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Highbeam vs an Agency
SEO agencies charge $3,209 a month on average, by Ahrefs’ estimate from a poll of 439 providers. Highbeam is $299 a month per blog, each draft waits for your approval by default, and an agency can run it for you.1
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Highbeam vs an Agency
Comparison
The agency price is from the Ahrefs poll. Agencies differ on the rest, so those rows give the question to ask yours.
Price
An agency
$3,209 a month on average for an SEO agency, by Ahrefs’ estimate.1
Highbeam
Self-service is $299 a month per blog, with every feature. Managed, where we review and optimize your posts for you, is $599 a month. Early access. Cancel any time.
Review
An agency
Can you read each post before it goes live?
Highbeam
Every draft waits in your review queue for you to approve, edit or reject. Nothing publishes without your yes until you switch that on.
Brain
An agency
Where does the agency keep what it knows about your business, and can you read it?
Highbeam
It reads your site and keeps your positioning, customer, voice and offers as files you can read and edit. The Brain page lists what it still needs from you.
Research
An agency
How are topics picked, and which search does each post target?
Highbeam
Every topic arrives with the search it targets and why it was picked, including questions AI assistants answered without naming you.
Analytics
An agency
What does the report cover, and how often does it come?
Highbeam
It reads your Search Console and Google Analytics every week and turns the numbers into new topics and a list of pages that need work.
AI Visibility
An agency
Does anyone check whether ChatGPT names you?
Highbeam
Every week it asks ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity the questions your customers ask, and records whether you were named.
Highbeam
Agencies
Already work with an agency you like? It can run Highbeam for you. Each blog has seats for the agency's team and for you, so you see every draft. Agencies pay less per blog from the 6th blog.
Sources
- 1.Ahrefs, “SEO Pricing: How Much Does SEO Cost? 439 People Polled”, updated August 15, 2024. A poll of 439 SEO providers. Agencies charge $3,209 a month on average, which Ahrefs estimates by taking the top of each respondent’s price band.
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