BrisTechTonic is a Bristol SEO agency that helps businesses in Cardiff get found on Google, the local map pack and the AI assistants they now ask, like ChatGPT and Perplexity. AEO, or answer-engine optimisation, simply means getting your business named when someone asks an AI like ChatGPT or Google's AI "who is the best in Cardiff for this?". More and more Cardiff buyers ask an assistant before they search or pick up the phone, and it only hands back a few names. Our job is to make sure yours is one of them, and that it has your details right. We do it for businesses across Cardiff, from the city centre, Cardiff Bay, Cathays, Roath and Canton, with an experienced team and clear pricing from £299 a month. Bristol-based and just up the M4, working with Welsh clients over video and in person when it helps.
What do you get when Cardiff buyers ask an AI?
Want to be the answer Cardiff buyers get?
Book a call →Getting named by AI in Cardiff
Cardiff buyers increasingly ask an assistant who to use before they search, and many are buying on behalf of the wider Welsh market. That means the AI answer has to recognise you both as a Cardiff business and as a credible option across Wales, drawn from the Welsh and UK sources it already trusts.
We make that connection legible to a model: clear entities, consistent details across the regional and sector sources it checks, and content that answers how Welsh buyers actually phrase their questions. The goal is simple, that when someone asks ChatGPT or Google's AI who to use in Cardiff or across Wales, your name is the one it gives, with your details right.
It is early, and most Cardiff firms are still competing only for the classic links. The ones that earn the AI citation now hold an advantage that gets harder to take later.
What’s different about search in Cardiff?
People now start with a question, not a search box
More Cardiff buyers open ChatGPT or Google's AI, ask who to use, and go with the names it gives. If you are not named, you are not on their list.
"Near me" now means an AI answer
Someone in Cardiff Bay or Cathays no longer scrolls a page of ten links. The AI hands them two or three names. We work to make sure yours is one of them.
Being local still matters
An AI weighs up who is nearby, who does this kind of work, and who people rate. We make your Cardiff connection and your reputation clear, so it points to you and not a faceless directory.
Do we work with businesses in your sector?
Financial services
People check who they can trust with their money before they call. We make sure an AI names you, and gets your details right, when someone asks who handles their kind of finance work.
Financial services SEO in Cardiff →Creative and media
A portfolio is hard for a computer to read. We make your work and credits clear so an AI can find you and send people your way.
Creative and media SEO in Cardiff →Professional services
For advisory and consultancy work, the AI's answer is the new word-of-mouth referral. We make sure yours is the name it gives.
Professional services SEO in Cardiff →SaaS
Buyers ask AI to compare tools and suggest a shortlist. We work to get your product onto that list, described clearly and correctly.
SaaS SEO in Cardiff →Don’t see your industry?
We work with far more sectors than we can list here. Chances are we help yours too, in Cardiff and across the UK.
See all industries →Which parts of Cardiff do we cover?
We work with businesses right across Cardiff, from the city centre, Cardiff Bay, Cathays, Roath and Canton, out to the wider commercial base around Central Square, Callaghan Square, Cardiff Bay and the Cardiff Gate and Cardiff Edge business parks. From the media and financial firms around Cardiff Bay and Central Square to the independents in Pontcanna and Roath, Cardiff buyers increasingly ask an assistant who to use first. Wherever you are, the aim is the same: be the name an assistant gives when someone nearby asks who to use.
Real people doing the work, and putting their name to it.
You deal with our small, experienced Bristol team directly, from the first call to every monthly report.
Meet the team →When the job is local, search is the shortlist.
These are industry figures, not our own results, and we do not invent numbers. Local intent converts fast, and the map pack and profile decide who gets the call. No outcome is ever guaranteed.
“The guys at BrisTechTonic are great - friendly and always helpful. I would highly recommend!”
Allanah Fenwick
Bristol-based and just up the M4, working with Welsh clients over video and in person when it helps.
Meet the team →What results have we delivered?
Are we the right fit for your Cardiff business?
Switching to us from another Cardiff agency?
Moving your Cardiff SEO to us is more straightforward than staying somewhere that is not working. You keep everything you already own, we pick up without a gap, and we can run the whole thing for you or work alongside your team and your developers, whatever suits.
A free look first
We review what your current agency has done, tell you straight what is worth keeping and where the quick wins are. No obligation to move.
You keep what's yours
Your site, content, Google Business Profile and analytics stay in your name. We work with what you already have; nothing is held hostage.
A clean handover
We map the work across, set a plain-English baseline in the first few weeks, and carry on from there. No starting from zero, no quiet ranking gap.
Three-month minimum, then rolling monthly on 30 days’ notice. No long lock-in, no exit fees.
How much does SEO in Cardiff cost?
All + VAT · 3-month minimum, then 30-day rolling| What's included | Lite £299 + VAT / month | Max Most chosen £449 + VAT / month | XL £849 + VAT / month | Custom Contact us |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technical & on-page SEO | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AEO / AI-search layer (found in ChatGPT, AI Overviews) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Local map-pack optimisation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Page creation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Blog posts / month | Add-on | Add-on | 2 | Tailored |
| AI Authority building | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Plain-English monthly report | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Best for | Getting the foundations right | Competing locally on your key services | Going after it hard, incl. AI authority | Shaped around your goals |
Cardiff AEO, common questions.
Which parts of Cardiff do you cover?
All of it. We work with businesses across the city centre, Cardiff Bay, Cathays, Roath, Canton, Pontcanna, Grangetown, Llanishen, Cyncoed and Penarth, and we cover the way people actually search, whether they type Cardiff, a specific area, or just "near me". You do not need to be in one postcode to get named for it.
Can you guarantee we appear in ChatGPT for Cardiff searches?
No, and anyone who promises it is guessing. We improve the things these AIs actually look at, like your website, your Google listing, your reviews and how you are mentioned around the web, and we report honestly on where you are named, up or down.
Is this just local SEO with a new name?
It shares the same foundations, but the goal is different: being the business the AI actually names in its answer, not just a link in a list. It runs alongside your normal local SEO rather than replacing it.
Which assistants do you optimise for?
ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude as standard, with others added where your buyers use them.
We sell across Wales, not just Cardiff. Does this cover that?
Yes. We optimise for how buyers across Cardiff and Wales phrase their questions, and for the Welsh and UK sources assistants draw on, rather than a single city term.
Get found in Cardiff, in search and in AI.
Experienced, and focused on enquiries and revenue, not vanity metrics.