Pricing: Three Tiers, Scoped to Your Visibility Gap
Canlah prices SEO + GEO engagements in Singapore as monthly retainers across three tiers — Visibility, Authority and Flagship — scoped by AI answer probe frequency (weekly or daily), engine coverage, and monthly content volume. First measurable citation movement typically appears within two to three months. Every engagement begins with a free 48-hour AI visibility snapshot.
How Canlah Pricing Works
Canlah is a premium SEO + GEO agency headquartered in Singapore. We measure and grow brand visibility inside ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews — with reproducible evidence. Engagements are delivered by an AI agent workforce working alongside human strategists, which is how we sustain daily measurement cadences that manual teams typically run only as periodic samples.
Our pricing follows the structure most generative engine optimization work uses in Singapore and globally:
- Monthly retainer. Ongoing measurement, content production and authority building, billed monthly across three tiers.
- One-time AI-readability rebuild. A separate, fixed-scope engagement that restructures your key pages so AI engines can parse and cite them. Most sites can be improved within their existing CMS; a full rebuild is only recommended where page architecture genuinely blocks machine readability.
- Free 48-hour snapshot. Before any quote, we run a baseline measurement of how the major AI engines currently answer questions about your category and brand — free, delivered within 48 hours.
- Diagnostic credit. If you commission a paid deep diagnostic, the fee is credited in full against your first retainer.
For market context: independent industry surveys place generative engine optimization retainers globally in the low-to-mid four figures (USD) per month, with entry-level programs below that and multi-market enterprise programs well above. Those are published industry ranges, not Canlah quotes — our quotes are scoped individually after the snapshot.
Three Tiers, Compared Line by Line
Every tier includes the same evidence dashboard and the same measurement protocol. Tiers differ in probe frequency, engine coverage, content volume, and off-site scope.
| DELIVERY DIMENSION |
TIER 01 Visibility |
TIER 02 Authority |
TIER 03 Flagship |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI answer probes | 100 tracked prompts, weekly cadence | 100 tracked prompts, daily cadence | 200 tracked prompts, daily cadence |
| Engine coverage | 1 engine, including Google AI Overviews | 3 engines | All major engines: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews |
| Client evidence dashboard | Included | Included | Included |
| AI-optimized content | 4–6 articles per month | 8 articles per month | 12 articles per month |
| Off-site authority placements | — | 2–3 per quarter | 3–4 per quarter |
| Community presence (disclosed identity) | — | 2 community platforms | Customer advocates + brand community |
| Conversion landing pages | — | 1 per month | 2 per month |
Notes on how the tiers are drawn:
- Visibility is on-site plus measurement: it establishes your baseline, fixes AI readability, and publishes content — the entry point for brands starting from zero AI presence.
- Authority adds the off-site layer: earned placements in publications AI engines treat as authoritative sources, plus disclosed-identity community participation. Off-site digital PR is the largest cost driver in GEO, which is why it defines the step between tiers.
- Flagship extends coverage to every major engine, doubles the probe set, and adds a customer-advocate and brand-community program for multi-market or category-leading brands.
All community participation across all tiers is conducted under disclosed, affiliated identities. We do not rent accounts, buy engagement, or simulate grassroots opinion — compliance is part of what you are paying for.
What Determines Your Price
Two brands on the same tier can carry different scopes. The variables that move a quote are:
- 01
Your baseline gap. The free snapshot quantifies how far your brand currently sits from the answers AI engines give in your category. A brand that is already cited needs a different program than a brand that is invisible.
- 02
Engine coverage. Each additional engine (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews) adds probe volume, analysis and optimization work.
- 03
Probe frequency. Weekly cadence suits stable categories; daily cadence is warranted where AI answers shift quickly or competitors are actively optimizing.
- 04
Content volume. The number of AI-optimized articles and conversion landing pages produced per month.
- 05
Off-site authority scope. Earned placements and disclosed community programs carry real editorial and human cost, and scale with ambition.
- 06
Markets and languages. Multi-market programs multiply probe sets, content and authority work.
This is also why we quote after measuring rather than before: peer-reviewed research (including a Princeton-led GEO study across 10,000 queries) shows that specific interventions — citations, statistics, authoritative sourcing — can raise AI visibility by around 40%. Which interventions your brand needs, and in what volume, depends entirely on where your baseline sits. Note these figures come from published research on the technique, not from Canlah client campaigns.
How an Engagement Runs
Every retainer follows the same three-phase rhythm, measured under one consistent protocol from day one:
Measure
We deploy your probe fleet: a fixed set of buyer-intent prompts run against your covered engines on a weekly or daily cadence. This produces your baseline: where your brand appears, where competitors appear, and which sources the engines are citing instead of you. Probes are a structured proxy for how engines answer — a disciplined sample, not a claim of omniscience.
Build
We fix AI readability on your key pages, publish AI-optimized content, and (on Authority and Flagship) begin earned placements and disclosed community participation. Every change is logged against the probe data that motivated it.
Cited
Citation movement typically becomes measurable in months two to three — consistent with how AI engines refresh their retrieval sources. We do not promise a date or a guarantee; we promise that every movement, up or down, is measured on the same prompts, the same engines, the same protocol, and can be re-run in front of you.
Progress is visible throughout in your evidence dashboard: probe results with timestamps, reproducible on demand. You are never asked to take our word for it — that is the point.
Why This Model Instead of Guarantees
Some agencies sell guaranteed AI citations or guaranteed rankings. We deliberately do not, for one honest reason: no agency controls what a generative model says. What an agency can control — and be held accountable for — is the quality of interventions and the rigor of measurement.
So our accountability structure is built on evidence instead of promises:
- Same-protocol re-testing. Any result we report can be re-run on the same prompts and engines while you watch.
- Client-owned dashboard. You log in to your own probe data; we never ask you to trust screenshots from third-party tools.
- Disclosed-identity community work. Every community post is made under an affiliated, disclosed identity. Undisclosed astroturfing carries regulatory penalties and platform bans — the cheapest-looking option in this market is frequently the most expensive one.
- Honest cadence language. Our measurement runs daily or weekly by tier. We will never describe it as real-time, because it is not.
If a vendor offers you a guarantee in this category, ask to see the measurement protocol behind it. If they cannot produce one, the guarantee is a marketing device.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why doesn't Canlah publish prices on this page?
Because the honest answer is 'it depends on your baseline gap.' Two brands in the same industry can need very different programs — one may already be cited by ChatGPT and need defense and expansion; another may be invisible across every engine. Publishing a single number would either overcharge the first brand or underscope the second. Instead, we run a free 48-hour snapshot that quantifies your gap, then issue a scoped quote against it. The tier structure, delivery volumes and mechanics on this page are fixed and public; only the number is scoped.
How is GEO pricing typically structured in Singapore?
The dominant model — ours included — is a monthly retainer covering measurement, content and authority work, sometimes preceded by a one-time technical engagement to make the website AI-readable. Industry surveys place generative engine optimization retainers globally in the low-to-mid four figures (USD) per month, with enterprise multi-market programs substantially higher. Those are published market ranges, not Canlah quotes; our quotes are issued after the free snapshot.
How long until we see results?
First measurable citation movement typically appears within two to three months, which matches how AI engines refresh the sources they retrieve and cite. Measurement starts on day one at a weekly or daily cadence depending on tier, so you see the trendline forming well before the headline movement. We do not guarantee a date — no one controls model output — but every result is measured under the same reproducible protocol from your first week to your last.
Do you guarantee AI citations or rankings?
No, and we would advise skepticism toward any agency that does. Generative engines are probabilistic systems that no vendor controls. What we commit to contractually is the work itself — probe volumes, engine coverage, content output, authority placements at the levels listed for your tier — and reproducible measurement: any reported result can be re-tested on the same prompts, same engines, same protocol, in front of you. Peer-reviewed research shows well-executed GEO interventions can raise AI visibility by around 40%, but that is published research on the technique, not a promise about your brand.
What exactly is an AI answer probe?
A probe is a structured buyer-intent question — for example, 'best enrichment centre in Singapore' — run against a covered AI engine on a fixed schedule, with the full answer recorded and timestamped. Your probe fleet (100 or 200 prompts depending on tier, weekly or daily) builds a longitudinal record of when your brand enters, exits or moves within AI answers. Probes are a disciplined proxy for engine behavior, not a complete picture of every conversation users have — we are explicit about that distinction, because vendors who present samples as omniscience are overselling.
Is there a one-time option, or is everything a retainer?
There is one fixed-scope, one-time engagement: the AI-readability rebuild, which restructures your key pages so engines can parse, quote and cite them. Most websites can be fixed within their existing CMS; a deeper rebuild is only proposed where the page architecture genuinely blocks machine readability — we will tell you which case you are in during the snapshot. Ongoing visibility growth, however, is retainer work by nature: engines refresh continuously, competitors optimize, and unmaintained gains erode.
What does the free 48-hour snapshot include?
You give us your category and brand; within 48 hours we return a baseline of how the major AI engines currently answer the questions your buyers ask — whether your brand appears, who appears instead, and which sources the engines are citing. It is a genuine measurement using the same probe methodology as our retainers, not a sales teaser. There is no obligation attached; some brands use the snapshot alone to brief their internal teams.
If we pay for a deep diagnostic, is that fee lost if we proceed?
No. The paid diagnostic — a deeper audit than the free snapshot, covering technical AI readability, content gaps and competitive citation analysis — is credited in full against your first retainer if you engage within the agreement window. You only ever pay for it as a standalone deliverable if you choose not to proceed, in which case you keep a complete, actionable audit.
Start With the Free 48-Hour Snapshot
Give us a category. Within 48 hours you will see exactly how ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews answer your buyers today — measured, timestamped, and reproducible. Then we quote against the gap, not a rate card. Contact admin@canlah.ai or +65 8110 0234.
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