Best AEO & GEO Agencies in 2026: 30 Agencies Compared

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) agencies help brands earn mentions, citations, and favorable framing inside ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Gemini. This directory combines every agency listed in Peec AI's public Agency Directory with four independent specialist picks chosen for their public track record in AI search research and consulting, organized by specialization and industry fit so you can shortlist a partner in minutes instead of scrolling a filter widget.

Quick stats: 30 agencies are profiled here. 26 come from Peec AI's public directory, and 11 of those carry the Trusted Partner badge. The remaining 4 are independent editorial picks. Between them, these agencies cover 12+ languages and 8 distinct GEO/AEO service categories, from GEO audits to Reddit and community strategy.

What an AEO/GEO agency actually does

An AEO/GEO agency runs the same core loop for every client: audit current AI visibility, build or fix content and technical signals that AI crawlers can read, and track mentions and citations over time to prove the work moved the needle. Most agencies package this into a handful of services: GEO audits, GEO visibility improvement, GEO visibility tracking, content creation and optimization, and digital PR and outreach. A smaller group adds specialized services like AI commerce optimization for e-commerce brands or Reddit and community strategy, since Reddit threads are cited heavily by ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews.

The work differs from classic SEO in one key way. Classic SEO optimizes for a ranked list of blue links. AEO/GEO optimizes for a single generated answer that may or may not name your brand, so agencies spend more time on structured, extractable content, third-party citation building, and crawler access than on backlink volume alone.

How agencies get vetted: Trusted Partner vs. listed agency

Every agency sourced from Peec AI's directory offers AEO, GEO, or AI visibility services and passed a basic relevance and quality review. A smaller subset carries a Trusted Partner badge, which means the agency went through a deeper vetting process and demonstrated data-backed experience running client work inside Peec AI specifically. Four agencies in this list, Algorythmic, iPullRank, Amsive, and Stella Rising, are not part of Peec AI's public directory. They are added here as editorial picks based on independent recognition in the AEO/GEO space, including industry awards, published research, and consultant reputation, and are marked as Featured pick in the comparison table rather than Trusted Partner. Neither status involves a paid placement: agencies are not charged to appear in this article, and Peec AI's directory does not take commissions or referral fees.

Comparison: all 30 AEO/GEO agencies

Featured pick: Algorythmic (Lily Ray)

Algorythmic is Lily Ray's independent SEO and AI Search consultancy, built on more than 15 years of experience helping major brands navigate Google Search, Discover, and answer engines like ChatGPT and Gemini. Lily also serves as VP of SEO & AI Search at Amsive, and was named the #1 Most Influential SEO by USA Today in 2022. Algorythmic's services span AEO/GEO strategy and audits, E-E-A-T and brand authority work, Google Discover strategy, technical SEO, content quality audits, and a proprietary LLM Visibility Scanner. It fits enterprise and mid-market brands that want direct access to one of the most cited voices on E-E-A-T and AI search visibility, available in English and Spanish.

Trusted Partner agencies

These 11 agencies have gone through Peec AI's deeper vetting process and shown data-backed AEO/GEO work with clients.

Graphite Growth

Graphite is a research-driven growth agency that helps companies drive sustainable revenue via SEO and AEO. It focuses on content creation and optimization for enterprise, B2B, SaaS, e-commerce, and marketplace brands, and operates in English.

Omniscient

Omniscient builds revenue-focused organic growth systems for B2B brands, optimized for both classic search and generative AI. It covers the full service stack: GEO visibility improvement, GEO audits, GEO visibility tracking, digital PR, and content creation, serving B2B, SaaS, Enterprise, and Professional Services clients across five languages.

Mito Group

Mito Group boosts and fine-tunes digital performance, supercharging brands with AI-powered content creation and optimization. It runs GEO audits, visibility improvement, tracking, content, and digital PR for e-commerce, B2B, SaaS, marketplace, and professional services clients in Hungarian and English.

ROAST

ROAST is an award-winning performance-centric media agency driving ROAS and growth. Its GEO stack covers audits, visibility improvement, tracking, and digital PR across B2B, e-commerce, SaaS, local services, enterprise, and marketplace clients.

Create. Group

Create. Group builds fan engagement for nations, destinations, and global brands that want cultural impact. Its GEO work centers on content creation and audits for B2B, local services, and professional services clients, in Arabic and English.

Thrive Internet Marketing Agency

Thrive is a full-service digital marketing partner covering SEO, PPC, social, and web design alongside brand building, GEO audits, and GEO visibility improvement for B2B, e-commerce, and SaaS clients.

Fight or Flight

Fight or Flight specializes in integrated B2B campaigns built for both emotional and commercial impact, running GEO tracking, visibility improvement, digital PR, brand building, and content creation for SaaS, B2B, enterprise, and marketplace brands.

Radyant

Radyant is a growth agency specialized in SEO and AI search, positioning itself around turning search into the next growth lever. It runs content creation, GEO visibility improvement, and GEO tracking for B2B, SaaS, and professional services clients in English, German, and Spanish.

Growth Plays

Growth Plays builds content engines for SEO and generative AI designed to drive pipeline, not just pageviews, focused on content creation and optimization for B2B and SaaS clients.

Threepipe Reply

Threepipe Reply gives brands clarity in a rapidly changing, complex landscape through its full-service offering: GEO audits, visibility improvement, tracking, content creation, and brand building for e-commerce, B2B, and local services clients across five languages.

TJ Digital

TJ Digital delivers cutting-edge AI optimization (GEO) led by SEO veteran TJ Robertson, running content creation, GEO visibility improvement, and audits for B2B, professional services, local services, and marketplace clients.

Editor's picks: iPullRank, Amsive, and Stella Rising

These three agencies are not part of Peec AI's public directory but earned a spot here on independent merit: published research, industry awards, and proprietary AI visibility tooling.

iPullRank

iPullRank is Mike King's agency, built on rigorous information retrieval science rather than SEO folklore. King's book The Science of SEO and his widely cited analysis of the 2024 Google API leak helped define relevance engineering as its own discipline. iPullRank runs technical SEO, content, and AEO/GEO engagements for enterprise and B2B brands that need retrieval-grade rigor behind their AI visibility strategy.

Amsive

Amsive is a data-led performance marketing agency and 2025 Search Engine Land Agency of the Year for SEO. Its AEO/GEO practice, which includes Lily Ray as VP of SEO & AI Search and Joshua Squires as Director of AI Search, pairs technical SEO for AI discoverability with a Profound partnership for real-time visibility tracking across ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Perplexity, and Copilot. It serves enterprise, B2B, SaaS, and e-commerce clients.

Stella Rising

Stella Rising is a media and marketing agency built for beauty, health, and wellness brands, offering integrated SEO, AEO, and GEO services. Its proprietary ChatTrak platform tracks brand mentions across ChatGPT and other generative interfaces at no added cost to clients, alongside TokTrak for TikTok search visibility. It reports a 2,500% lift in a primary SEO KPI for one enterprise e-commerce client.

Other listed agencies

These 15 agencies are reviewed and relevant to AEO/GEO but have not yet gone through the Trusted Partner vetting process.

Gut elevates advertising, marketing strategy, and media through AI, running GEO audits, tracking, visibility improvement, and technical SEO across six languages for B2B, e-commerce, enterprise, marketplace, and local services clients.

DEPT® delivers growth invention for ambitious companies at global scale, covering GEO visibility improvement, content creation, AI commerce optimization, digital PR, and technical SEO across eight languages, including Dutch, Danish, and Polish.

Red-engage helps brands win attention on Reddit and across AI-powered search, a niche that matters because Reddit is one of the most frequently cited sources in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews answers.

Monks is an award-winning global digital marketing consultancy spanning media, data, content, and technology, running GEO audits, tracking, visibility improvement, content creation, and brand building for enterprise and B2B clients.

Primelis transforms fragmented strategies into a unified system for full-funnel brand performance, with GEO tracking, audits, AI commerce optimization, content, and technical SEO across English, French, Portuguese, and Hebrew.

Charle Agency is the search-first Shopify agency, focused entirely on AI commerce optimization and GEO for e-commerce brands.

PartnerCentric grows measurable, incremental revenue through affiliate, influencer, and partner channels, adding GEO audits, tracking, visibility improvement, content, and digital PR to that mix.

Exposure Ninja is an award-winning search marketing agency specializing in SEO, AI search, and PPC, running GEO audits, visibility improvement, content, digital PR, and technical SEO for professional services, enterprise, e-commerce, SaaS, and B2B clients.

Distinctly is a leading London digital marketing agency helping ambitious B2C brands grow via expert-led, AI-enhanced search strategies, covering GEO audits, digital PR, content, and tracking across four languages.

Peak Ace AG delivers digital experiences through GEO visibility improvement, digital PR, content, technical SEO, and tracking across six languages for B2B, e-commerce, SaaS, professional services, and enterprise clients.

Huble brings award-winning CRM and customer experience expertise into GEO audits, visibility improvement, tracking, content, and technical SEO for B2B, professional services, SaaS, local services, and enterprise clients.

Codeword is a full-service communication agency with deep tech messaging, reputation, and storytelling expertise, applying GEO visibility improvement, Reddit and community strategy, brand building, content, and digital PR for B2B, enterprise, and SaaS clients.

AN Digital is an AI search visibility specialist trusted by global brands like Volvo, HelloFresh, and McDonald's, running GEO audits, tracking, visibility improvement, AI commerce optimization, and digital PR in English and German.

Elegant Disruption crafts performance and shapes perception in the AI era, running GEO visibility improvement, digital PR, and content creation for B2B and professional services clients.

duwerk is a GEO agency combining strategy and execution for AI visibility in the DACH market, covering content marketing, digital PR, GEO audits, and tracking in English and German.

How to choose the right AEO/GEO agency for your brand

Match expertise to your actual gap, not the agency's homepage. If your problem is that AI engines cannot crawl or parse your pages, you need GEO audit and technical SEO expertise before you need more content. If your problem is zero third-party citations, you need digital PR and outreach capability more than an in-house writer.

Check industry fit before service breadth. An agency that lists five service categories but has never worked a brand in your vertical will spend your first quarter learning your market. Charle Agency only works Shopify e-commerce and Stella Rising focuses on beauty, health, and wellness; that focus is a feature if you match the vertical and irrelevant otherwise.

Confirm language and market coverage if you sell internationally. AI engines answer differently per language and market, so an agency that only operates in English cannot build a German-language citation strategy for your DACH expansion. duwerk and Peak Ace AG both specialize in German-speaking markets for exactly this reason.

Ask for AEO/GEO-specific case studies, not classic SEO wins. A rise in organic rankings does not prove AI visibility improved. Ask what mention rate, citation rate, or share of voice moved, on which prompts, over what period, and request the raw before-and-after data rather than a summary slide. Stella Rising's ChatTrak and Amsive's Profound partnership are examples of agencies that back claims with dedicated tracking infrastructure.

Decide whether you need a specialist, a full-service partner, or an independent consultant. Single-service specialists like Red-engage (Reddit) or Charle Agency (Shopify commerce) go deep on one lever. Full-service agencies like Monks, DEPT®, or Amsive cover the whole funnel but at enterprise pricing and pace. Independent consultancies like Algorythmic or iPullRank give you direct access to a named expert rather than an account team. Match the choice to whether your gap is narrow and specific, broad and structural, or strategic and needs a senior voice in the room.

FAQ

What is the difference between an AEO agency and a traditional SEO agency? A traditional SEO agency optimizes for ranking positions in classic search results. An AEO agency optimizes for being named, cited, and favorably described inside AI-generated answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and similar engines. Many agencies now offer both, since the underlying content and technical work overlaps significantly.

How much does an AEO/GEO agency cost? Pricing is not published by any agency in this directory and is negotiated directly between the brand and the agency. Expect scope-based retainers similar to SEO or PR agency pricing, with enterprise-focused agencies like DEPT®, Amsive, or Conductor-adjacent full-service shops pricing well above boutique specialists or independent consultancies.

What does the Trusted Partner badge actually mean, and how is it different from a Featured pick? Trusted Partner means the agency went through Peec AI's deeper vetting process and demonstrated strong, data-backed experience running AEO/GEO client work specifically inside Peec AI's platform. Featured pick, used for Algorythmic, iPullRank, Amsive, and Stella Rising, marks agencies chosen editorially for this article based on independent industry recognition rather than Peec AI's vetting process. Neither label guarantees fit for your brand.

Can one agency handle AI visibility across every language my brand needs? Only if you check their listed languages first. Coverage varies widely, from single-language specialists like Charle Agency (English only) to DEPT®, which operates across eight languages including Dutch, Danish, and Polish. For a market like DACH specifically, duwerk and Peak Ace AG are purpose-built for German-language GEO.

Do I need both a tracking tool and an agency? Yes, in most cases. A tracking tool like Peec AI, or a proprietary one like Stella Rising's ChatTrak, tells you what is happening: your mention rate, citation rate, and sentiment across engines. An agency tells you why and fixes it: content gaps, missing technical signals, and weak third-party citation coverage.

Should I hire a named expert like Lily Ray or Mike King instead of an agency? It depends on what you need. Independent consultancies built around one named expert, like Algorythmic or iPullRank, give you direct strategic access and a public track record you can vet in advance. Larger agencies give you more hands for execution at scale. Some brands use both: a named expert for strategy and audits, and a larger agency or in-house team for ongoing execution.

How do I contact an agency from this list? Every agency has a public website with direct contact options. For the 26 agencies sourced from Peec AI's directory, profiles include a website link or email address, and all communication and commercial terms happen directly between the brand and the agency with no intermediary fees.