AI search optimization for small businesses in the US: who does it and what it costs
Short answer. There are three price levels. Tracking subscriptions cost $29 to $99 a month and give you a number. Agencies start at $3,500 a month. Business Intelligence DNA charges $1,500 for a quarter, one payment, for the work and two measurements.
What it costs with us
$1,500 a quarter. One payment, no setup fee, no processing fee, no auto-renewal. The quarter includes two measurements (day zero and day ninety), eight core directories plus trade listings, pages rewritten the way buyers ask, and third-party directories and letters to whoever is publishing something false about you. If you don't have a site, or yours can't be read, a one-page AI-readable business site is included in the quarter and stays yours.
What the same work costs elsewhere
We took other companies' prices for the same work from their own sites, and they are listed on the product page: two measurements $190, directories and listings $400, pages $600, third-party directories and correction requests $450, a one-page AI-readable business site $1,500. Bought separately, together with The Namesake, The Open Door, your Fact Sheet, a list for your web guy, two edits a month and the fast lane on new errors, it comes to $4,540.
What others charge
- Subscriptions. Otterly is $29 a month, Rankscale $99. They show a number, and since May and June Microsoft Clarity and Google Search Console give that number for free.
- Agencies. From $3,500 a month (The Rank Collective publishes its price list openly).
Terms
One payment, no setup fee, no processing fee, no auto-renewal. If our initial 48-hour technical screen shows your case can't be fixed, we refund the full $1,500 before work begins. If on day ninety no AI engine names you consistently (4 times out of 7), we refund the $1,000 or work the next quarter free. If the second measurement isn't delivered on day ninety, you get the following quarter at no charge. The deep-dive business diagnostic ($500 of the $1,500) is included in the quarter.
Free 30-second check: see which businesses AI assistants name instead of you. Three fields: your trade, your city and your business name. A quarter of work is $1,500, one payment, no auto-renewal. The deep-dive business diagnostic ($500 of the $1,500) is included.