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What we are learning about how AI search answers buyers, industry by industry: benchmarks, guides, and our method.
Guide · October 1, 2026 · AI visibility & AEO
How much does AEO cost? Prices for tools, audits, and agencies
Answer engine optimization costs from nothing to about $500 a month for self-serve tracking tools, and $1,500 to $5,000 a month for most small-business agency retainers. BusinessPulse snapshots are free; Saxon AEO retainers are $1,500 a month.
Guide · October 1, 2026 · AI visibility & AEO
AI search visibility audits for Tinton Falls and Monmouth County businesses
Saxon AEO, based in Tinton Falls, NJ, checks whether ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini cite your business when local buyers ask about your work, and writes the pages that change the answer. Start with a free snapshot or call 732-673-4260.
Guide · October 1, 2026 · AI visibility & AEO
How to hire an AEO agency: what to look for, what to ask, and the red flags
Hire an AEO agency that measures your AI search visibility before it starts, tracks real buyer questions across several assistants, shows who is cited instead of you, and leaves the pages with you. Be wary of guarantees, cheap link packages, and reports with no baseline.
Guide · October 1, 2026 · AI visibility & AEO
AI visibility tools for small businesses: free and paid options compared
Start with a free check: a BusinessPulse snapshot or HubSpot’s AI Search Grader. If you want ongoing tracking, Otterly.AI ($29 a month) and Peec AI (about $95) are the small-business-sized options; Semrush, Ahrefs, and Profound make sense for larger teams or existing customers.
Guide · October 1, 2026 · AI visibility & AEO
BusinessPulse vs. Otterly.AI, Peec AI, and Profound
BusinessPulse is a free one-time snapshot that chooses the buyer questions for your industry and shows who AI search cites instead of you. Otterly.AI, Peec AI, and Profound are paid trackers for questions you choose, checked on a schedule across several assistants.
Guide · September 21, 2026
How to check whether ChatGPT recommends your business
Ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude the questions your buyers ask, in a fresh chat, naming your town, then read the sources under each answer, not just the text. Repeat on a schedule, because answers change.
Guide · September 20, 2026
How to get your business cited by AI search
Answer the exact questions your buyers ask, on pages AI assistants can read, and make your business easy to verify across the web. Most of it is plain, specific writing and a few technical settings.