Pricing

AI SEO pricing for visibility work that can be measured.

Start free or pay $2,500 for a full diagnostic. Move into implementation only when the prompt, citation, content, and technical roadmap is clear. No citation guarantees.

How much does an AI visibility audit cost?

Citation Path's paid AI Visibility Audit starts at $2,500 one-time. It includes 100–150 buyer-style prompts, a 3–5 competitor benchmark, cited URL review, technical checks, a priority page roadmap, and a findings walkthrough. The free snapshot is triage only and does not replace the audit.

Public starting points for AI search work.

Citation Path's public pricing starts with lightweight triage, then moves into a paid diagnostic, sprint implementation, monthly growth capacity, or enterprise governance depending on how much evidence and shipping support your team needs.

Lightweight triage

Free AI Visibility Snapshot

Free

A manual first pass that checks whether the site has obvious AI visibility, crawlability, or clarity blockers.

Best for

Teams that want a quick signal before paying for a diagnostic.

Use this to decide whether a paid audit is worth scoping, not to replace the audit.

Includes

Website and category context review
Initial crawlability and page-clarity checks
Short recommendation on whether to scope a paid diagnostic

Not included

— Full prompt testing
— Competitor benchmark
— Cited URL inventory
— Technical report or implementation roadmap

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One-time diagnosticDiagnostic

AI Visibility Audit

$2,500

The baseline before implementation: what AI/search systems say, cite, miss, and misunderstand today.

Best for

Teams ready for a prompt, citation, competitor, and technical baseline.

Best first paid step when you need evidence before committing to a sprint or retainer.

Includes

100-150 buyer-style prompts across priority AI/search surfaces
3-5 competitor benchmark with cited-source review
Crawlability, canonical, sitemap, robots, and schema checks
Priority page roadmap and 45-minute findings walkthrough

Scope an audit

4-6 week implementation project

AI Citation Sprint

From $9,500

A focused implementation sprint for priority pages, answer blocks, schema, internal links, and measurement setup.

Best for

Teams with a clear roadmap that need the first high-impact fixes shipped.

Usually follows an audit. If no audit exists, the sprint starts with a compact baseline before implementation.

Includes

Baseline review or use of existing audit findings
5-10 priority page improvements or rewrites
FAQ, answer-block, structured data, and internal linking implementation
Content briefs for missing service, resource, or comparison pages
Measurement setup for prompts, cited URLs, and conversion paths

Not included

— Ongoing monthly monitoring after the sprint
— Unlimited net-new page production

Plan a sprint

3-month minimum

Growth Retainer

From $7,500/mo

Monthly AI SEO/GEO work tied to prompt coverage, competitor citations, page improvements, and conversion reporting.

Best for

Teams that need ongoing monitoring plus monthly implementation capacity.

Starting scope typically covers one core market, 3-5 competitors, and a prioritized monthly implementation queue.

Includes

Monthly AI visibility tracking and prompt coverage report
Competitor citation monitoring across agreed prompt clusters
4-8 page improvements, rewrites, or source-asset updates per month
New resource, comparison, FAQ, or proof-page briefs as needed
Schema, internal link, and conversion-path updates tied to shipped pages

Discuss retainer

Custom scope

Enterprise AI Search Program

Custom, from $18,000/mo

A larger AI search program for complex organizations, stakeholder reporting, governance, and higher implementation volume.

Best for

Multi-market, multi-brand, or complex teams with deeper governance and reporting needs.

Scoped around markets, brands, languages, CMS complexity, stakeholder cadence, and reporting requirements.

Includes

Custom prompt, competitor, market, and language coverage
Executive reporting and stakeholder workshops
Multi-brand governance for answer strategy, schema, and source assets
Coordination with SEO, content, analytics, product, and engineering teams
Higher implementation volume across brands, product lines, or regions

Scope enterprise

No implementation retainer starts until the diagnostic evidence is visible: prompts tested, cited pages reviewed, competitors benchmarked, and the first roadmap prioritized.

Decision guide

Start small, then implement what the evidence supports.

The right engagement depends on how much baseline evidence already exists and how quickly your team can ship page, schema, and measurement improvements.

Choose the free snapshot when

you want a lightweight triage before deciding whether a paid diagnostic is worth scoping.

Choose the paid audit when

you need dated prompt evidence, competitor citations, cited URL analysis, technical checks, and a prioritized roadmap.

Choose the sprint when

you have an audit or baseline and need the first priority pages, answer blocks, schema, links, and measurement fixes shipped.

Choose the retainer or enterprise program when

you need recurring prompt coverage, competitor monitoring, page improvements, governance, and reporting across a longer implementation queue.

Sample deliverable

What a paid audit produces.

Illustrative structure only—not a client case study. Real audits use your prompts, competitors, engines, and dated observations.

Prompt matrix

100–150 buyer-style prompts with brand mention, website citation, competitor notes, and recommended actions.

Cited URL inventory

Owned, competitor, directory, and third-party sources that AI answers currently trust.

Priority page roadmap

URL-level fixes for crawlability, answer blocks, schema, internal links, source assets, and measurement.

View prompt matrix template Read teardown example

Compare alternatives

Agency vs software vs traditional SEO.

Need	AI visibility software	Traditional SEO agency	Citation Path
See if AI mentions you	Often yes	Rarely tested	Yes, dated prompt tests
Know which URLs get cited	Sometimes	Usually no	Yes, cited URL inventory
Ship page fixes	Usually not	Yes, ranking-led	Yes, after evidence
Truthful schema + crawl checks	Limited	Varies	Included in audit/sprint
Guaranteed citations	No	Sometimes overpromised	Never promised

Best fit

Choose this path when you need diagnosis and owners.

You suspect AI shortlists exclude you.
You want a free triage before paying for a diagnostic.
You need page-level fixes, not only a score.
You accept probability improvement, not guarantees.

Not for you if

We will decline the wrong fit.

You want guaranteed AI citations.
You want invented proof or fake ratings.
You want mass low-quality content before evidence.
You only want a dashboard with no implementation path.

FAQ

Pricing and package questions.

Direct answers for audit cost, free snapshot scope, sprint vs retainer, and software comparisons.

Also available as machine-readable files: /pricing.md and /llms.txt.

How much does an AI visibility audit cost?

Citation Path's paid AI Visibility Audit starts at $2,500 one-time. It includes 100-150 buyer-style prompts, a 3-5 competitor benchmark, cited URL review, crawlability and schema checks, a priority page roadmap, and a findings walkthrough.

What is included in the free AI visibility snapshot?

The free snapshot is a manual first pass on crawlability, page clarity, and citation-readiness signals. It is triage only. It does not include full prompt testing, a competitor benchmark, a cited URL inventory, or a complete implementation roadmap.

When should I choose a sprint instead of a retainer?

Choose the AI Citation Sprint when you need a focused 4-6 week implementation push on 5-10 priority pages after a baseline exists. Choose the Growth Retainer when you need monthly monitoring plus recurring page improvements over at least three months.

Do Citation Path packages guarantee AI citations?

No. Citation Path improves citation readiness and measures movement across prompts, cited URLs, and conversion paths. Engine behavior, competition, source quality, and query context still determine whether a page is cited.

How is Citation Path pricing different from AI visibility software?

Software usually monitors prompts, mentions, or scores. Citation Path pricing covers diagnosis and implementation: prompt evidence, competitor citation review, page-level owners, answer blocks, schema, internal links, and retesting. Many teams use software and still need a services partner to ship fixes.

Check the gaps before funding the fix.

Free manual snapshot. Clear next step: cleanup, $2,500 audit, or implementation.

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