Yes to one-time, no to a fix: you can pay once for the work with no retainer, but nothing makes an AI name you permanently, because the answers keep changing. A one-time project is worth buying when it ends with named placements and a before and after measurement, and it is not worth buying when it ends with a certificate.
There are three things sold under this name, and they are not the same purchase.
What you can buy once
Prices checked October 2026 unless marked. They change often.
| What | Price | You get | Who does the work |
|---|---|---|---|
| Do-it-yourself audit | About $19 to $49 | A checklist | You |
| Heard of You audit | $149 once ($99 for the founding 20) | 375 answers from 5 AIs, and the exact lists, review sites and threads to get into | You, from our plan |
| Fiverr or Upwork gig | About $65 to a few hundred | Usually page rewrites or a link package | The seller, on your brief |
| OneTimeGEO packages (read November 4 2026) | $297 to $997 once | Changes to your own site: FAQ schema, answer formatting, llms.txt. The higher tiers add content and an authority strategy | The vendor |
| Heard of You project | $799 once | 25 named lists and sites pitched with two follow-ups each, 3 pages written, 2 review profiles, a founder-led Reddit plan, re-checks at day 30, 60 and 90 | We do |
| Agency audit | From about $2,000 | A report, often the door to a retainer | The agency writes it. The fixes are usually extra |
The question that sorts them: your site or other people’s pages
Fixing your own site is cheap, and worth doing. It is also the smaller part of the problem. For US software questions, 72.7 percent of the sources AI engines cited were earned media, not the brand’s own pages. In Ahrefs’ tracking of 1,885 pages that added schema, AI citations barely moved.
So before you pay anyone once, ask where the work lands. If it is all on your own site, check whether you could do it in an afternoon. If it is on third-party pages, ask for the names.
What one-time cannot do
- It cannot be permanent. Run the same question twice and the same list of brands comes back less than one time in a hundred. Models update on their own schedules, and lists get rewritten.
- It cannot guarantee a mention. Nobody can. Not us either.
- It cannot hold your spot against competitors. They can get onto the same list next month.
- It cannot tell you it stopped working unless someone re-checks. A project with no re-check leaves you guessing. Ours has three, and then it ends.
If your market moves fast, or you want new placements every month, a retainer is a fair thing to want. We are not against monthly plans. We just do not think the first job is one.
How ours works
- Audit, $149 once. The plan, in 7 working days. Credited in full to a project within 30 days.
- Project, $799 once. About eight weeks of work inside a 90 day window. Dasha runs it, reads every report and answers for the result. Nothing goes out in your name without your say.
- No publisher fees, ever. If a list only takes paid entries, we skip it and say so.
- Keep growing, $349 a month, optional. Only offered after the day 30 re-check. That is our monthly plan, and now you know where it is.
Every deliverable ships within 90 days or you get your money back. Miss the day 60 target and we keep working at no charge until day 120. The rules are on the guarantee page. Everything is on the pricing page.
When not to buy from us
- You have no customers yet. Do the free check and come back when you have ten.
- You are a local business, or a funded team with a marketing department. Someone else will serve you better.
- Your site blocks AI crawlers or loads its words only with JavaScript. Fix that first. Our crawler check explains how, and it may be most of what you need this month.
- You want results from past customers. We launched in October 2026 and have no paying customers yet. Our own name came up in 0 of 422 answers as of November 4 2026.
Not sure whether you have a problem at all? The free check is 75 answers from 5 AIs, by email within 2 working days.
Questions
Is there a one-time AI visibility fix with no monthly retainer?
You can pay once for the work, but nothing fixes it permanently, because AI answers keep changing. One-time options include Heard of You's $149 audit ($99 for the founding 20) and $799 done-for-you project, and OneTimeGEO's site packages from $297 to $997.
How much does a one-time AI visibility project cost?
Gig sellers start around $65 to $100. Site-focused packages run about $297 to $997. Heard of You's project is $799 once and includes outreach to 25 lists and sites. Agency audits usually start around $2,000.
Will I need a subscription afterwards?
Not with Heard of You. The only monthly plan, Keep growing at $349 a month, is optional and offered only after a project's day 30 re-check. Nothing renews unless you choose it.
How long does a one-time project keep working?
Nobody knows yet, and anyone who gives you a number is guessing. A placement on a list keeps working while the list stays up and the AI keeps citing it. Re-checks show you whether it is still working.
What does a one-time fix not do?
It does not guarantee an AI will name you, and it does not stop competitors from doing the same work next month. It is a fixed piece of work with an end, measured before and after.