Service comparison
One-time intelligence or continuous monitoring?
The question is cadence. A Search Intelligence Report answers a defined decision once. Monitoring repeatedly measures the market so changes, competitors and opportunities can be observed over time.
Side by side
Choose the responsibility—not the label.
Search Intelligence Reports
From $1,000 one-timeA focused analyst-led diagnostic for a specific visibility, competitor, category or market question.
- You need evidence before making an investment.
- A board or leadership question needs a focused answer.
- You do not yet need recurring infrastructure.
- Defined one-time measurement
- Focused competitive analysis
- Prioritized findings
- Strategy review at the paid tiers
AI Visibility Monitoring
From $1,000/moContinuous Google + AI market measurement designed to detect movement, competitor changes and opportunity patterns over time.
- The same market needs to be watched every month.
- Your team needs ongoing competitive context.
- Trend and change detection matter more than a single snapshot.
- Recurring collection
- Trend reporting
- Competitor movement
- Ongoing opportunity surfacing
Key differences
What actually changes between the two options.
One defined engagement.
Continuous monthly service.
What is true now and what should we do?
What changed and where are we gaining or losing?
Sophrono researches, interprets and recommends. You choose who implements.
Sophrono collects, analyzes and reports. Your team implements.
Findings, what they mean and recommendations sized to the question.
A monthly report on what changed and what to look at next.
Not included. Available as a separate engagement.
Not included.
Limited to the study scope and available evidence.
Built over recurring measurement periods.
Walkthrough of findings. Competitive Intelligence adds a strategy review.
Monthly reports. Visibility Portfolio adds executive reporting.
A free Personalized Preview of one major visibility signal.
Agree the questions and coverage, then take a baseline.
Visibility Intelligence $1,000, Competitive Intelligence $3,500, Full Market Intelligence from $7,500, one-time.
Visibility Core $1,000, Visibility Competitive $2,000, Visibility Portfolio from $4,000 per month.
$1,000 one-time.
$1,000/month.
Which one fits
Four common situations.
Your board wants evidence on search position before approving next year’s budget.
Choose Search Intelligence Reports
A report answers one defined decision with findings and recommendations. You get the evidence without committing to a retainer first.
Your team ships SEO changes every month and needs to see what moved.
Choose AI Visibility Monitoring
Monitoring measures the same market repeatedly, so your team can see change over time and decide what to look at next.
You are weighing entry into a new category or geography and need a competitor view.
Choose Search Intelligence Reports
Competitive Intelligence and Full Market Intelligence can study a specific category or geography in depth, with implementation priorities for the decision.
Competitors keep shifting position and you want signals between monthly reports.
Choose AI Visibility Monitoring
Visibility Competitive adds a weekly change pulse, competitor head-to-head analysis and leader gaps on top of the monthly report.
Questions
Search Intelligence Reports or AI Visibility Monitoring: common questions.
Can we start with a report and move to Monitoring later?
Yes. A report answers the question in front of you now. If the findings show that the same market needs watching over time, Monitoring moves you from one-time diagnosis to continuous measurement. We set the questions, coverage and baseline for Monitoring at the start, and agree how any change in scope is reported, so later trends compare like with like.
Is the free Personalized Preview the same as a paid report?
No. The preview is intentionally limited. It is a three-page first look with one major score, a market ranking, a selected competitor finding and example prompt evidence. Paid reports expand the measurement, competitive analysis, opportunity detail and analyst review. The preview is a good way to see the kind of evidence we work with before choosing a paid study.
How long does a Search Intelligence Report take?
It depends on the question and the depth of study. Scope, format, inputs and delivery timing are all agreed before the paid work begins, so you know the delivery date up front. We start from the decision the report must support, then walk you through the findings and next steps once it is complete.
Does either service include implementation?
No. A report can produce implementation priorities, and Monitoring gives your team a short list of what to look at next. In both cases, your team or agency owns the changes. If you want Sophrono to do the work, AI SEO or Sophrono Search adds implementation as a separate engagement, starting from the evidence you already have.
Decision rule
The right choice depends on who should own implementation.
Use the comparison to choose the operating model first. The exact tier comes later, after the market and scope are defined.
Start with evidence
Still not sure which path fits?
Start with the free personalized visibility preview. It gives you a limited market baseline before you choose a service or recurring engagement.