An independent, evidence-based evaluation of Distilled, former specialist seo agency now part of brainlabs.. Scored across 5 weighted criteria covering website presence, search visibility, trust, market presence, and customer satisfaction.
Overall evaluation score
Combines Distilled's consultative, technically strong SEO heritage with the broader cross-channel capabilities of Brainlabs.
Weight: 20%
The website is live and current enough to state that Distilled is now part of Brainlabs, but the evidence indicates distilled.net functions mainly as a legacy transition page rather than a robust standalone agency site with detailed service, proof, or conversion content.
Weight: 20%
Search visibility evidence is limited to a relatively old domain (registered May 2009, ~17 years old) and a homepage last modified in June 2026, with no traffic, ranking, backlink, or broader visibility signals provided, so this scores only moderately.
Weight: 20%
Credibility is supported by verifiable firmographic details (London address, phone, founded 2005, LinkedIn presence) and the documented integration into Brainlabs, plus listings on Clutch and BBB, but the lack of accessible ratings or review text keeps the score from being higher.
Weight: 15%
Distilled shows a meaningful footprint through its long history, LinkedIn presence, Clutch/BBB listings, and acquisition/merger coverage by Brainlabs, yet the brand now appears to exist primarily as a legacy identity under Brainlabs rather than an actively independent market presence.
Weight: 10%
There is no analyzable customer review evidence in the bundle: Clutch and BBB listings were found, but no ratings, review counts, or review text were verified, and no Trustpilot, Google, or Capterra listings were confirmed for this specific company.
Distilled's legacy offering centers on specialist SEO expertise and consulting, now folded into Brainlabs' wider digital-first media capabilities.
Distilled was known as an expert SEO agency with a strong technical SEO focus.
Brainlabs' merger announcement describes Distilled as known for a consultative approach to client work.
The current site states that, as part of Brainlabs, the combined expertise spans planning, media, data, tech, and creative & UX alongside SEO.
Distilled ODN now continues under the new name SearchPilot.
Distilled's own website does not publish service pricing; as of the current site, it is a legacy page stating that Distilled is now Brainlabs. The only concrete public pricing signals I found for Distilled matched to distilled.net are third-party directory figures from Clutch: a $10,000+ minimum project size and a $150-$199 hourly rate band. Those are directory-listed estimates/metadata, not a first-party price card from Distilled itself, so buyers should treat them as indicative rather than guaranteed quotes.
Where this pricing information was traced from.
Distilled has a confirmed third-party presence on Clutch and BBB, and likely a legacy/adjacent product presence on G2 under “Distilled”/“DistilledODN,” but I could not verify that as the same B2B agency tied to distilled.net with enough precision from the accessible search results. I did not find verifiable listings for Trustpilot, Google, or Capterra for this specific company, and I could not read any actual customer review text for the agency itself on the platforms where it is listed.
Strengths
Concerns
The distilled.net domain was registered in May 2009 (~17 years old), with the homepage last modified June 2026. Figures are from a live RDAP domain lookup and HTTP headers, not estimated.
Domain registered
May 2009
Last updated
June 2026
Domain age
~17 years