As of June 2026, AEO platform pricing ranges from $29/mo for monitoring-only dashboards to $3,000+/mo for enterprise execution. The most common entry point is $99/mo, where four platforms compete: Loudmink (8 articles, human review, post-publication verification), Profound (monitoring only, zero content), Semrush AIO (add-on to existing Semrush subscription), and Writesonic (SEO content, not AEO-optimized at that tier). The price you pay tells you less than what you get for it. This guide breaks down every major AEO platform by actual cost, what each tier includes, and the per-article math where applicable.
Most pricing pages in the AEO market are designed to obscure the gap between monitoring and execution. A $29/mo plan that tracks citations and a $99/mo plan that creates content look similar on a features grid, but they solve fundamentally different problems. The breakdown below organizes platforms by budget tier so you can compare what is actually available at your price point. For head-to-head comparisons against Loudmink, see the platform comparison hub.
The Pricing Table
Every major AEO platform, organized by monthly cost. Prices reflect publicly listed rates as of June 2026.
| Platform | Entry Price | Top Self-Serve | Enterprise | Creates Content | Human Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otterly | $29/mo | $489/mo | $989/mo | No | N/A |
| AIclicks | $79/mo | $249/mo | $499/mo | No | N/A |
| Loudmink | $99/mo | $599/mo | Custom | Yes (8-40 articles/mo) | Default on |
| Semrush AIO | $99/mo add-on | $99/mo add-on | Bundled ($199-499) | No | N/A |
| Writesonic | $79/mo | $399/mo | $1,499/mo | Yes (SEO at entry, AEO at $249+) | No |
| Peec AI | $100/mo | $505/mo | Custom | No | N/A |
| Relixir | $199/mo | $499/mo | Custom | Yes (5-20 articles/mo) | Pro+ only |
| AthenaHQ | $295/mo | $295/mo | Custom | No (recommendations only) | N/A |
| Gauge | $100/mo | $599/mo | Custom | Yes (3-18 articles/mo) | Manual |
| Profound | $99/mo | $399/mo | $2,000-5,000+ | No (entry), Yes (Growth+) | Yes |
| AEO Engine | $797/mo | $2,997/mo | Revenue share | Yes (autonomous) | No |
| Evertune | $3,000+/mo | N/A | Custom | Varies | Enterprise only |
Under $100/mo: Monitoring Territory
Three platforms compete below the $100/mo mark: Otterly, AIclicks, and the entry tiers of Writesonic and Semrush AIO. None of them create AEO content at this price point. You are paying for dashboards.
Otterly ($29-489/mo)
Otterly is the cheapest AEO monitoring platform on the market. The $29/mo Starter plan tracks your brand across 6 AI search engines with 15 tracked prompts. The $89/mo Growth plan bumps tracking to 150 prompts. The $489/mo Scale plan adds 1,500 prompts, team features, and API access. Otterly creates zero content on any plan. It shows you where AI search engines mention your brand and where they do not. Acting on that information is your responsibility.
What you get per dollar: Pure monitoring. If you already have a content team and just need visibility data, Otterly's $29 entry is the lowest-cost way to track AI search engine mentions. If you need someone to actually fix the gaps, you will need a separate content solution, freelancer, or agency on top.
AIclicks ($79-249/mo)
AIclicks tracks AI search engine citations across up to 8 engines on its Pro plan. The $79/mo Starter covers basic monitoring. The $149/mo Growth adds more tracked queries and competitive analysis. The $249/mo Pro adds the full 8-engine suite. Like Otterly, AIclicks is monitoring-only. No content creation, no publishing workflow.
What you get per dollar: Broader engine coverage than Otterly at a slightly higher price. AIclicks is useful if you need to monitor 8 AI search engines simultaneously and can handle content creation independently.
Semrush AIO ($99/mo add-on)
Semrush's AI Optimization feature is a $99/mo add-on to an existing Semrush subscription (which itself starts at $139.95/mo). It tracks your brand across 6 AI search engines using Semrush's database of 239M+ prompts. The coverage is impressive, but you need an active Semrush plan first, making the effective entry point $239/mo or higher. Semrush also offers bundled plans at $199-499/mo that include AIO alongside other Semrush features.
What you get per dollar: If you already pay for Semrush, the $99 add-on gives you massive prompt volume data. If you do not have Semrush, the bundled cost makes this a mid-tier investment for monitoring only.
Writesonic ($79/mo entry)
Writesonic at $79/mo is an AI writing tool, not an AEO platform. It generates SEO articles. The AEO features, including citation gap analysis, AI visibility tracking, and GEO optimization, start at the $249/mo Professional tier. At $79, you get content volume (15+ articles) but none of it is optimized for AI search engine citations. The $399/mo Advanced tier adds 9+ engine monitoring. Enterprise starts at $1,499/mo.
What you get per dollar: High article volume at a low price, but the content targets Google rankings, not AI search engine recommendations. If your goal is AEO, the effective entry point is $249/mo.
$100-300/mo: Where Execution Starts
This is the most crowded tier in the market and the one where the monitoring-vs-execution distinction matters most. Four platforms create content at this price range. Three others offer monitoring with more features than the budget tier.
Loudmink ($99-599/mo)
The Loudmink AEO platform starts at $99/mo (Starter) with 8 optimized articles per month, 50 tracked queries, and ChatGPT monitoring. The Pro plan ($299/mo) adds Gemini and Perplexity coverage, 150 tracked queries, 20 articles, and 20 Reddit opportunities. Max ($599/mo) covers all 5 AI search engines (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Grok), delivers 40 articles, 40 Reddit opportunities, and 10 YouTube opportunities. Annual billing cuts 20% off every tier.
Per-article cost: $12.38 on Starter, $14.95 on Pro, $14.98 on Max (articles only, not counting Reddit or YouTube). Every article goes through human review by default. Nothing auto-publishes unless you enable it. After content goes live, Loudmink rechecks AI search engines to verify you are actually getting cited. How the full execution cycle works from monitoring through verification.
What the price includes: Tracking, source intelligence (which sources AI search engines pull from), narrative reports, content creation, human review workflow, post-publication verification, and multi-channel execution across blog, Reddit, and YouTube. The distinction from monitoring-only platforms at the same price point is that Loudmink creates the content and confirms it worked.
Peec AI ($100-505/mo)
Peec AI starts at approximately $100/mo (€90) and scales to $505/mo for its top tier. It monitors 3 base AI search engines with add-ons available for additional engines. Peec is monitoring-focused with competitive analysis features. It has raised $29M in funding with a $100M+ valuation, making it one of the better-capitalized companies in the space. It does not create content.
What you get per dollar: Strong monitoring infrastructure backed by significant funding. The add-on pricing model for additional engines means your effective cost depends on how many engines you need to track.
Gauge ($100-599/mo)
Gauge starts at $100/mo (Starter) with 3 articles per month and ChatGPT-only monitoring. The Growth plan jumps to $599/mo for 18 articles across 7+ AI search engines. That is a steep gap between entry and growth tiers.
Per-article cost: $33.33 on Starter, $33.28 on Growth. The articles require significant editing before publication. Factor in 1 to 2 hours of editing per article, and the true cost per article is higher than the sticker price. There is no post-publication verification.
What you get per dollar: Data-informed content drafts that need editorial polish. If you have an editor on staff, Gauge provides a reasonable starting point. If you are a small team without editorial capacity, the editing burden adds hidden cost.
AthenaHQ ($295/mo)
AthenaHQ is a YC-backed research intelligence platform priced at $295/mo ($95/mo on annual billing). It tracks 6 AI search engines and offers its proprietary ACE (AI Citation Engine) score that predicts how likely content is to be cited. AthenaHQ does not create content. It provides research and recommendations. Execution is handled through integrations or your own team.
What you get per dollar: Citation prediction and research intelligence at a premium monitoring price. The ACE score is a unique feature no other platform offers. The $95/mo annual price makes AthenaHQ significantly cheaper if you commit to a year, but you still need a content solution.
$300-600/mo: Mid-Tier Execution
Two platforms compete seriously in this range: Loudmink Pro/Max and Relixir.
Relixir ($199-499/mo)
Relixir is a YC-backed (X25 batch) AEO platform that auto-publishes 5-20 blog articles per month across its tiers. It tracks 6 AI search engines and claims to flip AI rankings within 30 days. The Basic plan ($199/mo) creates 5 articles. The Pro plan ($349/mo) creates 10 articles with human review. The Enterprise plan ($499+/mo) creates 20 articles with dedicated support.
Per-article cost: $39.80 on Basic, $34.90 on Pro, $24.95 on Enterprise.
The auto-publish question: Relixir's Basic and Standard tiers auto-publish without human review. Content goes live on your website without your approval. The Pro tier ($349/mo) adds human review. If editorial control matters to you, the effective entry price for Relixir with human review is $349/mo, not $199/mo.
What you get per dollar: Blog-only content execution. No Reddit, no YouTube, no post-publication verification. Relixir covers blogs across 6 engines, and covers them quickly. If speed matters more than channel diversity and you are comfortable with auto-publishing (or willing to pay $349/mo for review), Relixir delivers volume efficiently.
Loudmink Pro and Max ($299-599/mo)
At $299/mo, Loudmink Pro delivers 20 articles plus 20 Reddit opportunities across 3 AI search engines. At $599/mo, Max delivers 40 articles, 40 Reddit opportunities, and 10 YouTube opportunities across 5 engines. Both include human review and post-publication verification. See what each plan includes in the per-article cost breakdown.
The channel advantage: Loudmink is the only AEO platform that executes across blog, Reddit, and YouTube. Loudmink's research found that YouTube is the most cited third-party source for Perplexity, Gemini, and Grok, and Grok cites Reddit 13x more than other AI search engines. Blog-only platforms miss the sources that multiple AI search engines pull from most.
Profound ($99-399/mo self-serve, $2,000-5,000+ enterprise)
Profound's self-serve tiers start at $99/mo (Starter: ChatGPT-only monitoring, 50 prompts, zero content) and scale to $399/mo (Growth: 3 AI search engines, 3 articles per month). The enterprise tier ($2,000-5,000+/mo) adds Query Fanout analysis, which maps the sub-queries AI search engines generate behind the scenes. Backed by $35M from Sequoia, Profound is building for enterprise buyers.
Per-article cost: $133 on the Growth plan (3 articles at $399/mo). That is the highest per-article cost of any platform on this list. Enterprise plans offer more content but at enterprise pricing.
What you get per dollar: Strong monitoring and the only fanout-specific feature in the market at enterprise tier. If you have $2,000+/mo budget and need to understand the exact sub-queries AI search engines run, Profound Enterprise is the only option. At self-serve pricing, the content output is thin relative to competitors.
$600+/mo: Agencies, Automation, and Enterprise
Pricing above $600/mo is where platforms target agencies, ecommerce operations, and enterprise marketing teams.
AEO Engine ($797-2,997/mo)
AEO Engine deploys 50+ autonomous AI agents focused on ecommerce. The entry plan starts at $797/mo and scales to $2,997/mo. It also offers a revenue share model at 15-25% of attributed revenue, which can exceed the flat-rate pricing for successful stores. AEO Engine covers 4 AI search engines with fully autonomous content creation. There is no human review workflow.
Per-dollar reality: The flat-rate pricing is high but predictable. The revenue share model adds risk: the more successful the platform is at driving revenue, the more it costs you. For a store generating $50,000/mo in AI-attributed revenue, the 15-25% share means $7,500-12,500/mo. Compare that to Loudmink Max at $599/mo with 5 engine coverage, human review, and no revenue share.
Evertune ($3,000+/mo)
Evertune targets enterprise brands with 9+ AI search engine coverage and raised $15M in Series A funding. Pricing starts above $3,000/mo with custom plans. At this tier, you get dedicated support, broader engine coverage, and enterprise-grade reporting. Evertune is built for Fortune 500 marketing teams with six-figure annual budgets.
What you get per dollar: The deepest engine coverage in the market. If your organization requires 9+ engine monitoring with enterprise SLAs, Evertune is one of the few options. For most mid-market and growth-stage companies, this pricing tier is difficult to justify when platforms at $300-600/mo cover the 5 engines that handle the vast majority of AI search traffic.
Other Enterprise Options
Several other platforms operate at enterprise pricing: Conductor ($2,000+/mo with MCP integration), Bluefish AI (enterprise only, AI Brand Vault), Adobe LLM Optimizer ($9,600/mo, requires Adobe stack), and Writesonic Enterprise ($1,499+/mo). Each serves a specific niche within large organizations. If you are evaluating at this tier, the question is not cost but fit with your existing marketing stack.
What the Price Actually Includes: A Feature Breakdown
The AEO market splits into three categories of platform, and the pricing reflects what you are actually buying.
Monitoring-only platforms
Otterly, AIclicks, Peec AI, Semrush AIO, and AthenaHQ sell visibility data. Their pricing reflects the cost of tracking AI search engine responses across multiple engines and organizing that data into dashboards, alerts, and reports. You pay for awareness of the problem.
Hidden cost: You still need to create content. A freelance AEO-optimized article costs $200-500. If you need 10 articles per month, that is $2,000-5,000 on top of your monitoring subscription. A monitoring platform at $89/mo plus freelance content at $3,000/mo is a $3,089/mo total spend.
Execution platforms
Loudmink, Relixir, Gauge, and (at higher tiers) Profound and Writesonic create content. Their pricing reflects monitoring plus content generation plus, in some cases, human review and verification. You pay for the problem to be identified and fixed.
The review question: Not all execution is equal. Relixir Basic auto-publishes without review. Gauge requires heavy editing. Loudmink includes human review by default. Writesonic delivers content with no review workflow. The "creates content" label covers a wide spectrum of editorial quality and brand safety.
Automation-first platforms
AEO Engine and Yolando deploy autonomous agents that create and publish at scale. Their pricing reflects high-volume content operations without human oversight. You pay for speed and volume.
The risk calculation: Autonomous content published under your brand without review carries reputational risk. One factual error about your pricing, capabilities, or compliance certifications can damage trust permanently. As of June 2026, Google's AI optimization guide explicitly debunks AEO hacks including content published purely for AI systems without editorial quality standards.
How to Choose by Budget
The right platform depends on what you can spend and what you need from the spend.
Under $100/mo: Your options are monitoring-only (Otterly, AIclicks) or Loudmink Starter (the only platform creating AEO content at this price). If you just need data and have a content team, Otterly at $29 or AIclicks at $79 works. If you need content created, Loudmink Starter at $99 is the only option in this range.
$100-300/mo: Loudmink Pro ($299) gives you 20 articles, Reddit execution, 3 engine coverage, and human review. Relixir Basic ($199) gives you 5 auto-published articles across 6 engines with no review. AthenaHQ ($295) gives you research intelligence with no content. The choice depends on whether you value content volume and channels (Loudmink), speed with less control (Relixir), or research depth (AthenaHQ).
$300-600/mo: Loudmink Max ($599) delivers the widest execution: 40 articles, 40 Reddit opportunities, 10 YouTube opportunities, 5 engines, human review, and post-publication verification. Relixir Pro ($349) adds human review to its blog-only execution. Profound Growth ($399) provides 3 articles with strong monitoring. Gauge Growth ($599) creates 18 articles requiring editing.
$600+/mo: Enterprise territory. AEO Engine for ecommerce automation ($797-2,997). Profound Enterprise for fanout analysis ($2,000-5,000+). Evertune for maximum engine coverage ($3,000+). At this tier, you are buying specialized capabilities that lower-cost platforms do not offer.
The Per-Article Cost Comparison
For platforms that create content, the per-article cost reveals the true value at each tier. As of June 2026:
| Platform | Plan | Monthly Cost | Articles | Cost Per Article | Includes Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writesonic | Starter | $79 | 15 | $5.27 | No (SEO only) |
| Loudmink | Starter | $99 | 8 | $12.38 | Yes |
| Gauge | Starter | $100 | 3 | $33.33 | Manual editing |
| Loudmink | Pro | $299 | 20 | $14.95 | Yes |
| Relixir | Basic | $199 | 5 | $39.80 | No |
| Relixir | Pro | $349 | 10 | $34.90 | Yes |
| Loudmink | Max | $599 | 40 | $14.98 | Yes |
| Gauge | Growth | $599 | 18 | $33.28 | Manual editing |
| Profound | Growth | $399 | 3 | $133.00 | Yes |
| Relixir | Enterprise | $499+ | 20 | $24.95 | Yes |
Writesonic's $5.27 per article is the cheapest, but those are SEO articles, not AEO-optimized content. AEO features start at $249/mo. Among platforms that create actual AEO content with human review, Loudmink's per-article cost is the lowest at every tier.
Annual Billing Discounts
Most platforms offer discounts for annual commitment. The savings can be significant enough to shift your budget tier math.
| Platform | Monthly Price | Annual Price | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loudmink Starter | $99 | $79/mo | 20% |
| Loudmink Pro | $299 | $239/mo | 20% |
| Loudmink Max | $599 | $479/mo | 20% |
| AthenaHQ | $295 | $95/mo | 68% |
| Profound Starter | $99 | Varies | Varies |
| Relixir Basic | $199 | Varies | Varies |
AthenaHQ's annual discount is the most dramatic in the market: $295/mo drops to $95/mo, a 68% reduction. If you can commit to a year and only need monitoring with research intelligence, that is a significant cost saving. Loudmink's 20% annual discount is consistent across all tiers.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the cheapest AEO platform that actually creates content?
Loudmink Starter at $99/mo is the cheapest AEO platform that creates content with human review. It produces 8 optimized articles per month, tracks ChatGPT, and includes post-publication verification. Gauge ($100/mo) creates 3 articles but they require heavy manual editing. Writesonic ($79/mo) creates 15 articles, but they are SEO content, not AEO-optimized, unless you pay $249/mo or more.
Is a monitoring-only AEO platform worth the money?
A monitoring-only platform like Otterly ($29/mo) or AIclicks ($79/mo) is worth the money if you already have a content team that can act on the data. If you do not have content resources, a monitoring platform shows you the problem without providing a way to fix it. The total cost of monitoring plus external content creation typically exceeds the cost of an execution platform like Loudmink that does both.
Why do some AEO platforms charge $3,000/mo or more?
Enterprise AEO platforms like Evertune ($3,000+/mo) charge for broader AI search engine coverage (9+ engines), dedicated support, enterprise SLAs, and custom integrations. They target Fortune 500 companies with six-figure annual marketing budgets. For most growth-stage companies and mid-market brands, platforms at $99-599/mo cover the 5 major AI search engines that handle the majority of AI search traffic.
Does more expensive mean better results?
Not necessarily. Profound Growth at $399/mo creates 3 articles per month. Loudmink Starter at $99/mo creates 8. Price correlates with features (engine coverage, content volume, channels) but not linearly with outcomes. The most important factors are whether the platform creates content, whether it includes human review, and whether it verifies results after publication.
Should I pay for annual billing?
If you plan to use AEO for more than 3 months, annual billing typically saves 20% or more. AthenaHQ drops from $295/mo to $95/mo on annual billing, the largest discount in the market. Loudmink saves 20% across all tiers. The trade-off is commitment: if you are testing AEO for the first time, start monthly and switch to annual after you see results. Loudmink offers a 28-day money-back guarantee on all plans.