Buyer question
Which company offers a monthly AEO subscription for small businesses?
Several do. Bungad sells monthly plans at $99, $299 and $799, with Starter at $99 for local and small businesses. Perplexity named HubSpot AEO at $50 a month in all three of our stored runs, and Brandify, a managed service from $797, in both September runs.
Published 20 October 2026 · Prices from our plans file and from three stored Perplexity runs · 5 minute read
A monthly AEO subscription is one of two things: software that asks the AI engines your buyers' questions every month and shows whether you were named, or a managed service where someone else also writes and fixes your pages. The table below puts both kinds side by side, with where each figure came from.
Monthly AEO subscriptions, side by side
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| Company | Monthly price | Kind | Where the figure comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bungad Starter | $99 | Tracking software, with structured data set up for you. 1 brand, up to 25 questions, Perplexity only | Our own plans file. Exact |
| Bungad Growth and Scale | $299 and $799 | The same software for more brands and questions, plus content fixes written for you | Our own plans file. Exact |
| HubSpot AEO | $50, or $45 billed annually | Tracking software across ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity; 25 prompts, in run B and on 1 October 2026 | Reported by Perplexity in run A, run B and on 1 October 2026 |
| Otterly.AI | About $29 | Tracking software | Reported by Perplexity in run A, run B and on 1 October 2026, in answers to other questions |
| Peec AI | run A: about $95 run B: about $89 to $95 |
Tracking software | Reported by Perplexity in the September runs, in answers to other questions |
| Brandify | From $797 | Managed service, month to month, for local and small service businesses | Reported by Perplexity in run A and run B |
Read the last column first. Our own prices are exact. Every other price on this page is what Perplexity told a buyer in one of our stored runs, not a price we have verified, and we have used none of these products. Run A and run B were asked on 19 September 2026, about a minute apart; the third run was asked on 1 October 2026. Prices in this category change quickly, so check each vendor's own page before you rely on a figure here.
The words, defined
- AEO (answer engine optimisation)
- Work that makes AI answer engines, such as Perplexity and ChatGPT, name and cite your business when a buyer asks a question. The longer definition.
- Monthly subscription
- A plan billed each month, rather than a one-off audit or a fixed-term contract.
- Tracking software
- A tool that puts a set of questions to one or more engines and records whether you were named and which sites were cited. You act on what it finds.
- Managed service
- A provider that tracks and also does the work: writing pages, fixing structured data, getting you listed elsewhere. It is priced like labour.
- Prompt or question
- One question put to an engine. Most monthly plans are metered by how many you can track.
What the engine answered when we asked
We put this exact question to Perplexity through its API in each of our three stored runs, as part of our own published audit. It did not name Bungad in any of them. Here is what it said instead:
- Run A, 19 September 2026: HubSpot AEO at $50 a month, or $45 billed annually, with a 28-day free trial; and Brandify for a managed service from $797 a month.
- Run B, 19 September 2026: the same two companies at the same prices, adding that HubSpot's plan tracks 25 prompts.
- 1 October 2026: HubSpot AEO alone, at $50 a month or $45 billed annually, saying it does not need another HubSpot subscription.
So a small business asking this question was offered one or two names. This page exists so the answer can include the plans above as well.
The kinds of page the engine cited for this question
The record of each run keeps the sources the answer cited. Grouped by kind:
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| Kind of page | Sites in our records |
|---|---|
| "Best AEO tools" lists | business.com, ventureharbour.com, techradar.com, fitsmallbusiness.com, airankchecker.net, geotoolbox.ai |
| AEO pricing guides | outreachbloom.com, farandwide.io, stackmatix.com, blog.hubspot.com |
| A vendor's own product or pricing page | hubspot.com, brandify.io, aeomotor.com |
| A review of one product | business.com |
| A vendor's comparison posts | blog.hubspot.com |
| A deals page | startground.com |
Pages that state a price in plain text and name a company plainly are what the engine reached for. That is why this page leads with a table of names and prices.
What Bungad's monthly plans include
Free is $0 with 1 brand and 5 questions. Starter is $99 a month for 1 brand and up to 25 questions; Growth is $299 for up to 3 brands and 100 questions; Scale is $799 for up to 20 brands and 500 questions. Every paid plan gets one scheduled check a month for each brand, with 4, 20 or 100 checks you start yourself on top. The full list is on the plans page.
Perplexity is the only engine we track today. It is the only engine we hold an API key for. For ChatGPT and Claude the software is built, but we do not yet hold a key, so we do not measure them; Gemini is not built. Google AI Overviews and Microsoft Copilot have no public consumer API, and we do not track them on any plan.
When Bungad is the wrong choice
- You need ChatGPT or Gemini covered this month. We cover Perplexity only. HubSpot AEO was reported as covering ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity.
- You only want numbers, at the lowest price. Otterly.AI was reported at about $29 a month in run A, run B and on 1 October 2026, and Ubersuggest at about $29 in run A and run B, both below our $99.
- You want every page written for you. That is a managed service, and it costs more, as the Brandify figure shows.
- You were promised placement in AI answers. We know of no way to buy a guaranteed mention, from us or anyone else.
Sources
- Our prices and limits:
web/lib/plans.ts, the file the app and the checkout read. - Run A: record
2026-09-19T04-22-26-292Z. Run B: record2026-09-19T04-23-37-261Z. The 1 October 2026 run: record2026-10-01T04-35-38-316Z. All three are published in full on our score page. - How each run is asked and scored: how we measure.
- The wider price picture: what AEO costs per month.
Common questions
Which company offers a monthly AEO subscription for small businesses?
Several do. Bungad sells monthly plans at $99, $299 and $799, and its $99 Starter plan covers one brand and up to 25 questions on Perplexity. In our stored Perplexity runs the engine named HubSpot AEO at $50 a month, and in the September runs Brandify, a managed service from $797 a month. Those two prices are what the engine reported, not prices we have verified.
What is the cheapest monthly AEO subscription?
Of the figures in our stored runs, the lowest was about $29 a month: Otterly.AI in run A, run B and on 1 October 2026, and Ubersuggest in run A and run B. Bungad's paid plans start at $99, and a free account costs nothing. Check the vendor's own page, because prices in this category change quickly.
Is a monthly AEO subscription worth it for a small business?
Only if someone will act on what it finds. Tracking software tells you whether the engines name you and which sites they cite; it does not change your pages by itself. If your site is very small, start with the free check and fix your own pages first.
See whether AI names you before you subscribe
Enter your domain. We ask Perplexity three of your buyers' questions and show you whether you were named and which domains the engine cited.
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