How to choose seo agencies

We independently track 123 seo agencies, scored on the same weighted criteria. Overall scores currently range from 37 to 90 (average 71/100), led by Ignitevisibility. This guide explains how the rankings work and what to weigh before you shortlist.

How we score seo agencies

Every agency is rated on five weighted criteria. The overall score is the weighted average across the criteria for which data is available.

CriterionWeight
Website Presence20%
Search Visibility20%
Trust & Credibility20%
Market Presence15%
Customer Satisfaction10%

What seo agencies commonly offer

Services most frequently listed across the seo agencies we track:

  • Local SEO51
  • Content Marketing45
  • Digital PR39
  • Link building39
  • Technical SEO38
  • SEO31
  • Ecommerce SEO27
  • Email marketing27

What they charge

Pricing models used by the 123 of 123 seo agencies that disclose pricing:

  • Custom-quoted digital marketing engagements, pr…
  • Custom-quoted digital marketing engagements, mo…
  • Primarily custom-quoted digital marketing engag…
  • Custom-quoted monthly retainer for ongoing digi…
  • Primarily custom monthly retainer pricing for S…
  • Primarily custom-quoted monthly retainer engage…
  • Custom digital marketing engagements that appea…
  • Custom enterprise engagement, primarily billed …
  • Custom enterprise engagements that appear to co…
  • Custom monthly retainer / revenue-marketing eng…
  • Custom monthly retainer for ongoing SEO/AEO eng…
  • Custom monthly retainer for ongoing SEO/content…
  • Custom packages and proposal-based pricing
  • Custom quote built around Brafton’s internal "u…
  • Custom quote for agency services, most plausibl…
  • Custom quote for agency services, with evidence…
  • Custom quote for project-based and ongoing agen…
  • Custom quote for technical SEO / AI search opti…
  • Custom quote partnership/sponsorship model with…
  • Custom quote SEO engagements, with evidence of …
  • Custom quote with a fixed-price proposal, typic…
  • Custom quote with a hybrid of per-project websi…
  • Custom quote with a hybrid of per-project work …
  • Custom quote with a hybrid structure: monthly r…
  • Custom quote with both monthly retainer and pro…
  • Custom quote with monthly retainers for ongoing…
  • Custom quote, delivered either as an ongoing re…
  • Custom quote, likely monthly retainer and/or pr…
  • Custom quote, primarily fixed-cost and delivera…
  • Custom quote, primarily monthly retainer and/or…
  • Custom quote, primarily monthly retainer SEO en…
  • Custom quote, primarily per-project work with p…
  • Custom quote, typically structured as monthly r…
  • Custom quote, with a strong monthly-retainer mo…
  • Custom SEO engagement priced as a bespoke month…
  • Custom-quoted agency engagements, primarily mon…
  • Custom-quoted agency engagements, primarily sol…
  • Custom-quoted agency services, primarily per-pr…
  • Custom-quoted digital marketing agency engageme…
  • Custom-quoted digital marketing engagement, mos…
  • Custom-quoted digital marketing engagements sol…
  • Custom-quoted freelance web design engagements,…
  • Custom-quoted monthly retainer / ongoing campai…
  • Custom-quoted monthly retainer and per-project …
  • Custom-quoted monthly retainer digital marketin…
  • Custom-quoted monthly retainer for agency servi…
  • Custom-quoted monthly retainer for integrated o…
  • Custom-quoted monthly retainer for ongoing lega…
  • Custom-quoted monthly retainer for ongoing SEO …
  • Custom-quoted monthly retainer for ongoing SEO,…
  • Custom-quoted monthly retainer for ongoing SEO/…
  • Custom-quoted monthly retainer for SEO and digi…
  • Custom-quoted monthly retainer for SEO/GEO and …
  • Custom-quoted monthly retainer for SEO/PPC enga…
  • Custom-quoted monthly retainer for SEO/PPC/CRO …
  • Custom-quoted monthly retainer packages for SEO…
  • Custom-quoted monthly SEO retainer for ongoing …
  • Custom-quoted monthly SEO retainer, with some e…
  • Custom-quoted monthly SEO retainer, with standa…
  • Custom-quoted monthly SEO/digital marketing ret…
  • Custom-quoted SEO / AI visibility engagement th…
  • Custom-quoted SEO agency engagements, most plau…
  • Custom-quoted SEO agency engagements, sold prim…
  • Custom-quoted SEO agency pricing built primaril…
  • Custom-quoted SEO and digital marketing engagem…
  • Custom-quoted SEO consulting/campaign engagemen…
  • Custom-quoted SEO engagements, most plausibly a…
  • Custom-quoted SEO engagements, sold primarily a…
  • Custom-quoted SEO/SEM/AISO engagements, primari…
  • Hybrid by service line: published monthly retai…
  • Hybrid custom agency pricing overall, with a cl…
  • Hybrid custom pricing model: free Site Inspecti…
  • Hybrid custom quote built around pay-per-backli…
  • Hybrid custom-pricing model: project-based for …
  • Hybrid custom-quote agency pricing with multipl…
  • Hybrid custom-quote consultancy with several pu…
  • Hybrid pricing model: one-time SEO audit, short…
  • Hybrid pricing model: The HOTH sells both self-…
  • Hybrid pricing: (1) monthly retainer billed hou…
  • Hybrid pricing: IndeedSEO publicly sells severa…
  • Hybrid pricing. On Cibirix's own site, its meta…
  • Hybrid: pay-per-link for guest posts, blogger o…
  • Mixed model. AdLift publicly shows fixed-price …
  • Primarily a custom monthly SEO/AEO retainer. Vi…
  • Primarily a custom-quoted monthly retainer for …
  • Primarily custom monthly retainer for ongoing c…
  • Primarily custom monthly retainer for ongoing S…
  • Primarily custom monthly retainers, with some s…
  • Primarily custom monthly SEO retainer engagemen…
  • Primarily custom-quoted monthly agency engageme…
  • Primarily custom-quoted monthly retainers for o…
  • Primarily custom-quoted SEO consulting sold as …
  • Primarily flat-fee, per-project custom web desi…
  • Primarily flat-rate monthly retainers and fixed…
  • Primarily monthly retainer / subscription-style…
  • Primarily monthly retainer for ongoing SEO/SEM/…
  • Primarily monthly retainer packages for SEO, Lo…
  • Primarily monthly retainer pricing for ongoing …
  • Primarily monthly retainer pricing for recurrin…
  • Primarily monthly retainer pricing for SEO, Dig…
  • Primarily monthly retainer SEO engagements, wit…
  • Primarily monthly retainer SEO, with publicly p…
  • Primarily monthly retainer SEO/digital marketin…
  • Primarily monthly SEO retainer with tiered pack…
  • Primarily per-guest-post / per-link à la carte …
  • Primarily productized, à-la-carte/per-deliverab…
  • Publicly published monthly retainer packages on…
301 Interactive Marketing
$100-$149/hr
3 Media Web
$15,000-$120,000+ per website project
97 Switch: Digital Marketing Agency in Chicago & Portland
$150-$199/hr
97th Floor
$150-$199/hr
AdLift
$2,999-$7,999 / campaign
Aira
£3,000-£5,000+ / month
Animalz
$8,000-$30,000 / month
ASTASH
$495/mo-$995/mo for published Local Business Marketing packages
Atomic Leap
$500+ / month
Avidon Marketing Group
$2,000+ / month
Big Leap
$5,000-$50,000 / month
Bizango Web Design Seattle
$15,000–$25,000 per custom website
Blue Corona
$1,500-$20,000+ / mo
Brafton
$1,000-$5,300 / month
Brandon Boushy
$2,999-$9,999 / month
Bruce Clay
$5,000-$200,000 / month
Builtvisible
$50-$99 / hr
Canesta
$1,500-$5,000 / month
Cedarwood Digital
£1,000-£10,000+ / month
Cibirix
$500-$4,597 /month
Click Consult
$150 - $199 / hr
Clicta Digital
$1,500-$3,000 / month
Cybertegic
$3,500-$12,000+ per website project
Delante
$1,000+ / month
Digital Next
$100-$149/hr
Distilled
$150-$199 / hr
Elit-Web
$600-$1,000+ / mo
Exposure Ninja
$10,000-$49,999 per project
Fannit
$1,000-$5,500 / month
FatJoe
$14-$4,800 per campaign/order
Fervor Studio
$1,497-$2,497/mo
Firestarter SEO
$800-$3,500/month
First Page Sage
$10,000-$15,000 / mo
Flying Cat Marketing
$100-$149/hr
Found
£4,000–£12,000 / month
Fruition
$0.20-$2 per unit
Funnel Boost Media | Top Rated Marketing Firm
$50–$99/hr
Gerard Digital
$150-$199 / hr
Go Fish Digital
$10,000-$49,999 typical project size
Greenlane Search Marketing
$190/hr
Hennessey Digital
$400-$2,000+ / month
Herdl
$995–$2,995 / mo
HigherVisibility
$1,500-$200,000 annually
Ignitevisibility
$3,000-$3,500/month
Incrementors
$3,500-$8,500/month
IndeedSEO
$125-$5,000 / month
iPullRank
$10,000+ per project
iQuanti
$150-$199/hr
JEMSU
$500-$3,000 / mo
Koozai
£5,000–£8,000 per audit for Koozai's Full Digital Audit
LawRank
$7,500 / month
LinkGraph
$10,000-$49,999 typical project size
LSEO
$49.99-$399.99/mo
M16 Marketing®
$30/mo–$350,000+ per project
Mad Fish Digital
$150 - $199 / hr
Marketing Signals
$150 - $199 / hr
Mimvi
$1,000-$10,000+/month
MRS Digital
$100-$149/hr
MWD Websites | Freelance Web Designer in Monmouth County, NJ
$500–$2,000 /month
NextLeft
$10,000-$49,999 per project
Niche Inbound
£200–£300 per backlink
Onely
$200-$300 / hr
OuterBox
$2,000-$7,000+ / month
OutreachX
$179-$299 / guest post
Page One Power
$3,500-$3,700 / month
PageTraffic
$299-$899 / month
Paper Box SEO
$100–$149/hr
Polaris
£3,000-£19,500 / month
Portent
$200-$6,000
Propellernet
£7k-£30k+ per month
Prosperity Media
AUD $5,000–$15,000 / month
Raptor Digital Marketing
$100/hr with a 30-hour monthly minimum (effective floor: $3,000/mo) for monthly marketing retainers
Reboot Online
£18,500–£63,500 per Digital PR project
RevenueZen
$3,000-$15,000 / month
Rise at Seven
£5K–£75K / month
Grow with RivalMind
$479-$2,399/month
RSO Consulting
$100-$149 / hr
Safari Digital
$100 - $149 / hr
Searchbloom
$1,500-$150,000 per engagement
Search Commander, Inc.
$375-$10,000 / month
Search Influence
$2,500-$10,000 / month
Search Laboratory
$150-$199 / hr
Seer Interactive
$200–$300 / hr
SEO Inc.
$3,000+/month
SEO Brand
$2,000-$16,667+ / month
SEO Discovery
$250–$700/mo
SEO Locale
$500-$5,000/month
SEOProfy
$1,000-$3,000+ / month
SEOValley
US$500–US$8,000 / month
The SEO Works
$1,500-$2,500 / month
Session Interactive
$5,500-$9,500 /month
Siege Media
$100 - $149 / hr
SimpleTiger
$3–4k/mo
Single Grain
$15,000+ / month
Sixth City Marketing
$200-$300/hr
Skale
$100-$149 / hr
Stellar SEO
$2,500-$10,000+ / mo
StudioHawk
$150-$199 / hr
Sure Oak
$1,500–$15,000+ / mo
Techmagnate
$500-$2,400 /month
Terakeet
$168,000 per month
ThatWare
$89–$10,000 USD per project/month (GoodFirms executive interview); corroborating published package/menu figures include $250/mo, $550/mo, and $1,250/mo on Clutch, and an older enterprise SEO budget ladder from $1,000 to $50,000 USD in a ThatWare PDF
The HOTH
$40-$5,000 / month
Thrive Internet Marketing Agency
$500-$4,000+ / month
Volume Nine
$2,500-$7,500 / month
Victorious
$5,000-$20,000 /month
Victoriousseo
$4,999–$11,999 / month
Vizion Interactive
$5,000-$10,000 / month
W3era.com
$399-$1,999/month
WebFX
$3,000-$3,000 / month
WebiMax
$1,500/mo to 12% of monthly ad spend
Webpuzzlemaster Digital Marketing Agency
<$20 / hr
WebSpero Solutions
$25–$49 / hr
Wiideman Consulting Group
$200-$300 / hr
Women in Tech SEO
£500–£1,200 per 2 newsletter editions
Zupo
$150–$199 / hr

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Frequently asked questions

How many seo agencies did Top Sales Agencies evaluate?
We currently track 123 independently scored seo agencies. Each is rated on the same weighted criteria and ranked by overall score.
Which of the seo agencies ranks highest?
Ignitevisibility currently ranks highest with an overall score of 90/100. Across all tracked seo agencies, scores range from 37 to 90 (average 71).
How are seo agencies scored?
Each agency is scored on five weighted criteria: Website Presence (20%), Search Visibility (20%), Trust & Credibility (20%), Market Presence (15%), Customer Satisfaction (10%). The overall score is the weighted average of the criteria with available data.
What do seo agencies typically charge?
Among the seo agencies with disclosed pricing, common models include Custom-quoted digital marketing engagements, pr…, Custom-quoted digital marketing engagements, mo…, Primarily custom-quoted digital marketing engag…, Custom-quoted monthly retainer for ongoing digi…, Primarily custom monthly retainer pricing for S…, Primarily custom-quoted monthly retainer engage…, Custom digital marketing engagements that appea…, Custom enterprise engagement, primarily billed …, Custom enterprise engagements that appear to co…, Custom monthly retainer / revenue-marketing eng…, Custom monthly retainer for ongoing SEO/AEO eng…, Custom monthly retainer for ongoing SEO/content…, Custom packages and proposal-based pricing, Custom quote built around Brafton’s internal "u…, Custom quote for agency services, most plausibl…, Custom quote for agency services, with evidence…, Custom quote for project-based and ongoing agen…, Custom quote for technical SEO / AI search opti…, Custom quote partnership/sponsorship model with…, Custom quote SEO engagements, with evidence of …, Custom quote with a fixed-price proposal, typic…, Custom quote with a hybrid of per-project websi…, Custom quote with a hybrid of per-project work …, Custom quote with a hybrid structure: monthly r…, Custom quote with both monthly retainer and pro…, Custom quote with monthly retainers for ongoing…, Custom quote, delivered either as an ongoing re…, Custom quote, likely monthly retainer and/or pr…, Custom quote, primarily fixed-cost and delivera…, Custom quote, primarily monthly retainer and/or…, Custom quote, primarily monthly retainer SEO en…, Custom quote, primarily per-project work with p…, Custom quote, typically structured as monthly r…, Custom quote, with a strong monthly-retainer mo…, Custom SEO engagement priced as a bespoke month…, Custom-quoted agency engagements, primarily mon…, Custom-quoted agency engagements, primarily sol…, Custom-quoted agency services, primarily per-pr…, Custom-quoted digital marketing agency engageme…, Custom-quoted digital marketing engagement, mos…, Custom-quoted digital marketing engagements sol…, Custom-quoted freelance web design engagements,…, Custom-quoted monthly retainer / ongoing campai…, Custom-quoted monthly retainer and per-project …, Custom-quoted monthly retainer digital marketin…, Custom-quoted monthly retainer for agency servi…, Custom-quoted monthly retainer for integrated o…, Custom-quoted monthly retainer for ongoing lega…, Custom-quoted monthly retainer for ongoing SEO …, Custom-quoted monthly retainer for ongoing SEO,…, Custom-quoted monthly retainer for ongoing SEO/…, Custom-quoted monthly retainer for SEO and digi…, Custom-quoted monthly retainer for SEO/GEO and …, Custom-quoted monthly retainer for SEO/PPC enga…, Custom-quoted monthly retainer for SEO/PPC/CRO …, Custom-quoted monthly retainer packages for SEO…, Custom-quoted monthly SEO retainer for ongoing …, Custom-quoted monthly SEO retainer, with some e…, Custom-quoted monthly SEO retainer, with standa…, Custom-quoted monthly SEO/digital marketing ret…, Custom-quoted SEO / AI visibility engagement th…, Custom-quoted SEO agency engagements, most plau…, Custom-quoted SEO agency engagements, sold prim…, Custom-quoted SEO agency pricing built primaril…, Custom-quoted SEO and digital marketing engagem…, Custom-quoted SEO consulting/campaign engagemen…, Custom-quoted SEO engagements, most plausibly a…, Custom-quoted SEO engagements, sold primarily a…, Custom-quoted SEO/SEM/AISO engagements, primari…, Hybrid by service line: published monthly retai…, Hybrid custom agency pricing overall, with a cl…, Hybrid custom pricing model: free Site Inspecti…, Hybrid custom quote built around pay-per-backli…, Hybrid custom-pricing model: project-based for …, Hybrid custom-quote agency pricing with multipl…, Hybrid custom-quote consultancy with several pu…, Hybrid pricing model: one-time SEO audit, short…, Hybrid pricing model: The HOTH sells both self-…, Hybrid pricing: (1) monthly retainer billed hou…, Hybrid pricing: IndeedSEO publicly sells severa…, Hybrid pricing. 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Disclosed ranges include 301 Interactive Marketing ($100-$149/hr); 3 Media Web ($15,000-$120,000+ per website project); 97 Switch: Digital Marketing Agency in Chicago & Portland ($150-$199/hr); 97th Floor ($150-$199/hr); AdLift ($2,999-$7,999 / campaign); Aira (£3,000-£5,000+ / month); Animalz ($8,000-$30,000 / month); ASTASH ($495/mo-$995/mo for published Local Business Marketing packages); Atomic Leap ($500+ / month); Avidon Marketing Group ($2,000+ / month); Big Leap ($5,000-$50,000 / month); Bizango Web Design Seattle ($15,000–$25,000 per custom website); Blue Corona ($1,500-$20,000+ / mo); Brafton ($1,000-$5,300 / month); Brandon Boushy ($2,999-$9,999 / month); Bruce Clay ($5,000-$200,000 / month); Builtvisible ($50-$99 / hr); Canesta ($1,500-$5,000 / month); Cedarwood Digital (£1,000-£10,000+ / month); Cibirix ($500-$4,597 /month); Click Consult ($150 - $199 / hr); Clicta Digital ($1,500-$3,000 / month); Cybertegic ($3,500-$12,000+ per website project); Delante ($1,000+ / month); Digital Next ($100-$149/hr); Distilled ($150-$199 / hr); Elit-Web ($600-$1,000+ / mo); Exposure Ninja ($10,000-$49,999 per project); Fannit ($1,000-$5,500 / month); FatJoe ($14-$4,800 per campaign/order); Fervor Studio ($1,497-$2,497/mo); Firestarter SEO ($800-$3,500/month); First Page Sage ($10,000-$15,000 / mo); Flying Cat Marketing ($100-$149/hr); Found (£4,000–£12,000 / month); Fruition ($0.20-$2 per unit); Funnel Boost Media | Top Rated Marketing Firm ($50–$99/hr); Gerard Digital ($150-$199 / hr); Go Fish Digital ($10,000-$49,999 typical project size); Greenlane Search Marketing ($190/hr); Hennessey Digital ($400-$2,000+ / month); Herdl ($995–$2,995 / mo); HigherVisibility ($1,500-$200,000 annually); Ignitevisibility ($3,000-$3,500/month); Incrementors ($3,500-$8,500/month); IndeedSEO ($125-$5,000 / month); iPullRank ($10,000+ per project); iQuanti ($150-$199/hr); JEMSU ($500-$3,000 / mo); Koozai (£5,000–£8,000 per audit for Koozai's Full Digital Audit); LawRank ($7,500 / month); LinkGraph ($10,000-$49,999 typical project size); LSEO ($49.99-$399.99/mo); M16 Marketing® ($30/mo–$350,000+ per project); Mad Fish Digital ($150 - $199 / hr); Marketing Signals ($150 - $199 / hr); Mimvi ($1,000-$10,000+/month); MRS Digital ($100-$149/hr); MWD Websites | Freelance Web Designer in Monmouth County, NJ ($500–$2,000 /month); NextLeft ($10,000-$49,999 per project); Niche Inbound (£200–£300 per backlink); Onely ($200-$300 / hr); OuterBox ($2,000-$7,000+ / month); OutreachX ($179-$299 / guest post); Page One Power ($3,500-$3,700 / month); PageTraffic ($299-$899 / month); Paper Box SEO ($100–$149/hr); Polaris (£3,000-£19,500 / month); Portent ($200-$6,000); Propellernet (£7k-£30k+ per month); Prosperity Media (AUD $5,000–$15,000 / month); Raptor Digital Marketing ($100/hr with a 30-hour monthly minimum (effective floor: $3,000/mo) for monthly marketing retainers); Reboot Online (£18,500–£63,500 per Digital PR project); RevenueZen ($3,000-$15,000 / month); Rise at Seven (£5K–£75K / month); Grow with RivalMind ($479-$2,399/month); RSO Consulting ($100-$149 / hr); Safari Digital ($100 - $149 / hr); Searchbloom ($1,500-$150,000 per engagement); Search Commander, Inc. ($375-$10,000 / month); Search Influence ($2,500-$10,000 / month); Search Laboratory ($150-$199 / hr); Seer Interactive ($200–$300 / hr); SEO Inc. ($3,000+/month); SEO Brand ($2,000-$16,667+ / month); SEO Discovery ($250–$700/mo); SEO Locale ($500-$5,000/month); SEOProfy ($1,000-$3,000+ / month); SEOValley (US$500–US$8,000 / month); The SEO Works ($1,500-$2,500 / month); Session Interactive ($5,500-$9,500 /month); Siege Media ($100 - $149 / hr); SimpleTiger ($3–4k/mo); Single Grain ($15,000+ / month); Sixth City Marketing ($200-$300/hr); Skale ($100-$149 / hr); Stellar SEO ($2,500-$10,000+ / mo); StudioHawk ($150-$199 / hr); Sure Oak ($1,500–$15,000+ / mo); Techmagnate ($500-$2,400 /month); Terakeet ($168,000 per month); ThatWare ($89–$10,000 USD per project/month (GoodFirms executive interview); corroborating published package/menu figures include $250/mo, $550/mo, and $1,250/mo on Clutch, and an older enterprise SEO budget ladder from $1,000 to $50,000 USD in a ThatWare PDF); The HOTH ($40-$5,000 / month); Thrive Internet Marketing Agency ($500-$4,000+ / month); Volume Nine ($2,500-$7,500 / month); Victorious ($5,000-$20,000 /month); Victoriousseo ($4,999–$11,999 / month); Vizion Interactive ($5,000-$10,000 / month); W3era.com ($399-$1,999/month); WebFX ($3,000-$3,000 / month); WebiMax ($1,500/mo to 12% of monthly ad spend); Webpuzzlemaster Digital Marketing Agency (<$20 / hr); WebSpero Solutions ($25–$49 / hr); Wiideman Consulting Group ($200-$300 / hr); Women in Tech SEO (£500–£1,200 per 2 newsletter editions); Zupo ($150–$199 / hr).