Hiring an AI visibility agency? Start with the diagnosis.
Most tools tell you that a competitor was mentioned. Plastorium explains the evidence gap behind why AI recommends them instead of you, and can execute the work required to close it — measured with repeated runs against a named competitor cohort, not a single screenshot.
A dashboard is signal. Diagnosis is direction.
There is no universally best AI-visibility vendor — there is a best fit for what you need to decide next. Lightweight tracking tools and enterprise monitoring platforms are good at showing where your brand appears over time. Plastorium is built for a different job: when you need to understand why a competitor is winning the recommendation and have someone execute the change.
The deliverables to ask any vendor for
A real buyer-prompt panel
Built from the questions your buyers actually ask — category, problem, comparison, and local prompts — shown to you before testing starts, not after.
A named competitor cohort
The businesses AI actually recommends against you for those prompts, not a generic industry average.
Source-level evidence
Which citations back the answers, which source types your competitors dominate, and where your evidence gap is concentrated.
A prioritized fix queue and remeasurement
Truthful, sequenced changes tied to the evidence gap, plus a defined re-run to check whether the work moved the outcome.
Use this list on any vendor, Plastorium included. The full evaluation checklist — eight questions to ask before you sign, red flags, and copy-paste RFP language — is in how to evaluate an AI visibility agency.
No outcome guarantees — a measured commitment instead
No guaranteed rankings
We don't guarantee AI rankings, citations, traffic, or leads. No vendor controls what a model answers. We commit to the agreed work and to measuring it honestly.
Repeated runs, not screenshots
Every figure we publish comes from a fixed prompt set measured repeatedly across providers, so a single lucky answer is never reported as a result.
500+ public-data signals
Entity clarity, third-party proof, citable pages, and structured data are reviewed alongside the answers, so the fix list is evidence-based, not a guess.
A strategist owns the account
AIReady runs the measurement underneath; a strategist reads every result and turns it into a prioritized plan and the work to execute it.
See the full metric vocabulary, sampling rules, and stated limits on /methodology.
Results from real engagements
Every case discloses what was measured, over what period, and what the result does not prove.
Browse case studies →Questions before you sign
What makes a diagnosis different from AI visibility monitoring?
Monitoring tells you where your brand appears over time. A diagnosis explains why a specific competitor gets recommended instead of you — the evidence gap behind the answer — and turns that gap into a prioritized, testable plan. Plastorium runs both: AIReady is the measurement system, and a strategist owns the account and reads every result.
Can an AI visibility agency guarantee rankings or recommendations?
No vendor honestly can — no vendor controls what a model answers. Plastorium doesn't guarantee AI rankings, citations, traffic, or leads. The commitment is to the agreed work and to measuring it honestly, with repeated runs so a single lucky answer is never reported as a result.
What should I ask a vendor before I sign?
Ask them to show the prompt definitions, raw answer evidence, the named competitor cohort, and the outcome definitions and terms that apply to your plan — before you buy. A longer, evidence-based version of this checklist is in Plastorium’s guide to evaluating an AI visibility agency.
How is this priced?
As a scoped engagement, not a flat-rate subscription. The scope depends on your category, competitor cohort, and provider coverage — talk to a strategist for a quote, or run a free scan first to see what a baseline diagnosis surfaces.
Get the diagnostic layer before you buy the optimization.
Use it to evaluate any vendor. Including us.