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The AI-readiness company

Be the answer AI gives — and the business its agents can use.

Buyers ask AI, not Google — and soon their agents will buy for them. We build your authority, ready your back end for agents, and make the fixes — measured, done for you.

Our mission

Ready every business for the agent-driven web.

  • Get every business ready for the AI that now answers for its customers.
  • Build the authority that turns “known” into “cited”.
  • Wire the back end for the agents about to browse, book, and buy.
  • Measure the whole journey — and make the fixes ourselves.

Ideal for

  • Agencies & consultants
  • SaaS & B2B companies
  • Ecommerce & local businesses
  • Startups & founders
  • In-house marketing teams

Why teams switch to us

What sets AEOForge apart

From diagnosis to verified fixes — the whole AI-readiness journey, measured, and actually done.

AEOForge

  • We apply and verify every fix
  • Authority building — the citation lever
  • Agent-ready back-end setup
  • Real answer-engine citation tracking
  • Before/after re-scored and verified
  • Honest — no citation guarantees

Typical AEO tools

  • You get a report and a to-do list
  • Keyword briefs and “more content”
  • On-page SEO only
  • Search-rank tracking as a proxy
  • One-off scores, never re-checked
  • Promises they can’t measure

What AI readiness actually takes

Four things decide whether AI picks you.

Most tools do one and call it “AEO”. We cover all four — the full journey to an AI-ready business — and apply the fixes.

Authority

The strongest lever in our citation model — and the one most tools skip. We build the entity signals AI weighs: schema, resolvable sameAs, Wikidata and knowledge-panel presence, off-site mentions — tracked as a measured authority score, never a promise.

Agent-ready back end

AI agents are starting to browse, compare, and transact for your customers. We make your site readable and operable for them: crawlability for every AI bot, llms.txt, schema, and agent-readiness probes.

Content structured for AI

Content built to be quoted, not just ranked: direct answers, extractable structure, research-grounded citations — in your brand voice.

Citation monitoring

We watch the real answer engines: which prompts cite you, which off-site sources feed them, which AI bots crawl you, and when an AI answer sends a visit. Off-engine checks, not guesswork.

We make the fixes — not a to-do list

Other tools stop at the report. We apply and verify every fix.

Diagnosis is where the tools agencies use today end. We connect to your site, apply each fix ourselves — live or by reviewed PR — and prove it with a live re-score against a pinned baseline. Only pages that pass are marked verified.

  1. 1

    Audit

    A complete site audit finds and prioritises every fix.

  2. 2

    Connect

    A 5-minute invite link connects your site — no credentials shared.

  3. 3

    Apply

    We apply each fix ourselves, live or via a reviewed PR.

  4. 4

    Verify

    verify-page re-fetches and re-scores each page against the baseline.

  5. 5

    Diff

    A before/after snapshot diff proves the measured lift.

Need something bespoke?

Our team of AI, AEO, and SEO specialists takes on custom builds, migrations, and one-off engagements — beyond anything automated.

Talk to a specialist

Proof, not promises

Measured outcomes — with the instrument and the date.

11 → 28/28

Agent-readiness signals, made machine-usable

AEOForge dashboard showing the agent readiness case study with a 96/100 AEO score and per-dimension bars

First-party data from AEOForge's 33-signal audit, June 2026 — verifiable by re-running the scan on aeoforged.com.

96/100

Live content score, 8-dimension deterministic rubric

AEOForge scorer (rubric v3), July 2026 — deterministic checks, not model opinion.

Free · no signup · no credit card

First, we check your site

Enter your URL. We'll look at how your site is built, see whether we can connect to apply and verify fixes ourselves, and recommend a Foundation Sprint, a Rebuild, or the retainer — with Monitor as the measurement rung when you want measured AI citations first.

This is a setup check — how your site is built and whether we can connect to do the work. It doesn't predict rankings or AI citations; nothing honest does from a URL alone.

Watch a real rebuild

Before and after, on production

Real screen recordings of a client engagement — no mockups. The original site is walled off from AI engines; the rebuild is connectable, readable, and verifiable.

The original site: a closed builder we can't connect to, structure AI engines can't read.

For agencies switching from brief-and-rank tools

Most “AEO” is SEO with a new label.

Answer engines don't rank pages — they quote them. Put these five questions to the stack you run today, and to us. Whoever answers with live evidence should keep the account.

  1. 1Show me a measured citation rate — the share of real answer-engine checks where my page appeared, not a search rank.
  2. 2Show me one verified before/after, re-scored against a pinned baseline.
  3. 3Which entity signals did you change, and where's the live evidence they resolve?
  4. 4Do you record the checks where I was NOT cited?
  5. 5Who grants “done” — a person, a model, or a re-probe of the live page?

We answer all five. That's the line between measurement and marketing.

The package ladder

Diagnose, fix, grow. Make the site AI-ready with a one-time Foundation Sprint when we can connect (or a Rebuild when we can't), then climb one retainer family: measure with Monitor, step up to Grow when you want us to execute the plan, and Dominate — featured below — adds your sector's intelligence edition, entirely off-site. Hands-on site work is the attachable Site module, never a separate tier. Prices are deterministic; nothing here is priced by a model.

Monitor

Monitor is the measurement rung of our retainer family: a monthly engagement that estimates your real citation probability across AI answer engines (with confidence intervals), detects engine-level model shifts that move everybody's numbers, and delivers a monthly Strategy Report grounded in an Authority Profile diagnostic: who wins the queries you're losing, why, and the sequenced plan to overtake them.

Measured citation probability with confidence ranges — not a fake rank.

$295/mo · month-to-month

Deterministic pricing — rate card, never a model

What's included

  • A tracked query set checked against real answer engines — measured citations, never a search-rank proxy
  • Branded vs generic citation rates charted over time — brand-name lookups and true authority tracked separately
  • Confidence intervals on citation rates — movement is only reported when it exceeds the noise floor; "no detectable change" when it doesn't
  • Weekly measurement-stability panel: identical same-day re-runs publish a flip rate so you know the platform noise level
  • Platform-observed engine-shift detection — rate deltas across a model-update day are never attributed to your work
  • Optional control prompts for model-adjusted (diff-in-diff) trends — separate your gains from market-wide movement
  • Pages view derived from real citations: which pages win, which known pages are never cited
  • Authority Profile diagnostic: seven measured categories, archetype, and the named binding constraint the plan must clear first
  • Monthly Strategy Report: gap battlecards (who is cited, with what content), a query-targeted content plan, and off-site moves — published to your client room

What each part is worth

Tracked query set + real-engine checks
included
Branded/generic scoreboard + trend
included
Measurement stability + engine-shift honesty
included
Authority Profile + monthly Strategy Report
included
Execution (articles, fixes, distribution)
not included — every report ends with priced options

Every number traces to real answer-engine observations — never a search-rank proxy. Single AI answers are stochastic: we estimate citation probability with confidence intervals and refuse to call noise a win. Engine-model shifts are detected platform-wide and never attributed to your work. The report recommends and never promises: authority moves slowly, and a monitoring-only month can show flat generic lines. We say that in the report rather than hiding it; the plan exists to maximise your chances, not to guarantee citations.

Foundation Sprint

Connected sites only — we do the work ourselves

The Foundation Sprint is a one-time engagement that takes your site to AI-ready: every access and infrastructure check passing, missing capabilities installed (Q&A sections, extractable definitions, schema, about/credentials pages), and every touched page at or above its pinned baseline — certified by machine re-probe, with a before/after over the exact pages we worked on.

One-time — we make your site AI-ready, certified by re-probe.

From $1,500 (ceiling $3,500) — one-time

Deterministic pricing — rate card, never a model

What's included

  • AI-Ready certification: crawler access for the major AI bots, llms.txt, sitemap, metadata hygiene, and schema checks all passing — deterministic, re-probed after the work
  • Missing capabilities installed on the pages that should own them: Q&A/FAQ sections, extractable definition blocks, direct-answer leads, about/credentials, Organization schema
  • Touched pages re-audited against their pinned baseline (same pages, same instrument) — at or above baseline, never a site-average shell game
  • White-label share link plus Remediation Stories: what we installed, problem → fix → measured proof

Pairs with an ongoing package. The Sprint is a one-time fix — it doesn't watch the site afterward. Pair it with Monitor to measure whether the work moved anything, or with Grow / Dominate / the Site module to compound it with content and ongoing coverage.

We sell capabilities and coverage, never fix counts — clearing tickets isn't the promise, a site that passes its AI-Ready checks is. Pricing is deterministic: scope is priced item-by-item via the rate card and quoted in writing before you pay — no model ever prices anything. The before/after compares the same scoped pages on the same instrument; only system-granted verified work is presented as proven. This is not a citation guarantee — access, authority, and accuracy still decide whether an engine quotes you.

Grow

Grow is the execution rung of our retainer family: an ongoing monthly engagement that publishes new research-grounded content, measures your AEO position via Monitor's real-engine checks and Strategy Report, and defends it — every month produces new assets and new measurements, not maintenance.

The monthly publish + measure + defend engine.

$1,495/mo · 3-month minimum

Deterministic pricing — rate card, never a model

What's included

  • Everything in Monitor — tracked queries on real engines, confidence intervals, Authority Profile, monthly Strategy Report
  • 1 research-grounded article per month targeting a named gap query, human-reviewed via a review share link
  • A Distribution Kit for the article: LinkedIn post + comment, a 3–5 tweet thread, 6–10 branded carousel PNGs, a newsletter section, and a deployment checklist
  • Closed attribution loop: every shipped asset is watched against real engine checks — "cited N times" or an honest "not yet cited", never a guess
  • Authority phase progress (P0 → P3) with a quarterly replan

What each part is worth

Monitor (measurement + monthly Strategy Report)
standalone: $295/mo
1 article + Distribution Kit, targeting a named gap query
standalone: $495
Attribution loop on every shipped asset
included
Authority phase progress (P0 → P3)
programme — retainer only, never sold bare

No site connection is needed — Grow runs on measurement and content. Distribution split is stated in the contract and every deliverable: we create the assets, you post them; we never claim posting reach we don't control, and we never touch your social credentials. On-site work is not in this rung — add the Site module and we keep the site AI-ready and grow its answer coverage monthly, or order one-off work priced from the rate card.

Site module

Connection required — attaches to any retainer rung

The Site module is an add-on to any retainer rung (Monitor, Grow, or Dominate) that puts our hands on your site every month: a monthly re-probe keeps every AI-Ready check green, and we grow your answer coverage — installing extractable, sector-specific answers for the tracked queries your site can't answer yet, applied over your connection and machine-verified against a pinned baseline.

Add hands-on site work to any rung — kept AI-ready, answer coverage grown monthly.

+$995/mo · added to your retainer rung

Deterministic pricing — rate card, never a model

What's included

  • Attaches to Monitor, Grow, or Dominate — same monthly cycle, one report
  • AI-Ready checks kept green: monthly re-probe of crawler access, llms.txt, sitemap, metadata, and schema — regressions caught and fixed before engines notice
  • Answer coverage grown monthly: uncovered or weak tracked queries get an extractable answer installed on the page that should own it, applied over your connection and verify-page re-checked
  • Coverage and touched-page report vs last month, with Remediation Stories: problem → fix → measured proof

What each part is worth

Monthly AI-Ready re-probe (≤20 pages) + coverage map
rate-card value
Answer installs / page upgrades, applied and verified monthly
rate-card value per item
Remediation Stories (white-label, client-ready)
included

We sell capabilities and coverage, never fix counts — the monthly job is queries your site can now answer, not tickets closed. Applied work requires a site connection (same gate as the Foundation Sprint) and runs against our connected-work capacity cap. Lift is reported as verified deltas on the touched pages against their pinned baseline — never a site average, because page mix and sampling move that number regardless of the work. Audits are ≤20 pages and sampling is disclosed whenever the LLM-audited count is below the technically-checked count. Not a citation guarantee — coverage makes the site eligible; your retainer's monitoring measures whether engines respond.

No site access required

Dominate — authority, measured and built

Authority is the number-one reason AI engines cite a source. This package builds yours entirely off-site: we measure who your market's answer engines actually cite, track your own citation rates, diagnose your authority gaps, connect it all in one master plan — then write and package the content that closes the gaps. You never hand over site access; there's nothing to install.

1

Your profile: Brand voice, facts, competitors — the base every deliverable draws from

2

Your sector: Measured citation standings across your market's real queries

3

Your monitoring: Real-engine checks of your tracked queries, with confidence intervals

4

Your master plan: One Citation Strategy Report connecting standing, rates, and authority gaps

5

Your content: 2 articles/month with full distribution kits — outcomes tracked honestly

Each layer feeds the next — your profile powers the content, the sector edition powers the benchmark, the monitoring powers the plan. Site fixes are deliberately not included: if we ever find on-site work worth doing, it's quoted separately, never smuggled into the retainer.

Dominate

No site connection required — nothing to install, nothing to hand over

Dominate is the top rung of our retainer family and runs entirely off-site: a sector intelligence edition measuring who AI engines actually cite in your market, real-engine citation monitoring of your own queries, an authority diagnostic, one master strategy report connecting all of it, and two research-grounded articles per month — each shipped with a full distribution kit.

The authority engine — sector intelligence, citation tracking, and content that earns AI citations. No site access needed.

$2,495/mo · month-to-month

Deterministic pricing — rate card, never a model

What's included

  • A brand intelligence profile built from your site and inputs — your voice, facts, competitors, and web presence feed every deliverable
  • Your sector's intelligence edition: measured citation standings across real answer engines — who wins which queries, with what content, and where you stand
  • Real-engine citation monitoring of your tracked queries — branded vs generic rates with confidence intervals, never a search-rank proxy
  • Authority diagnostic: seven measured categories, your archetype, and the single binding constraint your plan must clear first
  • The monthly Citation Strategy Report — one master document connecting sector standing, your citation rates, authority gaps, and content outcomes into a sequenced plan
  • 2 research-grounded articles per month targeting the queries you choose — format recommended from measured evidence, delivered with platform-ready distribution kits (LinkedIn, X, carousel, newsletter) and an ordered deployment plan
  • Closed attribution loop: every shipped asset is watched against real engine checks — we report "cited N times" or an honest "not yet cited", never a guess

What each part is worth

Sector Intelligence edition (your market, monthly)
standalone: $495
Citation monitoring + Strategy Report engine
standalone: $295/mo
2 × article + Distribution Kit, query-targeted
standalone: $495 each
Authority diagnostic + master Citation Strategy Report
programme — never sold bare
Site fixes / applied changes
not included — quoted separately if you ever want them

Everything here runs without access to your website — nothing to connect, nothing to install. Every citation number traces to real answer-engine observations with confidence intervals; sector standings move only between two real measurement editions, never faked. We create the content and kits; you post them — we never touch your credentials or claim posting reach. Citations lag new content by weeks and we say so in every outcomes section. Site fixes are deliberately excluded: if an audit ever finds work worth doing on your site, it's quoted separately — never smuggled into this retainer.

Add-ons

Need more of one thing? Add it.

Set-price add-ons attach to any retainer — or buy one on its own. Same deterministic pricing rule: these numbers are set by us in code, never by a model.

Extra article + Distribution Kit

$495

One research-grounded article with its full Distribution Kit (LinkedIn post, tweet thread, carousel, newsletter section). Query-targeted when you have a Strategy Report; also sold as a one-off.

Tracked-query pack (+10 queries)

$99

Ten more tracked queries checked against real answer engines on the monitoring schedule.

Extra audit pages (+10 pages)

$149

Ten more pages in the monthly complete audit, beyond the included set.

If we can't connect

Can't connect? We rebuild it once.

Page-builder walled gardens and heavy-JS sites can't be connected — and the same thing that stops us stops AI from reading you. We rebuild on connectable infrastructure once, then it flows straight into the engine above. The exception, not the offer.

Rebuild (Clone)

A Rebuild (Clone) recreates your existing site — same content and structure — on connectable infrastructure with AI readiness built in from the foundation: llms.txt, schema, crawlability, and agent-readiness, not bolted on after launch.

Same site — rebuilt AI-readable from the infrastructure up.

Per page — pricing on your quote

Deterministic pricing — rate card, never a model

What's included

  • A page-for-page rebuild on connectable infrastructure (your Next.js/Astro repo or a WordPress we configure) with AI readiness built in from the ground up
  • Baseline plus post-build AEO scores for every page
  • Crawlability and agent-readiness passes, with llms.txt and schema installed
  • A before/after comparison against your old site

A rebuild improves readability and operability measurably — baseline vs post-build AEO scores per page — but it does not guarantee rankings or AI citations.

See the kind of site we rebuild

A real client's original site on a closed builder — if we can't read it, AI can't either.

Rebuild (Custom)

A Rebuild (Custom) is a per-project engagement for sites that need more than a like-for-like clone — new design, custom pages, or added features — rebuilt AI-readable on connectable infrastructure with AI readiness built in from the foundation up.

Custom pages, new design, or added features — quoted per project.

Talk to sales

Deterministic pricing — rate card, never a model

What's included

  • Everything in a clone rebuild — AI-readable build on connectable infrastructure, per-page scores, crawlability and agent-readiness passes, llms.txt and schema
  • New design and/or custom pages beyond a like-for-like clone
  • Added features scoped to your project
  • A before/after comparison against your old site

Custom rebuilds are quoted per project by a human — no model ever prices anything. Like every rebuild, they improve readability and operability measurably but do not guarantee rankings or AI citations.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

How is this different from a rank tracker?

Rank trackers estimate search positions. We ask real AI answer engines your tracked questions and record whether you're cited — including the checks where you're not. Measured observations, never extrapolated.

What's the difference between branded and generic queries?

Branded queries mention your name — citations there prove AI can find you when asked directly. Generic queries don't — winning those is the authority goal, and it's the line the strategy plan exists to move.

What does the confidence interval / flip rate mean?

Single AI answers are stochastic — ask the same question twice and you can get different sources cited. We re-run identical checks and publish the flip rate (how often the outcome changes). Citation rates come with a confidence interval; we refuse to call any movement a win when it falls within the noise floor.

Will monitoring alone improve my visibility?

No — measurement doesn't move the needle by itself, and we say so in every report. The Strategy Report tells you exactly what to execute; you can do it yourself, order one-off articles as add-ons, or step up to Grow and we execute it monthly.

What are the terms?

Month-to-month, cancel any time. The Strategy Report is yours to keep and act on either way.

Why do you need to connect to my site?

Because we do the work — every capability is installed by us and machine-verified. The invite link takes your web person about 5 minutes, is scoped to content and SEO fields only, and we never see or store plaintext credentials. If connecting isn't possible, that's exactly what the Rebuild solves.

What does "AI-ready" actually mean?

A deterministic checklist a machine can re-verify: AI crawlers can reach the site (robots, llms.txt, sitemap, rendering), its meaning is machine-readable (metadata, schema, recency signals), key pages carry extractable answers (Q&A blocks, definitions, direct-answer leads), and the trust signals engines look for exist (about/team, credentials, attribution). We re-probe every check after the work — it either passes or it doesn't.

How is the price decided?

It's from $1,500 with a $3,500 ceiling, priced item-by-item from your actual audit via our rate card and confirmed in writing before payment. No model ever sets the price.

Do you guarantee my content will be cited by AI engines?

No. We make the site eligible — checks passing, answers extractable, touched pages verified at or above baseline. Authority and accuracy still decide whether an engine quotes you; citation movement is measured in the Monitor retainer, never promised here.

Is the Sprint enough on its own, or do I need an ongoing package too?

The Sprint is complete on its own — you own the AI-ready site either way. But it's a one-time snapshot: nothing re-checks the site next month, and nothing measures whether the fix actually moved your citations. Most clients pair it with Monitor ($295/mo) at minimum to keep watching, or step up to Grow/Dominate for content, or the Site module to keep the checks green as your site and the AI sector both keep moving.

How is Grow different from Monitor?

Monitor measures and plans; Grow executes the plan. Every month we write one research-grounded article targeting a named gap query from your Strategy Report, ship its full Distribution Kit, and track whether real engines start citing it.

Do you apply fixes to my site in Grow?

No — Grow needs no site access at all. If you want on-site work, attach the Site module (connection required): it keeps your AI-Ready checks green and installs verified answers for tracked queries your site can't answer yet. One-off work priced from the rate card is also available.

Who posts the content you create?

You do. We create the article and its full Distribution Kit; posting is your one task each month. We never ask for or store your social credentials.

What are the retainer terms?

3-month minimum, or month-to-month at +20%. A 6-month commitment unlocks a documented discount on a Foundation Sprint.

Why doesn't this package need access to my website?

Because authority is mostly built off-site and measured from the outside: sector citation sweeps, your own query monitoring, authority diagnostics, and content you publish yourself. Nothing in this package changes your site, so there's nothing to connect. If you later want hands-on fixes, attach the Site module or order a separately quoted piece of work.

Do I have to run a site audit to start?

No. The programme starts from your brand profile and your market's measured citation data — not from an audit backlog. Site audits remain available as an optional extra when you want the on-site picture too.

What is the sector intelligence edition?

A measured benchmark of your market: we ask real answer engines the queries buyers actually ask and record which brands get cited — including confidence intervals and the checks where nobody was cited. Your copy includes a private "where you stand" section derived from your domain.

Who chooses what the articles are about?

You pick the topic or query bet from the content menu in your client room (2 included per month; extras are set-price add-ons). We recommend the article format — comparison, guide, FAQ, case study — from the query's intent and measured engine behaviour, and show you the reason. No endless briefing back-and-forth.

Who posts the content?

You do. We deliver the article plus a platform-faithful distribution kit — LinkedIn post, X thread, carousel, newsletter section — with an ordered deployment plan. We never ask for or store your social credentials, and we never claim posting reach we don't control.

Do you guarantee AI citations?

No — nobody honestly can. We sell measured standing, a sequenced plan, delivered assets, and honest outcome tracking: every shipped asset is checked against real engines and reported as "cited N times" or "not yet cited". Citations typically lag new content by weeks and we state that plainly.

Can I buy the Site module on its own?

No — it attaches to a retainer rung (Monitor, Grow, or Dominate) because the coverage map is built from the same tracked queries your retainer measures. The site work and the measurement share one instrument; that's the point. For one-time work without a retainer, that's the Foundation Sprint.

Why does the Site module need a connection?

Because the work is done by us and machine-verified — the same gate as the Foundation Sprint. Without a connection we can still report and price the work, but we can't apply it.

What happened to "top 5 fixes per month"?

We retired fix counts after our own testing showed a site can have 20 tickets closed and not be better off. The unit we sell now is coverage: which of your tracked queries the site can answer extractably, kept-green AI-Ready checks, and verified lift on the pages we touched.

How is this different from the Foundation Sprint?

The Sprint is the one-time install that gets the site to AI-ready; the Site module keeps it there and compounds — every month the checks are re-probed and more of your tracked queries get an installed, verified answer.

Why not just start on the Grow retainer?

You can — Grow delivers measurement, strategy, and grounded content without a connection. We show you what's wrong and how to fix it, and quote hands-on fixes where the platform allows. Our advice on walled or unreadable sites is to rebuild once on AI-ready infrastructure so you get the full benefit: fixes applied and verified, verified score lift, and compounding retainer work on a site built for the future — not just guidance you have to action yourself.

A rebuild sounds drastic.

We start with one page: we rebuild it, score both versions, and you decide with the delta in front of you. And the blocker is real — the platform that stops us connecting is the same one making your site hard for AI to read.

How is a rebuild priced?

Clone rebuilds are a set price per page; you approve a quote for the pages that matter before any work. Custom pages, new design, or added features are quoted per project — talk to sales.

What happens after the rebuild?

The rebuilt site is connectable by construction, so it flows straight into a retainer with the Site module — zero connection friction — if you want ongoing publishing and measurement.

How is a custom rebuild priced?

Per project, quoted in writing after we scope the design, pages, and features. Automation and published prices come later — for now, talk to sales.

How is this different from a clone rebuild?

A clone rebuilds your existing content and structure page-for-page at a set per-page price. A custom rebuild adds new design, custom pages, or features on top, so it's quoted per project.

Does a rebuild guarantee AI citations?

No. Any rebuild improves readability and operability measurably, but access, authority, and accuracy still decide whether an engine cites you.

Our honesty bar

We sell measured readiness, delivered assets, and verified score lift. Nobody can honestly guarantee AI citations — including us. Numbers labelled “proxy” are exactly that.