Moonline AEO GEO vs Profound, Cognizo, and Peec
The one built for the owner of a single location, next to the ones built for marketing teams
For a single-location business, Moonline AEO GEO is the fit: it measures six engines in your city and does the publishing and upkeep that gets you named, with no dashboard to run. Profound, Cognizo, and Peec are monitoring platforms built for brands with marketing teams who act on the data themselves. Prices are as listed in September 2026. They change; verify on each vendor's page before deciding.
What does each one do, and for whom?
Profound, Cognizo, and Peec measure how often AI assistants mention a brand and report it to a marketing team; none of the three publishes anything or keeps a business profile current. Moonline AEO GEO measures the same kind of answers, per city, and then does the publishing and upkeep for one location. The table states each vendor’s own listing, with the six engines Moonline measures named in full.
| Criterion | Moonline AEO GEO | Profound | Cognizo | Peec |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | An agency that measures whether AI assistants name a business in its own city, then does the publishing and upkeep that gets it named and keeps it named. | The category leader in AI visibility monitoring, built for enterprise brands. Raised $180M at a $1.8B valuation in September 2026, as announced. | AI visibility monitoring with an agency marketplace attached, so a customer can hire a third party for the publishing. | AI visibility monitoring for marketing teams, with a 7-day trial and a 20% referral program. |
| Who it is for | The owner of a single-location business in the United States or Canada. | Enterprise brands and the marketing teams that run them. | Brands with marketing staff to act on the data. Access is demo-gated. | Marketing teams that want to track brand mentions across AI answers and act themselves. |
| Engines measured | six: ChatGPT, Google's AI Overviews, Google Search, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity. | Nine AI platforms, as listed on tryprofound.com. | See cognizo.ai. | See peec.ai. |
| Per-city measurement | Yes. Ten questions per engine, asked as a customer in that city would ask them, before starting and every 30 days after. | No local per-city product listed. | No per-city product listed. | No local execution and no per-city product listed. |
| Done for you | Yes. Answers published on your site, Google Business Profile kept current, reviews answered, listings kept consistent, and AIR, the receptionist that takes calls on nights and weekends. No dashboard to run. | No. Profound monitors and reports; buyers who want the publishing done are directed to a partner directory. | No. Monitoring, plus a marketplace of agencies the customer hires separately. | No. Monitoring only. |
| Price as listed | Set on a 30-minute strategy call. No public price. | No public price. Sales-led. | $499 and $999 per month, as listed on cognizo.ai in September 2026. | $95, $245, and $495 per month, as listed on peec.ai in September 2026. |
Prices are as listed in September 2026. They change; verify on each vendor's page before deciding.
When should you choose Profound, Cognizo, or Peec instead?
A marketing team that runs several brands or locations, and has people to act on the reporting, should choose a monitoring platform. Profound, Cognizo, and Peec were built for that team, and each one fits a different budget and stage. The three cases below are the ones where one of them is the better buy than Moonline AEO GEO, stated plainly.
Choose Profound if you run an enterprise brand
A marketing team responsible for a national or multi-brand presence, with staff to act on the reporting, is who Profound is built for. It tracks the most AI platforms of the three and sells through a sales team rather than a price page.
Choose Peec if your team wants to start tracking this month
A marketing team that wants to see brand mentions across AI answers, at a listed monthly price with a 7-day trial, can be running Peec the same day. The publishing that changes those mentions stays with your team.
Choose Cognizo if you want monitoring plus a place to hire
Cognizo pairs its monitoring with an agency marketplace, so a team that wants the reporting in one place and a way to hire the publishing out can do both, at $499 or $999 per month as listed. The agency is a separate hire.
When is Moonline AEO GEO the right choice?
Moonline AEO GEO is the right choice when you own one location, have no marketing department, and want the publishing and upkeep done rather than reported. A dentist, med spa, insurance broker, mortgage lender, or home-service company in the United States or Canada gets the per-city measurement, the publishing, and a receptionist for nights and weekends, with pricing set on a 30-minute call.
What do owners ask when comparing these four?
Owners comparing AI visibility options ask the same four things: which platform fits a single location, what Profound, Cognizo, and Peec cost, whether Moonline AEO GEO measures as well as publishes, and whether a monitoring platform and Moonline can run side by side. Each answer below stands on its own and keeps the September 2026 price hedge.
Which AI visibility platform is best for a single-location business?
For a business with one location and no marketing department, Moonline AEO GEO is built for that owner: it measures six engines in the business's own city and does the publishing and upkeep that gets the business named, with no dashboard to run. Profound, Cognizo, and Peec are monitoring platforms built for marketing teams who act on the data themselves, and they fit that buyer well.
What do Profound, Cognizo, and Peec cost?
As listed in September 2026: Profound publishes no price and sells through its sales team. Cognizo lists $499 and $999 per month and gates access behind a demo. Peec lists $95, $245, and $495 per month with a 7-day trial. Moonline AEO GEO has no public price; it is set on a 30-minute strategy call. Prices change, so verify each on the vendor's own page.
Does Moonline AEO GEO include measurement, or only the publishing?
Both. Moonline AEO GEO records which businesses each of the six engines names for ten questions asked in the client's city before starting, then every 30 days, and reports it in plain words. The measurement is the same kind of thing the monitoring platforms sell, done per city and read to the owner rather than left in a dashboard.
Can a business use Peec or Profound alongside Moonline AEO GEO?
Yes. A marketing team that already runs a monitoring platform can keep it and still have Moonline do the per-city publishing and upkeep for one location. Most Moonline AEO GEO clients do not need a separate platform, because the per-city measurement is already included and reported to them.
See who AI names in your city before you choose anything
The free check shows the names on the page. The strategy call takes 30 minutes and ends with a price for your market, whichever way you decide.