What each of us actually does
AEO Engine's Growth plan, $1,597 a month, includes site optimization, 30 on-brand SEO and AEO articles, three to five backlinks, a quarterly PR campaign and brand mentions on Reddit, Quora and LinkedIn. Scale, $2,997, doubles the content. Enterprise starts at $10,000. Both smaller plans carry a 30% traffic growth guarantee in 90 days for qualified clients. That is from their pricing page in September 2026.
Picked by Agents does not sell articles. We run your customers' real questions through the assistants they use, read why the assistant passed on you, and fix that. A published price, a booking path an agent can complete, a service area in text, a profile that agrees with your site. Named, $2,997, covers one market and one customer journey. Picked, $4,997, covers every journey and adds call tracking that tags AI-sourced inquiries. Both are month to month.
Where the two approaches part
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Volume vs the deciding fact
AEO Engine's model is that more authoritative content earns more citations. Ours is that for a local buying question the assistant is looking for a price, an opening and a way to act, and the business that publishes them wins. In our probes 97% of picks came from the business's own site.
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Traffic vs picks
Their guarantee is traffic. Ours is being named in your customers' questions, measured on agreed prompts run repeatedly. Traffic is a means. The pick is the thing.
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Their buyer vs ours
AEO Engine's industry pages lean to law firms, SaaS, ecommerce and healthcare. We work in local services with a big ticket and an owner who decides. HVAC, plumbing, senior living, implants, pools, venues.
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What you keep
Both of us leave you the assets. Ours are your own pages, profile and booking path, so they keep working after you stop paying.
When AEO Engine is the better choice
If you sell nationally, your buyer researches for weeks, and your category is decided by authority and citations, a content engine at their scale is the right tool, and we would say so. If your customer asks an assistant who to call in a ZIP code and calls one of the names, we are.
AEO Engine vs Picked by Agents
| AEO Engine | Picked by Agents | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $1,597 a month, month to month | $2,997 a month, month to month |
| Core deliverable | 30 to 60 articles, backlinks, PR, brand mentions a month | Your customers' questions run monthly, the fixes that win them |
| Guarantee | 30% traffic growth in 90 days or they work free | Named by the assistants in 90 days or we work free |
| Tracking | AI visibility across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google | Picks and passes with the assistant's reasons, plus AI-sourced calls in your call tracking on Picked |
| Built for | Brands, law firms, SaaS, ecommerce | Local businesses with a big ticket and an owner who decides |
| Multi-location | Enterprise from $10,000 a month | Portfolio from $9,997 after a 90 day pilot on three locations |
Questions we get asked
- Is Picked by Agents cheaper than AEO Engine?
- No. Their entry plan is $1,597 and ours is $2,997. We do less volume and a more specific job, and we guarantee the pick rather than traffic. If price is the deciding factor, they are the lower entry.
- Can we use both?
- Yes. Their content work and our pick work do not overlap much. We have no exclusivity and no objection to your other vendors.
- Do you track the same engines?
- We run the assistants customers actually use to choose a local business, including ones that act on the answer, such as Meta Muse, Grok and Instinct. We report what each named and why, not a share of voice score.
- Where do your numbers about AEO Engine come from?
- Their public pricing and industries pages, read in September 2026. If they change, tell us and we will correct this page.
See who the assistants name for your customers' questions.
The report is free, and it is the same run we use to measure the guarantee. If AEO Engine is the better fit for you, we will say so.
Or write to Greg at greg@gregmiller.ai.