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A dated record of what AI search tools cost, with the source and the date on every number.
12 tools. Newest check Oct 17, oldest Bluefish AI, 97 days ago. Brighter is fresher.Stars are placed by how recently each price was checked, ties alphabetical.
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Honest field notes on GEO, AI search, and building content that gets cited. The comparison and the playbook are the place to begin.
- GEOHow to Get Cited by ChatGPT: A Practical GEO Playbook (2026)A working SEO's practical playbook for getting cited by ChatGPT and other AI answers in 2026 — entity clarity, third-party mentions, quotable structure.
- GEOBest GEO Tools in 2026: An SEO Veteran's Honest ComparisonA working SEO's honest comparison of the best GEO tools in 2026: Writesonic, RankScale, Otterly, Semrush AI Toolkit and more, with pros, cons, pricing and fit.
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I'm an engineer by training (civil engineering, between the University of Miami and Bologna) who spent eleven years in SEO and affiliate marketing.
This site keeps a dated record of what AI search tools cost, with the source and the date on every number.
When a price or a claim turns out to be wrong, I correct it in public.
What's in the record
12 tools tracked
Newest check Oct 17
The pricing index
Entry prices for the GEO and AI visibility tools, each with its source and check date.
44 programs indexed
Commission, cap and cookie
The affiliate programs index
Commission, duration cap and cookie window for the programs that pay most, dated and sourced.
2 citation test runs
ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity
The citation tracker
Which sources and tools the engines name for the same queries, run over time.
8 free tools
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The free tools
Browser-based tools for AI search and affiliate work, such as the crawler checker and the citability scorer.
12 tools named
Run of 12 July
Citation test, 12 July
Three questions to three engines, and what each one cited. My site was cited by none.
19 tools named
Run of 3 September
Citation test, 3 September
Engines recognise my name but did not cite my work for the category questions.