Updated May 2026
Found by AI vs Siege Media
A senior editorial agency. A productized AI Content service.
If you have the budget and want senior editorial talent producing in-depth, SEO-driven content on your domain, hire Siege. They've done that for B2B and SaaS since 2012 - $8,000+/month retainers, typical 12-month commitments, and they're good at it. We're a productized AI Content service at €199-€799/month, monitoring-informed, published on your site, with optional found-by.ai profile when useful. Different mechanism, different price point, different job.
The Core Difference
Senior SEO-driven editorial on your domain. Productized AI Content as a monthly service.
Siege Media, founded by Ross Hudgens in 2012, is one of the most established SEO-driven content agencies in B2B and SaaS. They put senior people on the work - strategists, writers, an SEO bench that's been running organic-growth programs for over a decade - and produce editorial-grade content on your domain, with link building and digital PR wrapped around it. Per third-party reporting, retainers commonly start around $8,000/month at entry and scale to $15,000-$30,000+/month for larger programs, typically structured as 12-month commitments. For an in-house content team with the budget and a multi-year horizon, that's a serious partner.
Found by AI does something different. We produce recurring AI Content as a productized monthly service at €199-€799/month - articles, comparisons, FAQs, and answer blocks written, edited, and published (or supported for publishing) on your site, with quarterly or monthly refreshes depending on tier. Optional found-by.ai profile when useful. AI visibility monitoring runs underneath as the input layer at €14-€39/month. We're not a senior editorial agency. We don't do integrated SEO strategy, link building, or digital PR. We produce recurring AI Content as a productized service at a different price point with a different mechanism.
Where each one sits
What Siege Media is best at
- Senior SEO + content bench. Founded by Ross Hudgens in 2012, with over a decade of running SEO-driven content programs for B2B and SaaS clients
- Long-term partnership model. Engagements typically structured as 12-month commitments, reflecting the multi-year horizon SEO investment actually needs to compound
- Engagement range commonly cited at $8,000/month at entry and $15,000-$30,000+/month for larger programs (per third-party reporting; Siege does not publish fixed pricing)
- Best fit: in-house content teams at B2B/SaaS companies with budget, an in-house content function to plug into, and a 12-month time horizon for organic growth as a strategic channel
What Found by AI is doing instead
- Recurring AI Content production with publishing support, not sold as a separate placement
- Productized AI Content tiers: Minimum €199/mo annual (€239 monthly): 3 launch, 2/month, 1 language; Growth €399/mo annual (€479 monthly): 8 launch, 4/month, 3 languages; Pro €799/mo annual (€959 monthly): 16 launch, 8/month, 10 languages; AI Content includes AI Monitoring Minimum on every plan, monthly and annual; Growth is available as a paid upgrade. No annual minimum
- Monitoring runs underneath at €14/month annual on Minimum; €39/month on Growth with a personalized site-aware monthly playbook. Citation, sentiment, and competitor benchmarking included on every tier - affordable on purpose, so the recurring content work is what customers pay for
- Monitoring-informed content engine. Every plan includes AI Monitoring Minimum - monthly and annual. Productized, predictable, with publishing support - not a 12-month senior content retainer
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siege Media | Yes (retainer-based) | Yes (on customer site) | Customer's own site |
| Found by AI | Yes | Yes | Recurring AI Content; optional found-by.ai profile |
Siege Media
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
Siege Media is a premium SEO-driven content agency working on your domain at $8,000+/month with typical 12-month commitments. Found by AI is a productized monthly subscription with customer-site AI Content production with publishing support and optional profile inclusion when useful and no annual minimum. The honest comparison is on shape, how the content is executed, and the commitment structure - not on retainer-equivalent depth or senior agency output.
| Found by AI | Siege Media | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | €14-€39/mo monitoring; €199-€799/mo AI Content | ~$8,000/mo at entry; $15,000-$30,000+/mo for larger programs (per third-party reporting; pricing not public) |
| Commitment shape | Month-to-month or annual billing (no required minimum) | Typically 12-month commitment, reflecting SEO's long horizon |
| Product shape | Productized monthly subscription | Premium SEO-driven content agency (custom retainer) |
| Content execution | Customer-site publishing support; optional found-by.ai profile when useful at no extra charge | Customer's own domain |
| Optional profile | Optional/free add-on; customers do not pay separately and can opt out | Not applicable |
| Editorial bench | Productized output at subscription scale - not a senior content agency | Senior strategists and writers with a long-established SEO/content reputation since 2012 |
| SEO + link building | Not part of the product. We produce customer-site AI Content with publishing support; we don't run integrated SEO + link building | Core to the program - SEO strategy, link building, and digital PR wired into the content engagement |
| AI visibility monitoring | Included - €14/mo annual Minimum; €39/mo Growth (citation, sentiment, competitor benchmarking) | Not a focus - Siege is an SEO-driven content agency, not an AI visibility monitoring product |
| Free entry point | Free AI Visibility Check + 30-day Minimum trial (CC required); 14-day money-back on Growth | Sales-led intake; budget qualification before engagement |
| Best fit | Buyers who want the Monitoring-plus-Content model delivered with publishing support without an annual commitment | In-house content teams at B2B/SaaS companies with $8K+/mo budget and a 12-month horizon for SEO-driven content |
Key Differences
Choose Siege Media if...
- You're a B2B/SaaS company with an in-house content team, a marketing budget that comfortably fits $8,000+/month, and a 12-month time horizon for SEO-driven content as a strategic growth channel
- You want a senior content agency partner with over a decade of SEO bench, an established reputation, and the integrated SEO + content + link building scope to make organic growth compound on your own domain
- The 12-month commitment fits your planning cycle and you want a long-term agency relationship rather than a productized monthly tool - and you specifically want that work running into your own site
Choose Found by AI if...
- You don't want a 12-month commitment, and you specifically want the Monitoring-plus-Content model - recurring AI Content handled for you
- You want a calmer monthly layer at €199-€799/month - productized, predictable, delivered with publishing support, no annual minimum - rather than a senior content retainer
- You want commodity AI visibility monitoring at €14/month annual, with citation/sentiment/competitor benchmarking included - not part of a premium content engagement
- You want one purchase: AI Content (€199-€799/mo) includes AI Monitoring Minimum on every plan, with month-to-month or annual billing
Why this isn't 'AI in a coat'.
Every prospect asks the same question: why can't I just do this with ChatGPT myself? The honest answer: you can write one good article that way.
We built an engine for the next 50 - multi-pass humanization, structured review gates, and prompt engineering tuned specifically against the generic AI tone. It's a built product, not a single prompt to a chatbot - and not something a single ChatGPT session replicates.
See the case studies on AI Content → Real output. Read them and judge for yourself. Before/after samples available on a call.
Frequently asked questions
Is Found by AI a replacement for Siege Media?
No - and if you want what Siege does, hire Siege. Siege Media is a premium content agency founded by Ross Hudgens in 2012, with a long-established reputation for SEO-driven editorial content for B2B and SaaS. Senior writers, senior strategists, integrated link building and digital PR, on-domain editorial that compounds over years. Engagements typically $8,000+/month with 12-month commitments. If you have the budget and want senior editorial talent producing in-depth content on your domain, that's the right answer. Found by AI is a productized AI Content service at €199-€799/month with publishing support and an optional found-by.ai profile included when useful. We don't try to be a senior content agency. We produce recurring AI Content as a monthly service; that's a different mechanism, different price point, different job.
What's the minimum monthly with Siege Media?
Per third-party reporting, Siege Media retainers commonly start around $8,000/month at entry and scale into $15,000-$30,000+/month for larger programs that bundle content, SEO, link building, and digital PR. Siege doesn't publish fixed pricing publicly - engagements are scoped against the customer's organic-growth goals. That's a cost structure for a senior content agency, honestly priced for the buyer they serve. Found by AI is at €199-€799/month for AI Content plus €14-€39/month for monitoring. The price gap reflects that the products are not the same thing - Siege gives you a senior agency partnership; we give you a productized AI Content service.
Does Siege Media require a 12-month commitment?
Yes, typically. Per third-party reporting, Siege Media engagements are usually structured as custom monthly retainers with a 12-month commitment - SEO-driven editorial content doesn't pay back in 60 days, and Siege builds programs assuming a multi-year horizon. That's an honest fit for an in-house content team planning a long-term program with a senior agency. Found by AI doesn't ask for an annual minimum - €199-€799/month, month-to-month or annual at the customer's option. Different shape because it's a different product: a productized AI Content service, not a senior editorial partnership.
What's the difference between Siege-managed content and Found by AI Content?
Siege Media produces editorial-grade SEO content on your domain, with senior writers, senior strategists, and integrated link building wrapped around it. The theory is that compounding SEO and brand equity accrues on the customer's site over a multi-year horizon - and they execute it well. Found by AI is a different product: AI Monitoring diagnoses where AI engines find gaps in your visibility, then AI Content produces recurring articles, comparisons, FAQs, and answer blocks we write, edit, and publish (or support publishing) on your site. Optional found-by.ai profile when useful. Both can be the right answer for different buyers.
Bottom line
Siege Media is a senior SEO-driven content agency, founded in 2012, with a long-established reputation in B2B and SaaS - engagements typically $8,000+/month with 12-month commitments (per third-party reporting). The pricing and time horizon reflect what senior editorial talent delivers on your domain. Found by AI isn't trying to be that. We're a productized AI Content service at €199-€799/month - recurring articles, comparisons, FAQs, and answer blocks written and published on your site (or supported for your team to publish), with an optional found-by.ai profile when useful - with monitoring as an affordable input layer underneath. If you have the budget and want senior editorial talent on a multi-year content program, hire Siege; they're the right answer for that. If you want recurring AI Content as a productized monthly service without a senior-agency retainer, we might be the right call. We're not a cheaper Siege - we're a different shape of company, doing a different job.
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