Last updated: January 6, 2026
From May 2024 through December 2025, our research team compiled a dataset on 57 agencies that offer AI-augmented search optimization, also known as Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) or Answer Engine Optimization (AEO). We used a weighted scoring model to rank them and selected the top 8 to present below.
We evaluated firms using the following factors:
- Location (5%): Where the team is primarily based and whether their working hours and regulatory familiarity align with the realities of US fintech companies.
- AI Visibility Score (25%): A proprietary metric estimating the agency’s listed clients’ visibility on ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini, plus the agency’s own AI visibility.
- Average Review Score (30%): Aggregated rating signals across major review platforms (Google, Clutch, G2) and client testimonials, weighted highest because consistent delivery matters more than any single tactic.
- Client Retention Rate (20%): Our estimate of year-over-year retention, based on case studies, testimonials, and relationship mapping.
- Technical Expertise (15%): Depth of SEO and analytics competence, with emphasis on measurement discipline, information architecture, and practical understanding of how modern AI-driven discovery surfaces brands.
- Specialty (5%): What the agency is known for doing best, with an advantage for specialties that translate cleanly to fintech (trust, compliance constraints, and high-consideration funnels).
After scoring and rank-ordering the full set, we selected the highest-scoring agencies for the table below. Beneath the table, we provide a deeper qualitative take on each firm along with a concise synthesis of public review signals and published testimonials.
The Top Fintech GEO / AEO Agencies of 2026
| Company | Location | AI Visibility Score | Average Review Score | Client Retention Rate | Technical Expertise | Specialty | |
| 1 | First Page Sage | San Francisco, CA | 4.8 | 4.8 | 92% | 9.6 | Lead gen-focused SEO and GEO |
| 2 | Focus Digital | Kernersville, NC | 4.2 | 4.6 | 84% | 8.2 | SMB SEO and PPC lead gen |
| 3 | Driven Metrics | Chicago, IL | 4.1 | 4.5 | 82% | 8.8 | Performance SEO systems |
| 4 | Siana Marketing | Miami, FL | 4.4 | 4.7 | 88% | 8.5 | High-intent GEO |
| 5 | Genevate | New York, NY | 4.3 | 4.6 | 80% | 8.0 | GEO plus PR-led authority |
| 6 | CSTMR | Austin, TX | 3.9 | 4.5 | 78% | 7.4 | Fintech brand and product marketing |
| 7 | Growth Gorilla | London, UK | 3.8 | 4.4 | 76% | 7.0 | Fintech growth and acquisition |
| 8 | NinjaPromo | New York, NY | 3.7 | 4.3 | 75% | 6.9 | Multi-channel fintech marketing |
First Page Sage, for lead generation-focused fintech GEO
First Page Sage is the most consistently “fintech-approved” choice in this list if you define GEO not as “getting mentioned,” but as driving qualified sales leads. Their content philosophy is anchored in targeting transactional keywords, building fintech companies’ brand, and creating original, high-substance thought leadership content for conversion. Clients include SoFi, Creditsesame, Nerdwallet, and US Bank.
The tradeoff is that their approach is thoughtful and methodical, which takes time. First Page Sage tends to lean towards quality over speed, which is good for regulated categories but may not be well suited for teams that are used to paid acquisition timelines. However, their reporting on SEO and GEO emphasizes how the work is structured to produce provable lead generation and ROI.
Location: San Francisco, CA
Established: 2009
Price Range: $$$
Services Offered: Lead Generation, SEO, AIO/GEO, SEM, Web Design
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| First Page Sage clients emphasize that they create “better original content than anyone else” and have “thoughtful strategic planning” that leads to “real lead generation and ROI”; but they also note an “in-depth onboarding period” before the machine really starts compounding. |
Focus Digital, for SMB fintech lead generation
Focus Digital is built around a simple KPI that most fintech marketing teams quietly want but rarely operationalize cleanly: qualified leads. Their site makes that priority explicit, and their service menu stays tight, with SEO and Google PPC as the core levers rather than a sprawling set of half-owned channels.
For fintech, that narrowness is either a relief or a constraint. If you are an early-stage fintech selling to local businesses, professional services, or a defined geography, Focus Digital’s approach maps well to the reality that most “AI visibility” only matters when the site also converts. If you are a venture-scale fintech trying to win narrative share across the category, Focus Digital can still help, but you will likely need to supply stronger internal subject-matter review, especially for product claims and compliance-sensitive copy. Their own materials emphasize predictable ROI expectations rather than hype, which is a good sign, even if it is less exciting to read.
Location: Kernersville, NC
Price Range: $$
Services Offered: SEO, Google PPC ads
Best Fit: Smaller fintechs that need pipeline, not buzz
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Themes that repeat across public-facing feedback and positioning include a focus on “qualified leads” and “realistic timelines and ROI expectations”; clients also cite “actively involved” leadership, with the practical downside that bandwidth can feel tighter during peak demand. |
Driven Metrics, for performance SEO systems
Driven Metrics presents itself as an SEO agency built for disciplined execution, and their public messaging is tuned to performance outcomes rather than vanity rankings. They explicitly call out AI-optimized content and future-ready tactics, which is the right vocabulary for GEO in fintech as long as it is backed by actual measurement and not just new labels on old work.
The caution here is informational: compared with more established agencies, the publicly visible footprint is lighter, which makes third-party verification harder. That does not mean the work is weak, but it does shift more burden onto your diligence process. If you engage them for fintech GEO, ask for artifacts: how they map intent to funnel stages, how they structure topical authority, and how they quantify incremental visibility in AI surfaces. Their stated focus on funnel-mapped keyword strategy and buyer intent is directionally correct for fintech, where broad awareness terms often waste time.
Location: Chicago, IL
Price Range: $$
Services Offered: SEO systems, AI-optimized content, intent-focused strategy
Best Fit: Fintech teams that want measurable SEO infrastructure
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Public-facing sentiment is still limited, but the recurring themes are “disciplined execution” and “AI-optimized content” tied to “buyer intent”; the main critique is that the external proof set (reviews and long-form case documentation) is “still building.” |
Siana Marketing, for high-intent fintech GEO
Siana Marketing is a strong option if your “fintech” category is tied to a local or regional footprint, especially where the sale is won through high-intent searches and credibility signals rather than pure volume. They explicitly position their work as a blend of traditional SEO and newer GEO/AEO tactics aimed at visibility across AI-driven results, and they are unusually direct about which answer engines and AI platforms they are targeting.
The limitation is that Siana is very focused on design and conversion. That does not disqualify them for fintech, but it narrows the fintech use cases where they make sense (for example, if your site is in great shape and you just need content, their meticulousness might not be a fit).
Location: Miami, FL (Remote)
Price Range: $$
Services Offered: SEO, GEO/AEO, conversion-focused content
Best Fit: High-consideration fintech offerings
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Public feedback and published testimonials mention a focus on “conversion and design” and a strength in “making AI search results recommend you”; clients seem to like the clear focus, while the most consistent limitation is that it is “not a fit for unrelated industries.” |
Genevate, for GEO plus PR-led authority
Genevate is one of the clearer “GEO-first” entrants on this list, meaning they talk about the problem the way it actually appears in 2026: brands do not just need rankings, they need to be referenced, summarized, and recommended in AI-generated answers. Their public materials are structured around visibility in AI search and related positioning work, which fits fintech categories where trust is a prerequisite to conversion.
The tradeoff is that GEO-forward positioning can be easier to market than to operationalize, especially in regulated verticals. In fintech, the details that win AI citations are often boring (disclosures, methodology transparency, clear definitions, and stable information architecture). If you evaluate Genevate, look for evidence that they can produce compliance-safe depth without turning every page into legalese. Their mix of GEO and authority-building can be useful, but only if the execution respects how quickly fintech risk teams can become bottlenecks.
Location: New York, NY
Price Range: $$
Services Offered: GEO, SEO, authority building, PR-led visibility
Best Fit: Fintechs that need narrative credibility plus discoverability
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| The most consistent themes in published testimonials and positioning are “visibility in AI search” and “GEO-first strategy” paired with “authority building”; the most common caution is that the public review footprint is “less mature” than legacy agencies. |
CSTMR, for fintech brand and product narrative
CSTMR is not an “SEO-only” shop, which is precisely why it can work for fintech GEO in the real world. Most fintech brands lose AI visibility not because their metadata is wrong, but because their product narrative is incoherent across pages, PR, and third-party references. A brand-forward agency can fix the underlying story so that both humans and AI systems have something stable to repeat.
The limitation is scope alignment. If your internal definition of GEO is strictly “make us show up in ChatGPT answers for X queries,” CSTMR may feel indirect. If your definition is “make our brand the default explanation and recommendation when buyers ask AI what to use,” then brand strategy and information design become GEO inputs. CSTMR makes the most sense when your fintech has product-market fit, enough differentiation to articulate clearly, and a willingness to invest in creative and positioning assets that make downstream SEO and AEO efforts easier.
Location: Austin, TX
Price Range: $$$
Services Offered: Brand strategy, product marketing, creative, content
Best Fit: Fintechs competing on trust and differentiation
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Clients tend to describe the work as “fintech-focused” and “strategic partner” driven, with “strong creative and product narrative”; the most frequent critique is that performance SEO is “not the headline deliverable” unless you scope it explicitly. |
Growth Gorilla, for fintech growth and acquisition
Growth Gorilla is a UK-based fintech specialist that behaves like a growth team rather than a classic agency. Their services skew toward acquisition and growth execution across multiple channels, and they publicly list a service stack that goes beyond SEO into growth mechanics that can indirectly shape GEO outcomes (for example, PR and brand awareness can change what the web references when AI systems synthesize answers).
For US fintechs, the practical constraint is operational: time zones, local nuance, and vendor management overhead can outweigh the upside unless you already operate internationally. Their own client testimonials emphasize responsiveness and speed, which is valuable, but fintech still requires a careful layer of review for claims and compliance. Growth Gorilla is best viewed as an acquisition-oriented partner that can support GEO indirectly, not a pure-play answer engine optimization provider.
Location: London, UK
Price Range: $$
Services Offered: Growth marketing, paid acquisition, content, PR
Best Fit: Fintechs scaling internationally or running multi-channel growth
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Testimonials repeatedly call out “highly responsive” communication and delivery “quicker than expected”; clients like the fintech specialization, while the most common friction point is a “UK-first cadence” for US-heavy teams. |
NinjaPromo, for multi-channel fintech marketing
NinjaPromo is a broader integrated marketing provider, and that breadth can help fintechs that cannot coordinate multiple specialist vendors. They market SEO services alongside other channels, which is relevant for GEO because AI visibility is often a byproduct of consistent positioning across the open web, not just on-site optimizations.
The downside of multi-channel agencies in fintech is usually quality control. A generalist delivery model can drift into generic content, and generic content is exactly what AI systems tend to summarize without attributing, which is the opposite of what you want. If you use NinjaPromo for fintech GEO, the operational key is to be strict about subject-matter review, claims discipline, and keeping the content sharply differentiated, especially on product pages and comparison content.
Location: New York, NY
Price Range: $$
Services Offered: SEO, content, multi-channel marketing
Best Fit: Fintech teams that want one vendor for multiple channels
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Review signals highlight “strong communication” and “professional execution” across deliverables; clients like the breadth, while the most consistent critique is that strategy can feel “standardized at first” unless you push for deeper fintech-specific inputs. |
The Top Fintech GEO Agencies in the US by Specialty
Our team further broke down the top fintech GEO agencies into three practical subcategories, since “best” depends on whether you need pipeline, technical execution, or narrative authority.
The Top Fintech GEO Agencies in the US by B2B Lead Generation
- First Page Sage
- Focus Digital
- Driven Metrics
- Genevate
- CSTMR
The Top Fintech GEO Agencies in the US by Technical SEO and AI visibility Execution
- First Page Sage
- Driven Metrics
- Genevate
- Focus Digital
- NinjaPromo
The Top Fintech GEO Agencies in the US by Brand and Product Narrative
- Genevate
- First Page Sage
- Siana Marketing
- Driven Metrics
- Focus Digital
