AEO agency for B2B SaaS: what we do, who it’s for, and what it costs
AEOLedger is an engineer-led answer engine optimization (AEO) agency for B2B SaaS: we measure, by hand, how often ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode and Claude name your company for the questions your buyers ask, then fix the reasons they don’t. Prices start at $199 for a Starter check, and the full AI Visibility Audit is $1,500, or $750 for the first 5 clients who pay.
How to choose an AEO agency: 7 questions to ask
These are the questions we’d ask any agency, including us. Each row gives our answer and a link to the evidence, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
| Ask | What a good answer looks like | AEOLedger’s answer |
|---|---|---|
| Does it count, with the sample size? | Results such as “named in 12 of 75 answers”, split by assistant, with the date and the country of the runs. Be wary of a single composite number with no N behind it. | Every result we report is “named in X of N” with N beside it, per assistant and per question, plus share of voice against the competitors you name. No position, no composite figure. Methodology |
| Is the method written down? | A fixed question set, a stated number of runs per question, fresh sessions, and whether answers come from the consumer apps or an API. | Our run protocol is public: 3 runs per assistant, a fresh session for every run, logged out where the app allows, a screenshot and the country logged for each answer, and the identical question set for every re-measure. Run protocol |
| Can you see its work on real data? | Published measurements you can check, ideally with the data, including results that don’t flatter the agency. | Our October 2026 study screened 25 funded challengers in two B2B categories and found 7 named in none of their category’s answers; the CSV is published. The AI Shortlist Index covers 8 categories. Our own snapshot is public too: aeoledger.com was named in 0 of 9 answers on 18 October 2026. |
| Does it know B2B SaaS buyers? | Questions built from how software buyers shortlist: “best X for a seed-stage team”, “alternatives to [leader]”, head-to-heads and problem-shaped questions. | We work only with B2B SaaS, seed to Series B, selling internationally. Our research uses shortlist, “alternatives” and problem-shaped questions, and found that 5 of 10 “How do I…” answers named no vendor at all. Company facts |
| Are prices shown before a call? | A price and a scope for at least the first step, so you can compare without a sales cycle. | Yes: Starter $199, Audit $1,500 ($750 for the first 5 clients who pay), Foundation Sprint from $4,000, Growth Retainer from $3,000 a month. Audit and Starter · Full pricing |
| Does it fix things, or only report? | Someone who changes robots.txt, rendering, structured data and pages, or hands you tickets your developers can merge. | We work in your codebase, CMS and DNS when you give us access, or hand you tickets you can merge. Typical fixes: AI crawler access, content that only appears after JavaScript runs, structured data and pages that answer buyer questions. How it works |
| What does it promise? | Scope, delivery dates and a re-measure on the same questions. Not a guaranteed recommendation: the AI companies decide what their assistants say. | We guarantee the scope, the delivery date and an honest re-measure on the same questions, not the outcome. Service terms |
What we do, and what it costs
Every step is priced up front, and you can stop after any of them. Prices are in US dollars and match our pricing page.
| Service | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free snapshot | Free | 3 buyer questions × ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode × 3 runs = 27 answers, read by hand. One page in 2 business days. |
| Starter: AI visibility check | $199 | 5 of your questions × the same 3 assistants × 3 runs = 45 answers, with who was named instead, the cited sources and the first 3 fixes. Within 5 calendar days. |
| AI Visibility Audit | $1,500 ($750 for the first 5 clients who pay) | 25 questions × ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode and Claude × 3 runs = 300 answers, share of voice against 3 competitors you name, a cited-source map, a technical check and a dated 30-day fix list. 7 business days from kickoff (Contra listing allows 12 calendar days). |
| Foundation Sprint | From $4,000 | A one-off project after the Audit: a fixed quote for its fix list, shipped over 30–45 days, then re-measured. |
| Growth Retainer | From $3,000 a month | Monthly re-measurement on the same questions, plus ongoing technical and content work. 3-month minimum. |
See the format first: Sample snapshot (PDF, 1 page) · Sample audit report (PDF, 10 pages)Samples: fictional company, illustrative data
When another agency is the better fit
We’d rather say so now than sell you the wrong thing.
- You need content produced at volume, such as a weekly publishing calendar or dozens of articles a month. We write and fix the pages that answer buyer questions; a content agency is built for volume.
- You need PR or media placements. We map the third-party sources the assistants cite and help you be accurately present there, but we don’t run PR campaigns or buy placements.
- You need traditional link building at scale. We don’t do it.
- You want a guaranteed recommendation or a fixed spot in ChatGPT. Nobody can honestly sell that, so we don’t.
- You’re already named in nearly every answer, your category is tiny, or your buyers don’t compare vendors. A good SEO partner and a quarterly self-check are enough. Our measurement guide shows how to run it.
- You don’t sell B2B software. Our questions, research and method are built for B2B SaaS buyers.
Check these yourself first, for free
- AI crawler checker: whether ChatGPT’s, Claude’s and Perplexity’s crawlers can read a page.
- How to measure AI visibility: the method, so you can run it in a spreadsheet.
- How to get your SaaS recommended by ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity: what moves answers, with the evidence for and against.
- Free snapshot: we run 3 of your buyer questions by hand and send one page.
Questions
What does an AEO agency do?
It measures whether AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode and Claude name your company when buyers ask for tools in your category, finds out why they don’t, and fixes the causes: crawler access, content that needs JavaScript to appear, structured data, missing answer pages and the third-party sources the assistants cite.
How much does an AEO agency cost?
We can only speak for our own prices: a $199 Starter check, the $1,500 AI Visibility Audit ($750 for the first 5 clients who pay), a Foundation Sprint from $4,000 and a Growth Retainer from $3,000 a month. All prices are in US dollars and shown before any call.
Can an AEO agency guarantee that ChatGPT will recommend us?
No. OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity and Google decide what their assistants say, and the same question returns a different list most of the time. An honest agency guarantees scope, dates and a re-measure, not the outcome.
Do you have client case studies?
Not yet. AEOLedger started in 2026, and we publish a client’s results only with their written agreement. Until then, our public evidence is our research with its data, our method and our own snapshot, including our own zero.
Is AEO different from SEO?
Mostly it extends SEO, with a different scoreboard and different crawlers. Google’s AI features use its normal ranking systems, while ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity rely on other crawlers and indexes. See our guide AEO vs SEO for B2B SaaS.
How quickly do we get results?
The free snapshot takes 2 business days, the Starter up to 5 calendar days and the Audit 7 business days from kickoff (Contra listing allows 12 calendar days). Changes to the answers themselves depend on the assistants re-reading your pages, often weeks for search-based answers, which is why we re-measure on the same questions.
Talk to us.
Bring your site and the questions your buyers ask. We look at one of them together, say whether the free snapshot or the audit fits, and you leave with one thing to fix. No slides.
- Free, and the snapshot stays free whether or not we talk
- Pick a slot in your time zone; it takes 20 minutes
- Prefer email? hello@aeoledger.com