Actuate Media Pricing & Cost

• Pricing model: Hybrid custom pricing: digital advertising/PPC is billed primarily as a percentage-of-ad-spend management fee (15–20%), with some pages also saying flexible flat-rate options are available; SEO is sold on a flat-rate monthly basis; overall engagements are custom-quoted and generally run month-to-month.
• Starting price: $1,000+ project minimum
• Typical range: 15%–20% management fee
• Billing: Monthly billing is implied. Digital advertising is billed as a management fee tied to ad spend, sometimes with flexible flat-rate options; SEO is flat-rate. Actuate states there are no hidden markups on ad spend and works directly in client ad accounts.
• Contract terms: Month-to-month with 30-day cancellation notice for digital advertising; Actuate also states SEO is month-to-month with no long-term contracts.
• Free trial: Free proposal / free PPC audit / free SEO audit are offered, but no true free trial or pilot with published scope is stated.

Actuate Media does publish a concrete fee for digital advertising on its own site: a 15–20% management fee. It also says SEO is flat-rate and custom-quoted, but does not publish a dollar amount for SEO retainers on the pages reviewed. The $1,000+ starting price comes from Clutch, which is a third-party directory rather than Actuate’s own site; Clutch also lists $100–$149/hr and a common project size of $10,000–$49,999, which are directory-reported bands and should be treated as marketplace metadata rather than an official price list from Actuate. Actuate further states no setup fees, no hidden ad-spend markups, and month-to-month terms with a 30-day cancellation notice.