Updated August 2026 · Real tiers, real numbers

Best SEO packages: 12 compared on real pricing

Of the 12 providers we checked, only four publish a genuine price, term and countable output on their own sites, and one states openly that it refuses to sell packages at all. theStacc publishes one price at $749 a month, WebFX publishes a full tier table, and FATJOE prices every service component publicly.

Best overall
theStacc
One published price, one countable output — 30+ pages a month, $749.
★★★★★ 4.9
Best published agency tiers
WebFX
A full tier table with per-tier deliverables, from a large agency.
★★★★☆ 4.6
Best component rate card
FATJOE
Every service priced publicly, no contract, order as needed.
★★★★☆ 4.5
Best one-off package
Loganix
Fixed-price audits at $500 and $750 with a stated turnaround.
★★★★☆ 4.2
How we ranked these

Our criteria — and why they matter

We used a strict definition and applied it without sympathy. To count as a package, a provider must state — in public, without a form — a price, a minimum term or the absence of one, and a countable deliverable. "Comprehensive SEO strategy tailored to your goals" is not a deliverable. "Thirty pages published per month" is. Every figure on this page was read on the provider's own website; nothing came from a third-party roundup, and nothing was estimated.

Each company is scored on five weighted factors:

Results & traffic (30%) — measured organic sessions and ranking footprint · Output & value (25%) — content shipped per dollar, contract terms · Technical & AI-search (20%) — site performance, schema, AI-citation rate · Transparency (15%) — public pricing, honest reporting · Fit & specialization (10%) — depth in your niche.

The result splits the market cleanly into three groups. Four providers publish real numbers — WebFX with a tier table, FATJOE with a full rate card, The HOTH with product-level pricing, and Loganix with fixed-price audits. One, OuterBox, states honestly that it does not sell packages at all, which we respect more than a package page that ends in a form. The remaining seven use package vocabulary and quote privately, and one of them — HigherVisibility — at least publishes a reasoned argument for why. Our position is the opposite of theirs: a published output is the only promise a buyer can hold a provider to before paying, which is why theStacc ranks first with $749 and 30+ pages stated up front. Shopping the whole agency market instead? Start with our best SEO companies ranking. Our own pricing page lists every module and bundle, and the SEO company ranking scores the same providers on output and reporting rather than on packaging.

The ranking

12 SEO packages, compared

#1 · Best overall
1

theStacc

One package · from $749/mo · 30+ pages · no minimum term

theStacc sells one thing and states its contents. For $749 a month you get 30+ pages researched, written, internally linked, schema-marked and published to your site, plus the technical and AI-search structuring around them, with a human SEO manager reviewing everything before it goes live. There is no minimum term, no implementation fee, and no discovery cycle standing between you and the price — it is on the pricing page. Pages are built to rank in Google and to be quoted by ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. Everything published to your domain stays yours permanently. Smaller packages exist and are also priced publicly: Local SEO at $49 a month, Content SEO at $99, and a bundle at $167. The point of a package is that you can hold someone to it, so we wrote ours down.

Strengths

  • A countable output — 30+ pages a month — stated before you pay
  • Price published: $749/mo, plus $49, $99 and $167 module tiers
  • No minimum term and no implementation or setup fee
  • Human SEO manager reviews every page before publish

Good to know

  • One package rather than four confusing tiers — easier to compare against anything on this page
  • Content published to your domain stays yours permanently, with no clawback
Pricing: from $749/moMin term: NoneSetup fee: NoneOutput: 30+ pages/mo
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2

WebFX

Tiered SEO plans · full pricing table published

WebFX publishes the most complete SEO package table of any large agency we could find, and that alone earns second place. The entry Silver plan is $5,900 across an initial two-month period and then $2,900 a month for months three through six; the higher tiers climb toward roughly $9,200 a month. Each tier names keyword counts, page counts and included services, which is what a package is supposed to do. The structure is front-loaded, so read the two-month initial figure carefully — but you can read it, at 11pm, without talking to anyone.

Strengths

  • A genuine tiered package table with per-tier deliverables
  • Entry, mid and top tiers all priced publicly
  • Mature reporting platform and large delivery team
  • You can compare it against anything before a sales call

Consider

  • $5,900 initial across the first two months is front-loaded
  • Templated delivery led by account managers
Pricing: Silver $5,900 initial (2 mo) then $2,900/mo · higher tiers to ~$9,200/moBest for: Buyers who want defined tiers and can fund them

theStacc vs WebFX: WebFX is the transparency benchmark for packages; theStacc packages more output — 30+ pages — at roughly a quarter of the entry cost.

Price from $749 vs $2,900+Output/mo 30+ vs MedContract Month-to-month vs ~6 mo structure
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3

FATJOE

Component packages · complete public rate card

FATJOE sells SEO as a catalogue rather than a retainer, and publishes every price in it. Campaign packages run from around $600 up to roughly $4,800 depending on scope, blogger outreach starts around £60 a placement, and there is no contract — you order what you need when you need it. If your definition of an SEO package is "a defined thing at a defined price", this is the purest example in the market. What it is not is a program: nobody here decides what your business should publish or why.

Strengths

  • Complete public rate card across every service line
  • No contract — order as needed, stop whenever
  • Clear scope per package, no interpretation required
  • Reliable, repeatable delivery agencies buy at volume

Consider

  • Components only — no strategy, technical or local layer
  • You have to know what to order
Pricing: Packages from ~$600 to ~$4,800 · outreach from ~£60/placementMin term: NoneBest for: Buyers who already know exactly what they need

theStacc vs FATJOE: FATJOE packages the parts; theStacc packages the whole program, with a human SEO manager deciding what gets published.

Price from $749 vs From ~$600Output/mo 30+ vs Per orderContract Month-to-month vs None
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4

The HOTH

Productized SEO packages · listed product pricing

The HOTH more or less invented the productized SEO package, and it still runs the model more openly than the agencies do: links from around $150, a technical audit around $1,000, and managed SEO tiers starting near $1,000 a month at the time we checked. One caution worth stating plainly — its pricing pages have moved around, so confirm the current figure in a browser before you build a budget on it. Package contents are standardised, which is efficient and, by definition, not specific to your market.

Strengths

  • Genuine listed prices at the product level
  • Buy one package without any ongoing commitment
  • Large, long-established delivery operation

Consider

  • Pricing page locations have changed — verify current figures
  • Standardised packages are not tailored to your market
Pricing: Listed per product — links from ~$150, managed tiers from ~$1,000/mo (verify current)Best for: Buying one defined package at a time

theStacc vs The HOTH: The HOTH sells standard units; theStacc sells 30+ pages a month researched for your business, under its managed tier price.

Price from $749 vs ~$1,000/moOutput/mo 30+ vs VariesContract Month-to-month vs Monthly
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5

Loganix

Fixed-price SEO deliverables · published audit tiers

Loganix's audit packages are the cleanest fixed-price deliverable in the category — $500 for the mini, $750 for the full, roughly ten days, white-labelled so an agency can pass it straight to a client. That is a package in the honest sense: a defined artefact, a defined price, a defined date. Beyond audits the catalogue broadens into links, content and citations, and retainer pricing is not published. As a way to buy one specific thing without a monthly commitment, it is hard to fault.

Strengths

  • Fixed published prices — $500 and $750 audit tiers
  • Defined deliverable with a stated turnaround
  • White-label ready for agencies
  • No retainer required

Consider

  • Retainer and ongoing pricing not published
  • Wider catalogue is standard reseller inventory
Pricing: Mini audit $500 · Full audit $750 (published on loganix.com)Best for: One-off fixed-scope deliverables

theStacc vs Loganix: Loganix packages a document; theStacc packages an ongoing output — 30+ published pages a month for the price of one audit.

Price from $749 vs $500–750Output/mo 30+ vs One-offContract Month-to-month vs None
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6

SmartSites

SEO, PPC and web packages · custom pricing

SmartSites talks in package language on the way in and prices bespoke on the way out, which is common but worth naming. What it does well is bundle: SEO alongside a website rebuild and paid media, delivered fast, by a team with an unusually large body of verifiable reviews. If your package needs to include a new site, this is a strong shortlist entry. If you specifically want a published tier you can compare, it is not.

Strengths

  • Bundles SEO with web design and paid media
  • Very large body of independent reviews
  • Fast onboarding and responsive sales

Consider

  • No published package pricing despite package language
  • Entry-level scope produces few pages monthly
Pricing: Custom — not publishedBest for: Bundled SEO plus website rebuild

theStacc vs SmartSites: SmartSites quotes each bundle individually; theStacc publishes one price and one output number that applies to everyone.

Price from $749 vs CustomOutput/mo 30+ vs Low–MedContract Month-to-month vs Not published
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7

Victorious

Structured SEO engagements · custom pricing

A structured, well-documented methodology delivered as a custom engagement rather than a package. Victorious publishes no rate; its own educational content discusses figures around $6,000 a month across a twelve-month horizon as general category guidance, which is commentary rather than a quote and we have not treated it as one. Solid agency, clear process, and firmly outside package territory — you are buying a scoped program, so budget for the discovery cycle as well as the work.

Strengths

  • Well-documented, repeatable methodology
  • Recognisable name with a solid record
  • Clear monthly reporting rhythm

Consider

  • No packages and no published pricing
  • Discovery cycle before you see a number
Pricing: Custom — not publishedBest for: Scoped custom programs, not packaged buying

theStacc vs Victorious: Victorious scopes every engagement from scratch; theStacc ships a defined package on day one and lets you leave after month one.

Price from $749 vs CustomOutput/mo 30+ vs Low–MedContract Month-to-month vs 6–12 mo
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8

HigherVisibility

Deliberately unpackaged SEO · custom pricing

HigherVisibility has published an argument against SEO packages, and it is the most interesting position on this page. The reasoning: a fixed package sells identical work to a single-location dentist and a national retailer, and one of them is overpaying for it. That is a fair critique of bad packages. It does not deal with the counter-argument — that a package makes the provider commit publicly to an output, which is exactly the accountability custom scoping removes. Strong agency, thoughtful position, zero price visibility.

Strengths

  • Argues its pricing philosophy openly rather than dodging
  • Consistently strong account management
  • Scope genuinely tailored to the competitive situation

Consider

  • No package, no price, no bracket before a call
  • Custom scoping removes public output commitments
Pricing: Custom — publishes a case against packaged pricingBest for: Buyers who want bespoke scope over comparability

theStacc vs HigherVisibility: HigherVisibility argues packages oversimplify; theStacc argues a published output is what makes a provider accountable — judge the argument on the invoice.

Price from $749 vs CustomOutput/mo 30+ vs 4–8Contract Month-to-month vs 6 mo
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9

OuterBox

Ecommerce and lead-gen SEO · explicitly no packages

OuterBox states outright that it does not do one-size-fits-all SEO packages, which we would rather have than a package page that turns out to be a lead form. The ecommerce depth is genuine and its AI-citation performance was among the better ones in our own query sweep. For this page specifically, though, an agency that has publicly ruled out packaged pricing can only rank so high — you will be scoping, and scoping takes weeks before a number arrives.

Strengths

  • Says plainly that it does not sell packages — no false advertising
  • Deep ecommerce SEO capability
  • Above-average AI-citation performance in our sweep

Consider

  • No packaged buying option at all
  • Scoping cycle before any pricing conversation
Pricing: Custom — explicitly states no one-size-fits-all packagesBest for: Ecommerce brands wanting bespoke scope

theStacc vs OuterBox: OuterBox rejects packages entirely; theStacc proves a package can still be specific — 30+ pages researched for your catalogue.

Price from $749 vs CustomOutput/mo 30+ vs VariesContract Month-to-month vs 6 mo
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10

DashClicks

White-label package marketplace · partial pricing

DashClicks runs a marketplace of packaged SEO fulfillment for agencies, and publishes its software price openly at $199 a month with no contracts. The fulfillment packages — the actual SEO — are priced inside a logged-in store, so you cannot compare a DashClicks article or link against anyone else's without creating an account first. For a marketplace whose whole value proposition is standardised packages, keeping the package prices behind a login is a strange choice, and it costs them here.

Strengths

  • Software priced publicly at $199/mo, states no contracts
  • Broad packaged fulfillment catalogue
  • Well suited to small agencies reselling

Consider

  • Package prices require an account to view
  • Built for resellers, not end businesses
Pricing: Software $199/mo published · fulfillment packages behind loginBest for: Agencies reselling packaged SEO

theStacc vs DashClicks: DashClicks hides the package price behind a signup; theStacc puts the price and the output on the pricing page.

Price from $749 vs $199 + fulfillmentOutput/mo 30+ vs VariesContract Month-to-month vs None
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11

Straight North

Lead-focused SEO programs · pricing unverified

Straight North's lead validation — recording, reviewing and attributing every call and form — is a genuinely differentiated deliverable, and one that suits a packaged pitch well because it is countable. We were not able to verify a published price: the pricing page exists but was not reachable to our automated checks, so we have printed no figure. Worth a manual look in a browser if the lead-tracking piece matters to you.

Strengths

  • Human-validated lead tracking is a countable deliverable
  • Reports qualified leads rather than positions
  • Long history with B2B and services

Consider

  • We could not verify any published price
  • Moderate monthly content output
Pricing: Not verified — pricing page inaccessible to our checksBest for: Services businesses buying lead-level proof

theStacc vs Straight North: Straight North counts the leads; theStacc counts the pages that produce them, at a price you can verify in one click.

Price from $749 vs UnverifiedOutput/mo 30+ vs MedContract Month-to-month vs Not published
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12

Semify

White-label reseller · volume-based custom pricing

Semify sells packaged SEO wholesale to agencies, which is a business model built entirely on standardised units — and yet its own site answers the price question with "custom price based on volume". We understand volume discounting. We do not understand a package reseller with no published unit price, because the unit is the product. Competent delivery by reputation; last on this page purely on the thing this page is about.

Strengths

  • Established white-label delivery team
  • Volume pricing does genuinely reward scale
  • Familiar with agency reporting workflows

Consider

  • No unit price published anywhere despite a packaged model
  • Not purchasable directly by an end business
Pricing: "Custom price based on volume" — no figures publishedBest for: Agencies with volume to negotiate

theStacc vs Semify: Semify prices by how much you buy; theStacc charges the same $749 for the same 30+ pages regardless of who you are.

Price from $749 vs CustomOutput/mo 30+ vs VariesContract Month-to-month vs Not published
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Our best proof

We don't ask you to trust us. We show you the data.

A package is only worth what it produces. Here is the output side of the equation on real sites, with the Search Console and Semrush data behind each one.

Best result
Solar installer · Heaven Green Energy

From nobody could find them, to 19.7k visits in three months.

A solar company with almost no presence online. We plugged in the engine, and within three months Google was quoting them inside its AI answers.

Visits from search
019.7k
Times shown in search
02.26M
Keywords they rank for
01.8K
Site authority (DA)
4.410
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Google Search Console · heavengreenenergy.com
Google Search Console · heavengreenenergy.com
Visits and impressions bending upward, average position 6.6.
Semrush organic · heavengreenenergy.com
Semrush organic · heavengreenenergy.com
1.8K keywords, showing up in Google AI answers for 5.6% of them.
Solar software · SurgePV

From a new brand, to 3,000 keywords bringing in customers.

Software in a crowded market where everyone was bidding for the same words. The engine built the footprint and took their own brand terms to the top.

Visits from search
07.28k
Times shown in search
0809k
Keywords they rank for
03K
Site authority (DA)
026
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Google Search Console · surgepv.com
Google Search Console · surgepv.com
A steady climb to 7.28k visits, with the brand owning its top searches.
Semrush organic · surgepv.com
Semrush organic · surgepv.com
3K keywords, and the most quoted source in its category.
Our own website · theStacc.com

From a brand new domain, to ranking in the hardest topic we could pick.

Anyone can make claims. We pointed the engine at our own website first, starting from zero, competing on SEO itself. If it could not work for us, why would you trust it?

Visits from search
01.47k
Times shown in search
0785k
Keywords we rank for
01.5K
Site authority (DA)
049
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Google Search Console · thestacc.com
Google Search Console · thestacc.com
From zero to 785k impressions on a website that did not exist before.
Semrush organic · thestacc.com
Semrush organic · thestacc.com
1.5K keywords, and quoted by AI tools, in the SEO niche itself.
At a glance

Compare all 12 SEO packages side by side

CompanyScoreStarting priceMin termOutput /moAI-searchBest for
theStacc9.6$749None30+YesBest package overall
WebFX9.0$2,900/mo (Silver)~6 mo structureMedPartialPublished agency tiers
FATJOE8.8~$600–4,800NonePer orderNoComponent packages
The HOTH8.5~$1,000/moMonthlyVariesNoListed product packages
Loganix8.2$500–750NoneOne-offNoFixed-price audits
SmartSites7.9CustomNot publishedLow–MedPartialSEO plus website bundle
Victorious7.7Custom6–12 moLow–MedNoScoped custom programs
HigherVisibility7.5Custom6 mo4–8NoBespoke over comparable
OuterBox7.2Custom6 moVariesYesEcommerce bespoke scope
DashClicks6.9$199 + hiddenNoneVariesNoReseller marketplace
Straight North6.7UnverifiedNot publishedMedNoLead-tracking programs
Semify6.4CustomNot publishedVariesNoVolume resellers

Pricing and terms are the best public estimates as of August 2026; agencies with custom pricing were scored on published ranges and proposals. Output = typical articles published per month.

Why SEO feels slow and expensive

SEO shouldn't be limited by your team's capacity.

A freelancer gives you five posts a month. An agency charges $5,000 for work that reads like it was written for anyone. Hire in-house and you're training someone for months. They all hit the same wall — there are only so many hours in a day.

Freelancer
$3,000+per month
  • One person, so one bottleneck
  • Five or six posts a month
  • Everything stops when they take a holiday
SEO agency
$5,000+per month
  • Long contracts, work that could be for anyone
  • Months before you see anything move
  • You end up chasing them for the report
Someone in-house
$2,500–4,000per person / month
  • You have to find, train and manage them
  • One person cannot do all of it well
  • Months before they are up to speed
theStacc · the engine
from $749fully managed, month to month
  • 30+ pages a month, published for you
  • Blogs, website, Google listing and social
  • It doesn't take holidays or slow down
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The difference

An SEO engine with a team on top. Not another agency.

Agencies sell you hours, so wanting more means paying more. We spent years learning how Google — and now AI — decide who ranks. Then we built software that does that work on repeat. It doesn't get sick, distracted or bored, and a real SEO manager owns your results.

Step 1 · Research

We work out what your customers search for

The engine reads the keywords, the questions people ask, and what your competitors already rank for. It covers more ground in a day than one person could in a month.

Step 2 · Publishing

We turn it into pages and post them

All of that research becomes real content, written in your voice, and published to your website, blog, Google listing and social accounts. Every week, without you asking.

Step 3 · The team

Real people check the work

You get an SEO manager who owns your strategy, reads what goes out, and walks you through it once a month. The software does the volume. People decide what good looks like.

The result

30+ pages a month, month after month

An agency sends you five or six blogs. We publish more than thirty, all researched, all optimized, all live. And because it never stops, the results build on each other.

Buyer's guide

How to tell a real SEO package from a lead form

Six things that separate a partner that compounds from a retainer that drains. Take them into every sales call.

01

Match the model to your size

Enterprise brands can absorb a $10k/mo retainer; a small business or a Series-A startup usually can't and shouldn't. Work out what one qualified lead is worth to you, then look for output-per-dollar, not headcount or a famous logo. A team of 40 doesn't help if only two of them touch your account.

02

Insist on transparent pricing and month-to-month terms

A 12-month lock-in protects the agency, not you. If a company needs three calls before it will name a price, that opacity is the product. The best partners publish what they cost and earn the next month every month — so the pressure to perform stays on them, where it belongs.

03

Ask how they handle AI search (GEO + AEO)

More buyers now ask ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity "who's the best…" before they ever open Google, then read the answer box without clicking. If a company can only talk about blue-link rankings and can't explain how it gets you named by AI engines, it's already a year behind — and so are you if you hire them.

04

Check who actually does the work

"AI-powered" should mean an engine that multiplies a real team's output — not a black box that publishes unreviewed, and not a team so small it caps at six posts a month. Ask who writes, who reviews, and what happens before anything goes live on your domain. The right answer is: software for volume, humans for judgment.

05

Demand proof on real sites, not logos

A wall of client logos proves someone paid an invoice, not that rankings moved. Ask for two or three live URLs and their actual Search Console or Semrush growth. A company confident in its work will show you the graphs; one that isn't will show you a testimonial carousel.

06

Read the contract for who owns the content

Some agencies host your content on their platform and take it down the day you leave, so cancelling means losing everything you paid for. Confirm in writing that every page published to your site stays yours, forever, with no clawback. If they hesitate, that tells you how the relationship ends.

On the call

Questions to ask before you sign.

Copy these into your notes. The answers tell you more than any pitch deck.

  • Can I see three live client sites and their real ranking growth?
  • Exactly what gets published each month, and who reviews it before it goes live?
  • How do you get me cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews?
  • What's the minimum term — and what happens to my content if I leave?
  • Who is my point of contact, and how often do we actually talk?
  • How do you measure success: rankings, traffic, or booked leads?
  • How fast does the first work go live after I sign?
  • Is pricing fixed, or does "more output" always mean "more money"?
Walk away if…

Six red flags that cost you a year.

Any one of these on a sales call is reason enough to keep looking.

  • A 12-month lock-in demanded before you've seen a single result.
  • No named clients or live examples you can independently verify.
  • "AI-powered" with no human reviewing what publishes on your domain.
  • Vague, custom-only pricing that takes three calls to pin down.
  • Reporting you have to chase, in a format you can't act on.
  • No real answer for how they handle AI search in 2026.
Questions

SEO packages, FAQ

What should a real SEO package actually contain?

Four things, all stated before you pay. A price, including anything called setup, onboarding or implementation. A term, or an explicit statement that there is none. A countable output — how many pages get published, how many keywords are tracked, what technical work is in scope. And a reporting commitment with a date attached. If a tier is described only in adjectives — comprehensive, tailored, strategic — you are looking at marketing copy, not a package. The test that settles it: can you write the deliverable into a purchase order without another meeting?

What do SEO packages actually cost?

Among the providers that publish, the spread is genuinely wide, which is why this page exists. FATJOE campaign packages start around $600 and run to roughly $4,800. The HOTH lists links from about $150 and managed tiers from around $1,000 a month. Loganix sells fixed audits at $500 and $750. WebFX is the most structured and the most expensive: $5,900 across the first two months, then $2,900 a month for months three to six, with higher tiers approaching $9,200. theStacc is $749 a month for 30+ pages with no term. Everyone else on this page quotes privately, and we have not invented numbers for them.

Are packages better than a custom-scoped engagement?

It depends what you value more: fit or accountability. HigherVisibility publishes a genuinely fair argument that a fixed package charges a small dentist the same as a national retailer, and one of them is being overserved or overcharged. True. But custom scoping has a cost the argument skips over — it removes any public commitment, so the only thing you can hold the provider to is whatever ends up in a contract you negotiate under time pressure. A package puts the promise in writing before the sales relationship starts. For most small and mid-sized businesses, that trade is worth making.

Why do most agencies avoid publishing package prices?

Because a published tier invites comparison, and comparison compresses margin. It also removes the ability to price against the buyer — the same scope can be worth more to a funded company than to a family business, and custom quoting captures that difference. None of that is dishonest, but it is a cost borne by you: four vendors means four discovery calls before the first number. Credit where due to the four providers here that publish anyway, and to OuterBox for stating clearly that packages are not something it offers rather than building a page that pretends otherwise.

What is the single best question to ask about a package?

"How many pages will be live on my domain at the end of month one that were not live at the start, and will you put that number in the agreement?" It cuts through every tier name in the industry. A provider selling a real package answers with a number immediately. A provider selling hours answers with a description of their process. Neither answer is disqualifying on its own, but only one of them tells you what you are buying — and only one of them can be checked thirty days later.

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