Run your AI SEO agency on numbers your clients can check
Track every client across 6 AI surfaces, send white-label reports they open without a login, and give each client a login that shows their brand and nothing else.
This page is for agencies that offer AI SEO services, not for brands looking to hire one. If you run an SEO agency and clients are asking whether ChatGPT recommends them, CoreCited is the AI SEO agency software that measures it, shows what to fix, and reports it under your name.
Key takeaways
1Clients are already asking: in SEOFOMO's August 2026 survey, 98% of search professionals had been asked about AI search visibility.
2The hard part is proof. The most-cited challenge in the same survey was measuring AI visibility reliably.
3White-label reports, custom roles for client logins, task assignment and the API are on the Agency plan.
4The margin calculator below uses CoreCited's real plan prices and limits, so the maths holds up.
98%
of search pros asked about AI visibility by clients or managers
SEOFOMO, Aug 2026
69%
now have a dedicated AI search budget, up from 38%
SEOFOMO, Aug 2026
35%
cannot determine AI search's revenue contribution
SEOFOMO, Aug 2026
$900+
per month, a common separate charge for GEO/AEO work
GoodFirms, 2026
Third-party surveys: SEOFOMO asked 171 search professionals in 36 countries, a small, self-selected sample that does not separate agencies[1]; GoodFirms surveyed more than 300 agencies in 35 countries[2].
Why clients are asking for AI search work
The question has moved from curiosity to budget. SEOFOMO’s 2026 survey found 69% of respondents with a dedicated AI search budget, against 38% a year earlier, and 92% tracking AI visibility in some way[1]. Among 300 large US companies, Branch found only 25% working with outside agencies or vendors on AI search optimisation[3], which leaves most of that demand unserved by anyone outside the building.
How AI search work changed in a year
Share of respondents, 2025 against 2026.
Asked about AI visibility, 202591%
Asked about AI visibility, 202698%
Dedicated AI search budget, 202538%
Dedicated AI search budget, 202669%
Track AI visibility, 202578%
Track AI visibility, 202692%
How AI search work changed in a year
Asked about AI visibility, 2025
91%
Asked about AI visibility, 2026
98%
Dedicated AI search budget, 2025
38%
Dedicated AI search budget, 2026
69%
Track AI visibility, 2025
78%
Track AI visibility, 2026
92%
SEOFOMO State of AI Search Optimization, 2026
The same survey shows the problem agencies run into: 56% reported a positive impact, only 5% called it significant, and 35% could not tell what it contributed to revenue[1]. An AI search agency that cannot show movement in numbers the client can check will struggle to renew. That is what the rest of this page is about.
What an AI SEO agency delivers, and where CoreCited fits
Whether you call it a GEO agency, an AEO agency, an LLM SEO agency or a generative engine optimization agency, the service comes down to five jobs. CoreCited covers the measurement and the worklist; the judgement and the outreach stay with you.
Run each client’s buyer questions weekly across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, and store every answer so a score can always be traced back to what the engine said.
Share of voice against up to 15 competitors per client, with honest error bars, in competitor tracking.
Citation analysis lists the domains that cite a client’s competitors and have never cited the client: the outreach list for the month.
The site audit turns every failing check into a named task, and on the Agency plan you assign each one to a teammate.
Content briefs and drafts for the questions a client is missing, sent as drafts into 7 CMSes through CMS publishing.
White-label SEO reporting your clients open without a login
SEO reports for agencies fail in one of two ways: they are a screenshot nobody can check, or they need the client to learn another tool. CoreCited’s shared reports are a link. The client opens it, sees overall AI visibility, the score for each engine, the trend over time, sentiment and average position, and never needs an account.
Your brand, not ours. On the Agency plan, reports show your company name, logo, accent colour and a footer note, and CoreCited’s name is removed.
Only what you choose to share. The public report is built from an allow-list of fields, so nothing internal leaves the server.
Links that expire. Each link lasts 90 days by default, and you can see how many times it was viewed and when.
Honest numbers. Engines still warming up are marked, and so are changes too small to be meaningful, so a client never reads noise as a win.
Looking for a white label SEO audit tool as well? The site audit runs every page through the same checks as the free AI SEO Checker, and its report prints to PDF from your browser. Your branding currently applies to the shared visibility reports, not to the audit report, so check that fits how you deliver audits.
Custom SEO reports and dashboards
For a fully custom white-label SEO dashboard, the REST API (Agency plan and up) returns brands, visibility scores, prompts, competitors and sources as JSON, so you can build custom SEO reports in Looker Studio, a spreadsheet or your own portal.
Client logins, roles and workspaces
Each client is a brand in your workspace, with its own prompts, competitors, audit and reports. Six roles come built in on every plan with more than one seat: Owner, Admin, SEO, Member, Developer and Viewer. On the Agency plan you can change what each role sees and create your own, which is how a client gets a login to their own dashboard and nothing else.
What Agency and Scale include
Limits read from the live plan table. Toggle a plan to compare.
Agency
Scale
Price per month
$419
$839
Client brands
10
25
Tracked prompts
350
500
Competitors per brand
15
25
Seats
5
Unlimited
Content briefs a month
150
400
White-label reports
✓Yes
✓Yes
Custom roles
✓Yes
✓Yes
Task assignment
✓Yes
✓Yes
REST API
60 req/min
120 req/min
CMS publishing
✓Yes
✓Yes
Annual billing charges 10 months for twelve. Every plan and limit is on the pricing page.
The margin on AI SEO services
What an agency keeps depends on three numbers: the fee, the hours, and the tool. Move the sliders to your own. The calculator picks the smallest plan that covers your client count and shows the prompts each client gets, because a client tracked on too few questions is a report nobody trusts.
Agency margin calculator
What you keep from AI search work, per month, after the tool and the hours.
Monthly profit
$3,541
66% margin on $5,400 of fees
Tool $419Hours $1,440Profit $3,541
Plan that fits
Agency
$419/mo
Tool cost per client
$70/mo
about 58 prompts each
The fees cover the tool from 1 client.
Plan prices and limits are CoreCited’s current ones. The default fee is GoodFirms’ reported average for a GEO/AEO add-on; set your own. Prompts per client assume the plan’s prompts are split evenly.
For context on the fee: GoodFirms found 54.3% of the agencies it surveyed raised prices in 2025 to 2026, and 37% of those named GEO and AEO services as the main reason, often charged separately at $900 or more a month[2]. Retainers themselves spread widely: 43.3% charge under $1,500 a month and 48% charge $1,500 to $5,000[2].
Onboarding a client in an afternoon
From signed contract to first report
Add the brand
Name, domain and competitors. CoreCited suggests the questions buyers ask; you keep, edit or replace them.
Step 1: Add the brand. Name, domain and competitors. CoreCited suggests the questions buyers ask; you keep, edit or replace them.
Step 2: Connect their data. Search Console, GA4 and Cloudflare, read-only, for traffic and AI crawler data next to visibility.
Step 3: Run the first sweep. Every prompt across every engine, with each answer stored. The first read is a baseline, not a verdict.
Step 4: Share the report. Send the white-label link. Four weekly runs later, Core vs Carousel shows which positions are stable.
What not to promise a client
Myth
We can guarantee you will be cited by ChatGPT.
What is true
No one can. Answers vary run to run, and no engine sells placement. Promise measurement and the work, not the outcome.
Myth
One check shows where you stand.
What is true
A single run is a sample of one. Report trends over several weeks, with the uncertainty shown.
Myth
AI search replaces SEO.
What is true
Much of it is built on search. Google's AI features draw on its index, and ranking still matters for many AI answers.
An agency that helps brands appear in AI answers as well as in search results: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode. The work is SEO plus measuring AI visibility, finding the sources AI cites, and getting clients mentioned there. It is also called a GEO agency, an AEO agency or an AI search agency.
Is this page for hiring an agency?+
No. CoreCited is software that agencies use to deliver AI SEO services to their own clients. If you want to hire an agency, this page shows what a good one should be able to measure and report, which is a useful checklist when you compare them.
What do AI SEO services include?+
Usually: tracking whether AI assistants name the client for the questions its buyers ask, comparing that with competitors, finding the forums, reviews and lists AI cites, fixing technical access for AI crawlers, and writing or improving pages that answer those questions. Reporting it to the client each month is part of the job.
How much do agencies charge for GEO or AEO?+
There is little reliable data. In GoodFirms' April to May 2026 survey of more than 300 agencies, GEO and AEO work was often charged separately at $900 or more a month. Retainers vary widely, so treat any single figure as a starting point, not a price list.
What does white-label SEO reporting include in CoreCited?+
On the Agency plan, shared client reports show your company name, logo, accent colour and footer note, and drop CoreCited's name. The client opens a link with no login; links expire after 90 days by default and you can see how often they are viewed.
Can clients log in to their own dashboard?+
Yes. Every multi-seat plan has six built-in roles, including a read-only Viewer. On the Agency plan you can change them and create your own, so a client login sees their dashboard and nothing else.
How many clients can I manage?+
The Agency plan covers 10 brands with 350 tracked prompts and 5 seats. Scale covers 25 brands and 500 prompts. Beyond that, Enterprise is quoted.
Is there an API for agency dashboards?+
Yes, from the Agency plan: a read-only REST API for brands, visibility scores, prompts, competitors and sources, so you can pull the data into your own white-label SEO dashboard.