EST. MMXXVI · THE INSTITUTION OF RECORD FOR AI CITATION · OPEN METHODOLOGY
THE AI CITATION INSTITUTEEx corpore, auctoritas.Operated
The SaaS tiers give you the instrument.
Operated is the operator.
Some teams want the instrument in their own hands. Others want the outcome. Operated is us running the whole loop for you — the five engines panel, the diagnosis, the drafts, the publishing, the receipts — the way a senior team would, without you staffing one.
what it replaces
A managed growth agency runs $5,000–$15,000 / mo and hands you a deck.
Operated is the same senior attention pointed at one thing — being the answer AI gives — and it hands you receipts, not slides. Engagements are quoted against the outcome, not by the hour.
Indicative agency-retainer range, not an AI Citation Institute price. Operated pricing is quoted per engagement.
Three levels of operation.
Each is quoted per engagement against the retainer it replaces. Ranges are indicative; the scope is set to your market.
Operated Growth
We run the full loop for you every week — the panel, the diagnosis, the drafts, the publishing, the receipts. You approve; we operate.
For teams who want the outcome without staffing the instrument.
Talk to usOperated Dominance
flagshipEverything in Operated Growth, run harder: twice-weekly panels, the watchtower on your queries, competitor counters shipped in days, and market intelligence read for you.
For brands intent on owning the answer across their whole category.
Talk to usMarket Exclusive
Operated Dominance plus exclusivity: one client per vertical per market. Hold it and we decline your direct competitors there.
For the one brand per market that wants the field to itself.
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Two things no software tier gets, at any price.
Full-field competitor tracking
We don't just track you. We track every competitor in your market as closely as we track you — their pages, their claims, their share of every answer — so we can see the gaps and drive the wedge that turns queries over with surgical precision. When a rival's page changes on Tuesday and an answer flips on Friday, we know, and we counter.
Historic footprint, optimized
Software tiers improve what you publish going forward. Operated also works backward: with your access, we optimize the footprint you already have — the pages, profiles, and listings the engines already read — so your whole record works for you, not just this month's content.
market exclusive
The one brand per market that wants the field to itself.
Exclusivity is available — one client per vertical per metro. If you hold it, we decline your competitors in that market. If you don't, we may work with others on non-conflicting queries.
We won't run our engine for a direct competitor in your market — that's the boundary we enforce.
AI answers are public; anyone can re-run a query. What we gate is our own private engine, forensics, and counters — not the public citations.
where exclusivity applies
Not every client gets exclusivity. Metro grain is available soon; today exclusivity is offered at state, national, or online grain.
Have us operate it.
Tell us your market and the queries that matter. We'll come back with the scope, the level, and whether exclusivity is open where you are.