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GEO is new enough that there is no verified market-average price in India, and any single number you see quoted is usually an estimate. This page explains how GEO agencies price their work, what changes the cost, and what to ask for before you sign.
Key takeaway: There is no verified market-average price for GEO in India yet. Agencies usually quote after an audit, and the cost is driven by scope, markets and languages, content volume, technical work, off-site authority work and how often results are measured. Reckona AI quotes custom work in writing after a free audit and publishes one fixed price: the AI Marketing Department at $4,000 per month.
The short answer
Most GEO providers do not publish rate cards, because the work varies widely between a small local business and a multi-market brand. We do not publish a market average either, because we cannot verify one and an invented number would mislead you. What you can do is understand the pricing models, the drivers that move the price, and the terms that protect you. The sections below cover each.
The common pricing models
| Model | How it works | Suits | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit only | One-off fee for a diagnosis and a prioritised plan | Teams that will do the work in-house | A plan that cannot be acted on without help |
| Monthly retainer | Fixed monthly fee for an ongoing program | Companies that want continuous execution and reporting | Open-ended scope and no baseline |
| Fixed-scope project | One price for defined deliverables | Specific builds, such as an entity clean-up or a content hub | Unclear definition of "done" |
| Software subscription | Monthly fee for a monitoring platform | Teams that only need measurement | You still need people to act on the data |
| Performance-based | Fee tied to outcomes | Rarely sensible for GEO | No one can guarantee AI citations, so promises here are a red flag |
What drives the price
| Driver | Why it changes the cost |
|---|---|
| Number of products, services and pages | More entities and pages to clarify, write and mark up |
| Markets and languages | Each market needs local entity signals and natively written content |
| How competitive the category is | Crowded categories need more original proof and third-party coverage |
| Content volume | Answer-first articles, comparison pages and FAQs take editorial time |
| Technical condition of the site | JavaScript-only rendering, blocked crawlers or weak structure add engineering work |
| Off-site authority work | Digital PR, reviews and directory presence are effort-heavy |
| Monitoring depth and cadence | A monthly 400-prompt panel costs more to run than an ad hoc check of 20 prompts |
| Reporting and meetings | Weekly demos and executive reporting take senior time |
| Automation and integrations | CRM, WhatsApp or reporting automation adds build work |
| Team seniority | A senior pod costs more per hour but needs less rework |
Common program shapes
- Measure only: a baseline and monthly monitoring of how AI assistants describe you. Lowest cost, no fixing.
- Fix and publish: entity clean-up, access fixes, structured data and a set of answer-first pages on top of monitoring.
- Full program: all of the above plus ongoing content, third-party presence, multi-market work and automation, reported against agreed indicators.
Ask each provider which shape their quote covers. See what a GEO agency does for the deliverables behind each.
Reckona AI's published pricing terms
- Free scoping audit first. Its fee is credited against your first invoice, so it is not a sunk cost if you proceed.
- Written, fixed-scope quote in about 48 hours, with three options, before any work starts.
- No rate card: custom work is scoped to your business and quoted in writing.
- 90-day minimum term; annual prepay earns two months free.
- One fixed monthly offer: the AI Marketing Department at $4,000 per month (USD), which includes GEO alongside content, SEO, email, analytics, automation and landing pages. UAE clients are quoted in dirhams (AED 14,690 at the fixed peg).
- Currency: quotes are written in your currency, with taxes shown separately.
See the pricing page for the five retainer tiers.
What a good GEO quote should contain
- A written scope with named deliverables and dates.
- A baseline method: the prompts, engines and scoring used on day zero.
- The reporting cadence and the indicators you will be measured against.
- Who owns the content, code and accounts at the end.
- The minimum term and how you exit.
- What is explicitly not included.
Be cautious of guaranteed citations, quotes with no baseline, and fees that cannot be tied to a deliverable. Our comparison of GEO providers gives a 30-minute checklist, and how to hire an overseas AI growth agency covers contracts and currency.
Start without paying
You can baseline your own visibility for free with the AI Rank Tracker, and request a free scoping audit to get a written quote.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a GEO agency cost in India?
There is no verified market average yet. Most agencies quote after an audit, and the price depends on scope, number of pages and markets, languages, content volume, technical condition of the site, off-site work and how often results are measured. Reckona AI quotes custom work in writing after a free audit and publishes one fixed price, the AI Marketing Department at $4,000 per month.
Is GEO more expensive than SEO?
They overlap heavily, and strong SEO is the foundation for GEO. GEO adds AI-answer monitoring, entity work and third-party corroboration, so a full program can cost more than basic SEO, but there is no verified price comparison. Compare quotes by scope, not by label.
Can GEO be sold on a performance basis?
Rarely sensibly. AI vendors do not publish how they select sources, so no one can guarantee citations. Prefer agreed leading indicators, a baseline and clear deliverables.
Does Reckona AI publish its prices?
Custom work is not on a rate card; it is scoped after a free audit and quoted in writing. The AI Marketing Department has a fixed published price of $4,000 per month, and the pricing page lists the five retainer tiers.
Is there a free way to start with GEO?
Yes. Reckona's free AI Rank Tracker builds a panel of buyer prompts for your brand, and a free scoping audit gives a written scope and quote.
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