What are more affordable alternatives to NoGood for AEO?
NoGood says its average retainer is above $20,000 a month. Six agencies that sell AEO publish prices of $3,000 a month or less: TopFound from $797, Soar from $950, SourceRank AI from $997, GoBlinkly from $2,250, Verticality from $2,500 and Geology from $3,000. All six run month to month or quarterly. 1 2
What does NoGood offer, and what does it cost?
NoGood is a growth marketing agency, not an AEO specialist. It works across SaaS, B2B, healthcare, fintech, consumer brands and AI companies, and names AWS, MongoDB, Oura, Nike and TikTok among its clients. AEO is one service among paid, social and content work, and its retainers are priced for that breadth. 1
The cheapest option is NoGood's own course
If your team can do the work itself, NoGood sells a two-session AEO course on Maven for $499, run on 18 and 19 November 2026. That is a fraction of any retainer here, and it comes from the same team. It suits a company with a content marketer who has time, rather than one that needs the work done for it. 1
How we chose the alternatives
Each alternative is one of the 107 agencies in the AEO Agency Index, sells AEO or GEO as its main service, and publishes a monthly price of $3,000 or less, which is the median entry price across the 60 agencies quoting US dollars. Each also publishes month-to-month or quarterly terms. Every fact was read twice. 2
The alternatives
| Agency | From, per month | Why it is an alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Geology 4 | $3,000 | GEO plans month to month; three months recommended. |
| GoBlinkly 5 | $2,250 | AEO plans billed quarterly at $2,250 a month, or $2,500 billed monthly. |
| Soar 6 | $950 | Search, AI and community work for $950 a month plus a $500 setup, no minimum term. |
| SourceRank AI 7 | $997 | AEO plans month to month, cancellable any time. |
| TopFound 8 | $797 | The lowest entry price here; Growth and Scale plans run month to month. |
| Verticality 9 | $2,500 | AEO work month to month with no minimum term. |
What $3,000 a month buys, and what it does not
A low entry price is usually a narrower plan. Soar's $950 adds a $500 setup, GoBlinkly's $2,250 needs a quarter's commitment, and Geology's $3,000 Growth plan covers 200 prompts on two AI platforms. None of these agencies runs paid media or social as well, which NoGood does. If AI search is the only gap, the narrower scope leaves out nothing you need. 6 5 4
Where Salienz fits
Our retainers start at $5,499 a month, well under NoGood's average but above this page's cut, so we left ourselves out of the table. The free AI visibility audit costs nothing, and the paid audit is $800 for 100 buyer questions. For the full price spread across 107 agencies, see the AEO Agency Index. 3
Related: Discovered Labs alternatives, what AI visibility work costs, and whether you need an audit or a retainer.
Common questions
Receipts
09 sources- 01NoGood, home page and AEO course pageRead twice, 3 and 5 November 2026. A growth marketing agency on monthly retainers, stating that its average retainer is above $20,000 a month; clients named include AWS, MongoDB, Oura, Nike and TikTok. A two-session AEO course on Maven costs $499.Last checked 5 November 2026
- 02Salienz, AEO Agency Index107 agencies selling AI visibility work to B2B companies, read from their own sites on 3 November 2026, every price read at least twice. The pool every alternative here was chosen from, and the source of its price.Last checked 3 November 2026
- 03Salienz pricingThe free audit, the $800 Foundation audit, Domination at $5,499 a month for roughly $5M to $20M ARR and Expansion at $8,499, on a 3-month minimum, with one client per product sub-niche.Last checked 5 November 2026
- 04Geology, pricing pageRead twice, 3 and 5 November 2026. A Growth plan at $3,000 a month; plans are month to month with no long-term contracts, and it recommends three months.Last checked 5 November 2026
- 05GoBlinkly, pricing pageRead twice, 3 and 5 November 2026. Essential at $2,250 a month billed quarterly, or $2,500 billed monthly.Last checked 5 November 2026
- 06Soar, home pageRead twice, 3 and 5 November 2026. $950 a month plus a $500 setup, no minimum term.Last checked 5 November 2026
- 07SourceRank AI, home and pricing pagesRead twice, 3 and 5 November 2026. A Foundation plan at $997 a month; monthly plans run month to month and can be cancelled any time.Last checked 5 November 2026
- 08TopFound, home pageRead twice, 3 and 5 November 2026. A Growth plan at $797 a month; Growth and Scale plans are month to month.Last checked 5 November 2026
- 09Verticality, AEO agency pageRead twice, 3 and 5 November 2026. From $2,500 a month, month to month, no minimum term.Last checked 5 November 2026
