Here is the honest version. Most SEO Skool groups are free, and free usually means a noisy feed with no real path. The handful worth paying for are few. We put The New Search first by a distance, because it is the only one built for the thing that now decides who gets found, getting cited by AI, and the only one that hands you a tool to do it.
| Rank | SEO Skool group | Best for | Price | AI-visibility tool |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The New Search | Getting cited by AI | $59/mo | Yes (Rank OS) |
| 2 | AI Profit Boardroom | Making money with AI | $59/mo | No |
| 3 | The AI SEO Society | Automation | $77/mo | No |
| 4 | AI SEO Mastery Pro | Coaching | $197/mo | No |
| 5 | Local Rank Academy | Local agencies | $79/mo | No |
| 6 | Local Ai SEO Agency Mastery | Local SEO, budget | $39/mo | No |
The only SEO Skool group built to get you cited by AI, with a tool that does the work.
A couple of these groups include a tool, but only for general automations or local rank tracking. The New Search is the only one whose software, Rank OS, is built specifically for getting cited by AI. That focus, plus a weekly live call, is why it is our number one by a distance.
Join The New Search →The only other paid SEO Skool groups worth knowing
Julian Goldie's community, and by far the biggest here at 4,000 members. It is about making money with AI in general, and it includes Agent OS, a multi-user agent that runs automations for you. Huge and active, but it is a broad AI-business room rather than an SEO one, and Agent OS is built for automations, not for getting cited by AI.
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Engineer-built n8n workflows for SEO and AI search visibility, production-ready and made in Germany. Best if you want to wire SEO into automated systems with n8n and Claude. It is broad AI automation though, not built around getting cited, and there is no dedicated tool for it.
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Weekly live calls with a 7-figure agency owner, plus advanced AI and SEO training. Best if you want premium coaching and a bigger room. At $197 a month it is the priciest here, and you still do all of the work by hand.
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Jacky Chou's group, built around growing a local SEO agency to $10k a month with AI and his LocalRank tool. Strong swipe files, a Google Maps ranking masterclass and daily Q&A. Best if you want local clients, though it is local search rather than getting cited by AI.
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Pat Arel's group for local SEO, website design and lead generation. The cheapest here at $39 a month, with a local SEO masterclass, AI prompts and a stack of checklists. Good value for local agency skills, but again it is local search, not AI citations.
View on Skool →Most SEO Skool groups are free, because creators use a free group as a top-of-funnel. Free usually means a busy feed and no real path. The groups worth paying for are few, and they are the ones that add a tool, a live call and structured training.
The New Search is built specifically for getting cited by AI search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. It is the only one that hands you a tool, Rank OS, to do the work, so it is the pick if AI visibility is your focus.
The New Search at $59 a month is the best value if your goal is getting cited by AI. A few of these groups include a tool, but for general automations or local rank tracking. The New Search is the only one whose tool, Rank OS, is built specifically for AI visibility, and it adds a weekly live call. Some local-SEO groups cost less, but they focus on Google Maps rankings rather than getting named in AI answers.
No. The New Search welcomes beginners and gives you a tool that does the work, so you can start getting cited before you are an expert.
The New Search gives you the playbook, a weekly live call, and Rank OS, the tool that gets you cited.
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