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Honest comparison · Updated May 2026

FixAEO vs AEO Engine

FixAEO is a free self-serve AEO toolkit. AEO Engine is a done-for-you AEO agency. They're solving different problems for different budgets.

The 10-second verdict

Pick FixAEO if you want free, interactive tools to learn + ship AEO yourself for $0-19/mo. Pick AEO Engine if you have $797+/mo budget and want an agency to execute the schema, content, and citation work for you on a 3-month retainer.

Pick FixAEO if
  • You want to learn AEO by doing — interactive tools, no consulting required
  • Budget is $0-50/mo (Pro tier at $19)
  • You have an in-house marketer or SEO who can execute
  • You want to scan against all 6 engines including Grok and DeepSeek
  • You need no-commitment, no-retainer access
Pick AEO Engine if
  • You have $797+/mo budget for done-for-you execution
  • You don't want to learn AEO — you want results delivered
  • You're comfortable with 90-day retainer commitments
  • You value published case studies + named-author authority
  • Your team has bandwidth issues, not knowledge issues

Pricing side-by-side

The headline gap. Different products → very different price points.

FixAEO
$0 – $19/mo

19 free tools forever. $19/mo Pro for higher-volume scans + recurring audits + multi-domain tracking. Monthly, no commitment.

AEO Engine
$797 – $2,997/mo

Local ($797), Growth ($1,597), Aggressive ($2,997). All tiers require a 90-day minimum commitment (so $2,391+ effective minimum spend).

Feature-by-feature

Where we win, where they win, and where neither has a clear edge.

Feature
FixAEO
AEO Engine
Free tier with usable tools (no email gate)
AEO Engine's free audit is gated; their tool pages funnel to 'Book a strategy call'.
Number of public free tools
Both list 19. We ship actual interactive tools; theirs read as marketing pages.
Live multi-engine scan (ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini/Perplexity/Grok/DeepSeek)
Their site references 4 engines; ours runs 6 including Grok + DeepSeek.
Spec-compliant llms.txt at /llms.txt
Their /llms.txt is homepage marketing copy, not the format llmstxt.org defines.
Done-for-you execution (agency service)
Their core offering. We don't do execution.
Published case studies + named clients
We're earlier-stage.
Long-form editorial blog (20+ posts)
They publish ~daily. We're at 5 posts.
Named author bylines + E-E-A-T pages
They have author pages with bylines and PR.
Self-serve pricing transparency
We publish $19/mo plainly. They publish $797–$2,997 + a 'Book a call' overlay.
Tool-specific H1s + FAQPage JSON-LD on each tool page
Their tool pages share the homepage H1 in our crawl.
No retainer / no lock-in
They require a 90-day commitment minimum.

Honest credit where it's due

Both products are good at different things. Picking the right one starts with knowing where each one actually wins.

Where AEO Engine genuinely wins

  • Case studies.They publish named-client outcomes (Shopify ecom, SaaS, local). We're newer and haven't accumulated comparable receipts.
  • Content volume. ~23 long-form posts in the last month with near-daily cadence. We publish at a fraction of that pace.
  • Author authority.Named bylines (Vijay Jacob, Aria Chen), PR mentions, speaking engagements. We're building this bench from zero.
  • Done-for-you execution.If your team doesn't have AEO skills to hire-vs-build internally, an agency retainer is the right answer.

Where FixAEO genuinely wins

  • Actually interactive tools. Their tool pages share the homepage H1 in our crawl — they read as agency-funnel landing pages. Our tools have tool-specific H1s, FAQPage JSON-LD, sticky preview panels, copy/download/CSV export.
  • 6 engines including Grok + DeepSeek. Their AI Visibility Checker references 4 engines. Ours scans across the full 6 every time.
  • Spec-compliant llms.txt. Their /llms.txt is a copy of their homepage marketing copy — not the format defined by llmstxt.org. Ours follows the spec (H1, blockquote summary, sectioned markdown links).
  • Price + transparency. Our pricing is $0-19/mo, published plainly. Theirs is $797+ with a 90-day commitment.

Frequently asked questions

About pricing, fit, switching costs, and whether you can use both.

What's the headline difference between FixAEO and AEO Engine?
AEO Engine is an agency — they execute AEO work for you on a 3-month retainer starting at $797/month. FixAEO is a self-serve toolkit — 19 free tools plus a $19/month Pro tier. You buy a service from AEO Engine and a product from FixAEO.
Which is cheaper?
FixAEO by a wide margin. AEO Engine's entry tier is $797/mo on a 90-day commitment (so $2,391 minimum). FixAEO is free for the 19 public tools and $19/mo for Pro features. If budget is the constraint, this isn't close.
Which one is better for a marketing team that wants someone else to do the work?
AEO Engine. Their pitch is full execution: schema, citation building, content production, ongoing optimization. They show case studies with stated outcomes (e.g. 920% AI traffic growth claimed). If your team would rather hand off the work than learn it, that's their lane.
Which one is better for in-house SEOs who want to learn + ship themselves?
FixAEO. The tools are genuinely interactive — Schema Generator produces JSON-LD live, AEO Query Generator suggests 30-50 queries per topic, the Audit Tool runs across 6 AI engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, DeepSeek). You learn the discipline by doing.
What does AEO Engine do better than FixAEO?
Three things. (1) Published case studies with named clients and outcomes — we're earlier-stage and haven't accumulated comparable receipts yet. (2) Content marketing volume — their blog publishes near-daily long-form. (3) Author authority signals — they have named bylines (Vijay Jacob, Aria Chen) and PR mentions. We're still building that bench.
What does FixAEO do better than AEO Engine?
Four concrete things. (1) Real, usable, non-gated tools with tool-specific H1s and FAQPage schema — their tool pages all share the homepage H1 in our crawl, suggesting they're primarily agency-funnel landing pages. (2) Six AI engines scanned including Grok and DeepSeek (their checker references 4). (3) Spec-compliant llms.txt (their /llms.txt is marketing copy, not the actual spec format). (4) No email gate on free tools.
Can I use both?
Yes — they're not exclusive. The natural path is: use FixAEO's free tools to scope where you stand and build a backlog, then hire AEO Engine (or any agency) to execute the bigger pieces. We don't compete on execution capacity.
Is this comparison biased?
Yes — we made FixAEO and we want you to use it. We've tried to be specific and verifiable rather than hand-wavy. Where AEO Engine wins, we say so. Where they're vulnerable, we cite the URLs so you can check.

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