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Agency Comparisons and Shortlists for AI Startups
These agency comparisons for AI startups state their criteria, use only public information about each agency, and judge SearchAxe by the same rules, limitations included. They're written for founders deciding who to trust with search and AI visibility. Our own proof is public: HeyOz went from no AI citations to 91.
Led by the former Senior SEO Manager at Invideo AI. Trusted by Viggle AI, HeyOz, Wisemonk and Monk.
Comparisons and shortlists
Four shortlists ranked on stated criteria, and one page comparing your options before you shortlist anyone.
- SEO Agency vs In-House SEO In-house hire, agency, freelancer or tools, compared on cost, speed, coverage, ownership and risk.
- Best SEO Agencies for AI Startups Seven agencies scored on named AI startup results, AI engine coverage, pipeline reporting and stage fit.
- Best SaaS SEO Agencies Eight SaaS specialists scored on named results, pipeline reporting, stage fit and published pricing.
- Best AI SEO Agencies Six agencies that work on rankings and AI answers together, scored on named results and terms.
- Best GEO Agencies Eight agencies scored on named citation results, search coverage, pipeline reporting and terms.
How we write a comparison
Criteria before names
Each page states what we ranked on before it lists anyone, so you can disagree with the criteria rather than guess at them.
Public information only
Every agency card uses public information only, from the agency's own site and its public profiles, with pricing shown only where it is published.
Our limits listed too
SearchAxe appears with a visible badge and the same limitations field as every other agency on the list.
What clients say
We had thousands of pages going nowhere. Amit cleaned that up and rebuilt our landing pages. Our top three rankings are up 362% and our citations across AI engines have grown more than a hundred times.
Nan Ha
Product Growth Lead, Viggle AI
Read the Viggle AI case study
We came to Amit with a good product and almost no search presence. He gave our team a plan we could actually follow. Referring domains are up 183% and our first page rankings have more than tripled.
George Kurdin
Co-Founder, Monk
Read the Monk case study
Our content was getting published but not landing anywhere. Amit reworked how we format it for AI engines and our citations across all seven engines are up over 400%. The Reddit community he built now brings us leads weekly.
Aditya Nagpal
Founder, Wisemonk
Read the Wisemonk case study
We launched with a homepage and nothing else. Amit built the search foundation, the landing pages, the blog, the schema. Our domain rating is up 70% and we went from zero AI citations to being quoted by six of the seven AI engines.
Ahad Shams
Founder, HeyOz
Read the HeyOz case study
We had multiple pages fighting each other for the same terms. Amit mapped it all out, consolidated what needed consolidating, and rebuilt our service pages. Organic traffic is up 147% and our top three rankings have more than doubled.
Manjunath Thandu
CEO, Zivoke
Read the Zivoke case study
Questions about these comparisons
Why trust a comparison written by an agency?
You shouldn't trust it blindly, which is why every page states its criteria first, discloses that SearchAxe is on the list, and shows our limitations next to everyone else's. Each competitor card uses only public information, from the agency's own site and its public profiles. Check the criteria against your own needs and you can reuse the shortlist even if you never hire us.
How do you choose which agencies to include?
We start from the agencies buyers in that category actually ask about, then read each one's live site for its services, focus, named clients, case studies and pricing. Agencies that don't fit the page's criteria after that research are dropped, and each page says how many were considered and how many made the list.
Do agencies pay to be listed or ranked?
No. Nobody pays to be included or to move up. The order follows the criteria stated on each page, applied to public information. SearchAxe is listed first on its own pages, with an 'Our agency' badge, and we say so openly. Every other card is ordered by the stated criteria, so you can re-rank the list on whatever matters most to you.
How current are these comparisons?
Each page shows the date it was last checked, and agency facts are taken from their live sites and public profiles as of that date. Agencies change their services and pricing, so confirm anything that matters to your decision on the agency's own site and in a first call before you sign.
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