Geology and Croud are both agencies, built in very different shapes. Geology is an AI-driven SEO and GEO agency: AI agents run strategy and execution, the team ships the work (technical SEO, content, schema, internal linking, off-site citations), and visibility is tracked weekly across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, and Google AI Overviews. Croud is a global digital agency that combines a core team with a vetted network of freelance specialists ("Croudies") to staff SEO, paid media, content, and analytics work for mid-market and enterprise brands. Choose Geology when organic search and AI visibility are the growth lever. Choose Croud when you want one managed service across paid search, paid social, programmatic, and CRM in several regions.
At a glance
| Dimension | Geology | Croud |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Brands that want to win organic search and AI answers | Brands that want a multichannel managed service |
| AI platforms tracked | ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, Google AI Overviews | Not a primary focus; SEO and paid media first |
| Execution support | Yes. Technical SEO, content, schema, internal linking, off-site citations shipped by the team | Yes, via core team and Croudie network |
| Pricing model | Monthly engagement, starts at $3,000 a month | Monthly retainer, custom scope |
| Reporting cadence | Weekly visibility tracking across five AI platforms and Google | Account-managed reporting |
| Best paired with | Any team that wants SEO and GEO handled end to end | An internal marketing lead who briefs the agency |
What Croud does
Croud is a global digital marketing agency with offices across the US, UK, and APAC. The model is distinctive: a core strategy and account team plus a curated network of freelance specialists who pick up channel work on demand, which Croud calls the Croud network. Services span SEO, paid search, paid social, content, programmatic, analytics, and CRM. Clients tend to be retail, travel, finance, and enterprise B2B brands that want a single agency to coordinate execution across channels rather than stitching together five point vendors. The pitch is breadth and global reach without the overhead of a traditional holding-company agency.
What Geology does differently
Geology is built for one job: making sure your brand ranks, and is visible, accurate, and well cited inside AI answers. AI agents track the prompts your buyers actually run across the five major answer engines, score citation share against competitors, and surface the exact pages an AI is misreading. The team then ships the work: technical SEO fixes, schema, FAQ structure, internal links, new content, and off-site citations. Work starts in the first week, and a mid-size B2B SaaS client grew organic traffic 65% in six months on this model. The differentiator is cycle time. AI answers shift weekly, so a weekly track-and-ship loop beats a quarterly retainer review for this surface.
Pricing
Croud sells custom monthly retainers scoped to channel mix, market count, and Croudie hours. There is no public price. Geology starts at $3,000 a month for SEO and GEO execution.
When Croud wins
If you need one partner to run paid search, paid social, programmatic, and CRM across multiple regions, with senior account management and access to specialist freelancers, Croud covers those channels. Geology does not run paid media.
When Geology wins
If organic search and AI visibility are where you need growth, Geology wins on speed and depth. You get weekly measurement across all five answer engines plus a team that ships the SEO and GEO fixes the data finds. For brands that want those results without a generalist retainer, the focused model wins.