "by_country": {
   "India": {
    "ai_search": {
     "n": 289,
     "p25": 5,
     "median": 10,
     "p75": 20
    },
    "seo_only": {
     "n": 200,
     "p25": 6.75,
     "median": 12,
     "p75": 20
    },
    "ai_search_reviewed": {
     "n": 86,
     "p25": 7.25,
     "median": 13,
     "p75": 21
    },
    "seo_only_reviewed": {
     "n": 200,
     "p25": 6.75,
     "median": 12,
     "p75": 20
    }
   },
   "Pakistan": {
    "ai_search": {
     "n": 96,
     "p25": 10,
     "median": 11,
     "p75": 20
    },
    "seo_only": {
     "n": 200,
     "p25": 15,
     "median": 25,
     "p75": 30
    },
    "ai_search_reviewed": {
     "n": 29,
     "p25": 10,
     "median": 20,
     "p75": 25
    },
    "seo_only_reviewed": {
     "n": 200,
     "p25": 15,
     "median": 25,
     "p75": 30
    }
   },
   "Bangladesh": {
    "ai_search": {
     "n": 53,
     "p25": 5,
     "median": 10,
     "p75": 18
    },
    "seo_only": {
     "n": 200,
     "p25": 10,
     "median": 16,
     "p75": 25
    },
    "ai_search_reviewed": {
     "n": 17,
     "p25": 10,
     "median": 15,
     "p75": 25
    },
    "seo_only_reviewed": {
     "n": 199,
     "p25": 10,
     "median": 17,
     "p75": 25
    }
   },
   "United States": {
    "ai_search": {
     "n": 21,
     "p25": 24,
     "median": 50,
     "p75": 65
    },
    "seo_only": {
     "n": 200,
     "p25": 26.5,
     "median": 45,
     "p75": 60
    },
    "ai_search_reviewed": {
     "n": 5,
     "p25": 40,
     "median": 50,
     "p75": 60
    },
    "seo_only_reviewed": {
     "n": 173,
     "p25": 25,
     "median": 40,
     "p75": 60
    }
   }
  }
 }
}