Hop AI
A Sofia B2B SaaS paid-media agency that sells its own GEO software, GEOforge
- HQ
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- Founded
- 2009
- Team
- 11-50
- Regions
- North America, Europe
- Pricing
- From $1k Directory figures only: Clutch shows a $1,000+ minimum project at $100-$149 an hour and DesignRush a $1,000-$10,000 minimum budget at $99 an hour. Agency services carry no published price; its GEOforge software is listed at $350 and $695 per brand per month.
- Stack
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- GEOforge
- ChatGPT
- Gemini
- Perplexity
- Google Search Console
- LinkedIn Ads
- Industries
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- SaaS
About Hop AI
Hop AI, formerly Hop Online, is a B2B marketing agency founded in 2009 by its CEO Paris Childress, with its team in Sofia, Bulgaria, and an office in New Orleans; about 27 people appear on its About page. It runs PPC, paid social with a LinkedIn focus, SEO, content, creative, GEO and AI consultancy, mostly for B2B SaaS and cybersecurity companies. Its GEO work runs on software it builds and sells, GEOforge: SignalForge for prompt-triggered tracking of LLM citations and mentions, ContentForge for content, CiteForge for citation distribution and forum seeding, and BaseForge as a knowledge base. It also built an AI recruitment tool, HopAI Recruit, for an anonymized edtech client.
Its 27 case studies are paid media and SEO for named clients such as Rapid7, LambdaTest, Itilite and Recruiterflow; about 18 are PPC or paid social and none is GEO. The GEO evidence is two short staff 'wins': Leadearly at over 300 AI citations in a week and sixth in its category, and an anonymized education consultancy with no figure. Clutch shows 4.8 from 24 reviews, mostly from 2014 to 2019, with the lowest at 4.0 citing small traffic gains and language barriers. GEOforge is priced at $350 and $695 per brand per month; agency services are quoted.
No outside review covers the AI or GEO work, and the newest Clutch review is from November 2024. The Leadearly figure gives no measurement window or tool. GEO delivery is tied to the firm's own software, the site footer still carries the Hop Online name, and two different Sofia addresses appear on the site and on DesignRush. A Google Partner Premier badge on the site was not verified against Google's directory.
Ratings elsewhere
Our verdict
Hop AI suits a B2B SaaS or cybersecurity company that wants paid media and AI search content from one agency, delivered on software the agency builds itself.
The case for it is a long paid-media record with named clients and figures, Rapid7, LambdaTest and Itilite among them, and a GEO practice built on its own tracking and content tools with published software prices.
The caution is that GEO is new here. It rests on two short wins and one figure with no stated method, no review covers it, and the newest Clutch review is nearly two years old. Buying the service also means buying into GEOforge.
A buyer outside B2B SaaS and cybersecurity, or one wanting a GEO record with measured client results, should look elsewhere.
Pros
- Builds its own GEO software, GEOforge, with prompt tracking, content and citation distribution modules, priced publicly at $350 and $695 per brand per month
- 27 case studies with named B2B clients, including Rapid7 at double the sales accepted opportunities and a 50% lower cost per lead
- 4.8 from 24 Clutch reviews over a record that starts in 2014
- In business since 2009, with a named CEO and about 27 staff on its About page
Cons
- Paid media is about 18 of 27 case studies and none is GEO; the AI search evidence is two short wins and one citation figure with no stated window or tool.
- No outside review covers the AI or GEO work, and the newest Clutch review is from November 2024.
- GEO delivery runs on the agency's own GEOforge software, so a buyer also commits to its product.
- No prices for agency services are published.
- Mostly B2B SaaS and cybersecurity, so other sectors are a weaker fit.
Where Hop AI ranks
- Ranked #12 in AI SEO & GEO Agencies New in this ranking
- Ranked #8 in AI Marketing Agencies New in this ranking
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