# Rank Monthly > Rank Monthly books businesses into the listicles, newsletters and creator posts that buyers read and AI quotes, and keeps them there every month. Publishers get paid every month for the spots they hold. ## Status - Early access. Businesses and publishers can leave their email; sign-up and payments are not open yet. - Screens, ledgers and figures on the site are labeled examples, not customer results. ## Who runs it - Rank Monthly BV, Kapelweg 12, 3951 AC Maarn, the Netherlands. - Founded by Joran Hofman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joranhofman/ - Contact: hello@rankmonthly.com - Terms of service: https://rankmonthly.com/terms ## How it works for businesses 1. Add your website: We read what you sell, build your knowledge base, scan your competitors and find the searches you want to rank for. You only set a budget. 2. Publishers connect their data: Search Console, Analytics, WordPress and more. Every number you see is measured, never typed in. 3. We match you on real data: With the publishers whose lists, newsletters and posts already reach your buyers. 4. It runs on autopilot: We write the content, add you to articles that already rank, publish new ones and track every placement. 5. Live where buyers look: In the lists your buyers find on Google and the answers AI gives them, kept there every month. 6. Every result in one ledger: Every placement, page visit, click and AI mention, month by month, with what you paid. ## How it works for publishers 1. Connect your site: Search Console, Analytics and WordPress. Your numbers come from your own data, never typed in. 2. See what your lists can earn: We read every list on your site, find the spots and suggest a monthly price from your real clicks. 3. Autopilot books and writes: Businesses that fit your topics book spots. Autopilot writes and publishes, or waits for your OK. 4. Get paid every month: Payment is held until each spot is verified live, then paid to you every month for the spots you hold. ## Autopilot - On: we book, write and keep each spot live for you. - Off: nothing goes out until you approve it. ## Questions ### What is Rank Monthly? Rank Monthly books businesses into the listicles, newsletters and creator posts that buyers read and AI quotes, and keeps them there every month. Publishers get paid every month for the spots they hold. ### What does autopilot mean? Autopilot is on by default. On: we book and accept deals for you within the rules you set. Off: you approve each deal yourself. ### How does payment work? Businesses pay a monthly price for each spot they hold, or once for a new post. The money is held until the placement is verified live. Publishers get paid every month for the spots they hold. ### Do paid spots need a label? Paid placements have to be disclosed under the rules that apply to the publisher. Google asks for paid links to be marked as sponsored, and many countries ask for a visible label. Rank Monthly can add both. Each publisher decides how paid spots are labeled on their site. ### Do you guarantee rankings? No. We book and keep spots in lists, newsletters and posts that already reach your buyers, and we report what every spot does each month. Where a page ranks in Google, and what AI assistants answer, is decided by Google and the assistants, so we never promise it. ### Who runs Rank Monthly? Rank Monthly BV, founded by Joran Hofman. We're based at Kapelweg 12, 3951 AC Maarn, the Netherlands. Email us at hello@rankmonthly.com. ### What happens after I sign up? You get an email when early access opens for your side. We use your email only for that. ### Which placements can I buy? Positions in existing list articles, new sponsored articles and LinkedIn posts. Newsletter placements follow. ### How are publishers chosen? Publishers need their own domain and connected Google data, so every number you see is measured. Each one is matched to your topics, and you can filter by site strength and rating. ### Do placements carry a sponsored label? Paid placements have to be disclosed under the rules that apply to the publisher. Google asks for paid links to be marked as sponsored, and many countries ask for a visible label. Rank Monthly can add both. Each publisher decides how paid spots are labeled on their site. ### What does it cost? Early access members hear the prices first, before anything is booked. ### Who can join? Blogs on their own domain, newsletters and LinkedIn creators. Sites on a shared platform's subdomain, like yourname.medium.com, can't sell articles. ### Do I have to write the articles? No. Autopilot writes and updates them with each business's facts. With autopilot off, you write yourself and approve each deal. ### How do I get paid? Every month for the spots you hold, and once for a new post after it's verified live. ## Why it matters (published studies) - 51% of B2B software buyers now start their research in an AI chatbot more often than in Google. In April 2025 it was 29%. Source: G2, The Answer Economy, 2026. Survey of 1,076 B2B decision-makers. https://learn.g2.com/g2-2026-ai-search-insight-report - 40% of the sources AI assistants cited for buyer questions were independent lists. Vendors' own sites got 34%, review sites 3%. Source: Prefer, July 2026. 188 answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude. https://tryprefer.com/data/ai-search-statistics/ - 2.24% of AI citations on category questions went to the brand's own pages. The rest went to pages it doesn't own. Source: Foundation and AirOps, 2026. 5.1 million AI responses for 50 B2B SaaS brands. https://foundationinc.co/lab/branded-unbranded-ai-citations/ - 4.4x The average visitor from AI search is 4.4 times as valuable as the average traditional organic search visitor, based on conversion rate. Source: Semrush, July 2025. Visitors from non-Google AI search, such as ChatGPT. Sample size not published. https://www.semrush.com/blog/ai-search-seo-traffic-study/ ## Pages - [Home](https://rankmonthly.com/): what Rank Monthly is, for both sides - [For businesses](https://rankmonthly.com/businesses): Buyers shortlist tools in AI answers built from lists, newsletters and posts. Rank Monthly books you into them and keeps you there every month. - [For publishers](https://rankmonthly.com/publishers): Businesses pay a monthly price for spots in the lists your site already ranks with. Autopilot does the work. Every placement and every dollar in one ledger. - [Blog](https://rankmonthly.com/blog): articles and ranked lists - [About](https://rankmonthly.com/about): who runs Rank Monthly, why it works month by month, and how it makes money - [Contact](https://rankmonthly.com/contact): email for businesses, publishers, corrections, press and security - [Resources](https://rankmonthly.com/resources): all guides, research, comparisons and articles - [Privacy](https://rankmonthly.com/privacy): who handles signup data and how - [Terms of service](https://rankmonthly.com/terms): bookings, payment held until live, cancellation, refunds, liability ## Articles - [The best AI visibility tools for B2B SaaS in 2026](https://rankmonthly.com/blog/best-ai-visibility-tools): 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](https://rankmonthly.com/blog/geo-pricing): 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](https://rankmonthly.com/blog/best-geo-agencies-for-b2b-saas): 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](https://rankmonthly.com/blog/best-seo-agencies-for-b2b-saas): 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. ## Guides - [Listicle placements for B2B SaaS: what they are, what they cost and how to buy them](https://rankmonthly.com/guides/listicle-placements): 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](https://rankmonthly.com/guides/llm-seo): 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](https://rankmonthly.com/guides/monetize-list-articles): 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. ## Comparisons - [Otterly.AI alternatives: 7 AI visibility tools compared (2026)](https://rankmonthly.com/compare/otterly-ai-alternatives): 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)](https://rankmonthly.com/compare/peec-ai-alternatives): 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)](https://rankmonthly.com/compare/profound-alternatives): 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 placement services compared](https://rankmonthly.com/compare/rank-monthly-vs-listicle-placement-services): 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](https://rankmonthly.com/compare/rank-monthly-vs-noble): 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. ## Research - [Listicle placement prices: what sellers charge in 2026 (index)](https://rankmonthly.com/research/listicle-placement-prices): 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.