Updated May 2026
Found by AI vs Adobe LLM Optimizer
Two different products. Not really a comparison.
Adobe LLM Optimizer is an enterprise AI-optimization platform: CDN-layer agent-traffic detection, native AEM integration, brand-presence scoring across AI engines, all wired into Adobe Experience Cloud. If you're a Fortune 500 marketing org already on Adobe, it's a serious tool and likely the right pick. Found by AI does something much smaller: cheap AI visibility monitoring (€14/month) so you know whether AI is mentioning you, and recurring AI Content (€199-€799/month) where we write and help publish the content. Different buyer, different work.
Stop at the dashboard.
Show the gap. Don't address it with content production. A client looking at a monitoring dashboard with no content production is not a recurring conversation; it's a quarterly question.
Write briefs from keyword tools.
Briefs come from search-volume guesswork. They produce useful articles, but the priorities don't reflect what AI assistants are actually citing for the client's category.
Turn monitoring evidence into the next brief.
Last month's monitoring evidence - competitor appearances, citation gaps, missing facts, weak topics - becomes next month's content brief. Then the monthly proof report shows what changed.
The wedge is the loop, not any single layer of it.
What each product does
Adobe optimizes for AI at the infrastructure layer. We produce content.
Adobe LLM Optimizer is a Fortune 500-grade product. It watches CDN logs to detect AI crawler and agent traffic, scores weekly brand presence across AI engines, and surfaces page-level changes that make your content more answerable in AI assistants. The whole thing runs inside Adobe Experience Cloud, with native AEM integration and the governance, SSO, and procurement frameworks an enterprise marketing org expects. If you're already on Adobe and have a team to run it, that's a serious capability.
Found by AI is a much narrower product. We tell you whether AI assistants are mentioning you (€14/month monitoring) and we produce content for your site that aims to fix that when they aren't (€199-€799/month AI Content - planning, writing, editing, publishing help). We don't touch your CDN, we don't integrate with your CMS at infrastructure depth, we don't build governance dashboards. We're the right pick for businesses that need recurring AI-aware content without an enterprise platform underneath it.
Where each one sits
What Adobe LLM Optimizer does
- CDN-layer agent and crawler detection - sees AI traffic at the infrastructure level before it ever reaches your site analytics
- Native integration with Adobe Experience Manager and the rest of Adobe Experience Cloud, so AI optimization signals sit next to your existing marketing data and workflows
- Weekly brand-presence scoring across AI engines, with page-level recommendations your team can act on inside AEM - built for an in-house enterprise marketing org
What Found by AI does
- Weekly AI visibility checks (€14/month annual on Minimum; €39/month on Growth) - a clear answer to "are we showing up in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overview?"
- Recurring AI Content production: we plan, write, edit, and help publish content to your site every month, designed to be quoted by AI assistants
- AI Content (€199-€799/month) includes AI Monitoring Minimum on every plan, so you see whether the content is moving AI mentions
The operating difference
Monitoring shows the gap. AI Content does the work.
Found by AI pairs low-cost AI Monitoring with recurring content production. The found-by.ai profile is an optional included surface, not a separate product or proof claim.
| Generates content? | Publishes for you? | Publishing surface | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe LLM Optimizer | — | — | — |
| Found by AI | Yes | Yes | Recurring AI Content; optional found-by.ai profile |
Adobe LLM Optimizer
Found by AI
AI Monitoring is the diagnostic. Recurring AI Content is the paid work; the optional profile is included and can be skipped without changing price.
Feature comparison
Two different shapes of product. The price gap is the most honest indicator of that.
| Found by AI | Adobe LLM Optimizer | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | €14/mo annual (Monitoring Minimum: 15 prompts, 3 engines) | Quote-based annual contract; third-party reviews cite ~$115K/year for 1,000 prompts |
| Buying motion | Self-serve; monthly or annual; 30-day Minimum trial (CC required) | Sales-led; annual contract through procurement; no self-serve, no public trial |
| Target buyer | SMBs and mid-market - businesses that want a clean monthly answer to "are we showing up in AI?" | Fortune 500 / large enterprise; existing Adobe Experience Cloud customers |
| Stack integration | Standalone product | Native integration with Adobe Experience Manager and Adobe Experience Cloud |
| Content publishing model | AI Content production; optional free profile when useful, with optional profile inclusion when useful at no extra cost | — |
| Optional found-by.ai profile | Yes - recurring AI Content with publishing support and optional profile inclusion when useful | — |
| Monitoring inclusion | AI Content includes AI Monitoring Minimum on every plan | — |
Key Differences
Adobe doesn't publish prices. ~$115K/yr is a third-party figure (LLM Pulse, Capterra and others, 2026); the only authoritative number comes from a quote.
Adobe LLM Optimizer pricing is quote-based and not published on a self-serve page. The ~$115K/year figure is from independent 2026 reviews (LLM Pulse, Capterra, fibr.ai); treat it as a data point, not an official Adobe number.
Choose Adobe LLM Optimizer if...
- You're already running Adobe Experience Manager and want AI optimization data inside the same workflow your team uses today
- CDN-layer agentic-traffic detection is a real requirement - you want to see AI bots and agents hitting your origin, not brand mentions in AI answers
- You have an internal team that will operate an enterprise platform, and procurement is fine with an annual Adobe contract
Choose Found by AI if...
- You want to know whether ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overview are mentioning your business - without standing up an enterprise platform
- You need someone to actually write and publish AI-aware content for your site every month, not dashboards telling you to do it yourself
- You don't run on Adobe Experience Cloud and you have no plans to - a focused subscription fits your team better than an enterprise platform
- You want monitoring and content in one purchase: AI Content (€199-€799/mo) includes AI Monitoring Minimum on every plan
Frequently asked questions
What does Adobe LLM Optimizer actually do?
Adobe LLM Optimizer is an enterprise platform that detects AI crawler and agent traffic at the CDN layer, scores weekly brand presence across AI engines, and surfaces page-level changes to make your content more answerable in AI assistants. It plugs natively into Adobe Experience Manager and the rest of Adobe Experience Cloud, so the data and the actions live alongside the rest of your marketing stack. It's bought through Adobe sales on annual contracts; third-party reviews in 2026 cite an entry point around $115,000/year for roughly 1,000 prompts. Treat that as a third-party data point - the only authoritative number comes from a quote.
Is Found by AI a replacement for Adobe LLM Optimizer?
No, and we won't pretend otherwise. If you need CDN-layer agent detection, native AEM integration, enterprise governance and SSO, and the ability to operate an AI optimization program at Fortune 500 scale, Adobe is the right answer. We don't do any of that. Found by AI does two things: cheap AI visibility monitoring (€14/month annual) so you know whether AI is mentioning you, and recurring AI Content production (€199-€799/month) where we plan, write, and help publish content to your site.
When is Adobe the right choice and when are we?
Pick Adobe LLM Optimizer if you're already on Adobe Experience Cloud, you have an internal team that will operate the platform, and CDN-layer agentic-traffic data and AEM-native workflows are real requirements for you. Pick Found by AI if you don't need an enterprise platform - you want to know if you're showing up in AI assistants, and you want someone to produce the content that actually moves that needle, without an annual procurement cycle.
Can the two work together?
In principle, yes - but it would be unusual. An Adobe-scale buyer rarely needs a small monthly AI Content service on the side. If you're already paying six figures for Adobe LLM Optimizer, you almost certainly have in-house content production. Found by AI fits the buyer who hasn't bought (and won't buy) an enterprise platform.
Bottom line
If you're an Adobe Experience Cloud customer with an enterprise AI optimization program to run - CDN-layer agent detection, AEM-native workflows, brand-presence scoring across engines, governance for a Fortune 500 marketing org - Adobe LLM Optimizer is the right tool. We're not in that league, and not trying to be. Found by AI does something much narrower for a different buyer: we tell you whether AI assistants are mentioning your business (€14/month monitoring) and we produce recurring content for your site to help when they aren't (€199-€799/month AI Content, AI Monitoring Minimum included on every plan). If you don't need an enterprise platform and you'd rather have someone writing and publishing AI-aware content month after month, that's us.
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