Alternatives to MADX Digital for B2B SaaS SEO and AI Search in 2026 (Ranked)

MADX here means MADX Digital (madx.digital), the London SEO and GEO agency for B2B SaaS founded by Perry Steward and Toni Koraza. Other companies carry the MADX name, and none of them is covered on this page.

MADX Digital competitors compared

Every price, offer and term above comes from the agency's own site, read on 6 November 2026. "Not published" means the agency's /pricing URL, homepage and AI search service page showed no fee that day. iPullRank publishes investment ranges with no period, so no "per month" is added to them. SimpleTiger's pricing page shows no fee; its FAQ pegs packages to 5% of revenue or funding.

Every agency listed runs a dedicated AI search, GEO or AEO service page and publishes a client result on its own site. Each was also named in at least 82 of the 507 AI answers that named MADX Digital on the 141 non-branded buyer questions LoudFace tracks in Peec AI, 9 October to 6 November 2026. The engine split for the other eight is further down.

MADX Digital at a glance

What does MADX Digital do well, and who does it fit?

MADX sells one idea hard: AI search is won off your site. Its homepage hero reads "We get B2B SaaS brands recommended by ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google, and turn that visibility into qualified pipeline." On the same page it states its thesis, with Ahrefs named as the chart's source: "Brand placements correlate 3× stronger with AI visibility than the next best visibility factors." The line under it is "The lesson: AI search is won across the web, not just on your site."

The method is placements first. MADX's GEO page says "We place your brand in the third-party guides, listicles and publications the engines cite for your category (10 placements a month on Authority and Growth, 20 on Scale), plus press coverage AI picks up." The same page names four systems: entity-first content architecture, citation-layer schema, a brand knowledge base and off-site signal building. MADX defines a placement on its pricing page as "a live, indexed page on a third-party site that names and links to your brand."

The pricing is public, in more than one set. MADX's pricing page lists Authority at $4,500/mo, Growth at $8,500/mo and Scale at $13,500/mo, each "Paid monthly · 12-month term", with Enterprise at $20,000+ a month on a custom scope. Switch the page's toggle to rolling and the same plans read $5,500, $10,500 and $16,500 a month. MADX states the trade plainly: "Every plan is billed monthly. Choose a 12-month term for the best rate, or a rolling contract with a 3-month minimum." Its GEO and SEO service pages and its review page about itself give a second set on a 12-month term: Authority $5,500/mo, Growth $9,500/mo and Scale $14,500/mo. The same service pages also offer a "90-day sprint, monthly retainers or something custom. Starting from $2,500 /mo." When you get a quote, ask which set it uses.

Proof. MADX's headline AI search case studies are Postalytics and Nosto. For Postalytics, a direct mail software company, MADX says "As of August 2026 it holds a 90% share of voice on its tracked industry prompts in Ahrefs Brand Radar, ahead of Lob (85%) and PostGrid (78%)." The same case study reports organic traffic up 16.8x in 12 months, January to December 2022, by Ahrefs data. For Nosto, MADX reports that "In six months, Nosto went from invisible in AI answers (last of 10 brands, 0% share of voice) to #3 in its category, behind only Bloomreach and Algolia, across ChatGPT, Gemini and Google's AI Overviews," the case study says. Both are share-of-voice readings, the metric Ahrefs Brand Radar and MADX use, and the Nosto page gives its window as December 2025 to July 2026. On Google, MADX reports MoonPay at +175% organic traffic from July 2023 to May 2026, and Hola Prime at 16x organic MQLs from July 2025 to June 2026.

Who it fits, in its own words. MADX's review page about itself says it is "Best for teams that treat Google and AI answers as a pipeline channel. Not a fit for local businesses, ecommerce catalog SEO, paid-first teams or pre product-market-fit startups." Its at-a-glance table adds budgets under $4,500 to the not-for list. If you run a B2B SaaS company past product-market fit, believe third-party placements move AI answers, and can commit to a year for the best rate, MADX is built for you.

Why do B2B SaaS teams look for a MADX Digital alternative?

Each reason below comes from MADX's own pages.

1. The best rate needs twelve months. On MADX's pricing page, every plan is cheapest on a 12-month term. The rolling alternative costs more ($5,500/mo for Authority instead of $4,500/mo) and still carries a 3-month minimum. The pricing page labels the saving "Save 18% vs rolling monthly" on Authority and Scale, and 19% on Growth. If you will not sign a year, you pay the rolling price. MADX's service pages also list a 90-day sprint as a third option; ask what it covers.

2. On-site work starts at Growth. Authority is described as "Strategy, GEO monitoring and 10 placements in the guides AI cites each month." MADX's pricing FAQ says Authority covers placements, press, an audit and strategy while you keep running your own site. Articles and website fixes start at Growth: "Everything in Authority, plus 10 articles a month and weekly website optimisations, done for you." On the pricing page that is $8,500/mo on a 12-month term, or $10,500/mo rolling; the GEO and SEO pages put Growth at $9,500/mo. If you want the agency to publish on your site from day one, budget for Growth.

3. Model coverage depends on the plan. MADX's FAQ says Authority tracks your visibility in three models: ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Claude. It adds that "Growth and Scale track all major models, including Perplexity, Gemini and Copilot", so a buyer whose prospects use Perplexity will want it in the report from the first month.

4. A placement-led thesis. MADX's homepage argues that AI search is won off your site, and its entry plan follows that thesis. If you would rather put most of the budget into your own pages and a selective set of third-party placements, compare how each agency below splits the work.

5. B2B SaaS only, past product-market fit. MADX works only with B2B SaaS and technology companies, and its own not-a-fit list rules out local businesses, ecommerce catalog SEO, paid-first teams, pre product-market-fit startups and budgets under $4,500.

MADX also sells links on their own. Its pricing page carries a "link book", "For brands that already have a strategy in place. Min order $5,000/mo.", with per-placement prices from $175 for DR20+ sites to $1,500 for DR60+ sites in sensitive niches. If link building is all you want, the best SaaS link building agencies is the better list.

What do AI engines say about MADX Digital?

LoudFace tracks 141 non-branded buyer questions in Peec AI. Between 9 October and 6 November 2026, MADX Digital came up on 87 of them:

• ChatGPT named MADX in 271 of 4,089 answers (6.6%), at an average position of 4.12 when named, 22nd of 53 tracked brands.
• Perplexity named it in 72 of 4,089 answers (1.8%), at an average position of 3.96, 26th of 53.
• Google AI Overviews named it in 164 of 3,960 answers (4.1%), at an average position of 4.88, 26th of 53.

ChatGPT names MADX far more often than Perplexity does. Perplexity places it highest when it names it.

Who the engines name beside it. Omniscient Digital appeared in 316 of the 507 answers that named MADX: 176 on ChatGPT, 41 on Perplexity and 99 on Google AI Overviews. Among the agencies ranked below, SimpleTiger came next with 175 (98 / 18 / 59), then Directive Consulting with 142 (77 / 21 / 44) and Siege Media with 131 (78 / 12 / 41). Animalz (100: 74 / 3 / 23), Grow and Convert (90: 65 / 1 / 24), iPullRank (83: 57 / 11 / 15) and First Page Sage (82: 39 / 18 / 25) complete the set ranked below.

How the engines describe it. The engines repeat MADX's own framing: SaaS-only SEO plus GEO, with entity work and Google's AI surfaces as the angle.

• ChatGPT, 9 October, answering "Which agencies specialize in Google AI Mode and AI Overviews visibility for SaaS?", ranked MADX first and wrote: "MADX Digital has a dedicated GEO offering for SaaS, with separate services for Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode."
• ChatGPT, 9 October, answering "Which agencies do entity and knowledge graph work so AI models describe a B2B SaaS correctly?", ranked it fourth: "Best for combining entity work with SaaS SEO".
• Perplexity, answering the same entity question on 9 October, listed "MADx Digital" with the note "knowledge-graph optimization for B2B SaaS".
• Google AI Overviews, 9 October, answering "Best agency for getting cited in ChatGPT", described MADX as "A London-based digital marketing agency specializing in AI-adjusted SEO, conversational search optimization, and visibility in AI-generated summaries."

The entity question drew MADX into the most answers: 22 on ChatGPT, 23 on Perplexity and 8 on Google AI Overviews. "Top B2B SaaS SEO agencies in 2026" followed with 19, 18 and 11. If entity work is what you want from MADX, the best entity SEO agencies for B2B SaaS covers that field.

The engines quote different MADX prices. MADX's own pages carry more than one price set, and the engines repeat different ones. A ChatGPT answer on 10 October said "Starting around $2,500", the figure on MADX's service pages ("From $2,500/mo"). A Google AI Overviews answer on 14 October described "single pillars from $2,500/mo, full bundles at $5,500/mo"; $5,500/mo is the Authority price on MADX's GEO and SEO pages. A Google AI Overviews answer on 19 October gave "starting price points around $2,749/month", and a ChatGPT answer on 28 October gave a "$3,500–$13,500/month" range "depending on contract length and package". Neither of those two figures appeared as a MADX price on any madx.digital page on 6 November. That day, MADX's pricing page started Authority at $4,500/mo on a 12-month term and $5,500/mo rolling, its GEO, SEO and review pages listed Authority at $5,500/mo on a 12-month term, and its service pages offered a 90-day sprint, monthly retainers or custom work, starting from $2,500/mo. If an AI answer gave you MADX's price, ask MADX which of its price sets your quote uses before you budget.

The best MADX Digital alternatives in 2026, ranked

1. LoudFace: best for B2B SaaS and fintech that want SEO, AEO and GEO as one program

Best for: B2B SaaS and fintech teams that want SEO, AEO and GEO run as one program, with AI visibility reported engine by engine and a team shipping in week one.

Starting price (checked 6 Nov 2026): LoudFace engagements start from $5k/mo, scoped on the intro call, with a 2h response time on every tier. Its GEO programs start from $5,000 per month on a three-month initial engagement, with no setup fee. For the right partnership, LoudFace ties part of its fee to results.

What it does: LoudFace describes itself on its SEO and AEO service page as "a full-stack organic growth agency for B2B SaaS and fintech, with AI visibility measured per engine." Its method is truly unique content for the client's own site, plus a selective set of high-authority off-site placements. The first month is the most packed one. Kickoff happens within 48 hours of signature, with access set up, the Scoreboard live and the first fixes and calibration articles shipping in the same week. You meet your delivery team and see shipped work inside five days.

AI search offer: "We run SEO, AEO, and GEO as one program." The GEO service promises "Weekly share-of-answer reporting split by engine, never blended."

Proof: for 18 months LoudFace was Toku's growth partner. In the 30-day Peec AI reading ending 19 August 2026, Toku held 97.8% AI visibility on the category's top stablecoin payroll prompt, "Best stablecoin payroll providers," the highest of any brand on that prompt. For Transalis, on the same 73 tracked buyer prompts, comparing August with 24 to 30 October 2026, ChatGPT went from naming it in 7.7% of answers to 24.2%, Google AI Overviews from 7.2% to 18.0%, and Perplexity from 0.7% to 7.2%. On the non-branded buyer prompts LoudFace tracks for its own AI visibility, ChatGPT went from naming LoudFace in 0% of its answers in April 2026 to 38.8% over 18 to 28 September 2026, Google AI Overviews from 0.4% to 14.3%, and Perplexity from 0% to 11.2%. The case study notes that the September readings come after its 17 September prompt cut, which lifts them. More results sit on the LoudFace case-study index.

Compared with MADX Digital: a three-month initial engagement, against MADX's choice of a 12-month term or a rolling plan at a higher price. Its GEO service reports share of answer split by engine every week.

Skip it if: your budget for organic and AI search is under $5,000 a month.

2. Omniscient Digital: best for B2B software that wants organic only, on an annual budget

Best for: B2B software companies that want organic growth and AI search from one agency, with a full-service annual budget.

Starting price (checked 6 Nov 2026): "Full-service engagements start at $120,000/year," on Omniscient Digital's homepage and why-us page.

What it does: "Omniscient Digital is an organic growth agency that helps B2B software businesses turn SEO, GEO, and content into growth channels." Its why-us page lists addresses in Austin, New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Boston.

AI search offer: the AEO page leads with "Increase your brand's visibility in AI search and get recommended by LLMs."

Proof: on its homepage, Omniscient Digital says "Convert grew LLM Visibility 81% and AI Citations 140% in 60 days".

Compared with MADX Digital: the agency AI engines put beside MADX most often, in 176 ChatGPT, 41 Perplexity and 99 Google AI Overviews answers of the 507. Omniscient Digital prices full service by the year, well above MADX's entry plan.

Skip it if: $120,000 a year for full service is out of reach, or you want paid media from the same firm. Omniscient Digital's why-us page says "We don't run paid media, social, or email."

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3. SimpleTiger: best for B2B SaaS that wants SEO and AEO with paid ads under one roof

Best for: B2B SaaS teams that want SEO and AEO run as one program, with paid acquisition and lifecycle from the same agency.

Starting price (checked 6 Nov 2026): custom. SimpleTiger's pricing page shows its packages with demo buttons rather than fees, and its FAQ says "each of our SEO packages starts at 5% of revenue or funding at the respective growth stage that the packages target". On terms, the comparison list on its GEO page includes "Month to month, no long-term contract" for SimpleTiger.

What it does: SimpleTiger's AEO page says "Good SEO builds the brand authority AI models draw from, so we run SEO and AEO as one program." It adds that "AEO is part of our Pipeline Engine, which also connects SEO, paid acquisition including PPC, content, and lifecycle." Its footer places SimpleTiger LLC in Sarasota, Florida.

AI search offer: its AEO page is titled "The Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) Agency for B2B SaaS".

Proof: on its AEO page, SimpleTiger reports $3M "in revenue in less than 10 months through AI & organic search for Invoca", and a #1 tile reading "In AI Search across 459 tracked customer-success competitors (Gainsight)". The stat tiles carry no dates.

Compared with MADX Digital: month-to-month terms on its GEO page, against MADX's 12-month term for the best rate, and a price pegged to your revenue or funding stage instead of a fixed plan.

Skip it if: you want a fixed monthly figure in writing before the first call.

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4. Directive Consulting: best for B2B tech that wants GEO with paid media and RevOps

Best for: B2B tech companies that want GEO and SEO run beside paid media, creative and RevOps.

Starting price (checked 6 Nov 2026): not published. Directive Consulting's /pricing URL returned a not-found page on 6 November 2026, and its homepage and GEO page show no fee.

What it does: "We combine content, paid media, creative, and RevOps into one growth system." Directive Consulting has been "Solving tough challenges for ambitious B2B businesses since 2013," and its footer lists Orange County, Austin, New York City, Mexico City, London and Toronto.

AI search offer: "Our GEO services position your brand inside ChatGPT, Gemini, large language models (LLMs), and AI-powered search engines to capture demand wherever your audience is looking." It adds that it combines traditional SEO with generative search optimization.

Proof: in its case study "How Case Status Grew LLM Visibility Into a 20% Lift in Bookings", Directive Consulting says Case Status "partnered with Directive in early 2025 to pioneer an innovative Large Language Model (LLM) optimization strategy". The page also lists "19% quarter-over-quarter growth in organic sessions".

Compared with MADX Digital: a wider growth system, with paid media, creative and RevOps beside GEO, and a London office of its own. MADX publishes its plans; Directive Consulting does not.

Skip it if: you want a written price before the first call.

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5. Siege Media: best for SaaS content at scale, with digital PR and affiliate

Best for: SaaS brands that want content, digital PR and affiliate partnerships aimed at AI answers.

Starting price (checked 6 Nov 2026): Siege Media's content marketing FAQ says "Our minimums for content marketing are currently $8,000 per month." It asks for a 12-month contract "given the long term nature of SEO," and "all of our contracts include a 30 day out clause to grant you flexibility should budgets or strategies change." That $8,000 is the content-marketing minimum.

What it does: "Full-service GEO. We make brands the answer in search." Siege Media's services line reads "GEO consulting. SEO consulting. Content. Digital PR. Affiliate. Reddit."

Proof: in the first two years of its engagement, Siege Media says Zapier saw "a $7.2 million increase in traffic value to the blog and a 290% increase in monthly organic traffic to the site".

Compared with MADX Digital: both pair content with digital PR. Siege Media asks for twelve months too, softened by a 30-day out clause, and adds affiliate and Reddit to the off-site mix.

Skip it if: your content budget sits below $8,000 a month, or you want no annual contract at all.

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6. Animalz: best for B2B SaaS editorial content and SEO

Best for: B2B SaaS brands that want a content marketing and SEO agency with an AEO audit and mention outreach on top.

Starting price (checked 6 Nov 2026): not published. Animalz's /pricing URL returned not found, and the AEO page shows no fee.

What it does: "A Content Marketing and SEO Agency for Leading B2B SaaS Brands." Its about page says "We've evolved into a remote-based global brand of thought leaders, SEO experts, brand builders, and content operators."

AI search offer: "Optimize for AI search before your competitors do." Its AEO audit shows where AI mentions or misses your brand across Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini, and its mention outreach aims to "Increase your mentions in highly cited sources with our strategic and pointed outreach."

Proof: the Animalz customers page features "How SupportLogic AI-Proofed and 5X Its Organic Traffic in 12 Months".

Compared with MADX Digital: content first, with outreach to highly cited sources as part of its AEO work. MADX publishes its plan prices; Animalz does not.

Skip it if: you want a written price before the first call.

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7. Grow and Convert: best for conversion-focused content built from customer interviews

Best for: B2B software companies that want conversion-focused content built from interviews with their own team.

Starting price (checked 6 Nov 2026): "Our base package is $10k/month and can scale up depending on how many keywords/articles you want per month." Its B2B SaaS GEO page ends "Starting at $10,000 per month." On terms: "We don't require a 6 or 12 month contract."

What it does: content marketing, SEO and GEO, built from what your sales and product teams know.

AI search offer: "How we get AI to recommend your B2B software when buyers ask ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and AI Overviews".

Proof: for Toro TMS, "When we started in early 2025, roughly 5% of Toro's revenue came from branded inbound. Eighteen months later, that number is over 25%." It adds, "Booked revenue is up 362%".

Compared with MADX Digital: no 6- or 12-month contract, against MADX's 12-month term for the best rate, and revenue-level proof.

Skip it if: $10,000 a month is above your budget, or your sales and product teams cannot give time for interviews.

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8. iPullRank: best for enterprise and mid-market AI search programs

Best for: enterprise and mid-market brands that want AI search strategy from a technical, research-led team.

Starting price (checked 6 Nov 2026): iPullRank's AI Search page sorts buyers into three stages with investment ranges and no period stated. Emerging, the stage for brands that need clarity before scale, is $30K to $150K. Growth, for brands ready to challenge the market, is $150K to $500K. Elite is $500K+.

What it does: iPullRank's footer calls it "a pioneering AI Search and content marketing agency leading the way in Relevance Engineering, GEO, Audience-Focused SEO, and Content Strategy." Its about page: "When Search Engine Land Marketer of the Year, Mike King founded iPullRank".

AI search offer: "In a nutshell, GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) is the strategy for optimizing your website and content for visibility in AI Search."

Proof: iPullRank's homepage names a client type rather than the client: "One of the world's biggest banks paused their paid ad spend because of the success of our content engineering strategy."

Compared with MADX Digital: the closest fit for AI search programs at larger brands, priced by investment stage rather than by monthly plan.

Skip it if: you want a monthly retainer price before the first call. iPullRank's ranges carry no period.

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9. First Page Sage: best for B2B SaaS that judges search on demos, trials and payback

Best for: B2B SaaS teams that judge organic search on demo requests, trials and payback, on month-to-month terms.

Starting price (checked 6 Nov 2026): First Page Sage's own pricing report says "Our data showed that First Page Sage's published range of $6,000 to $12,000 per month sits within the market's Growth tier". Terms are "Month to month, with no annual lock-in."

What it does: "For 18 years, we have turned B2B SaaS websites into a dependable source of demo requests, trials, and qualified pipeline." The same page frames the job today as beating your competitors on Google and in AI answers at once.

AI search offer: SEO and GEO for B2B SaaS, aimed at Google and AI answers together.

Proof: across its SaaS campaigns, First Page Sage reports an average with no client named: "Our SaaS campaigns average 5.2 months to breakeven, 58% first-year ROI, and 702% ROI across the first three years." It also says "We helped our client become the most-recommended provider on AI tools including ChatGPT and Claude", without naming the client.

Compared with MADX Digital: a written monthly range on month-to-month terms, against MADX's 12-month term for its best rate.

Skip it if: a senior program is out of budget this year. First Page Sage's own not-a-fit list says "We stay premium deliberately."

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How do you choose a MADX Digital alternative?

Start from the reason you are leaving. If none of the reasons above applies, stay with MADX. Its plans are public, its placement thesis is clear, and its Postalytics and Nosto results are dated. If one does apply, match it here.

A wider ranked field of AI search agencies is in the best GEO agencies for B2B SaaS in 2026. The full question set for a pitch call is in questions to ask an AI search agency before you sign, and price bands across the market are in AEO agency pricing for B2B SaaS in 2026.

Whichever agencies make your shortlist, ask each of them the same four questions.

1. What does the entry price buy, and for how long? MADX's Authority plan is placements, monitoring and strategy, with on-site articles from Growth. Siege Media's $8,000 is a content minimum. iPullRank's ranges have no period. Get the scope, the term and the price in one email.
2. Which engines get reported, and are they split? Ask for a sample report. A single blended AI number hides the engine you are losing on, and some plans track fewer engines than others.
3. Which named client moved, on which prompt, and on whose metric? MADX's Postalytics and Nosto figures are share of voice. Peec AI reports visibility. Ask which one you are looking at, plus the window and the tool.
4. What ships in month one, and where? Get the first month's deliverables in writing, and find out how much goes on your own site against third-party placements.