Pricing guide · 2026
Answer Engine Optimization — getting your clinic named when patients ask ChatGPT or Google’s AI for treatments — ranges from free (a basic scan) to $5,000+ for a done-for-you build. What you’re really choosing is who does the work, and whether anyone maintains it after. Here’s the honest breakdown.
| Option | Typical price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free scan / audit | $0 | Tells you the gap — which clinics AI names in your city and whether you're one of them. Diagnosis only; you still have to fix it. |
| One-time report | ~$15–$400 | A deeper written report on your AI visibility. Useful detail, but it's still a document — the work is on you. |
| DIY software (SaaS) | ~$29–$300/mo | Tools that track your AI visibility and prompt fixes. You do the work; good if you have the time and the technical comfort. |
| Done-for-you retainer | ~$1,300–$6,500/mo | An agency builds and maintains your AI visibility every month. The ongoing-defense option, because AI answers shift as models retrain and competitors optimize. |
| One-time done-for-you build | ~$5,000+ | A single project that sets up your AI-ready pages and corroboration once. Strong start, but no one watches it after. |
The middle is nearly empty: cheap options only diagnose, and the ones that actually do the work start around $1,300–$5,000+. Renownly sits in that gap on purpose. The $497 Sprint is a low-risk, done-for-you wedge — we get you named for one treatment in your city, with a dated before/after, so you see it work before committing to anything ongoing. If it lands, CORE ($2,200/mo) covers your whole menu and defends the spot month over month (and the $497 credits toward it). One clinic per city, month-to-month, no results guarantee — we report your AI visibility, we don’t promise an outcome no one controls.
It spans a wide range in 2026: free for a basic scan or audit (diagnosis only), roughly $15–$400 for a one-time report, $29–$300/month for DIY software you run yourself, $1,300–$6,500/month for a done-for-you retainer, and $5,000+ for a one-time done-for-you build. What you're really choosing between is who does the work and whether anyone maintains it after.
Because the tiers buy different things. Cheap reports buy you a diagnosis; software buys you tools but your own time; retainers buy you ongoing work and maintenance; one-time builds buy you a setup with no upkeep. AI answers change over time, so a one-time fix and an ongoing program are genuinely different products at genuinely different prices.
Most cheap options only diagnose; the done-for-you tiers start around $1,300–$5,000+. The gap in the middle — a low-cost option where someone actually does the work — is nearly empty. That's the gap Renownly's $497 Sprint fills: one treatment, one city, done for you, so you can see the mechanic work before committing to anything ongoing.
Only if you want to hold the spot. A one-time setup can get you named, but AI answers re-rank as models update and competitors publish their own pages, so without maintenance the position erodes. If you'd rather it get done once and stay done, the monthly version is the honest fit; if you just want to test it, start with a one-time Sprint.