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How Much Does SEO Cost per Month?
What US agencies charge, what you should actually be getting for it, and how to tell real SEO work from a monthly report nobody reads.
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The short answer
How Much Does SEO Cost per Month?
US SEO retainers typically run $1,500–$5,000 a month for a local business and $5,000–$20,000 for competitive national work, with hourly consulting at $100–$300. What separates a retainer worth paying for from one that isn't is whether the fixes get implemented or merely listed. Our Local SEO is $799/month, Growth SEO is $1,499/month, and a one-time audit is $349.
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What the US market charges
Who you hire changes the number more than what you buy
The same brief costs wildly different amounts depending on who builds it. Here's the honest spread.
| Who you hire | Typical cost | What that actually means |
|---|---|---|
| Cheap monthly packages | $200 – $600 / month | Usually automated directory submissions and low-value links. Frequently does harm. |
| Local SEO (US agency) | $1,500 – $3,500 / month | One location, map pack, a modest keyword set. |
| Competitive / national (US agency) | $5,000 – $20,000 / month | Content teams, digital PR, link acquisition at scale. |
| Hourly consulting | $100 – $300 / hour | Strategy and audits. Implementation is usually billed separately. |
| One-time audit | $1,000 – $5,000 | A document. Whether it's worth anything depends on who then does the work. |
| Mana Studio | $799 – $1,499 / month | Fixes implemented, not just reported. Month-to-month, no lock-in. |
US agency figures below are typical market ranges for comparable scope — what businesses tell us they were quoted, and what US agencies publish on their own pricing pages. They are not quotes from any named firm, and your own quotes may fall outside them. Our prices are published and confirmed in writing before any work starts.
What drives the price
The things that actually move the number
If two quotes are far apart, the difference is almost always hiding in one of these rows.
| What drives it | Costs less | Costs more |
|---|---|---|
| Competition | A niche trade in a small metro | Personal injury, dental implants or insurance in a top-10 metro |
| Geographic scope | One city, one Google Business Profile | Multi-location, multi-state, or national |
| Site condition | A fast modern site with a clean structure | A slow legacy site needing technical remediation before anything can rank |
| Content volume | Optimising pages you already have | Four-plus new articles a month, plus location and service pages |
| Link acquisition | Citations and local directories | Digital PR and editorial links, the most expensive line in any retainer |
| Implementation | Your developer applies the recommendations | The agency implements everything — which is what you want, and costs more |
What each budget buys
What you actually get at each level
Our published tiers, and what's genuinely inside each one.
$349
Full technical crawl, Core Web Vitals analysis, keyword and competitor gap report, backlink review, a prioritised fix list with effort estimates and a 60-minute walkthrough. Credited back if you start a retainer.
Best for Finding out what's actually wrong before committing to monthly spend.
$799/mo
Google Business Profile optimisation, map-pack work, 15 target keywords, on-page fixes implemented, local citations and directory cleanup, a review-generation system, monthly report and call.
Best for One location that needs to win its city and its 'near me' searches.
$1,499/mo
40+ keywords, technical fixes implemented, 4 articles a month, backlink outreach, competitor gap analysis, multi-location pages, conversion-rate work, bi-weekly calls.
Best for Competing across a metro, a state, or nationally.
Our pricing
SEO — what we charge
Every price here is published.
Local Business
Local SEO
For businesses that need to win one city and its "near me" searches.
$799per month
- Google Business Profile optimisation
- Map-pack ranking work
- 15 target keywords
- On-page fixes, done not just listed
- Local citations & directory cleanup
- Review-generation system
- Monthly report + call
Most Popular
Growth SEO
For businesses competing across a metro, a state or nationally.
$1,499per month
- 40+ target keywords
- Technical SEO fixes implemented
- 4 SEO articles written per month
- Backlink outreach & link building
- AI Overviews & ChatGPT visibility work
- Competitor gap analysis
- Multi-location / multi-city pages
- Conversion-rate improvements
- Bi-weekly reporting call
Start Here
SEO Audit
Find out exactly what's holding your site back before spending on a retainer.
$349one-time
- Full technical crawl
- Core Web Vitals analysis
- Keyword & competitor gap report
- Backlink profile review
- Prioritised fix list with effort estimates
- 60-minute walkthrough call
- Credited back if you start a retainer
Pay byWire / ACH transferCredit card (Stripe)PayPalZelleWise— invoiced in USD
Our Work
Real websites and apps we've shipped
Every one of these is live right now — click through and judge the work yourself.
Car Service
JustFix Automotive
Designed and built a fast, user-friendly website for JustFix Automotive, a trusted mechanic workshop in Sunshine North, VIC. We executed a comprehensive on-page and technical SEO strategy optimizing site speed, local schema, and service-page architecture—to boost search rankings, capture high-intent local traffic, and drive online service bookings.
NEXT JSHOSTINGTAILWINDMONGODB
Logistics website
Dwaraka Packers & Movers – Sirisilla
After the successful launch of the first website, the client partnered with Mana Studio again to develop a dedicated website for their Sirisilla branch.
Next.jsReact.jsJavaScript (ES6+)HTML5
logistics website
Dwaraka Packers and Movers
A modern, SEO-optimized website designed and developed by Mana Studio for a professional packers and movers company. From UI/UX design to full-stack development, we built a fast, mobile-friendly, and conversion-focused website that helps generate leads, build customer trust, and strengthen the brand's online presence.
Next.js React.js JavaScript (ES6+) HTML5 CSS3
Automotive PWA
Sri Laxmi Carz
Pre-owned car dealership platform for a trusted dealer in Warangal — live inventory browsing, certified listings, and an installable PWA with offline access and instant new-arrival notifications
Next.jsPWASEOPush Notifications
Job Portal
Sarkari Job Samachar
Comprehensive job portal for government job seekers with real-time updates and notifications
Next.jsAppwriteSEOContent Management
Why us
What you're actually buying
Not just the deliverable — the way the project runs.
Fixed scope, not an hourly meter
One number agreed before we start, quoted in USD against a written scope. No hourly billing, no change-order for work that was always in scope.
We work your hours
Daily overlap with US Eastern, Central and Pacific. Calls at 9am your time, not 9am ours.
Fluent English, direct access
You talk to the people building it — no account manager relay, no translation gap.
NDA signed before you share anything
Send yours or use ours, signed same-day at no cost. Your idea, code and data stay yours.
Prices in writing
A dated proposal with scope, milestones and the final number. No hourly meter.
You own everything, always
Code, designs, hosting, domains and logins handed over in full. Nothing is locked to us.
FAQ
SEO Pricing — your questions answered
Is SEO worth it for a small business?+
It depends on one thing: whether your customers search for what you sell. A dentist, plumber, restaurant or lawyer has people typing their service into Google every day in their city — that traffic is worth a great deal because the intent is immediate. A business whose customers come entirely through referral or Instagram may get more from $499/month of video than from an SEO retainer. We'll tell you which you are before taking your money.
Why is SEO so expensive per month?+
In the US, because it's labour — a technical specialist, a content writer and an outreach person, on US salaries, working every month. Where it stops being worth it is when most of that labour goes into producing the report rather than doing the work. The question to ask any agency is 'what did you actually change on my site last month', and the answer should be specific.
How long before SEO pays for itself?+
Local and map-pack improvements often show inside 30–90 days. Competitive organic keywords take 4–6 months to move meaningfully, and payback on a competitive term is usually 6–12 months. If you need customers this month, that's an ads budget, not an SEO budget — and it's worth running both while the SEO matures.
Are cheap $300/month SEO packages ever worth it?+
Almost never, and often actively harmful. At that price nobody is doing manual work, so it's automated directory submissions and low-quality links — the exact profile that earns a manual penalty. If your budget is genuinely $300, spend it on a one-time audit and implement the fixes yourself. That's better value than twelve months of automation.
Should I pay for an audit first?+
Usually, yes. $349 tells you whether your problem is technical, content, links or the fact that nobody searches for what you sell — and those need very different budgets. Any agency that proposes a twelve-month retainer without looking at your site first is selling a package, not a plan. We credit the audit fee back if you start a retainer.
Do you guarantee first-page rankings?+
No, and neither does any honest agency — Google's systems aren't ours to control, and anyone guaranteeing a position is either lying or targeting terms nobody searches for. What we guarantee is transparent work logs, fixes actually implemented, and monthly reporting you can verify yourself in Search Console rather than take on trust.
What's the difference between local SEO and regular SEO?+
Local SEO is about the map results and 'near me' searches for your city — Google Business Profile, citations, reviews, proximity. Regular or organic SEO is about the blue links, driven by content and authority. If customers physically come to you, local is usually the higher-ROI spend and it's what $799/month covers. If you sell nationwide, $1,499/month fits better.
Can I do SEO myself?+
Some of the highest-value parts, genuinely yes — claiming and completing your Google Business Profile, asking every happy customer for a review, and writing honest answers to the questions your customers actually ask. That's a real chunk of local SEO and it costs you time rather than money. Technical remediation, competitive content strategy and link acquisition are where outside help earns its fee.
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