Chennai, Tamil Nadu (Madras) · SEO · AI visibility · AEO · answer engine optimisation
Oftheard is SEO and AI visibility software for Chennai businesses and the agencies that serve them, built in Chennai. It runs a 12-week campaign for one business: the searches people in Chennai 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 Chennai business is likely to shortlist, says what an agency in Chennai should show you, and what it costs in rupees.
For a Chennai 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 Chennai 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.
Chennai sells most of what it makes outside the city: software from the OMR corridor to customers across India and abroad, cars and components from Sriperumbudur and Oragadam, hospital care to patients who travel from other states, and courses to students who apply from anywhere.
Those buyers do not walk in. Increasingly they ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Perplexity who to buy from, and the engine names two or three companies and stops. A company that is not named is not considered. Chennai has more companies competing for the same answer than any city in the south, which is why being read by the engines matters more here, not less.
Whether the business is in OMR, Guindy, Ambattur, Sriperumbudur and Oragadam, 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 Chennai itself and asks the AI assistants as a buyer in India, so what is measured is what a Chennai buyer actually sees.
These are the AEO platforms, AI visibility tools and GEO tools a Chennai 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 Chennai, 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 Chennai buyer asks, such as “best [what you sell] in Chennai”, 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 Chennai 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 Chennai 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 Chennai:
Oftheard is priced per business, in rupees, the same in Chennai as everywhere in India: the site check is free, and a 12-week campaign is paid once. Agency retainers in Chennai 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.
Most Chennai businesses hire this work from a digital marketing company or an SEO company rather than an AEO specialist, and that is how people here search for it. Google suggests searches such as “seo company in chennai”, “seo company in chennai ambattur”, “seo service in chennai”, “ai seo company in chennai”, “seo services company in chennai” and “search engine seo company in chennai” (collected on 29 September 2026).
Whichever you hire, the questions are the same: whose name the Google Business Profile, Search Console and ad accounts are in; which searches they will target and which page answers each; what they will do each month, in writing; and what ChatGPT and Gemini say about you before the work and after it. Oftheard checks the rankings and the AI answers every week, whoever does the work. The Tamil Nadu guide has the rest, with a page for every district.
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 Chennai 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 Chennai 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 Chennai 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 Chennai 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 Chennai by name, and for a business here the campaign checks Google and Bing from Chennai.
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.