Joran Hofman
Founder, Rank Monthly
Joran Hofman founded Rank Monthly to book businesses into the lists, newsletters and posts buyers read and AI quotes, and to pay publishers every month for those spots. He has spent 10+ years in B2B SaaS marketing.
The best AI visibility tools for B2B SaaS in 2026
Peec AI for a public price, Profound for enterprise, Scrunch and AthenaHQ for wide engine lists, Otterly.AI from $29. Ten trackers checked on their own sites, plus what trackers can't do.
What GEO costs in 2026: agencies, tools and placements compared
GEO costs from $0 to over $10,000 a month. Trackers start at $29 a month, list placements at about $135 once, and the GEO agency retainers we checked from $2,500 a month.
The 10 best GEO and AEO agencies for B2B SaaS in 2026
Ten GEO and AEO agencies that get B2B SaaS brands named in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews, ranked by AI focus, named results, how they measure and price.
The 10 best SEO agencies for B2B SaaS in 2026
Ten SEO agencies that work for B2B SaaS companies on Google and on AI answers, ranked by SaaS focus, AI search work, named results and how open they are about price.
- Otterly.AI alternatives: 7 AI visibility tools compared (2026)
Otterly.AI starts at $29 a month for 15 prompts, with Gemini, AI Mode and Claude as add-ons. HubSpot AEO gives 25 prompts for $50, Trakkr includes 8 models, and Ahrefs or Semrush suit existing users.
- Peec AI alternatives: 7 AI visibility tools compared (2026)
Peec AI tracks AI answers daily from $95 a month, but self-serve plans run 3 models and leave out Perplexity and Claude. Trakkr, Scrunch and AthenaHQ include both; Otterly.AI is cheaper.
- Profound alternatives: 7 AI visibility tools compared (2026)
Profound tracks up to nine AI engines daily but shows no public price. Scrunch and Peec AI publish prices, AthenaHQ covers 11 engines, Evertune samples each prompt 100 times, and Ahrefs suits SEO teams.
- Listicle placements for B2B SaaS: what they are, what they cost and how to buy them
A listicle placement is a paid spot for your product in a "best X" article. Services charge $135 to $500 per placement, mostly once; directories up to $1,200 a month. AI assistants cite these lists more than any other source.
- LLM SEO: how B2B SaaS brands get named in AI answers
LLM SEO is getting your brand named when buyers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude or AI Overviews which software to use. For B2B SaaS, most cited pages are lists, reviews and posts you don't own.
- How to monetize a blog with list articles: earn every month from the spots you rank
Sell what your "best X" articles already have: buyers about to decide. Combine affiliate links with paid spots priced from your real clicks, label them clearly and get paid monthly for the spots you hold.
- Listicle placement prices: what sellers charge in 2026 (index)
Placement services charge $135 to $500 per listicle placement, mostly paid once (Noble bills a monthly budget). Directories and publishers charge $300 to $1,200 a month or €199 to $1,798 once. Only 2 of 8 sellers say paid spots are labeled.
- Listicle placement services compared
Most listicle placement services sell one placement for a one-off fee, with the link guaranteed for 6 to 12 months. With Rank Monthly you pay monthly, only while your spot is live. Prices and terms below, checked at each company's own site.
- Noble vs Rank Monthly
Noble buys mentions for your brand in articles AI already cites, from $2,000 a month on an annual plan. With Rank Monthly you pay monthly, only while each spot is live, with publishers who connect their own data.