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How much does an AI visibility audit cost in 2026?

In 2026, a one-time AI visibility audit costs $99–$1,997. Done-for-you audits from productized shops start at $99 (Searchlight Audits) and cluster at $997–$1,997 from agencies; freelance one-time audits run $500–$2,500. Ongoing AI-visibility monitoring tools charge $19–$495/month, and traditional agency SEO audits cost $1,500–$5,000. Our ladder — $99 one-time, $299 full AI + SEO audit, $29/mo monitoring — undercuts the agency equivalent by 3–10× at every tier.

Prices last checked: 2026-10-01 · re-verified monthly

The full 2026 price table

Every figure below is dated and sourced. AI-visibility pricing splits into three markets: self-serve monitoring tools (monthly subscriptions), one-time done-for-you audits, and traditional agency SEO audits.

OfferingTypePriceSource
Searchlight Audits — AI Visibility AuditOne-time, done-for-you $99This page
Searchlight Audits — Full AI + SEO AuditOne-time, done-for-you $299This page
Searchlight Audits — Visibility MonitoringMonthly $29/moThis page
Bospar Audit*ETool, monthly Free / $19/moBospar press release, 2026-09-30
OtterlyAITool, monthly $29–$489/moVendor pricing page, 2026
ZipTieTool, monthly $69–$159/moVendor pricing page, 2026
ProfoundTool, monthly ~$99–$399/moVendor pricing page, 2026
Peec AITool, monthly $95–$495/moVendor pricing page, 2026
Semrush AI Visibility ToolkitTool, monthly $99/moVendor pricing page, 2026
mcp-geoOne-time, done-for-you €99Vendor monetization doc, 2026
Freelance one-time auditsOne-time, done-for-you $500–$2,500subscribepr.com audit pricing guide, 2026
Productized agency auditsOne-time, done-for-you $997–$1,997subscribepr.com audit pricing guide, 2026
Agency SEO auditsOne-time, done-for-you $1,500–$5,000WebFX / SEOProfy 2026 audit pricing guides
GEO agency retainersMonthly retainer $3,000–$5,000/moIndustry reporting, 2026

How to read this: the tools row is software you operate yourself; the one-time rows are audits someone runs for you. Searchlight Audits sits in the cheapest one-time, done-for-you slot in the market — 3–10× below freelancers and agencies — with monitoring priced at the entry tier of the tool market. Vendor pricing changes often; check the vendor's own page before budgeting.

Our ladder: $99 / $299 / $29-mo

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Best value

Full AI + SEO Audit

$299 one-time
  • Everything in the $99 audit
  • Google indexation & rankings check
  • Technical SEO crawl + Core Web Vitals
  • Schema, local SEO & GBP review
  • Backlink snapshot + 2-competitor gap analysis
  • 9 sections, 48-hour delivery

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Visibility Monitoring

$29 /month
  • Monthly re-test across AI engines
  • Alert when your visibility changes
  • Alert when a competitor overtakes you
  • Monthly 1-page change report
  • Cancel anytime
Add monitoring — $29/mo

Pricing questions, answered

Why do agency audits cost 10× more than Searchlight's $99 audit?

Agencies bill human analyst hours at $150–$300/hour, plus discovery calls, slide decks, and account management. Searchlight Audits produces audits with an AI pipeline and sells them as a fixed product with no meetings, so a one-time AI visibility audit costs $99 instead of $997–$1,997. The findings are the same kind of deliverable; the cost structure is different.

What's the difference between the $99 AI Visibility Audit and the $299 Full AI + SEO Audit?

The $99 audit tests what GPT, Gemini, and live web search say about your business across 15–25 buying-intent queries, with competitor comparison and a prioritized fix list. The $299 audit adds a complete Google Search audit: indexation and rankings, technical SEO crawl, Core Web Vitals, on-page and content quality, schema/structured data, local SEO and Google Business Profile review, a backlink snapshot, and a gap analysis against 2 named competitors — 9 sections total.

Are $29–$99/month AI visibility tools a substitute for a one-time audit?

They're different products. Tools like Otterly ($29–$489/mo), Profound ($99–$399/mo), or Peec AI ($95–$495/mo) are self-serve dashboards for marketing teams who run their own analysis every month. A one-time done-for-you audit delivers human-readable findings and a fix list without a subscription. Many businesses do the audit once, fix what's found, then use either our $29/mo monitoring or a tool to watch for changes.

Does the $99 or $299 price include ongoing monitoring?

No. Both are one-time audits delivered as a branded PDF within 48 hours. Ongoing monitoring is a separate $29/month plan (monthly re-test, change alerts, competitor-overtake alerts, 1-page change report, cancel anytime).

How is an AI visibility audit different from a traditional SEO audit?

A traditional SEO audit checks your website: crawlability, speed, content, links — how you rank on Google. An AI visibility audit checks what AI assistants (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity) tell customers about your business when they ask buying-intent questions: whether you're mentioned, whether the facts are right, and whether competitors get cited instead of you. Searchlight's $299 Full AI + SEO Audit covers both.

When were these prices last checked?

All competitor prices on this page were last checked on 2026-10-01 and are re-verified monthly. Vendor pricing changes often; check the vendor's own page before budgeting.

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