Win the answer, not the click.

Google and Microsoft independently measure the same visibility: this directory appearing inside AI-generated answers. Google Search Console, Generative AI performance (Search) reports property-level link impressions across Google AI Overviews + AI Mode; customer reports can separately credit page rows that name the platform. Bing Webmaster Tools, AI Performance — citation sources: Microsoft Copilots and Partners reports source citations: 190,000+ in the last 30 days, with 52% on software and platform questions. These are different measurement systems, so we label them separately and never create a combined total. Neither number is a click, signup, or revenue claim.

A featured seat moves an already-qualified platform to the top of a segment's shortlist, marks it Sponsored, and tracks clicks on its brand-name link into the platform profile. It cannot add a platform, replace a recommendation, alter fit copy, or change a review verdict. One to four qualifying platforms support one sponsored position; five or more support up to 2, ordered first-come, while all other platforms retain their relative order.

We write your platform's own review as part of the listing — straight: favorable where the facts earn it, honest where they don't. What sponsorship never buys is a rating you didn't earn, a real weakness hidden, a "best for" you don't actually fit, or any change to the head-to-head reviews like Vanta vs Drata. That firewall is the only reason AI cites us — and the only reason the placement is worth anything.

Flat fees billed quarterly, published above: Segment Spotlight is $900/mo ($2,700 per quarter) for a featured seat in one segment, with extra seats at $500/mo ($1,500 per quarter) up to 3 more. Hub share of voice is $3,000/mo ($9,000 per quarter) for a seat in every segment you fit and the whole software hub. Both cancel any quarter. The Custom partnership is done-for-you and priced to your goals. Every tier bills on separately measured exposure, never on leads or conversions.

No. Your sponsorship is a flat quarterly fee, the same whether or not a single buyer converts. We do not take a commission, referral fee, or percentage of the buyer's contract. You pay for labeled presence in the answer, not a lead count or a sale.

The done-for-you tier. Segment Spotlight and Hub put you on the source pages buyers and answer engines read; the Custom partnership is where we build the earned presence that can carry into an answer — the digital PR that earns the citations AI quotes, AI-visibility work across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI Overviews, and the co-published research that makes you the referenced name in your category, not just a listed one. It runs directly with Peter on an annual term, and we take on one partnership at a time — while we run yours, we run no other platform's, so the focus (and the standing) is yours alone. Priced to your goals — talk to Peter.

A labeled Sponsored entry at the top of the /software/ directory, plus one at the top of each purchased segment where your platform already qualifies, with its brand-name link tracked into the platform profile. Profiles and reviews remain independent and follow the same evidence bar whether or not a vendor sponsors. The monthly report separates profile-entry clicks by placement from tagged outbound clicks on the profile.

You can cancel any quarter. Your written review stays up — it is independent analysis, part of the listing, and we do not pull an honest review because a sponsorship ended. What comes down is the paid layer: the featured seats, the sponsored badge, and the CTAs to your site. Nothing about the editorial order or the verdicts changes either way, and if you ever took the AI Visibility Blueprint, its credit still applies to whatever you take next.

Different channel, and a complement rather than a competitor. Paid search rents one click at auction — up to $214 a click on soc 2 compliance software — and it disappears the moment you stop paying. A listing site sells you a profile buyers filter past. This is presence inside the AI answer that's replacing the search — the source it's assembled from — for a flat fee that doesn't move with the auction. It doesn't compete for the same click; it's in front of the buyer before the click exists.

Yes, where your platform is a genuine alternative for that page's buyer. The placement is cap-one per page and appears as a self-contained Sponsored alternative note at a relevant decision point. It states why the product may fit, preserves a material caveat, and links to our independent review before the paid destination. It never enters a comparison table, score, ranking, or verdict. A rival can buy the same constrained placement on your review, too: you buy visibility inside the reading flow, never the conclusion. This module is included with Hub share of voice.