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Featured Place plans

Top Rated Places
pricing for AI visibility.

Choose a researched business profile that supports AI discovery, with optional visibility across Top Rated Places search and eligible guides.

Onboarding includedYour review before publicationIndependent editorial rankings

One clear profile. Your choice of visibility.

Compare Featured Place plans

All prices in US dollars.
Choose the billing option that suits you.

Start with a profile

Featured Place Starter

A researched public profile for one business and one location or defined service area.

US$89/ year

Annual plan · onboarding included

Renews annually unless cancelled.

Build your public presence

  • Guided onboarding, research and writing
  • Services, location and customer needs
  • Approved images and contact options
  • Featured Places hub and eligible archives
  • Your approval before publication
See the full Starter offer
Add on-site discovery

Search Featured Place

Your business profile plus additional discovery opportunities within Top Rated Places.

US$29/ month

or US$299/year · onboarding included

Monthly or annual billing.

Everything in Starter, plus

  • Additional Top Rated Places search visibility
  • Relevant category and location matching
  • Discovery by services and customer needs
  • Contact links prepared for activity tracking

Search visibility is within Top Rated Places. It is not paid placement in ChatGPT or Google.

Sponsor a relevant guide

Guide Sponsor

For a business that fits a specific guide and wants a clearly labelled sponsor placement.

From
US$
149/ month

or from US$1,490/year

Placement and final price confirmed first.

Everything in Search, plus

  • One sponsor module in one eligible guide
  • Guide relevance and placement review
  • Priority review of the proposed placement
  • Approved image and sponsor contact link

Onboarding included. Subject to guide fit and availability. Editorial rankings stay independent.

Featured Places are labelled paid profiles. No plan guarantees an AI mention, citation or recommendation.

Featured Place plan comparison
Included featureStarterSearch Featured PlaceGuide Sponsor
Public profile, onboarding and reviewIncludedIncludedIncluded
Services, location, images and contact optionsIncludedIncludedIncluded
Featured Places hub visibilityIncludedIncludedIncluded
Additional Top Rated Places search visibilityNot includedIncludedIncluded
Approved guide sponsor moduleNot includedNot includedOne eligible guide,
subject to approval
Billing choiceAnnual onlyMonthly or annualMonthly or annual;
subject to placement
AI recommendation guaranteeNo plan guarantees a recommendation.
Editorial ranking influencePayment does not alter rankings in any plan.

A clear reason to be found

How these plans support
AI search visibility

A Featured Place adds a researched public source about your services, location and customer needs, giving search engines and AI tools clearer information to interpret.

How AI search visibility works

A clear public source about your business

Your profile explains what you offer, where you operate and the customer situations you serve, with suitable ways to contact you.

More places to be discovered on Top Rated Places

Search Featured Place and Guide Sponsor add distribution within Top Rated Places. AI platforms decide which sources and businesses to show.

Paid visibility does not change editorial rankings.

Read our editorial policy ↗

We do the writing. You have the final say.

What happens after you choose a plan

See the full process and video
  1. 01

    Confirm your plan
    and placement

    Choose the profile and visibility level that fit your business. Guide sponsorship also requires a suitable guide and an approved placement.

  2. 02

    Share your
    business details

    Guided onboarding collects your services, location, customer needs, images and appropriate contact information so we can prepare the profile.

  3. 03

    Review and approve
    your profile

    We prepare the content for factual review. Your profile is published after your approval.

Research, writing and onboarding are included in the profile offer.

Know what you are choosing

Billing, renewal
and cancellation

The plan, billing period and approved placement define your purchase.

Featured Place Starter

US$89 for a 12-month profile term. Renews annually unless cancelled before renewal. Cancellation stops the next charge; your profile stays active through the paid term.

The annual fee is refunded in full if Top Rated Places declines the business or cannot publish the profile.

Monthly and annual upgrade options

Search Featured Place is US$29 per month or US$299 per year. Guide Sponsor starts at US$149 per month or US$1,490 per year, subject to a suitable approved guide placement. Onboarding is included.

Confirm the applicable renewal and cancellation terms before choosing an upgrade.

Clear answers before you choose

Featured Place
pricing questions

Prices, plan differences and what paid visibility includes.

How much does Top Rated Places cost?

Featured Place Starter is US$89 per year. Search Featured Place is US$29 per month or US$299 per year. Guide Sponsor starts at US$149 per month or US$1,490 per year. Onboarding is included; guide sponsorship depends on a suitable approved placement.

Which Featured Place plan should I choose?

Choose Starter for a researched public business profile. Choose Search Featured Place if you also want additional discovery within Top Rated Places. Consider Guide Sponsor when your business fits a specific guide and you want a labelled sponsor placement.

Is onboarding included in the price?

Yes. The advertised plans include onboarding. The profile offer includes information gathering, research, writing, image review and appropriate contact links, followed by your review before publication.

Can I pay monthly?

Search Featured Place and Guide Sponsor offer monthly and annual prices. Featured Place Starter is an annual plan at US$89 per year. A monthly price is not offered for Starter.

Does Search Featured Place buy placement in ChatGPT or Google?

No. Its additional search visibility is within Top Rated Places. A public profile can support AI discovery, but external search engines and AI platforms choose their own results, sources and recommendations.

Does Guide Sponsor change a guide’s rankings?

No. The offer is a clearly labelled sponsor module in one approved, relevant guide. It does not change the editorial order, scores, comparison verdicts or independent recommendations.

Can I upgrade my Featured Place later?

Yes, the current offer allows upgrades to Search Featured Place or an approved Guide Sponsor placement. Confirm availability, the new billing term and any treatment of an existing payment before changing plans.

Can one plan cover several business locations?

The Starter offer covers one business and one location or defined service area. Additional locations need separate profiles. Multi-location businesses and agencies should confirm their profile count, visibility scope and total quote with the business team before buying.

Choose the profile and visibility
that fit your business.

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