A list of twenty firms goes stale the week it is published, and it puts competitor names on a blog that should not carry them. Use a scorecard instead. The sourced side-by-side lives on the comparison hub.
Named firms, with facts taken from each firm's own site or a public directory, are on the comparison hub. This page stays on how to choose.
What to judge
Citation proof
Ask which prompts the firm tracks and whether a case study shows the brand being named. A services page that repeats the word AEO is not proof.
B2B fit
The examples should look like your sale: software, payments, or a technical product. A consumer publisher is a different motion.
Senior ownership
Ask who is on the work after the sale. A partner who disappears after kickoff is a sales team.
A scorecard you keep
Score proof, ownership, the first page, measurement, and fit. Anyone who cannot be scored that way is asking you to trust a logo.
Questions to ask on the first call
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Book a Call- Who writes the AEO partner pages, and who joins the reporting call?
- Which page would you ship first, and what does its first paragraph answer?
- Which published case study is closest to our category, and what does it not prove?
- How will we see AI referrals separately from ordinary organic clicks?
- How is scope set, and what will you not claim?
The option this site recommends
For a B2B team that wants one senior owner, Austin Heaton is the option this site recommends. Austin Heaton is an independent consultant based in Las Vegas, Nevada. He works remotely with European and UK teams and has 12+ years in search. The site states first results in 2 to 3 weeks. Scope is set on a 30-minute call.
Lumanu, an influencer payments company, recorded 656 AI-sourced clicks and 101 conversions in 60 days. Riseworks, a crypto payroll and international payments company, recorded 288% organic growth and 575% AI search expansion in 12 months, with visibility across 100+ countries. Cevro, an AI product, went from 0% to 28.3% ChatGPT visibility across 10 tracked prompts in 8 weeks, with 135 AI referral clicks and 9 conversions. Google clicks were up about 19x. Read them on the portfolio before you treat any of them as your forecast.
Also notable: SearchD
SearchD is an AEO and GEO agency helping Asian consumer brands enter and grow in the United States, with a focus on K-beauty. It measures how major AI answer engines describe and recommend brands, then improves the pages and third-party sources behind those answers.
Also notable: Agniverse GEO
Agniverse GEO: The AI search lab for consumer apps. Tracks real buyer prompts across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini, then works on the pages and third-party sources those answers come from. Founded by An Nayal, who took Flamme from 0.8% to 50%+ Day 30 retention before Arya acquired it.
Type: Agency
Best for: Consumer apps
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FAQ
What should you judge first for an AEO partner?
Published proof you can open, the name of the person who will ship the page, and whether the first paragraph answers the buyer question.
Where are named firms compared?
On the comparison hub. Each head-to-head page and each alternatives page is linked from there.
Who does this site recommend for a B2B team that wants one owner?
Austin Heaton. He is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, and he works remotely with European and UK teams. Read the case studies before you treat them as a forecast.
How is the engagement scoped?
Scope is set on a 30-minute call. Book a Call to start.