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The Search Monitor

Not Agent-Ready Yet
Agent-Ready SaaS Index · thesearchmonitor.com · scored 2026-05-09 · rubric v2.0
Score 2 / 100
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The Search Monitor scores 2/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility.

See The Search Monitor pricing summaryLive pricing page
Pricing
The Search Monitor pricing
As of 2026-05-09 · www.thesearchmonitor.com/pricing/
Sales-led pricing

Pricing is presented as per‑month starting amounts for each package, but acquisition requires contacting sales; no self‑serve checkout or annual billing options are shown.

Score breakdown · rubric v2.0
How The Search Monitor scores on the agent-ready dimensions

Public pricing visibility

2 / 15

Self-serve checkout

0 / 15

Public API + docs

0 / 20

Usage-based / metered pricing

0 / 20

Free entry path

0 / 7

No sales call required

0 / 7

Card / wallet / x402 payment

0 / 6

Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)

0 / 10

Total
2 / 100
Effective pricing
What it actually costs at typical scale
Affiliate Compliance plan, monthly billing
$500/mo
· Single plan selected· No additional crawling fees beyond the base price
Confidence: high
Agent purchase verdict
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Sales-gated
LLM score: 20/100

Can create account

No

Can enter payment method

No

Can upgrade plan

No

Can buy more usage

No

Can cancel online

No

Payment methods

Unknown

Human approval recommended

Yes

Pricing transparency

contact_only

Purchase motion

sales_led

Demo required

Yes

Quote required

Yes

Annual commit required

No

Auto-renewal mentioned

No

Cancellation policy visible

No

Refund policy visible

No

Invoice payment available

Unknown

Purchase orders supported

Unknown

MSA required

Unknown

DPA available

Unknown

Security review required

Unknown

Competitive intel
Positioning & ecosystem

Buyer persona

enterprise
agency

Value claims
Save up to 40% of ad spend
Agent purchase simulation
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from The Search Monitor?
✓

Discover price

✓

Select a plan

✗

Pay per task

✓

Avoid a sales call

◐

API docs without auth

✗

Estimate cost upfront

Analysis
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.
✓ For an AI agent
  • Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
  • Every advertised tier is self-serve; no tier requires scheduling a call.
◐ Opportunities for the provider
  • No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
  • API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
  • No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
One-line fix
How The Search Monitor could lift its score

Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.

pricing_visible

true

headline_phrasing

Plans & Pricing — Protect your brand. Manage affiliate partners. Win new customers.

tier_count

2

lowest_paid_entry_usd

800

free_tier

false

free_tier_terms

null

per_unit_price

null

annual_required

false

self_serve_paid_tiers

0

sales_only_tiers

1

public_api_docs_url

null

api_docs_auth_walled

null

ai_pricing_json_present

false

agents_txt_present

false

anonymous_purchase_path

false

per_unit_classification

null

usage_headline_present

false

custom_tier_present

true

agent_friendly

{"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":false,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false}

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Page heading: Plans & Pricing
CTAs (40): The Search Monitor · Toggle Menu · Products · Brand ProtectionStop costly brand use violations on paid search ads · SEM InsightsCompetitive insights on PPC, SEO & PLA listings · Affiliate ComplianceDetect affiliate policy violations on paid search ads & land · Ad ArmorFree-up PPC ad budget on brand & brand plus keywords · AI Search InsightsCompetitive insights on AI Overviews and LLM Search Results · Content MonitoringMonitor your affiliates’ landing pages for offer compliance · Pricing · Resources · Learning CenterDiscover solutions to key industry challenges
Price tokens (4): $800 /month plus keyword cr · $800 /month plus keyword cr · $500 /month plus crawling f · $1
The Search MonitorPRECISION AD INTELLIGENCE Toggle Menu Products Brand ProtectionStop costly brand use violations on paid search ads SEM InsightsCompetitive insights on PPC, SEO & PLA listings Affiliate ComplianceDetect affiliate policy violations on paid search ads & landing pages Ad ArmorFree-up PPC ad budget on brand & brand plus keywords AI Search InsightsCompetitive insights on AI Overviews and LLM Search Results Content MonitoringMonitor your affiliates’ landing pages for offer compliance Pricing Resources Learning CenterDiscover solutions to key industry challenges Guides & WebinarsLearn from our experts We Love Data™A series of data studies to chronicle competitive advertising trends on search engines. Company About UsMonitoring ads since 2007 Our DataCheck out our tech! CareersJoin our growing team Our TeamMeet our leadership team NewsAnnouncements & press releases Contact UsGet in touch with us Log In Get a Demo Speak to Sales Get Scored Log In Get a Demo Speak to Sales Get Scored Home » Pricing Untitled Plans & Pricing Protect your brand. Manage affiliate partners. Win new customers. Plan Calculator CompanyThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Name(Required) First Last Work Email(Required) Select Interested Services(Required) SEM Insights (inc. AI Overviews) Brand Protection Affliate Compliance Ad Armor Whole Platform Sample Package $ - /month plus keyword crawling fees SEM Insights Learn More Gain Access to a Searchable Database of SEM…
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Agent-Ready Spec
The Search Monitor
Not Agent-Ready Yet

2

/ 100 (rubric v2.0)
Category

Seo

Pricing model

Plans & Pricing — Protect your brand. Manage affiliate partners. Win new customers.

Tier count

2

Free tier

No

Lowest paid entry

$800/mo

Self-serve / sales-only tiers

0 / 1

Public API docs

Auth-walled

Anonymous purchase path

No

Machine-readable pricing

Not published

Last refreshed

2026-05-09

Pricing intelligenceInsights extracted from www.thesearchmonitor.com/pricing/
Pricing model

Sales-led pricing

Agent-purchase verdict
Sales-gated
20/100 · v2.1
Cheapest entry

Affiliate Compliance ($500) · sales-led

Actions
Open live pricing page
Verdict reflects Not Agent-Ready Yet status under rubric v2.0. Source observed at https://www.thesearchmonitor.com/pricing/.
Agent-friendly features1 of 7 present
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.

ai-pricing.json

agents.txt

llms.txt

sitemap.xml

MCP Server Card

Agent Skills

x402 / MPP

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