How Much Does AI Search Optimization (GEO) Cost?
What it costs to get your business named and quoted by ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews, and exactly what Webbae charges for GEO.
AI search optimisation, also called Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO), starts at $495 per month with Webbae. It structures your site, brand entity and citations so AI engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews mention and recommend your business. AI search already handles 12-18% of informational queries, so the cost of being invisible there is rising.
Get a tailored quoteAI search optimisation is new enough that pricing is not yet standardised, and most traditional agencies do not offer it at all. The work is different from SEO: instead of chasing blue links, it builds the entity signals, structured data and citations that make AI engines confident enough to name your business inside an answer.
Because it is a specialised, emerging service, you might expect it to cost more than SEO, but Webbae offers it from $495 a month, below a typical SEO retainer. The cost of staying invisible is the bigger risk: AI search already handles an estimated 12-18% of informational queries, and that share is growing every quarter.
AI Search Optimization pricing at a glance
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What drives AI Search Optimization pricing
Your current entity strength
If AI engines do not yet recognise your brand, early work builds your Wikidata, Knowledge Graph and citation footprint, which takes more effort.
How many engines you target
Covering ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews is broader than optimising for one, and broader coverage costs more.
Content that AI can quote
GEO needs fact-dense, self-contained answers and FAQ schema. Rewriting thin content into quotable form is part of the work.
Reporting depth
Webbae re-tests buyer prompts monthly and reports citation share and sentiment, not vanity metrics.
How Webbae compares on price and value
AI Search Optimization pricing questions
What is GEO or AI search optimisation?
GEO (Generative Engine Optimisation) is the practice of structuring your content, brand entity and citations so AI engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews cite and recommend your business. Webbae offers it from $495/mo.
How is GEO different from SEO?
SEO targets ranked blue links on Google. GEO targets being named inside AI answers, which relies on entity strength, fact-dense content, FAQ schema and third-party citations rather than only rankings. ChatGPT also pulls from the Bing index, so Bing matters.
Is AI search optimisation worth paying for?
It is increasingly essential. AI search already handles an estimated 12-18% of informational queries, and the business an AI names first tends to win the click. At $495/mo it is cheaper than most SEO retainers.
How long until I get cited by ChatGPT?
First citations typically appear in 6-10 weeks once your entity, schema and citations are in place. Webbae re-tests 50+ buyer prompts each month to track citation share.
What does Webbae GEO include?
Prompt and query mapping, entity and citation building, FAQ and schema work, content rewritten into quotable answers, and monthly reporting on citation share and sentiment across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and AI Overviews.
Do you guarantee AI citations?
No honest provider can guarantee a specific AI will name you, because the engines change constantly. Webbae guarantees the method and reports real citation share monthly, and the Growth Engine tier carries a separate 90-day lead guarantee.
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