Geneo Pricing (2026): Credits, Plans, and Cost per AI Check

Geneo’s publicly listed pricing, verified on September 26, 2026, starts at $0 for a free trial with 50 credits. The paid Pro plan is US$39.90 per month for 1,000 credits, with pay-as-you-go availability. Agency plans are $129/month for 5,000 credits (Starter), $249/month for 15,000 credits (Growth), and $499/month for 50,000 credits (Scale). This is a documentation-based buyer guide, not a hands-on review. AEOeye reviewed public pricing and product documentation; we did not run a paid account or measure product accuracy.

The figures below describe what Geneo publishes and what the plan math suggests; they do not promise a particular number of reports, responses, rankings, or citations. Confirm current scope, credit consumption, and taxes or overage terms on Geneo’s official pricing page.

Table of contents

• What is Geneo priced to do?
• How much does each Geneo plan cost?
• What do Geneo credits mean?
• How can you compare the plans with reproducible math?
• Which Geneo plan fits an AI visibility workflow?
• What should you verify before buying?
• Frequently asked questions

What is Geneo priced to do?

Geneo presents itself as an AI visibility and optimization product for understanding how brands appear in AI-generated answers. Its official product site and product blog explain the feature set behind the plans.

For a buyer, the practical question is not simply “How cheap is the subscription?” It is how much recurring monitoring your team can perform within the allowance, and whether the data supports decisions about content, positioning, or citations.

That puts Geneo in the same broad buying conversation as an AI visibility tracker or an AEO audit workflow. If you are still defining the baseline, start with AEOeye’s ChatGPT visibility checker, then compare the recurring monitoring needs against the plan limits described below.

How much does each Geneo plan cost?

The pricing page lists a free trial and three agency tiers in addition to Pro. The table keeps units and billing cadence explicit.

The public figures do not establish that every feature is available on every tier, whether unused credits roll over or expire, or what happens when a team exceeds its allowance. Treat those as purchase-check questions, not assumptions.

The free trial is useful for learning the interface and checking whether outputs match your decision process. It is not proof of production capacity or a representative monthly budget for a multi-brand program.

What do Geneo credits mean?

Geneo publishes plan allowances in credits, but a credit should be treated as a metering unit rather than a guaranteed “one AI response.” Public pricing alone does not justify a universal conversion between credits and completed prompts, reports, tracked queries, or other outputs.

An AEO workflow can consume capacity differently depending on engines, projects, refresh frequency, markets, and other settings. The rules may also change as Geneo adds features.

Before committing, ask Geneo to clarify four points in writing:

1. What action consumes credits: a query, refresh, project, report, seat, or another event?
2. Do credits roll over, expire, or reset on the monthly billing date?
3. Is pay-as-you-go priced per additional credit, and does it require a separate balance?
4. Which limits apply to seats, domains, competitors, historical data, and exports?

You can forecast cost only after you know what your recurring monitoring loop consumes.

How can you compare the plans with reproducible math?

You can calculate a nominal capacity ratio by dividing the monthly price by the included credits. This is a transparent comparison of plan economics, not a promised response price.

Formula: monthly price ÷ included monthly credits = nominal dollars per included credit.

Using the published figures:

• Pro: $39.90 ÷ 1,000 = $0.0399 per included credit.
• Agency Starter: $129 ÷ 5,000 = $0.0258 per included credit.
• Agency Growth: $249 ÷ 15,000 = $0.0166 per included credit (rounded).
• Agency Scale: $499 ÷ 50,000 = $0.00998 per included credit, or about $0.0100.

These are capacity ratios, not guaranteed response costs. They do not say that a Pro answer costs 3.99 cents, because Geneo may meter actions differently. They show the lower nominal price per included credit if your team uses the full allowance.

The break-even question is equally important. If your organization would use only 2,000 credits in a month, Starter’s full allowance may be unnecessary even though its ratio is lower. Growth or Scale becomes relevant only when recurring volume and the credit rules justify it.

Which Geneo plan fits an AI visibility workflow?

The free trial fits a product check: inspect the workflow, test a small set of brand questions, and record what you still need to verify. It is not a substitute for a documented measurement plan.

Pro is the clearest starting point for a solo consultant, one brand, or a small marketing team that needs a recurring monthly allowance without immediately buying an agency tier. At $39.90/month, it is easier to evaluate against a defined set of markets and prompts.

Agency Starter is a more plausible fit when multiple clients or brands need regular monitoring. The decision should depend on actual expected credit use, not the attractive ratio alone. Growth and Scale are capacity decisions: they make most sense when the team has enough recurring work to consume the allowance and a process for turning observations into content or positioning changes.

For broader context, AEOeye’s AI visibility tracker guide explains the measurement problem, while the AEO audit checklist can help define the inputs you want any paid tool to cover. When comparing alternatives, see the Ahrefs Brand Radar pricing guide and iGeo AI pricing guide, keeping each vendor’s units and scope separate.

What should you verify before buying?

Do not purchase on the headline credit count alone. Build a small acceptance checklist around your own AEO workflow:

• Coverage: Which AI engines, countries, languages, and query types are supported?
• Freshness: How often can data refresh, and is refresh included in the credit allowance?
• Evidence: Can you inspect the underlying prompts, cited sources, and timestamps?
• Collaboration: How many seats, brands, projects, competitors, and exports are included?
• Overage: What does pay-as-you-go cost, and can spend be capped?
• Retention: How long are historical results stored, and can you export them?

Run these questions against a fixed pilot design: five buyer questions, two markets, two competitors, and one monthly refresh. Ask Geneo how many credits that design consumes. That answer is more useful than extrapolating from a generic “1,000 credits” label.

An AEOeye snapshot can give you a free starting signal about how a brand appears in an AI answer before you decide whether continuous monitoring justifies a subscription.

Frequently asked questions

Is Geneo free?

Geneo lists a free trial at $0 with 50 credits. Confirm any expiry, feature restrictions, and whether a payment method is required before starting on the official pricing page.

How much is Geneo Pro?

Geneo Pro is publicly listed at US$39.90 per month with 1,000 credits. Pay-as-you-go availability is also listed, but the public price summary does not establish every overage rule.

What is the cheapest Geneo agency plan?

Agency Starter is listed at $129 per month for 5,000 credits. It is cheaper in total than Growth and Scale, but the best value depends on whether your workflow can use the included allowance.

Does one Geneo credit equal one AI answer?

Do not assume that. Geneo’s public allowance is expressed in credits, and the available documentation does not support a universal one-credit-to-one-response claim. Ask how your exact monitoring workflow is metered.

If you are deciding whether Geneo’s paid capacity is justified, take the next low-risk step: run AEOeye’s free ChatGPT visibility snapshot, document the questions that matter to your buyers, and use that list when validating Geneo’s credit consumption and coverage.