8 affordable AEO and AI content tools for agencies (2026)
The most affordable AEO tools for agencies in 2026 are Otterly.AI (agency pricing from $29 a month with unlimited client workspaces), SE Ranking’s Agency Pack (from $69 a month billed annually, with white-label reports) and Rankscale Growth ($385 a month for 50 brand dashboards). If you want the tool to generate the content as well, Stellarcast drafts fixes from $89 a month and pools 220 tracked prompts across clients on its $599 Agency plan; Writesonic and Profound generate content on custom-priced or per-client agency tiers.
An agency does not buy an AEO tool the way a brand does. The sticker matters less than the cost per client, whether client reports carry your brand, how fast you can spin up a pitch, and whether the tool helps produce the work you bill for, or only measures it.
This page compares eight tools on those terms. Agency prices, client limits and white-label terms come from each vendor's own agency and pricing pages, read on 9 November 2026; Profound's per-workspace price and Peec AI's Starter price come from our pricing table, checked 17 October 2026. We build Stellarcast, one of the eight, so weigh our entry accordingly.
Agency AEO tools, compared
| Tool | Agency entry price | Clients covered | Your brand on reports | AI content generation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otterly.AI | From $29/mo | Unlimited workspaces, one invoice | Branded reports via Looker Studio | Not stated |
| SE Ranking | Agency Pack add-on from $69/mo, billed annually; AI tracking (SE Visible) from $71/mo | 10 client seats | White label for platform and reports | AI Writer tool |
| Rankscale | Growth $385/mo ($327 billed yearly) | 50 brand dashboards | White-labeled dashboard links | Not stated |
| Peec AI | Agency Essential $245/mo; Growth $495; Scale $795 | 3, 10 or 25 projects | View-only client links | No; reports and recommends |
| Semrush | A Semrush plan, plus Pro Report at $20/mo | By plan; unlimited projects on Enterprise | Branding and white label via Pro Report | Not stated for AI visibility |
| Writesonic | Agency Starter $200/mo | Pitch projects from $150 each a month | White-label reporting on Agency Enterprise | AI Article Writer on Agency Enterprise |
| Stellarcast (ours) | Agency $599/mo; Agency Scale $1,499 | 220 tracked prompts pooled across client brands (550 on Scale) | Your logo on client reports; Stellarcast mark removed on Scale | Drafts a fix for each ranked gap; approved fixes go to WordPress as drafts |
| Profound | $399/mo per client workspace | One per workspace | Not stated | Agents generate content, with credits per workspace |
From each vendor's own pages, read 9 November 2026. Engines per plan differ widely; check them in the pricing table before comparing stickers.
What it costs per client
Divide the plan by the clients it actually serves. At ten clients, on published prices:
- Rankscale Growth: $38.50 a client, with room for 50 dashboards on the same plan.
- Peec AI agency Growth: $49.50 a client (10 projects for $495).
- Stellarcast Agency: $59.90 a client, which buys an average of 22 tracked prompts each on six engines daily, plus drafted fixes. The pool lets a small client use fewer prompts and a flagship client more.
- Profound: $399 a client, with agent content credits included.
Otterly.AI and SE Ranking can come in lower, depending on the plan underneath. The cheapest per-client figure is not the cheapest program if you still write every fix by hand, so price the hours too.
Monitoring only, or monitoring plus AI content generation?
Most affordable agency tools measure. The work clients pay for (the comparison page, the FAQ, the schema, the rewritten product page) still happens in a separate content tool or by hand. Three ways to cover it:
- A tracker plus a writer. Otterly.AI, Rankscale or Peec AI for measurement, and your existing AI writing tool for drafts. Cheapest on paper; the link between gap and draft is manual.
- A content suite with tracking. Writesonic and SE Ranking pair tracking with an AI writer. Check which tier the writer and the white label sit on: at Writesonic, both are on Agency Enterprise.
- A tool that drafts from the gap. Stellarcast turns each buyer question a client is losing into a ranked gap and drafts the fix for it, approval-gated, sent to WordPress as a draft. Profound's Agents do the same at enterprise depth, priced per client workspace.
Stellarcast's Agency plan ($599 a month) pools 220 tracked prompts across every client brand, runs each on Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Mode and Microsoft Copilot daily, drafts fixes for ranked gaps, and puts your logo on client reports, with API access and full data export. From the Growth tier up, each shipped fix is labeled MEASURED, LIKELY or TOO-EARLY, so you never report a win the data does not support. For a single client, Starter at $89 a month already drafts fixes. See the plans.
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Questions to ask before you commit
- How are clients counted? Workspaces, projects, seats, dashboards or pooled prompts each scale differently as you add small clients.
- Which engines run on the agency plan? Several tools sell extra engines per model. Google AI Overviews and AI Mode both matter for most clients.
- Whose brand is on the report? Branded export, white label and view-only links are three different things.
- Can a pitch run before the client signs? A free audit or a cheap pitch project shortens the sale.
- Can you hand a departing client their history? Agencies are often obliged to. Ask for a raw data export, not a PDF.
- How is a result proven? A before-and-after chart cannot separate your work from an engine update. Ask how the tool measures a fix against prompts it did not touch.
For what the client report itself should contain, see AEO reporting: what an agency report should include. For the full tool field, see the best AI visibility tools in 2026 and the AEO tools that fix gaps.
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What are the most affordable AEO tools for agencies?
On published agency prices, read 9 November 2026: Otterly.AI from $29 a month with unlimited workspaces, SE Ranking’s Agency Pack from $69 a month billed annually with white-label reports, and Rankscale Growth at $385 a month for 50 brand dashboards. Peec AI’s agency plans start at $245 a month for three projects.
Which AEO tools for agencies also generate content with AI?
Stellarcast drafts a fix for each ranked gap from $89 a month and pools prompts across clients on its $599 Agency plan; Profound’s Agents generate content with 400 agent credits a month per $399 client workspace; Writesonic’s AI Article Writer and SE Ranking’s AI Writer pair content with tracking, with Writesonic’s on its Agency Enterprise tier.
Which AEO tools offer white-label reports for agencies?
SE Ranking (white label for platform and reports with its Agency Pack), Otterly.AI (branded reports via Looker Studio), Rankscale (white-labeled dashboard links on Growth), Semrush (Pro Report add-on, $20 a month), Writesonic (on Agency Enterprise) and Stellarcast (your logo on Agency, Stellarcast mark removed on Agency Scale).
How much does an AEO tool cost per client for an agency?
At ten clients on published prices: Rankscale Growth about $38.50 a client, Peec AI agency Growth $49.50, Stellarcast Agency $59.90 with drafted fixes included, and Profound $399 per client workspace. Engines per plan differ, so compare what each client gets, not only the price.
Can an agency use a free AEO audit to pitch clients?
Yes. Stellarcast’s free audit asks Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity a market’s buyer questions and shows where a competitor is named instead, with no card required, which gives a pitch the prospect’s own numbers.