# Pricing for AI Search Optimization, Audits and Monitoring Title: Pricing for AI Search Optimization, Audits and Monitoring | SearchFocal Canonical URL: https://searchfocal.com/pricing/ Markdown file: https://searchfocal.com/pricing/index.md > Four pieces of AI search work with prices shown: an audit, monthly optimization, a six week foundation sprint and competitive monitoring. Scope agreed before work starts. This file mirrors the HTML page at the canonical URL above. Where the two differ, the HTML page is authoritative. --- Pricing # Choose the work your business needs. See the price before the call. Four pieces of work, priced separately, so you pay for the part you need. The prices are below. Scope is agreed in writing before any paid work starts. Short answer. The audit is $450 one time. Monthly optimization is $1,850 per month. The foundation sprint is $3,500 one time. Competitive monitoring is $850 per month standalone, included with monthly optimization. The four pieces ## What each piece of work covers Taken separately or together. Most businesses start with the $450 audit, which is credited in full if you start a sprint or monthly optimization within 30 days. ### AI visibility audit $450 one time Find out who ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Perplexity recommend in your market, why they win, and what is missing for you. Credited in full if you start a sprint or monthly optimization within 30 days. - 25 to 40 real buyer questions tested and recorded across the four platforms - A map of the competitors that get named, and the pages and profiles behind each mention - A check of crawler access, business profiles and the pages an assistant would read about you - A 90 day plan ordered by commercial impact, delivered within five business days and credited in full toward a sprint or monthly work started within 30 days ### AI search optimization (GEO and AEO) $1,850 per month Ongoing done-for-you work on the pages, business profiles and independent sources that make your business easier to recommend, with monthly monitoring included. - Service and buyer-question pages that open with a clear answer an assistant can quote accurately - Structured data and business details kept consistent with what each page says - Google Business Profile, Bing Places and key directories kept telling the same story - Outreach for independent mentions, a review request routine and monthly monitoring ### Entity and answer-page sprint $3,500 one time Six weeks of fixed-scope work that builds the foundation while your team keeps running it. No retainer. - Crawler access, robots.txt, sitemap, llms.txt and site-wide structured data set up correctly - Up to 5 core service or buyer-question pages written or rewritten to give AI a clear answer - Business name, services and categories matched across your site, map listings and directories - A before and after check of the same buyer questions on all four platforms ### Competitive AI visibility monitoring $850 per month standalone, included with monthly optimization A monthly re-check of the same buyer questions, so you know when you gain ground and when a competitor takes it. - The agreed buyer questions re-run every month on ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Perplexity - Gained and lost mentions and cited pages recorded, with competitor movement beside them - Search Console demand and counted enquiries reported separately from raw AI mentions - A one page monthly brief with the recorded answers and the next change worth making Foundation sprint ## Build the foundation. Keep your team. Skip the retainer. The sprint is six weeks of fixed-scope work: crawler access, profiles, details and up to five core pages, with a before and after check of your buyer questions. When it ends, your team or agency keeps running what was built. Price: $3,500 one time. Competitive monitoring ## Know when you gain ground. Know when a competitor takes it. A monthly re-check of the questions that matter, with gained and lost mentions, cited pages and counted enquiries reported separately. Price: $850 per month standalone, included with monthly optimization. What drives it ## What moves the scope up or down Six things decide how much work lands on the page, which is why a final scope is written for you. ### How many services you sell One service or twelve. Each service worth winning needs its own answer page and its own buyer questions. ### The shape of your market A single town and a metro with suburbs across three counties are different jobs, with different pages and different questions to record. ### How many questions are tracked The audit covers 25 to 40 questions. Monitoring follows the set you agree, and a wider market needs a wider set. ### How much has to be fixed first Blocked crawlers, mismatched listings and thin service pages take longer to put right than a site that is already sound. ### How much writing is involved Answer pages, comparison pages and profile copy take time to get accurate, however the first draft is produced. ### How many locations are in play One verified listing and five listings that all need to agree with each other and with the right pages are not the same job. Billing ## How the work is billed - Scope and price are agreed in writing before any paid work starts. The $450 audit fee is credited in full if you start a sprint or monthly optimization within 30 days. - One-time work, the audit and the sprint, is quoted as a fixed scope so you know what is included. - Monthly work is billed monthly. The scope names a review point, so a quiet month is a question about the work rather than the invoice. - Anything outside the agreed scope is priced separately before it starts. That includes extra pages, additional locations and a site rebuild. Questions ## Pricing questions Why start with the $450 audit? Because it shows what the platforms actually say about your market before you commit to a larger build. You get 25 to 40 recorded buyer answers, the competitor and source map, and a 90 day plan within five business days, and the $450 fee is credited in full if you start a sprint or monthly optimization within 30 days. Can I buy only the audit? Yes. The ai visibility audit is $450 one time. The plan it ends with is written so your own team or your current agency can carry it out. What is the difference between the sprint and monthly optimization? The sprint ($3,500 one time) is six weeks of fixed-scope work that builds the foundation and hands it back to your team. Monthly optimization ($1,850 per month) is ongoing work that keeps building and includes monthly monitoring. Do I need monitoring if I already buy monthly optimization? No. Monitoring is included with monthly optimization. It is sold alone for businesses that finished a sprint or have an in-house team and want the monthly recording. What if my situation does not fit a package? Say so in the enquiry form. If the work is larger or smaller than the standard scope, the written scope says what changes and why, before anything starts. ## Start with the $450 AI visibility audit. Send your website and the market you want to win. We test 25 to 40 real buyer questions across four platforms and deliver the recorded answers, competitor map and 90 day plan within five business days. [Order an AI audit](https://searchfocal.com/contact/#contact-form) [Open the AI search checklist](https://searchfocal.com/guides/ai-search-optimization-checklist/)