MAXAEO vs Affistash

MAXAEO helps brands get cited and recommended when buyers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews for answers. It is built for CMOs and marketing leaders who need visibility in the AI answer layer, not just traditional search rankings. The goal is simple: when someone asks an AI engine who to trust in your category, your brand is the one it names.

The consultancy specializes in Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO). Senior strategists run authority audits, engineer brand entity signals, and reshape content so AI engines can extract, cite, and recommend it. Work spans Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, DeepSeek, Grok, Mistral, and other major answer platforms.

MAXAEO also ships a free GEO toolkit with generators for llms.txt, robots.txt, JSON-LD schema, Open Graph tags, and humans.txt. These are quick-start utilities for technically skilled teams, while the core offering remains hands-on strategic consulting with live share-of-voice tracking.

It fits B2B brands competing in categories where AI search is already reshaping discovery, especially teams that want measured citation share and displacement of competitor answer slots rather than keyword rank reports alone.

Affistash helps brands find and recruit affiliate partners, influencers, and newsletter publishers using AI search across the open web rather than a single affiliate network directory. You describe your brand, and the platform returns verified contact details, traffic analytics, audience interests, and geographic data for bloggers, YouTube creators, TikTok influencers, and newsletter operators.

BuzzStream and Respona focus on link-building outreach to editors; Affistash targets affiliate program managers who need partners that already monetize through referral links. It searches beyond traditional affiliate networks to surface SEO bloggers, Beehiiv newsletter operators, and social creators in one list. The trade-off is a monthly export credit cap that scales with plan tier rather than unlimited prospecting.

Agency teams managing multiple client programs use the $247 per month Agency plan with five brand slots and 2,250 export credits. Solo affiliate managers on the $97 Premium plan build up to 10 prospect lists with 450 monthly exports. Affistash is now part of FMTC, though the product continues operating under the Affistash brand with a 3-day free trial.