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What You Get Instead of Running Semrush Yourself

Your buyers are asking AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude which company to use, and those answers name a short list. AI Visibility tells you whether you are on it. We write 25 questions a buyer would ask about what you sell, without ever naming your company, and we ask them of Claude every day. You see how often you are named against up to three competitors, and each other AI engine you want tracked is $49 a month. You see the trend, not a promise.

With Cascadia you get

  • Asked every day, reported monthly
  • Measured against real prompts
  • Each engine tracked separately
  • WordPress specialists, not generalists
  • Page work available when you want it
  • Nothing installed on your site

Cascadia vs Semrush at a Glance

$139.95/moSemrush Pro
$99/moSemrush AI Visibility Toolkit per domain
$45 to $100Semrush extra seat a month
$49/moEach extra AI engine on Cascadia

Three Questions That Decide It

1

Do you want a toolkit or the tracking run for you?

A toolkitSemrush
Run for usCascadia
2

Do you need a full SEO and marketing suite?

YesSemrush
No, AI answersCascadia
3

Do You Want a Seat to Learn?

YesSemrush
No, a monthly reportCascadia

Side by Side

SemrushCascadia
ScopeAll-in-one SEO and marketing–AI answers only
AI visibility–Toolkit add-on, $99 per domain, annualRun for you, reported monthly
Seats–One included, extras chargedNo seat to learn
Questions–You set them up25 written for you by Claude
On your site–Software you runNothing installed
Changing pages×Left to you–Page Optimization when you want it

Scope

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CascadiaAI answers only
SemrushAll-in-one SEO and marketing

AI Visibility

CascadiaRun for you, reported monthly
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SemrushToolkit add-on, $99 per domain, annual

Seats

CascadiaNo seat to learn
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SemrushOne included, extras charged

Questions

Cascadia25 written for you by Claude
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SemrushYou set them up

On Your Site

CascadiaNothing installed
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SemrushSoftware you run

Changing Pages

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CascadiaPage Optimization when you want it
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SemrushLeft to you

Everything Below Is Included

One monthly price per website, and no upgrade tier holding a feature back. Each AI engine beyond Claude is $49 a month.

  • Competitors You Name, or Picked for You
  • Gap to the Most-Named Competitor
  • Trend Against the Month Before
  • Claude Included as Standard
  • More AI Engines at $49 a Month Each
  • Each Engine Reported Separately
  • The Same Questions on Every Engine
  • Results Pulled Every Day
  • ChatGPT Tracking as an Add-On
  • Perplexity and Google AI as Add-Ons
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What Our Team Takes On

We ask the assistants your buyers’ questions every day and report how often you are named. When you want the pages changed, Page Optimization does that work.

WordPress Specialists, Not Generalists

Most GEO vendors hand you a PDF because they cannot safely touch your CMS. When you want pages changed, Page Optimization does it inside your WordPress install.

Page Work Available When You Want It

A model repeats whatever it finds, including the wrong price or a service you dropped two years ago. AI Visibility shows you when you are missing from the answers. When Page Optimization rewrites a page, the claims on it are checked against what you actually sell before it goes live.

Nothing Installed on Your Site

There is no plugin to install. AI Visibility touches nothing on your site, and the results arrive as a monthly report.

Asked Every Day, Reported Monthly

Your 25 questions go to Claude every day, and to any engine you add. Once a month you get the share of voice, the trend, and the gap to the leader in plain words. When you want pages changed, Page Optimization does that work.

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Who This Comparison Is For

Service Businesses Losing Traffic to AI Answers

If your organic clicks fell while your rankings held steady, the answer is probably being given above the results. AI Visibility shows whether you are named inside that answer, and who is named instead. Page Optimization is the work that changes it.

Companies in Categories People Compare Before Buying

Software, professional services, and considered purchases all get researched through comparison questions. Assistants answer those by naming a short list.

Agencies Adding AI Visibility for Their Clients

We run the tracking, deliver reporting you can pass straight to a client, and stay out of the relationship.

Choose Semrush if

  • You want an all-in-one SEO and marketing suite
  • Someone on your side runs audits and writes content
  • You need API access and Share of Voice reporting

Choose Cascadia if

  • Your organic clicks fell while rankings held
  • You want AI answers tracked without learning a tool
  • You are an agency reporting AI visibility to clients
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How Our Generative Engine Optimization Process Works

Setup takes a few days. After that the questions are asked every day and the results reported monthly.

  1. 1

    We Settle Your Competitors

    You name up to three competitors, or we pick them from the businesses you compete with in search.

  2. 2

    We Build Your Prompt Set and Baseline

    We read your site and write 25 questions a buyer would ask about what you sell, without naming your company. Those are the questions we track.

  3. 3

    We Ask Them Every Day

    The questions go to Claude every day, and to any engine you add at $49 a month, and we record how often you and each competitor are named.

  4. 4

    You Get the Picture Every Month

    A monthly report shows your share of voice, the trend against last month, and the gap to the most-named competitor. When you want pages changed, Page Optimization does that.

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How Semrush works

What Semrush Does, in Their Own Words

Semrush is an all-in-one SEO and marketing platform you run yourself. The prices and limits below are their published plans, read in September 2026.

Pro, $139.95 a month (September 2026)Five projects, 500 tracked keywords, 10,000 results per report, and 100,000 pages per site audit. No content marketing tools, no historical data.
Guru, $249.95 a month (September 2026)Fifteen projects, 1,500 keywords, and 300,000 pages per audit, plus the Content Marketing Toolkit and historical data that Pro does not include.
Business, $499.95 a month (September 2026)Forty projects, 5,000 keywords, API access, and Share of Voice reporting.
Seats cost extraPlans include one user, with additional seats charged on top, reported at $45 to $100 each per month (September 2026).
AI visibility is an add-onTheir AI Visibility Toolkit is billed separately at $99 per month per domain on an annual contract (September 2026).
It is a tool, not the workEvery plan gives you software and data. Someone on your side still has to run the audits, write the content, and chase the fixes.

Taken from Semrush published pricing, Semrush plan comparison. Checked September 2026.

What Clients Say About Working with Cascadia

“I’ve always dreaded website management, but Cascadia has done an incredible job with my WordPress site, making it one less thing for me to worry about.”
Alex R.Cascadia client

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Semrush Alternative Questions

Straight answers about switching, pricing, and what moves with you.

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Still have a question?

How is Cascadia different from Semrush?

We run the tracking for you rather than handing you software. We write the questions, ask them every day, and send you a monthly report instead of a seat to learn. When you want pages changed, Page Optimization does it inside your WordPress install, and we have been managing WordPress for years.

Do I still need SEO if I invest in generative engine optimization services?

Yes. Classic search still sends most of the traffic for most businesses, and the technical foundation the two share means neglecting one weakens the other. AI Visibility measures where you stand in AI answers and does not change your site. If your indexing, site structure, or content quality is weak, that is page work, which Page Optimization does, because no amount of tracking rescues a page an assistant cannot retrieve.

Which AI systems do you track?

AI Visibility tracks 25 prompts on Claude as standard, and each additional AI engine, such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google AI Overviews, is $49 a month per website. Each pulls from a different mix of live web retrieval, licensed sources, and training data, so they frequently disagree about who to name. We track your visibility separately on each rather than reporting a single blended number that hides where you are losing.

How long before I see results?

Tracking starts within days, so you see where you stand almost at once. Moving that number takes changes to your pages, which Page Optimization does, and that takes longer. Expect three to six months before your prompt set shows steady, repeatable mentions rather than occasional ones. Anyone promising faster than that is either lucky or guessing. We report movement monthly so you can see the trend early.

Can you actually measure whether AI assistants mention my business?

Yes, within limits. We write 25 questions a buyer would ask about what you sell, we ask them of Claude every day, plus any engine you add, and record how often you are named. That gives you a real trend line and a share of voice figure against named competitors. What nobody can give you is a complete impression count, because the platforms do not publish one.

What is llms.txt and does my site need one?

It is a plain text file at your domain root that points AI crawlers at your most important content in a clean, readable form. Adoption is still uneven across the major platforms, so treat it as cheap insurance rather than a silver bullet. It is not part of AI Visibility, which measures AI answers and does not change your site.

Should we block AI crawlers or allow them?

That is your call. AI Visibility does not change it, because it measures AI answers and touches nothing on your site. Most businesses selling a service want the major assistants reading everything, since being absent from the index guarantees being absent from the answer. Publishers and companies with proprietary research often want tighter rules. Either way, the rules live on your site and stay yours to set.

Does this work for local businesses?

It works well, and the mechanics shift a little. Local queries lean harder on entity consistency, so your business name, address, hours, and service descriptions have to match across your site, your Google profile, and the directories assistants pull from. One stale address in a third-party listing is enough to make a model hedge or name someone else. AI Visibility does not edit listings, but it shows you whether assistants name you or a competitor for the questions your buyers ask.

What do you need from me to get started?

Your website address and up to three competitors. If you do not name any, we pick them from the businesses you compete with in search. We write the 25 questions from what your site says you sell, so there is no questionnaire to fill in. After that it runs on our side, with a monthly report.

Do you write the content or do we?

Neither, for AI Visibility on its own: it measures AI answers and does not change your pages. When you want pages rewritten, Page Optimization does that, four pages a month, and nothing goes live without your approval.

Is generative engine optimization worth it for a small site?

Often more than for a large one. AI answers name a handful of sources, not ten blue links, and models weigh clarity and specificity heavily. A focused site that answers a narrow set of questions unusually well can outrank a much bigger competitor whose content is broad and vague. At $149 a month per website, AI Visibility is priced for exactly that situation. Very early stage sites with little content should build the content first.

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