AI visibility analysis for local businesses: cost, time and process
An AI visibility analysis shows whether ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude name your business when customers ask for your service in your town, who they name instead, and why. At Sichtindex it costs nothing as a free check (a minute or two), €39 a month as the weekly check, or €149 once as an Audit with an action plan. Agencies typically charge €790 to €4,500 for a one-off audit.
What does an AI visibility analysis cost?
| Offer | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free check | €0 | Three customer questions to ChatGPT, who gets named, and what ChatGPT searched for. Once a month per business, no account. |
| Website check | €0 | A first overview of AI accessibility, content clarity and Google presence: scores and improvement potential. Your paid plan adds the specific diagnosis and instructions. |
| Weekly check (Solo) | €39 / month | Five to seven customer questions to ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude every week, the trend, who is named instead of you, which pages the AI read, the action plan. The first AI baseline is free; cancel monthly. |
| Audit | €149 once | Twenty customer questions to ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Google AI Mode, your Google profile next to your competitors', directories, a brief for your most important page, a Q&A block and a re-measurement after 30 days. |
| Agency | €99 / month | The weekly check for 3 businesses, each further one €35; reports under your name. |
| Implementation | €590 fixed price | A service page for your town, the Q&A block and corrections to your Google profile; the Audit is credited. It starts with a 30-minute conversation about scope, then a written offer. |
No VAT is charged (German small-business scheme, §19 UStG).
What do others charge?
A market overview from August 2026 lists published prices of €790 to €4,500 net for a one-off AI visibility audit in German-speaking countries, €690 to €6,500 a month for ongoing support, and €20 to €189 a month for pure monitoring tools without advice (die-ki-seo-agentur.de, in German). A second overview reckons €490 to €1,500 for a one-off optimisation and €800 to €2,500 a month for support (wohlstandsmarketing.de). Most tools are built for marketing teams and brands; Sichtindex for a business with one town and one service.
How long does an AI visibility analysis take?
- Free check: a minute or two; you see the answers as they arrive.
- Website check: a few seconds.
- Weekly check: runs by itself every week, the report arrives by email. The first starts as soon as you have added your business.
- Audit: usually within an hour of payment, as a PDF by email; the re-measurement follows after 30 days.
How fast anything changes depends not on the analysis but on when search engines and assistants re-read your changed pages: usually weeks, not days. AI answers also fluctuate from week to week; a change only counts once it holds for several weeks.
How does an AI visibility analysis work?
- Add your business: name, town, service, website; if you like, the service you want more work in.
- Ask like customers: we word the questions the way customers type them, for example “Who does bathroom refits in Konstanz?”.
- Ask the assistants: ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude, with live web search, from your country.
- Evaluate: whether you are named and in which place, who instead of you, which pages the AI read and what it searched for.
- Derive steps: what is missing on the website, Google profile, directories and reviews, sorted by effect and effort.
- Re-measure: every week (weekly check) or after 30 days (Audit), compared question by question.
What you have afterwards
- In how many answers you are named, per assistant and per question, word for word.
- Which businesses are named instead of you and which of their pages the AI read for it.
- What the AI searched for, and where your website stands for those searches on Google and Bing.
- Your Google Business Profile next to those of the named businesses: reviews, photos, category.
- An action plan with the three most important steps first.
A provider from the Konstanz region
Sichtindex is run by Sharif Wurz in Reichenau on Lake Constance, without a call centre or sales reps. The analyses run for businesses across Germany, Austria and Switzerland; we ask the questions in the language and from the country of your customers. I answer questions myself: kontakt@sichtindex.de.
Frequently asked questions
What does an AI visibility analysis cost for a local business?
At Sichtindex: the free check costs nothing, the weekly check €39 a month (cancel monthly, the first AI baseline is free), the Audit €149 once. Published agency prices for a one-off audit in German-speaking countries run from €790 to €4,500.
How long does an AI visibility analysis take?
The free check takes a minute or two, the website check seconds. The weekly check and the Audit run in the background and arrive by email, the Audit usually within an hour of payment.
Which AI assistants are checked?
ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude, each with live web search and asked the way customers ask. ChatGPT and Gemini are queried the way customers see them in the app.
Do I have to change anything on my website for it?
No. The analysis only reads what is public. Whether and what you change afterwards is your decision; the action plan says what is worth it and who can do it.
Is there a provider near Konstanz?
Sichtindex is run by Sharif Wurz in Reichenau on Lake Constance, right next to Konstanz. The analyses run for businesses across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.