MaxAEO — $15 a month for daily AI visibility monitoring — the cheapest published entry into this category by a wide margin.
Short answer: MaxAEO monitors brand visibility across AI search platforms and prices it lower than anything else with published rates. Starter is $15 a month billed annually ($19 monthly) for one brand, 10 search prompts, 4 platforms and 5 competitors, with daily monitoring and full analytics. Growth is $119 annually ($149 monthly) for 100 prompts and 8 competitors; Pro is $319 ($399) for 4 brands and 400 prompts. Every tier includes what MaxAEO calls full 9-dimension analytics — the vendor states only monitoring scale differs between plans, not capability.
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Verdict at a glance
⭐ Nothing is feature-gated. MaxAEO states that every plan includes full 9-dimension analytics and daily monitoring, and that only scale changes between tiers. At $15 a month you get the same analysis a $319 customer gets, on fewer prompts.
All published tiers cover 4 platforms out of 8 available. Access to all eight requires Enterprise on custom pricing, so the cheap tiers monitor half the surfaces MaxAEO can reach — check which four before assuming your priority engines are included.
MaxAEO rates 4.0 for doing something genuinely useful: making continuous AI visibility monitoring cheap enough that there is no excuse not to have any. At $15 a month billed annually the Starter plan is roughly half Otterly.ai‘s $29 entry and a seventh of Gumshoe’s $99, and it still delivers daily monitoring, 10 tracked prompts, 5 competitors and the full analytics set. The tiering philosophy is the right one — MaxAEO states explicitly that only monitoring scale differs between plans, so the cheapest customer is not being sold a deliberately crippled product. Two caveats keep it from scoring higher. Published plans cover 4 of 8 platforms, with all eight reserved for Enterprise, and MaxAEO does not name which four on its pricing page — that is the first question to ask. And data retention is tiered aggressively: 30 days on Starter, 90 on Growth, a year on Pro. If you want to demonstrate improvement over two quarters, Starter will have forgotten the beginning.
Quick facts
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| Ideal user | Small businesses and consultants wanting monitoring at minimal cost |
| Learning curve | ⭐ Low — self-serve and focused |
| Setup time | Minutes |
| Free trial | ⚠️ None stated |
| Free tier | ⚠️ None |
| Pricing | ⭐ Starter $15/mo annual · $19 monthly |
| Cadence | ⭐ Daily monitoring on every plan |
| Key limit | ⚠️ 4 of 8 platforms below Enterprise; 30-day retention on Starter |
Overview
MaxAEO’s proposition is straightforward: continuous AI search visibility monitoring at a price low enough to remove the decision. Starter costs $15 a month billed annually, or $19 monthly, and covers one brand, 10 search prompts, 4 platforms, 5 competitors per brand and 30 days of data retention, with daily monitoring and what the vendor calls full 9-dimension analytics. That is a lower entry point than any other tool in this comparison that publishes rates.
The tiering is unusually honest in structure. MaxAEO states directly that every plan includes full 9-dimension analytics and that only monitoring scale differs — a claim borne out by the plan table, where daily monitoring, full analytics and self-serve access appear identically across Starter, Growth and Pro. What changes is volume: Growth at $119 a month billed annually ($149 monthly) raises the limits to 100 search prompts, 8 competitors and 90-day retention; Pro at $319 ($399) covers 4 brands, 400 prompts, 8 competitors and a year of retention. MaxAEO labels these as saving 22% and 47% per prompt respectively against Starter. Enterprise is custom with unlimited brands, prompts, competitors and retention, all 8 platforms and a dedicated account manager.
Two limits deserve attention before purchase, both visible in the plan table rather than buried. First, all three published tiers cover 4 platforms out of 8 available, and the pricing page does not name which four — full coverage is Enterprise-only. For a category where the difference between measuring ChatGPT and measuring Google AI Overviews is strategically enormous, that is worth resolving before subscribing. Second, retention is tiered tightly at 30, 90 and 365 days, which matters because the point of monitoring is to show change over time. A 30-day window on Starter will not evidence a two-quarter improvement programme.
Key features
- Daily monitoring⭐ on every plan including $15 Starter
- Full 9-dimension analytics⭐ identical across all tiers
- Competitor tracking5 per brand on Starter, 8 on Growth and Pro
- Multi-brand support4 brands on Pro, unlimited on Enterprise
- Self-serve signup⭐ no demo call required on published tiers
- Search prompt tracking10, 100 or 400 by tier
- Annual discount20% off across published plans
- Data retention⚠️ 30 days, 90 days or 1 year by tier
- Platform coverage⚠️ 4 of 8 below Enterprise
- Dedicated account managerEnterprise only
Pricing (as of 2026-10-01)
Model: volume-tiered subscriptions with identical analytics on every plan; 20% off annual billing · Free tier: ⚠️ none, and no trial is stated · Entry paid: $15/mo annual (Starter)
| Plan | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Starter — Brand Check | $15/mo annual · $19 monthly | 1 brand · 10 search prompts · 4 platforms (8 available) · 5 competitors per brand · ⚠️ 30-day data retention · ⭐ daily monitoring · full 9-dimension analytics · self-serve |
| Growth — Full GEO Monitoring | $119/mo annual · $149 monthly | 3 brands · 100 shared search prompts · any 6 of 8 platforms · 8 competitors per brand · 90-day retention · daily monitoring · full analytics |
| Pro — Multi-Brand Matrix | $319/mo annual · $399 monthly | 10 brands · 400 shared search prompts · ⭐ all 8 platforms · 8 competitors per brand · 1-year retention · daily monitoring · full analytics |
| Enterprise — Unlimited | Custom | Unlimited brands, prompts, competitors and retention · ⭐ all 8 platforms · daily monitoring · full analytics · dedicated account manager |
⭐ At $15 a month billed annually, Starter is the cheapest published continuous AI visibility monitoring in this comparison — roughly half Otterly.ai‘s $29 and a seventh of Gumshoe’s $99 — while still including daily runs and the complete analytics set.
⚠️ Platform coverage is tiered rather than uniform: Starter reaches any 4 of the 8 AI platforms, Growth any 6, and Pro and Enterprise all 8. MaxAEO does not name which platforms a lower tier may choose from, so confirm the four or six you need are available before subscribing.
⚠️ Data retention is the hidden constraint: 30 days on Starter, 90 on Growth, one year on Pro. Monitoring exists to show change, and a 30-day window cannot evidence a quarterly programme. If you intend to report progress to anyone, price Growth rather than Starter.
⭐ MaxAEO states that only monitoring scale differs between plans and that full 9-dimension analytics is included on every tier — so the cheapest plan is a smaller version of the product rather than a deliberately hobbled one. That is a better structure than vendors who reserve sentiment or citation analysis for higher tiers.
⚠️ No free tier or trial is stated on the pricing page. Competitors are more generous here: Gumshoe offers a free sample audit, XFunnel a free one-time audit of 50 queries, and HubSpot’s grader is free outright — all useful ways to sanity-check MaxAEO’s output before or alongside subscribing.
Ratings breakdown
Pros
- ⭐ $15/mo billed annually — the lowest published entry price here
- ⭐ Daily monitoring on every plan, including the cheapest
- ⭐ Full analytics on every tier; only scale differs
- Competitor tracking included from Starter, 5 per brand
- Self-serve signup with no demo call required
- 20% discount for annual billing across published plans
- Pro covers 4 brands, useful for consultants with several clients
- Per-prompt cost falls sharply at higher tiers — a stated 47% on Pro
Cons
- ⚠️ Only 4 of 8 platforms on all published tiers
- ⚠️ The four included platforms are not named on the pricing page
- ⚠️ 30-day data retention on Starter undermines trend reporting
- ⚠️ No free tier and no stated trial
- Starter covers only 10 prompts, which is a narrow view of a category
- Single brand on Starter and Growth
- Support beyond self-serve is Enterprise-only
Who it’s for
- Small businesses wanting some AI visibility monitoring rather than none
- Consultants tracking a handful of prompts for a client cheaply
- Teams testing whether AI visibility monitoring earns a bigger budget
- Anyone priced out of the $99-and-up tier of this category
Who it’s not for
- Buyers who need all eight platforms without an Enterprise contract
- Teams reporting quarter-on-quarter trends from the Starter plan
- Agencies needing many brands below the Pro tier
- Anyone who wants to trial before paying
Best use cases
- Establishing a continuous baseline of AI visibility at minimal cost
- Tracking 10 to 100 category prompts daily against named competitors
- Monitoring several client brands from one Pro subscription
- Proving internally that AI visibility monitoring is worth funding properly
- Watching competitor movement in AI answers over a quarter
Integrations
MaxAEO’s pricing page publishes no integration detail — no API, no MCP server, no export format and no connector list — which is the clearest difference between it and the tools a tier above. Gumshoe publishes full CSV and JSON exports plus a read API from $99 a month; SE Ranking includes 25,000 API credits and MCP access at $103.20; Nightwatch ships an MCP server on every plan from €79. If your intention is to pull AI visibility data into a warehouse, a dashboard or an assistant, MaxAEO does not currently advertise a route, and that should be confirmed before you commit even at $15 a month. What it does offer is self-serve access with no sales process, which at this price point is the integration that matters most.
How it compares
| MaxAEO | Otterly.ai | Gumshoe | HubSpot AI Search Grader | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | ⭐ $15/mo annual (Starter) | $29/mo (Lite) | $99/mo (Starter) | ⭐ Free |
| Working tier | $119/mo Growth annual | $189/mo Standard | $299/mo Pro | Free — no paid tier |
| Monitoring cadence | ⭐ Daily monitoring | ⭐ Daily on every plan | Weekly on Starter, daily on Pro | ⚠️ One-time snapshot |
| AI engines | 4 of 8 below Enterprise | 4 answer engines | ⭐ 11 tracked, 6 per audit | ⚠️ Not disclosed |
| Free entry | Self-serve signup | ⚠️ No free plan | ⭐ Free sample audit | ⭐ None needed |
| Best fit | Cheapest published AI visibility monitoring | Cheapest credible daily AI visibility tracking | Persona-based AI visibility measurement | One-time free AEO snapshot |
All figures are vendor-published and verified on 2026-09-07. Entry prices are the cheapest published rate, annual where the vendor offers one.
Alternatives
Otterly.ai is the closest competitor at $29 a month for 15 prompts across four named answer engines, with daily runs and unlimited seats — roughly twice the price, but it names its engines and includes MCP access. Gumshoe at $99 adds persona-level analysis across 11 models and a free sample audit, which is a different and deeper kind of measurement. Mentionova at $99 a month billed annually bundles agentic task automation rather than monitoring alone. For free second opinions, HubSpot’s AI Search Grader and XFunnel’s 50-query audit both cost nothing and are worth running alongside. And if you need monitoring inside a full SEO suite, SE Ranking tracks 100 prompts daily at $103.20 a month billed annually. MaxAEO’s argument is price, and at $15 it is a strong one — provided the four included platforms are the ones you care about.
Recent changes
As verified on 2026-09-07, MaxAEO publishes four tiers with a stated 20% discount for annual billing. Starter is $15 a month billed annually or $19 monthly, covering one brand, 10 search prompts, 4 platforms, 5 competitors per brand and 30 days of data retention. Growth is $119 annually or $149 monthly for 100 prompts, 8 competitors and 90-day retention, which MaxAEO labels a 22% saving per prompt. Pro is $319 annually or $399 monthly for 4 brands, 400 prompts, 8 competitors and one year of retention, labelled a 47% saving per prompt. Enterprise is custom with unlimited brands, prompts, competitors and retention, all 8 platforms and a dedicated account manager. Every published tier includes daily monitoring, full 9-dimension analytics and self-serve access, with MaxAEO stating explicitly that only monitoring scale differs between plans. Platform coverage remains capped at 4 of 8 below Enterprise, and the pricing page does not currently name which four are included, nor does it state a free tier, trial, API or export capability.
Frequently asked questions
How much does MaxAEO cost?
Starter is $15 a month billed annually, or $19 monthly. Growth is $119 annually or $149 monthly. Pro is $319 annually or $399 monthly. Enterprise is custom. Annual billing saves 20% across the published tiers. That $15 entry point is the lowest published price for continuous AI visibility monitoring in this comparison — roughly half Otterly.ai‘s $29 and a seventh of Gumshoe’s $99.
Which AI platforms does MaxAEO monitor?
All published plans cover 4 platforms out of 8 that MaxAEO says are available, and the pricing page does not name which four. All eight require an Enterprise contract on custom pricing. This is the single most important thing to clarify before subscribing, because the practical value of the tool depends entirely on whether the four included platforms are the ones your buyers actually use.
Do cheaper MaxAEO plans have fewer features?
No, and MaxAEO says so explicitly: every plan includes full 9-dimension analytics and daily monitoring, and only monitoring scale differs between tiers. What changes as you move up is volume — search prompts from 10 to 400, competitors from 5 to 8, brands from 1 to 4, and data retention from 30 days to a year. That is a more honest structure than gating sentiment or citation analysis behind higher tiers.
How long does MaxAEO keep my data?
30 days on Starter, 90 days on Growth, one year on Pro and unlimited on Enterprise. This deserves more attention than it usually gets, because the purpose of monitoring is demonstrating change. A 30-day window cannot show a quarterly improvement, so if you intend to report progress to a client or a board, Growth at $119 a month billed annually is the realistic entry point rather than Starter.
Is there a free trial of MaxAEO?
No free tier or trial is stated on the pricing page. If you want to sanity-check the category before paying, several free options exist elsewhere: HubSpot’s AI Search Grader is a free one-time check requiring no account, XFunnel offers a free one-time audit covering 50 search queries, and Gumshoe provides a free sample audit. Running one of those first is a sensible way to calibrate expectations.
Does MaxAEO have an API or export?
Its pricing page publishes no API, MCP server, export format or connector list. If you need AI visibility data flowing into a warehouse, dashboard or AI assistant, confirm this with MaxAEO directly before subscribing. Competitors are explicit: Gumshoe publishes CSV and JSON export plus a read API from $99, and Nightwatch includes an MCP server on every plan from €79 a month billed yearly.
Is MaxAEO good enough at $15 a month?
For establishing a baseline, yes — daily monitoring of 10 prompts against 5 competitors with full analytics is genuinely useful, and considerably better than the alternative most companies have, which is no measurement at all. For running a reporting programme, the 30-day retention and 4-platform cap will bind quickly. Treat Starter as the way to find out whether this matters to your business, then size up deliberately.
Sources
- MaxAEO — official pricing page and plan comparison
- Gumshoe — official pricing and capability comparison
- HubSpot — AI Search Grader
- XFunnel — official pricing page
- SE Ranking — official pricing page
Compiled from public sources; last verified 2026-10-01. Pricing is subject to change — verify with the vendor. Ratings reflect editorial opinion based on documented capabilities, published pricing, and aggregated user reviews. DigiJaws does not accept payment for review placement or rating.
Looking for the numbers? Our MaxAEO pricing page breaks down every plan, what each upgrade costs over a year, and what the headline price leaves out.
MaxAEO Review (4/5): Features & Verdict 2026. DigiJaws, 2026. https://digijaws.com/reviews/maxaeo-review/