For an agency with several clients, Conductor is the tool built to hold more than one brand, while HubSpot AEO is bought one domain at a time at a much lower starting price. Neither documents white-label reporting. DeepSmith is a strong alternative for agencies that need to deliver content, because each client gets an isolated workspace, and tracking, writing and publishing all happen in the same account.
If you run AI visibility for a roster of clients, the question is how each tool handles more than one brand and what each extra client costs you. That is the real split in HubSpot AEO vs Conductor for agencies. HubSpot AEO starts at $50 a month but covers one domain per setup, and Conductor supports several brands but doesn't publish prices. DeepSmith sits next to both as a third option that also writes and publishes the articles. The full feature and pricing comparison of the two tools is on the multi-site enterprise page, so this one stays on the agency question.
HubSpot AEO vs Conductor for agencies: the short answer
- Choose DeepSmith if you want one account where every client has its own workspace, context and plan, and you want the articles written and published as well as the reports.
- Choose HubSpot AEO if you have only a few clients, want a published price of $50 per brand each month, and can live with three engines and no documented agency features.
- Choose Conductor if you need several brands and sites rolled into one view, with API and MCP access, and you can go through a sales process to get pricing.
| Criterion | DeepSmith | HubSpot AEO | Conductor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price (monthly) | $99/mo (Pro) | $50/mo | Not published, sales-led |
| Annual price (per month) | $80/mo (Pro) | $45/mo | Not published |
| Free trial | 7 days | 28 days | Yes, 3 weeks |
| Multiple brands or clients in one account | Yes, Multi-Workspace | Partial, one domain per setup | Yes, 3, 5 or 10+ tracked websites by plan |
| White-label reporting | - | Not listed | Not listed |
| Public API | Yes, read-only | Partial, beta read API | Yes, Data API included on Enterprise |
| Engines tracked | ChatGPT on Pro, all 10 on Enterprise | 3 (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity) | 8 engines, plan access not published |
| Content generation | Yes | Partial, Marketing Hub only | Yes |
| CMS publishing | Yes | Partial, HubSpot blog only | No |
| Review rating | 4.8/5 on G2 | 4.4/5 on G2 | 4.5/5 on G2 |
Pricing and features as of September 2026, from each vendor's site and public reviews.
HubSpot AEO
HubSpot AEO is HubSpot's answer engine tool, and HubSpot still labels it beta. It runs 25 tracked prompts a day across ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, and it reports visibility, sentiment, share of voice and citations against named competitors. The standalone plan is $50 a month, or $45 a month billed annually, and no other HubSpot subscription is needed. Extra capacity costs $20 a month for each pack of 10 prompts.
The pro for an agency is the price and the easy start. G2 reviewers describe it as easy to set up and use, and the 28-day trial needs no card. The con is the account shape. The docs support one owned domain per setup, so each extra client means another $50 instance, a prompt group or the Brands add-on, and no agency plan is documented. HubSpot AEO against SE Ranking for multi-domain agencies is another pairing worth a look. Its G2 rating is 4.4/5 from 145 reviews, checked in September 2026, and reviewers ask for Claude coverage and note that the 25-prompt limit is tight.
Conductor
Conductor is an enterprise platform that covers AI search tracking and traditional SEO in one place, sold as Essentials, Growth and Enterprise plans with no public prices. It tracks eight engines, including Claude, Grok and Google AI Mode, and it adds always-on site monitoring, Writing Assistant drafts and an MCP server on every plan. Essentials covers 3 tracked websites, Growth covers 5, and Enterprise covers 10 or more.
The pro for an agency is room. Several brands and sites can roll up into one view, and the API and MCP options are broad. The cons are that pricing, seats and engine access per plan aren't published, and that agency client-account management isn't described. Conductor's G2 rating is 4.5/5 from 788 reviews, with 4.7/5 on Capterra and 9.3/10 on TrustRadius. Peec AI vs Conductor is a useful comparison if you are weighing a standalone tracker instead. Reviewers mention a learning curve, and some say the price and scope are hard to justify for smaller teams.
DeepSmith: the alternative that delivers content to every client
Both tools above are mainly about measuring. A client usually wants the next step too, which is the article that fixes the gap. DeepSmith tracks how AI engines answer your clients' questions and produces the on-brand content to close the gaps, so the work doesn't stop at a report. Multi-Workspace lets you run multiple brands or clients from one account, and each workspace is fully isolated, with its own context, content and plan.
That isolation is what an agency needs for content. Deep IQ stores each client's brand voice, personas and products once, so articles for one client don't pick up another client's context. The Writer produces researched, linked, publish-ready articles with a cover image, Autowrite can generate them on scheduled dates, and Produced Content publishes to WordPress, Webflow, Strapi, Sanity or Contentful, or to a webhook. A multi-client content production workflow follows from this setup. Each article also arrives with social posts written, and the Apps Library adapts it for LinkedIn, X, newsletters and other channels in the client's voice.
Pricing is per workspace, because each workspace is billed and limited independently. Pro is $99 a month ($80 billed annually) with 20 articles, 50 tracked prompts and 5 seats, Grow is $199 with 40 articles and 100 prompts, and Scale is $399 with 90 articles and 200 prompts. There is a 7-day free trial and no long-term contract. DeepSmith is rated 4.8/5 on G2.
Multi-client account structure
Conductor wins here, because HubSpot AEO is built around one domain per setup. Conductor lets several brands and tracked websites sit in one view, at 3, 5 or 10 or more by plan, though a client with more than one site uses up more than one slot. HubSpot AEO handles a second client by buying a second instance or using prompt groups. That reads to me like a tool designed for a single brand, and since no agency features are documented, I wouldn't plan a larger roster around it. If you want a wider view of how to track AI visibility across every client brand, a lean agency can do it with a short routine.
What DeepSmith does: Each client gets a workspace with its own brand context, content and plan, and teammates can be invited as owners or members. Nothing from one client's workspace shapes another's articles. The workflow for managing multi-engine AEO across client brands shows how an agency can run this day to day.
Cost per client
HubSpot AEO wins on cost, because it is the only one of the two with a public price. Five clients on standalone HubSpot AEO is five instances at $50, so $250 a month ($225 billed annually), with 25 prompts each and extra prompts at $20 per 10. Conductor doesn't publish a price, so you can't work out a per-client cost until you get a quote. Its AI tracking also runs on credits, 2,500 a year on Essentials and Growth, and third-party research reports that the credits used per response vary by engine, so the number of answers you get depends on your engine mix.
What DeepSmith does: Cost per client is a plan price you can read. Five clients on Pro would be $495 a month, and each one gets 20 articles and 50 tracked prompts, so that price covers writing as well as tracking. A client who needs more moves up to Grow or Scale on its own, without changing the others. Pricing like this also makes it easier to see how agencies package AEO services for clients.
Client reporting and data access
Conductor wins on data access. It has a Data API (included on Enterprise), a Content API and a Monitoring Reporting API, plus an MCP server on all three plans, XLSX exports and Google Analytics integration. HubSpot AEO has a beta read API whose docs name Marketing Hub products, and it isn't clear that standalone buyers are covered. Neither tool describes white-label or client-branded reporting, so if you hand clients a branded report, expect to build it yourself from exports or the API. Our roundup of white-label AEO platforms for agencies looks at tools that target that need, and the list of AEO tools with an open API covers the data side.
What DeepSmith does: The read-only REST API uses scoped keys and allows 120 requests a minute per workspace, and reading spends no credits. The MCP server has 23 read-only tools, with one URL and API key per workspace, so an agency can pull each client's visibility data into its own reports.
From insight to action
Conductor wins on drafting, since Writing Assistant is on every plan, with 60 drafts a year on Essentials, 180 on Growth and 600 on the Enterprise card. Conductor also says people should review each draft, and that final publishing stays in your CMS. In HubSpot AEO, blog generation is limited to Marketing Hub Professional and Enterprise, which start at $800 a month billed annually plus a $3,000 onboarding fee, and it publishes to a HubSpot blog. Outside that, HubSpot AEO gives prioritized recommendations that you act on yourself.
What DeepSmith does: Opportunity Agents turn each client's visibility data into ideas with the evidence attached. The Writer produces the article from that client's stored context, and it publishes to the client's own CMS and gets repurposed for their channels from the same workspace. That is the part neither record shows in full, and it is where agency time tends to go.
HubSpot AEO or Conductor for agencies: which to choose
If neither fits, the best AI visibility tools for agencies guide covers more options.
- DeepSmith: agencies that want tracking and finished articles for every client in one account, with each client isolated and priced on its own plan.
- HubSpot AEO: small rosters, or agencies testing AI visibility for a client or two, who want a published $50 price and are fine with ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity only.
- Conductor: larger agencies or enterprise-focused teams that want several brands in one view, many engines, and API and MCP access, and who will work through sales for terms.
Whether you land on HubSpot AEO or Conductor for agencies, it costs nothing to see the alternative: start a DeepSmith free trial and set up a workspace for your first client.
