ThriveFinity vs Stridec for AI Search (GEO) in Singapore

Stridec suits a Singapore company that wants a monthly SEO and GEO content programme at a published price, aimed first at Google AI Overviews and Gemini, with ChatGPT and Claude added on its larger plans, and the option to cancel. ThriveFinity, which is us, suits a B2B company that wants AI search bought as one defined job across five AI tools: a baseline on a fixed list of buyer questions, a set of page fixes and a re-test of the same questions at day 30. Both firms publish their prices, so you can compare them before a call.

We're a one-person company registered in Chennai, India, and we serve B2B companies in the UK, Singapore and elsewhere. Stridec is based in Singapore and says its own team is small. So neither of us is a large agency, and the choice comes down to what you want done.

Facts about Stridec come from its own website, as published on 31 October 2026. Services and prices change, so check its site before you decide. We have a commercial interest in this comparison and we're not affiliated with Stridec. Where its pages are silent, the table says "not published". That doesn't mean it doesn't offer the thing. Ask.

A Monthly Content Plan or a Fixed Project

The main difference is what you pay for each month. Stridec's plans are built around a number of topics and content pieces a month. Our AI Visibility project is built around a fixed list of buyer questions, a set of page fixes and a measured before and after.

Stridec describes itself on its homepage as a "Singapore SEO agency since 2001", and its footer as "AI Overview SEO for ecommerce and SaaS brands". The same page promises "Published pricing, fixed 90-day scope." Its About page names Alva Chew as founder and says "The team is small and deliberately so." The footer gives the company as Stridec Worldwide Pte Ltd, UEN 201222626W, at Lavender Street in Singapore.

ThriveFinity sells AI search optimisation (GEO) as defined pieces of work. There's a free Signal, a fixed-price AI Presence, an AI Visibility project priced by a scoped estimate, and an optional monthly AI Growth plan after it. A named verifier signs every paid report.

Stridec also tells you who it's mainly for. If you're an ecommerce or SaaS brand, its pages speak to you directly. If you're a B2B company outside software, such as a professional services or industrial firm, ask it how much of its work looks like yours.

Side-by-Side Comparison

The table lines up what each firm publishes on the same thirteen points. Stridec's column quotes or summarises its own pages as they read on 31 October 2026.

"Not published" means the pages we checked didn't say. Stridec's prices are in Singapore dollars and haven't been converted. Our prices exclude applicable taxes and follow our published pricing, which bills companies outside the UK, the eurozone, the UAE and India in US dollars.

What Stridec Publishes About Its GEO Work

Stridec's GEO services and pricing page sets out three monthly plans in Singapore dollars. The page header reads "Monthly · Cancel anytime", and an annual plan gets two months free.

• GEO Foundations, S$2,500 a month: one channel, either Google (AI Overviews and Gemini) or ChatGPT, 3 core topics and 30 to 50 search terms, at least 8 content pieces a month and a monthly citation snapshot.
• GEO Authority, S$4,500 a month: Google and ChatGPT, 7 topics and 80 to 300 search terms, at least 15 content pieces a month, brand mention work and a full monthly report with Search Console and GA4 data.
• Full-Spectrum GEO + SEO, S$8,000 a month: Google, ChatGPT and Claude, up to 20 topics, at least 25 content pieces a month, brand mentions plus link building, and monthly and quarterly reviews.

That's a clear structure, and it's easy to budget. The thing to understand is that you're mainly buying a volume of content each month, aimed at a set of topics. The homepage describes the service as finding the questions your customers ask Google and ChatGPT, publishing citable content, and reporting monthly on where you're named.

Stridec also offers two free tools. The AIO Readiness Audit is a 20-question self-assessment across five pillars that takes about three minutes, with a gap report sent once you fill in a form. The AIO Visibility Checker checks whether your brand is cited in Google AI Overviews for up to three keywords, with results emailed to you. Both name Google AI Overviews only.

What I couldn't find: how many times each question is run, which competitors you're measured against, a guarantee, or how the cancel-anytime terms sit alongside the fixed 90-day scope on the homepage. Those can both be true at once. It's still worth asking.

Which AI Tools Each One Covers

Stridec starts from Google, and we start from all five tools at once. That's the clearest difference in the scope of the two offers.

Stridec's About page calls it an agency focused on one thing, getting brands cited in Google AI Overviews. Its first plan covers one channel, its second adds ChatGPT, and its top plan adds Claude. Perplexity isn't named on the pricing page.

Google's own guidance on its AI features is short, and it's why an SEO-led approach makes sense for AI Overviews:

That covers Google's surfaces only. ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity each pick sources their own way. Our analysis of 219 AI answers shows which kinds of pages each assistant linked to. So the useful question for you is where your buyers actually ask. If they search Google and read the AI Overview, Stridec's focus fits. If they open ChatGPT or Perplexity and ask for a shortlist, you'll want those tools measured from the start.

Our paid AI Visibility work tests ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews on every question. The free Signal tests the first four.

How Each One Measures Results

AI tools rarely give the same answer twice, so the method matters more than the dashboard. In January 2026, SparkToro and Gumshoe had 600 volunteers run 12 prompts through ChatGPT, Claude and Google's AI a combined 2,961 times. Rand Fishkin reported a chance of less than 1 in 100 that ChatGPT or Google's AI would return the same list of brands in any two responses. So one run of a question tells you very little. A rate across repeated runs, measured the same way before and after, tells you much more.

Stridec reports monthly on where you're named. Its middle plan adds Search Console and GA4 data, which shows traffic and conversions from search. Its pages don't say how many times a question is run or how competitors are tracked.

We ask each of 100 to 150 buyer questions 3 times in each of five AI tools, against 3 to 5 named competitors, then run exactly the same set again at day 30. The maths of turning those answers into a share is in my guide to measuring AI share of voice.

Here's what a rate looks like, from our own test on the day this page was written. Four AI tools were asked the same buyer question three times each.

Twelve answers is a small sample. A different question or a different week would give different counts, for every firm on the chart.

When Stridec Is the Better Choice

Stridec is the better choice when Google is where your buyers search and you want content produced every month at a known price. These are the situations where I'd point you there rather than to us.

• Google AI Overviews is your main target. That's the focus its About page names, and its free tools are built around it.
• You want content written for you every month. Its plans include at least 8, 15 or 25 content pieces a month. Our AI Visibility project writes briefs for new pages and leaves the writing to you.
• You're an ecommerce or SaaS brand. That's who its footer says it serves.
• You want SEO and GEO in one plan, including link building. Its top plan includes both. We don't build or buy links.
• You want a Singapore team. Stridec is based on Lavender Street. We work remotely from India.
• You want to start small and stop if it isn't working. Its first plan covers one channel at S$2,500 a month, and the pricing page says cancel anytime.

The trade-off is breadth. If your buyers ask ChatGPT, Claude or Perplexity for a shortlist, check which of those tools your plan covers, and how often each one is tested, before you sign.

Questions to Ask Any Provider

Ask Stridec, us and anyone else on your list the same questions, and get the answers in writing. Google's page on whether you need an SEO, updated in June 2026, says to check whether advice on AEO or GEO services is aligned with its official guidance. It also suggests asking what results to expect "and in what timeframe".

1. Which buyer questions will you track, and can I see the full list before we start?
2. Which AI tools are in my plan, and how many times do you run each question?
3. Which competitors will you measure me against?
4. Will the re-test use exactly the same questions and settings as the baseline?
5. Who writes the content, and can I approve it before it goes live?
6. What's the notice period, and what do I keep if I stop?
7. What happens if a report contains a factual error?

The longer version, with red flags, is in our GEO agency buyer's guide. If you'd like to see where you stand before any of these calls, my guide to running an AI visibility check shows how in an afternoon.

How We Wrote This Comparison

This page names a competitor, so advertising rules apply to it. Section 3 of the UK CAP Code says a comparison must "compare products meeting the same needs or intended for the same purpose", and rule 3.34 asks for an objective comparison of material, relevant, verifiable and representative features. Regulation 4 of the Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008 sets the same conditions and bars comparisons that discredit or denigrate a competitor. We follow those rules on every comparison, whichever market it's written for.

So every fact about Stridec links to the page it came from and is dated 31 October 2026. I haven't repeated its client logos, case-study results or ratings, because I can't verify them and quoting them would only repeat its marketing. Where its pages say nothing, the table says so.

Why Stridec? When we asked ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity best AI visibility agencies in Singapore three times each on 31 October 2026, Stridec was named in 3 of 12 answers. That count tells you an AI tool might put Stridec on your shortlist. It doesn't rank its quality, and ThriveFinity wasn't named at all.

Spotted something out of date or wrong? Email om@thrivefinity.uk. We respond within 5 working days, and corrections are logged on our errata page. The next scheduled recheck of every fact here is due by 29 January 2027.

Where ThriveFinity Fits

We fit when you want AI search work as a defined job across five AI tools, with a known price and a measured before and after. Every price below is shown in GBP and USD, and a Singapore business is billed in USD.

• AI Presence Signal (free, under an hour): 12 buyer questions across GPT (OpenAI), Claude, Gemini and Perplexity, scored 0 to 100. It's automated and unsigned, and you can run the free AI Presence Signal now.
• AI Presence (£849 (US$1,099), 5 working days): a signed fact sheet, a scored audit of the places AI tools learn who you are and up to 10 profiles created or claimed, credited in full to AI Visibility if you book it within 30 days.
• AI Visibility (from £2,250 (US$2,949), 10 working days): 100 to 150 buyer questions across five AI tools, your 10 highest-value pages fixed, 5 briefs for new pages and a re-test at day 30. Signed by a named verifier.
• AI Growth (from £2,250 (US$2,949) a month) or Quarterly Re-measurement (£595 (US$799)): after AI Visibility, if you want ongoing work or tracking. AI Growth has a 3-month minimum, then 30 days' notice.

We're not the right choice if you want a large volume of content written every month, link building, or a team in Singapore. Stridec will serve you better there. We won't promise that any AI tool will name you. Our sample AI visibility report shows what you'd get, and every comparison we've written is on the comparisons hub.

Pranav Unni

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Pranav Unni is the founder and lead verifier of ThriveFinity. He reads and signs every paid deliverable personally, and writes about go-to-market decisions for established B2B companies.