Shortlisted provider comparison

Search Laboratory vs M16 Marketing®: shared-service comparison

M16 Marketing® is the first provider in Search Laboratory's focused shortlist, selected for verified shared services. This side-by-side view shows each provider's separate overall evaluation across the same 5 weighted criteria; those scores are not fit scores.

Search Laboratory

Searching for the truth in data.

69/ 100 overall
M16 Marketing®

Atlanta digital marketing agency built for growth with strategy-first SEO, AEO, web design, paid media, social, and AI consulting.

71/ 100 overallHigher score

Score-by-score

CriterionSearch LaboratoryM16 Marketing®
Website Presence(20%)8992
Search Visibility(20%)6828
Trust & Credibility(20%)7284
Market Presence(15%)7472
Customer Satisfaction(10%)1888
Overall6971

Pricing at a glance

Search Laboratory

Model
Custom-quoted digital marketing engagements, most likely a hybrid of monthly retainer and/or project-based consulting for agency services; plus separately sold fixed-price training courses and reseller/implementation services for Google Marketing Platform products.
Typical range
$150-$199 / hr
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M16 Marketing®

Model
Hybrid custom-pricing model: project-based for web design/development, monthly retainers for SEO/social/website care, percentage-of-ad-spend management fees for Google Ads, plus a standalone monthly/yearly WordPress hosting plan. M16 explicitly says ongoing work defaults to a retainer model, while one-time builds/migrations/audits are project-based.
Typical range
$30/mo–$350,000+ per project
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