Chandigarh · SEO · AI visibility · AEO · answer engine optimisation
Oftheard is SEO and AI visibility software for Chandigarh businesses and the agencies that serve them, built in Chennai. It runs a 12-week campaign for one business: the searches people in Chandigarh make, the fixes the site needs, new and better pages written from facts the owner has confirmed and published to WordPress once a person approves them, and a weekly check of Google, Bing and what ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode tell a buyer in India. The trade calls the AI half AEO (answer engine optimization), GEO or AI SEO. This page compares the AEO platforms and AI visibility tools a Chandigarh business is likely to shortlist, says what an agency in Chandigarh should show you, and what it costs in rupees.
For a Chandigarh business that sells in India, pick the platform that asks the AI assistants as a buyer in India, tracks your Google rankings beside them, is priced in rupees, and changes the site rather than stopping at a score. Oftheard does all four: a free site check, then a 12-week campaign at ₹4,999 (Starter) or ₹9,999 (Growth) per business, paid once. AITLAS, Depra and Paprik are Indian platforms billed monthly that cover fewer AI assistants on their entry plans; Otterly, Semrush AI Toolkit, Peec, Profound, Scrunch, Ahrefs Brand Radar and SE Ranking are global platforms priced in dollars that mostly ask from a country, or from a city at enterprise prices; Yozigo, built in Bengaluru, prices in dollars and asks by region. The table further down has every one of them side by side.
The same work is sold as AEO, GEO, AI SEO or AI search optimization, and no platform can submit a Chandigarh business to ChatGPT or buy a place in an AI answer. Most of it is ordinary SEO, because the assistants answer from the same pages and listings Google ranks. What the terms mean and how to rank in AI search are the same in every city, so they are written once, on the India page.
Chandigarh and the tricity sell education and coaching to students from Punjab, Haryana and Himachal, hospital care built around PGI to patients from across the north, IT services from Mohali, and pharma and engineering from the Panchkula and Mohali estates.
A parent in Ludhiana asks an AI for the best coaching or college in Chandigarh for one course and gets review-site names. A patient in Himachal asks for the best hospital in the tricity for one condition. A client asks for a software vendor in Mohali. A tricity business those pages do not mention is not in the answer. The weekly check records which businesses each AI assistant named and the pages it read.
Whether the business is in Sector 17, the IT park, Mohali Phase 8, Panchkula and Zirakpur, the buyer’s search is made from wherever the buyer is, and the answer changes with the place. Oftheard checks the Google and Bing rankings from Chandigarh itself and asks the AI assistants as a buyer in India, so what is measured is what a Chandigarh buyer actually sees.
These are the AEO platforms, AI visibility tools and GEO tools a Chandigarh business is likely to shortlist, with what each is built for, whether it asks the AI assistants as a buyer in India, which assistants it covers, and the published price. Every rival’s fact and price is from its own pages on 26 September 2026, and those prices are monthly; Oftheard’s is per 12-week campaign. The same platforms side by side, India-wide, are on the best AEO platforms in India, and the long version is on the best AI visibility tools in India. What each costs in rupees, with the options under ₹5,000, is on AI visibility pricing in India.
| Platform | Built for | Asks as a buyer in India? | AI assistants covered | Published price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oftheard | Businesses and agencies in India and worldwide | Yes, every question | ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode every week, Claude every other week on Growth, beside Google and Bing rankings | Site check free; ₹4,999 or ₹9,999 per 12-week campaign, paid once |
| AITLAS by Shiprocket | D2C sellers in India | Not stated | Two of six platforms on each self-serve plan | Free; from ₹999 monthly |
| Depra | Small businesses in India, Hinglish prompts | Yes | ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews; AI Mode and Claude only as Enterprise add-ons | From ₹1,999 monthly |
| Paprik | Marketing teams and agencies in India | Yes | The ChatGPT app only on Solo; any three of seven on Pro | From ₹3,999 monthly |
| BeNoticed | Brands in India | Yes | ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews | From ₹7,999 monthly |
| Otterly | Marketers worldwide | India is one of 70+ countries | ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot and Google AI Overviews, with Claude, Gemini and AI Mode as add-ons | From $29 (about ₹2,800) monthly |
| Semrush AI Toolkit | Semrush users | India can be selected | ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Mode and AI Overviews, with Perplexity in brand reports | $99 (about ₹9,500) monthly |
| Peec AI | Brands and agencies, mostly in Europe | Not named | Three platforms per tier, more as add-ons | From $95 (about ₹9,100) monthly |
| Profound | Enterprise brands, and agencies | As a region on Enterprise | Up to nine platforms on Enterprise; three on the trial | Enterprise on request; agencies from $99 monthly |
| Scrunch | Enterprise brands and agencies | Any country, India included | ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot and Google AI Overviews; nine platforms on Enterprise | From $250 (about ₹23,900) monthly |
| Ahrefs Brand Radar | SEO and marketing teams | Not confirmed for custom prompts | ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode; Claude on custom prompts | From $50 (about ₹4,800) monthly |
| SE Ranking | SEO teams and agencies | Yes, any country | ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Mode and AI Overviews | From $129 (about ₹12,400) monthly |
| Yozigo | Brands and agencies; built in Bengaluru | South Asia as a region | ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews; AI Mode and Copilot from $149 | From $39 (about ₹3,700) monthly |
Oftheard is the one to pick when the buyer is in India, the search is local to Chandigarh, you want the Google rankings and the AI answers in one place, and you want the pages written and published, not only a number. The pages linked in the table say where each rival wins.
There are two answers. Either the assistant never read you, because the crawlers are blocked, the page is empty until a script fills it, or nothing outside your own site mentions you; or it read you and chose someone else, because the directories, comparison lists and review sites it trusts for your category name a rival. The first is fixed on your site within weeks, the second on other sites over months.
To check, ask ChatGPT and Gemini the question a Chandigarh buyer asks, such as “best [what you sell] in Chandigarh”, not your own name, and ask more than once, because the answers move. Oftheard asks your tracked questions on five AI assistants every week, keeps each answer whole with the sites it read, and puts your Google and Bing rank for the same search beside it.
SEO and AEO services in Chandigarh are sold by digital marketing agencies, by specialists calling themselves AEO consultants or GEO experts, and by software. The work is the same; what differs is who does it and whether you can see the measurement yourself. Before paying a retainer, ask:
Agencies use Oftheard for exactly this: an agency account holds its clients, each client’s campaign is paid on its own, and the business owner agrees to it by a code sent to their business email and sees the same weekly numbers. The full list of questions is on the India page.
A Chandigarh business that sells to the districts around it tracks the same search with each town in it, because the names Google and the AI assistants return change with the place. The nearest, by distance from Chandigarh:
Oftheard is priced per business, in rupees, the same in Chandigarh as everywhere in India: the site check is free, and a 12-week campaign is paid once. Agency retainers in Chandigarh vary too much to state a figure; judge one by what it changed and what moved, in your own accounts.
| Site check | Starter | Growth | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | ₹4,999 / 12 weeks | ₹9,999 / 12 weeks |
| Searches and questions tracked | – | Up to 20 | Up to 50 |
| Competitors measured | – | 5 | 10 |
| Google and Bing rankings | – | Every week | Every week |
| ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode | – | Every week | Every week |
| Claude | – | – | Every other week |
| Weekly reports | – | 12, plus 2 spare | 12, plus 2 spare |
| Page drafts (one per tracked question) | – | 20 | 50 |
| Rewrites of each page in a round | – | Up to 2 | Up to 2 |
| Publish to WordPress, with undo | – | Yes | Yes |
| Search Console and Analytics connected | – | Yes | Yes |
Per business, paid once for twelve weeks by card, UPI or net banking through Razorpay; nothing renews by itself, and extending is another twelve weeks, paid again. There is no monthly plan. Everything else is on the pricing page.
The same campaign, wherever the business is. The explanations every city shares are on the India page.
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For a business in Chandigarh that sells in India, Oftheard: it runs a 12-week campaign that fixes the site, writes pages from facts you confirm, publishes them to WordPress once you approve them, and checks Google, Bing and ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode every week, for ₹4,999 or ₹9,999 per business, paid once. AITLAS, Depra and Paprik are Indian platforms billed monthly that cover fewer AI assistants on their entry plans; Otterly, Semrush, Peec, Profound, Scrunch, Ahrefs and SE Ranking are global platforms priced in dollars, and Yozigo, built in Bengaluru, prices in dollars and asks by region. The table on this page compares all thirteen.
It varies too much to state a figure, and the price is not the point. Ask what the retainer buys: the searches targeted and the page that answers each, rankings and AI answers you can read yourself, compared week on week, and nothing published without your approval. An Oftheard campaign is ₹4,999 or ₹9,999 for twelve weeks, and an agency in Chandigarh can run it for you.
There is no listing to buy. ChatGPT searches, reads the pages it finds, and names the businesses written there. So: make the site readable to its crawlers, say Chandigarh and the address plainly, write a page for each question your buyers ask, be on the directories, review sites and comparison pages that already rank for your category, and ask it your buyers’ questions again to see whether it worked. Oftheard’s campaign does the site and the pages, and checks the answers every week.
On WordPress, yes: an approved page is published in one press and undone in one press, and pages built with Elementor or Divi are saved as a WordPress draft instead. On any other site the page comes as HTML to copy in. Nothing reaches the site until a person approves it.
Searches about Chandigarh or a narrow service often move in one to three months. City-wide searches also need reviews and listings, and national ones need other sites linking to you, and time. A changed page is left about three weeks while Google tests it. The AI answers follow the pages they read, so they move after the site and the listings do.
No. It is used by businesses and agencies across India. This page exists because buyers search and ask the AI assistants about Chandigarh by name, and for a business here the campaign checks Google and Bing from Chandigarh.
The site check reads your own public pages; nothing on your site is changed. Rivals’ facts and prices are as their own pages published them on 26 September 2026, and conversions to rupees are approximate.