SEO Pricing 2027: Three Plans, One Hourly Rate
freelance seo pricing, in euroHello my friend. My SEO pricing for 2027 fits on one line: €25 an hour, or a monthly plan at €475, €875 or €1,275. Every plan covers on-page, technical, local and off-page link building. A bigger plan simply buys more work each month.
- every price on this page
- no long contracts
- same rate for every task
| plan | guest post links | per month |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | 1 to 2 | €475 |
| Growth | 2 to 3 | €875 |
| Full Campaign | 5 or more | €1,275 |
// my own prices, checked 11 Nov 2026. Hours are the price divided by €25, so they show size, not a timesheet. Same four SEO areas in every plan.
How the Hours Map to Google’s Pipeline
Google works in three stages: crawling, indexing and serving results. Every hour I bill goes into one of those stages, so you can see what a plan actually buys.
Hours here make sure Googlebot can reach your pages: robots rules, broken links, redirect chains, server errors.
Hours here decide which pages Google stores: sitemap, canonical tags, accidental noindex, duplicate URLs.
Hours here shape what searchers see: titles, page content, local profile, and links from other sites.
// the terminal is an illustration of how I plan a month, not live output.
Your Budget, Sized in Hours
The pricing logic is simple enough to write in a few lines. Pick a language to see it.
def hours(budget): return round(budget / RATE)
print(hours(475), hours(875), hours(1275)) # 19 35 51
const hours = b => Math.round(b / RATE);
console.log([475, 875, 1275].map(hours)); // [19, 35, 51]
FROM plans ORDER BY price;
// the hours are price divided by my EUR 25 rate. They show size, not a timesheet.
The Three SEO Plans, in Full Detail
There are three monthly plans: Starter at €475, Growth at €875 and Full Campaign at €1,275. All three include the same four areas of SEO, so the only thing that changes is how much work fits into a month.
Starter
For a small local site that needs steady, careful work.
€475/month
priced like about 19 hours at €25/hour
- On-page SEO: titles, headings, content
- Technical SEO: crawling, indexing, speed
- Local SEO: Google Business Profile, listings
- Off-page link building
- 1 to 2 guest post links a month
- Monthly plain-English report
Growth
For a business with competitors who already do SEO.
€875/month
priced like about 35 hours at €25/hour
- On-page SEO: titles, headings, content
- Technical SEO: crawling, indexing, speed
- Local SEO: Google Business Profile, listings
- Off-page link building
- 2 to 3 guest post links a month
- Monthly plain-English report
- More pages and fixes handled each month
Full Campaign
The full SEO campaign, sized for a low-volume site.
€1,275/month
priced like about 51 hours at €25/hour
- On-page SEO: titles, headings, content
- Technical SEO: crawling, indexing, speed
- Local SEO: Google Business Profile, listings
- Off-page link building
- 5 or more guest post links a month
- Monthly plain-English report
- The most work per month of the three
// the hour figures are simple arithmetic: the plan price divided by my €25 hourly rate. They show the size of each plan, not a timesheet.
What "More Work" Means in Practice
No plan locks a part of SEO behind a higher price. On-page SEO is the work on the page itself, such as titles, headings and text. Technical SEO makes sure Google can reach, read and store your pages. Local SEO covers your Google Business Profile and your listings. Off-page SEO means links and mentions from other websites.
So a plumber in Austin on Starter and an online shop on Full Campaign get the same kind of work, in the same order. However, the shop gets more pages rewritten, more fixes made and more guest posts placed in the same month. Because of that, a bigger plan usually reaches the end of the fix list sooner. It doesn't buy a different quality of work.
Not sure which one fits? Send me your URL and I'll say which plan I'd pick for your site, and why. Sometimes that answer is the cheapest one. The order of the work is on my SEO process page.
SEO Pricing Plans Compared in One Table
The table shows the three plans side by side. Four rows are identical on purpose, because the areas of SEO don't change. The price, the size and the number of guest post links do.
| Starter | Growth | Full Campaign | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price per month | €475 | €875 | €1,275 |
| Size at €25/hour | about 19 hours | about 35 hours | about 51 hours |
| On-page SEO | Included | Included | Included |
| Technical SEO | Included | Included | Included |
| Local SEO | Included | Included | Included |
| Off-page link building | Included | Included | Included |
| Guest post links a month | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 5 or more |
| Work done per month | The essentials, steadily | More pages and fixes | The most of the three |
| A good fit for | A small local site | A site whose rivals do SEO | A full campaign on a low-volume site |
// prices and plan contents are mine and current on 11 Nov 2026. The "size" row is price divided by €25.
The Hourly Option: €25 an Hour
If you need one job done and not a monthly campaign, I work for €25 an hour. The rate is the same for every task, and I tell you the hours before I start.
When Hourly Makes Sense
- One clear task, such as a broken sitemap or a redirect mess
- A second opinion on work somebody else did
- A one-time audit, when your own developer will make the fixes
- WordPress, web or app development jobs
When a Plan Is the Better Buy
- You want rankings to improve over months, not one repair
- You need guest post links every month
- You want a report and a next step without asking
- You'd rather know the bill before the month starts
For example, a bakery in Leeds with one stubborn indexing problem is an hourly job. A dentist in Toronto who wants more calls every month is a plan. If you only want the checkup, my SEO audit service page explains that single job. And because I'm also a developer, the same rate covers web development services.
// €25 an hour is my own rate, checked 11 Nov 2026.
Set Your Own Monthly SEO Budget
Yes, you can name your own budget. Move the slider to what you can spend each month, and it shows how many of my hours that buys and which plan sits closest.
Set Your Own Budget
None of the three plans fit? Tell me what you can spend each month and I'll tell you honestly what I can do for it. A small budget goes to the most important fixes first.
// the slider only does arithmetic: your budget divided by €25. Nothing is sent until you press the WhatsApp button.
What a Month of SEO Work Looks Like
A month runs in four parts: check, repair, improve and report. The plan decides how much fits into each part, and the order stays the same.
week 1 · check
Crawl, Compare, Decide
First, I crawl the site and compare it with Search Console, Google's free tool that shows how your site does in search. Then I pick this month's tasks from the fix list.
week 2 · repair
Technical Fixes
Next come the repairs that block everything else: broken links, sitemap gaps, stray noindex tags and slow templates. A noindex tag is a line of code that tells Google to keep a page out of its results.
week 3 · improve
Pages, Local and Guest Posts
Then I rewrite the pages chosen for this month, tune the local listings, and write and pitch the guest posts. Outreach starts early, because blog owners answer when they feel like it.
week 4 · report
Report and Next Month
Finally, you get one readable page: what I did, what changed in your own numbers, and what comes next. If something went down, it's in there too.
// an example schedule, to show the rhythm. Real weeks overlap, and this is a work plan, not a promise of rankings.
What Is Not Included, and What I Never Do
The price pays for my SEO work and nothing else. It doesn't cover your own running costs, and no amount of money buys the shortcuts in the second list.
What Sits Outside a Plan
- Your own bills, such as hosting, your domain name and software licenses
- Advertising budgets. SEO is the unpaid results, so ad spend is a separate thing
- A full website rebuild or an app. That's a separate job at the same €25 an hour
- A guaranteed position, because nobody can sell one honestly
What I Never Do
- Bought link packages or link farms
- Fake reviews, written or purchased
- Hidden text and other tricks meant to fool a search engine
- Long contracts that keep you paying after you've stopped believing
- Reports that hide a bad month
Google says the same about guarantees. Its own guide to hiring an SEO states that no one can guarantee a #1 ranking, and it tells you to find someone else if a seller promises first place. So when a price list includes "page one, guaranteed", you're looking at a sales trick, not a service.
// the "never" list is my own working rule. The guarantee point comes from Google Search Central, linked under Sources.
How Payment and Starting Work
You message me, I look at your site, and we agree on the details on WhatsApp before any work starts. That covers the scope, the price, how you pay and the start date.
You Send the URL
One WhatsApp message with your website address and, if you have one, your monthly budget.
I Take a First Look
I check the site myself and reply with what I'd fix first, plus the plan or the hours I'd suggest.
We Agree, Then I Start
We settle the details in the chat. Only after you say yes does the work begin.
I don't list payment methods or small print on this page, because those details are agreed with each client on WhatsApp before work starts. What I can say here is simple. The work is month to month, there's no long contract to sign, and you always know the price before you owe it.
Ready for step one? The contact page has a short checklist of what to send me.
// three steps, described in general terms. Your exact arrangement is written down in our chat, not here.
How My SEO Pricing Compares With the Market
My rates sit at the low end of what SEO providers report charging. The best public numbers I found come from an Ahrefs poll of 439 SEO service providers, shown below in US dollars.
A retainer is a fixed monthly fee, which is what my plans are. Read these figures with care, though. They're self-reported, and Ahrefs notes that its averages assume each respondent charges the top of their price band. They're also in dollars, while my prices are in euro, so I won't pretend the comparison is exact.
Why am I cheaper? In my opinion, it comes down to overhead. I have one desk, no sales team and no account managers, so your money goes to the work. That's the idea behind my cheap SEO services, and it's the same reason my affordable SEO services page doesn't need a "request a quote" form. A price that needs a salesperson to explain it is rarely a low one.
// source: Ahrefs, "SEO Pricing" survey article, fetched 11 Nov 2026. Third-party, self-reported data in USD, not my numbers.
SEO Cost Questions, Answered Straight
Short answers to what people ask me about SEO pricing before they decide.
How much does SEO cost with you?
It costs €25 an hour, or a fixed monthly plan of €475, €875 or €1,275. The hourly rate suits single jobs. The plans suit ongoing work, and each one covers on-page, technical, local and off-page SEO.
What is included in every plan?
Every plan includes on-page SEO, technical SEO, local SEO and off-page link building, plus guest post links and a monthly plain-English report. No area of SEO is held back for a higher price.
What is the difference between the three plans?
The difference is the amount of work done each month. Starter covers the essentials steadily, Growth handles more pages and fixes, and Full Campaign gets the most work of the three. The guest post links also grow with the plan.
How many guest post links do I get?
Starter includes 1 to 2 guest post links a month, Growth 2 to 3, and Full Campaign 5 or more. They come from blogs with real traffic, and you see every live link in a log.
Can I set my own monthly budget?
Yes. Tell me what you can spend each month and I'll tell you honestly what I can do for it. A small budget goes to the most important fixes first, and the slider on this page shows the hours it buys.
Do I have to sign a long contract?
No. The work is month to month, with no long contract to sign. We agree on the details on WhatsApp before I start.
How do I pay, and in which currency?
My prices are in euro, and we agree on how you pay on WhatsApp before work starts. I don't publish payment terms on this page. If you pay from the USA, the dollar amount depends on the exchange rate on the day.
Why is your SEO pricing lower than an agency's?
Because my overhead is low. I'm one freelancer with no office, no sales team and no account managers. That's my opinion of where the gap comes from, and it's the reason the price can stay low without cutting corners.
Does a bigger plan guarantee better rankings?
No. A bigger plan buys more work each month, not a position. Google's own advice on hiring an SEO says no one can guarantee a #1 ranking, so I guarantee the work in your plan and nothing I can't control.
Send Me Your URL and Your Budget
Tell me your website address and what you can spend each month. I'll reply with what I'd fix first and which option fits.
// prefer email? Write to [email protected]. Take care, my friend.
Sources and Last Check
Two outside sources back the claims on this page that aren't my own prices.
- Google Search Central: Do you need an SEO? (no one can guarantee a #1 ranking)
- Ahrefs: SEO Pricing survey article (poll of 439 SEO service providers; retainer and hourly figures in USD)
// last checked 11 Nov 2026. Prices and plan contents are my own. Opinions are marked as opinions.