# AI SEO Investment Estimator (Australia) | WestAI Search

> Estimate an indicative monthly AI SEO retainer based on site size, competition, site condition and platform coverage. Australian pricing, excluding GST.

URL: https://aiseoperth.net.au/tools/ai-seo-investment-estimator/

Free tool

# AI SEO Investment Estimator

Estimate an indicative monthly and first-year AI SEO investment range based on your site size, competition and how much needs fixing.

Four questions, about a minute

Roughly how many pages does your website have?Under 20 pages20 to 100 pages100 to 500 pagesOver 500 pages

How competitive is your category?Niche or specialist - few direct competitorsModerate - a handful of established competitorsHighly competitive - national players with large budgets

What condition is the site in today?Technically sound with consistent business factsReasonable, but entity and structured data need workSignificant technical and consistency problems

How many AI surfaces do you want covered?Google AI Overviews onlyGoogle plus ChatGPTFull coverage - Google, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot

Method

## How this figure is worked out

Nothing here is a black box. The inputs, the arithmetic and the limits are all stated so you can judge how much weight the number deserves.

Applies site size, competition, site condition and platform coverage multipliers to the published $1,999/month +GST retainer floor. The floor is never quoted below, so the softest set of answers returns the starting rate rather than an amount the practice does not offer.

-   scaled = 1999 \* siteSize \* competition \* currentState \* platformCoverage
-   monthlyEstimate = Math.round(Math.max(1999, scaled) / 50) \* 50
-   monthlyUpper = Math.round((monthlyEstimate \* 1.25) / 50) \* 50
-   firstYearEstimate = monthlyEstimate \* 12

### What it asks, and why

-   **Site size.** Roughly how many pages does your website have?
-   **Competition.** How competitive is your category?
-   **Site condition.** What condition is the site in today?
-   **Platform coverage.** How many AI surfaces do you want covered?

### What it cannot tell you

Indicative ranges in AUD excluding GST, based on published starting rates. Actual pricing is quoted after reviewing your site, competition and requirements. No outcome or ranking is implied or guaranteed.

Where this leads

## Services that address what the tool surfaces

-   AI SEO Audit Diagnosis of technical, entity, content, authority and prompt-coverage gaps - the acquisition path into a prioritised roadmap.
    
    [/llm-visibility-audit/ →](/llm-visibility-audit/)
    
-   Entity SEO Services Entity mapping, information consistency, relationships, schema direction and corroboration so search engines and AI systems can identify your business without ambiguity.
    
    [/entity-seo-services/ →](/entity-seo-services/)
    
-   Google AI Overviews Optimisation Google-specific technical, content and source-quality foundations for the surface where most Australian search journeys still begin.
    
    [/google-ai-overviews-optimisation/ →](/google-ai-overviews-optimisation/)
    

Read next

## The reasoning in long form

-   How much does AI SEO cost in Australia?
    
    [/guide/how-much-does-ai-seo-cost-australia/ →](/guide/how-much-does-ai-seo-cost-australia/)
    
-   AI SEO vs traditional SEO
    
    [/guide/ai-seo-vs-traditional-seo/ →](/guide/ai-seo-vs-traditional-seo/)
    

The other tool

-   AI Search Readiness Score
    
    [/tools/ai-search-readiness-score/ →](/tools/ai-search-readiness-score/)
    

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Next step

## A score is a starting point, not a diagnosis

A free consultation covers what a self-assessment cannot: how your site actually renders to crawlers, what independent sources say about you, and which layer is genuinely holding you back.

-   No obligation and no sales sequence
-   Honest boundaries on what can be influenced
-   Reply within one business day, AWST

Book a free consultation

[/contact/ →](/contact/)

 

Email instead

[mailto:seo@aiseoperth.net.au →](mailto:seo@aiseoperth.net.au)

No guaranteed rankings, AI citations or recommendations. Model outputs vary by session, region and version.