SEO + AI visibility intelligence platform that ranks brands across organic and generative search.
Custom (up to $500K+/yr) is the way in, Custom (up to $500K+/yr) is the tier that works.
Annual License covers unlimited user seats, custom keyword and page limits, all 3 product modules: intelligence, creator, monitoring, 3-week free trial.
Published tiers top out at Custom (up to $500K+/yr).
Pricing is opaque and enterprise-only, with deals starting around $27K/yr making it a non-starter for mid-market budgets.
6 recurring complaints show up in public reviews, and 0 of them come up often.
Praise is just as consistent: searchlight (now conductor) is consistently named a leader in the forrester wave for seo platforms, lending it strong enterprise credibility..
A serious tool that still expects someone in-house to act on it.
The most frequently raised complaint: pricing is opaque and enterprise-only, with deals starting around $27k/yr making it a non-starter for mid-market budgets..
It reports where you stand. Turning that into published pages and earned citations is still work somebody has to do.
| Included | Annual LicenseCustom (Median ~$48,950/yr)Sold as annual contract; Vendr median ~$48,950/yr based on 13 documented deals | Mid-MarketCustomVendr range $26,800/yr starting | EnterpriseCustom (up to $500K+/yr)Largest documented Vendr deals exceed $500,000/yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unlimited user seats | Smaller keyword and page footprints | AgentStack agentic AEO workflows |
| 2 | Custom keyword and page limits | Standard analytics integrations | LLM integrations and MCP Server |
| 3 | All 3 product modules: Intelligence, Creator, Monitoring | Email and chat support | Multiple sites and brands |
| 4 | 3-week free trial | · | Dedicated CSM and SLAs |
| 5 | · | · | Advanced security and SSO |
Searchlight (now Conductor) is consistently named a Leader in the Forrester Wave for SEO platforms, lending it strong enterprise credibility.
Content brief workflow inside Creator is praised on G2 for tying keyword research directly to writer guidance and topical authority maps.
AI search visibility tracking covers ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and Claude alongside traditional Google rankings in one dashboard.
24/7 Conductor Monitoring catches site issues like indexability changes and core web vitals regressions in real time.
Pricing is opaque and enterprise-only, with deals starting around $27K/yr making it a non-starter for mid-market budgets.
Searchmetrics integration is described in recent G2 reviews as a work-in-progress rather than a unified platform.
Long onboarding period (weeks to months) is needed before the platform pays off, per multiple Gartner Peer Insights reviewers.
Speed on large datasets is a recurring complaint, with reports taking minutes to load.
Ratings: 4.5/5 on g2 (460 reviews). As recorded 7 June 2026; counts move, so check the source before quoting.
Conductor Intelligence
Tracks brand visibility across ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Claude and Google with share-of-voice and rank reporting.
Conductor Creator
AI-driven content briefs and writing assistance grounded in proprietary keyword and intent data.
Conductor Monitoring
24/7 website health monitoring with real-time alerts for indexability, structured data, and Core Web Vitals regressions.
AI Topic Map
Maps topical authority across a site to prioritize content gaps that improve LLM citation odds.
AgentStack
Agentic AEO workflows that deliver structured page versions and integrations for LLM apps and developer tools.
Workflow Integrations
Sends keyword research and content tasks into Asana, Jira, Trello, and CMS systems like Drupal and WordPress.
Buy Searchlight
Right when in-house team to run it. You get the measurement, and the work of turning it into published pages and earned citations stays with your team.
Hire someone to run it
Right when nobody to act on it. Disclosure: this is what we sell, which is a reason to read us critically. It is also why every figure here carries the date we checked it, and every judgement carries the quote it came from.
SEO + AI visibility intelligence platform that ranks brands across organic and generative search.
Searchlight starts at Custom (up to $500K+/yr) per month, across 3 published tiers. Pricing checked 7 June 2026.
No free tier or trial is published for Searchlight.
The most frequently raised issue is: Pricing is opaque and enterprise-only, with deals starting around $27K/yr making it a non-starter for mid-market budgets.
A serious tool that still expects someone in-house to act on it. Buy the tool if in-house team to run it. A managed service is the better fit when nobody in-house has hours each week to act on what it reports.
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