SEO pricing UK: every RankCrest price on one page
SEO pricing UK businesses can check in a minute: fixed SEO and web design prices, written down before any work starts. No setup fees.
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On this page
- SEO pricing UK: what we charge
- SEO prices UK: monthly packages
- Website prices: one-off packages
- One-off jobs and support
- How much does SEO cost in the UK?
- How much should I pay someone for SEO?
- Is SEO worth it for a small business?
- SEO pricing UK: how we compare with the market
- SEO pricing UK by type of business
- SEO pricing UK vs Google Ads
- How to budget for SEO
- SEO pricing UK models: monthly, project or hourly
- What affects SEO pricing UK businesses are quoted
- What changes the price of a website
- Which option fits your budget?
- What every price includes
- What is not included
- Payment terms and contracts
- Why we publish our SEO pricing UK clients can see
- Red flags in cheap SEO pricing UK sellers offer
- Black Friday week offer 2026
- SEO pricing UK: what you get for the money
- Changing package or pausing
- SEO pricing UK: next step
- Frequently asked questions
Key points
- Our SEO services UK packages are fixed monthly prices: SEO Starter £449, SEO Growth £799.
- Technical, on-page and off-page SEO, worked on every month.
- 3-month minimum, then month to month. No setup fees.
- Hosting, domains and ad spend are paid by you directly, so they stay in your name.
SEO pricing UK: what we charge
This page shows our SEO pricing UK businesses can check before they call, plus our web design prices, in one place. Every figure is a fixed price for a defined piece of work. If your job needs something extra, we quote it in writing first.
| Service | Price | Type |
|---|---|---|
| SEO packages (SEO Starter / SEO Growth) | £449 / £799 a month | Monthly |
| Local SEO (Local Starter / Local Growth) | £249 / £449 a month | Monthly |
| SEO audit | £199 | One-off |
| Google Business Profile optimisation | £149 | One-off |
| Website design packages | £449 / £999 / £1,699 | One-off |
| Website support (Care / Care Plus) | £39 / £79 a month | Monthly |
| WordPress speed optimisation | Fixed quote after a free check | One-off |
All SEO pricing UK figures on this page are correct as at October 2026.
SEO prices UK: monthly packages
Local Starter
One location, Google Maps focus
- Google Business Profile posts and updates
- 20 UK citations and a reviews plan
- Monthly report
Local Growth
Local firms in busier markets
- Everything in Local Starter
- On-page work and 2 content pieces a month
- Map rank tracking
SEO Starter
City-wide or UK-wide services
- Technical fixes and on-page work
- 2 articles a month
- Safe link building
SEO Growth
Competitive markets
- Everything in SEO Starter
- Outreach and digital PR links
- Competitor tracking
3-month minimum, then month to month. No setup fees. Full details on our SEO packages UK page.
Website prices: one-off packages
Starter
- Up to 5 pages
- WordPress + Elementor
- Contact form and basic SEO
Business
- Up to 10 pages
- Blog and on-page SEO
- Speed set-up, Analytics + Search Console
Growth
- Up to 15 pages
- SEO copywriting and schema
- Local SEO set-up
Paid in two stages: a deposit to start and the balance before launch. Compare every feature on our website design packages page.
More detail
One-off jobs and support
SEO audit
- Sites up to 100 pages
- Plain-English report
- Fixes in priority order
Google Business Profile
- Full audit, categories and services
- Photo plan and first posts
- Review-request template
Care
- Updates and daily backups
- Security checks and uptime monitoring
- Monthly report
Care Plus
- Everything in Care
- Small monthly edits
- Monthly speed check
How much does SEO cost in the UK?
Most small businesses pay between £500 and £2,000 a month for agency SEO, and local SEO for a single location often starts around £300 to £800 a month. One-off audits usually cost a few hundred pounds up to about £1,500 for a small site.
UK SEO prices at a glance (correct as at October 2026)
- Light upkeep and technical care: about £150–£250 a month
- Local SEO, one location: about £300–£800 a month
- Small business SEO: about £500–£2,000 a month
- Technical SEO audit, small site: about £300–£1,500 one-off
Sources: Melt Design, Dotwall, MJ Web Studio.
That is the market. Our own SEO pricing UK clients pay is lower because we keep the team small and the packages fixed, and it is listed in full above.
So, how much does SEO cost UK businesses in practice? With us: from £249 a month for local SEO and from £449 a month for national SEO, all fixed and shown on this page.
How much should I pay someone for SEO?
This is one of the most common SEO pricing UK questions small business owners ask online, and the honest answer is: enough for real work to get done every month. Several UK agencies point out that very cheap monthly SEO often buys automated reports rather than actual work. Judge the plan behind the price, not only the price.
- Competition: a plumber in a small town needs less than a solicitor in central London.
- Your site: a slow, broken site needs fixing before anything else.
- Goals: local Google Maps visibility costs less than national rankings.
Is SEO worth it for a small business?
It can be, if your customers search on Google before they buy. Work out what one new customer is worth to you. If SEO brings in a few extra customers a month, a few hundred pounds a month can pay for itself. If your customers do not search online, spend the money elsewhere, whatever the SEO pricing UK agencies quote.
SEO usually takes around three months to show movement for local businesses, and longer in competitive markets.
SEO pricing UK: how we compare with the market
Published UK guides put agency SEO for small businesses at roughly £500 to £2,000 a month, and local SEO for one location at about £300 to £800 a month. Larger campaigns cost far more. Our SEO pricing sits at the lower end because we keep the team small, publish fixed packages and do not pay for big offices or sales teams.
| Work | Typical UK range | RankCrest |
|---|---|---|
| Local SEO, one location | about £300–£800 a month | £249 or £449 a month |
| Small business SEO | about £500–£2,000 a month | £449 or £799 a month |
| SEO audit, small site | about £300–£1,500 one-off | £199 (up to 100 pages) |
| Small business website | about £1,000–£4,000 one-off | £449 to £1,699 |
SEO ranges are sourced in the section above; website ranges come from our guide to website costs in the UK, correct as at October 2026.
SEO pricing UK by type of business
As a rough guide, this is where most of our clients start. Your free call confirms the right fit.
| Business | Usual start | Monthly SEO pricing UK clients pay us |
|---|---|---|
| Trades (plumbers, electricians, roofers) | Local Starter | £249 |
| Clinics, salons and local shops | Local Starter or Local Growth | £249 to £449 |
| Accountants, solicitors and other professional firms | Local Growth or SEO Starter | £449 |
| Businesses selling across the UK | SEO Starter | £449 |
| Competitive national markets | SEO Growth | £799 |
SEO pricing UK vs Google Ads
Google Ads charges for every click and stops the day you stop paying. SEO costs a fixed monthly fee and keeps working after the work is done, but takes months to build. Many small businesses use ads for quick leads while SEO grows. The two are not competitors: our SEO pricing UK clients see on this page covers the organic side only, and ad spend is paid directly to Google.
How to budget for SEO
- Work out what one new customer is worth to you over a year.
- Decide how many extra customers a month would make the spend worthwhile.
- Pick the smallest package that can realistically get you there, and commit to at least three months.
- Review the numbers in your monthly report and move up or down a package if needed.
That is the honest way to judge any SEO pricing UK agency quote, including ours.
SEO pricing UK models: monthly, project or hourly
UK agencies and freelancers usually price SEO in one of three ways:
- Monthly retainer: a fixed fee for ongoing work every month. Best for SEO, because rankings come from steady, repeated work.
- Project fee: one price for a defined job, such as an audit, a site migration or a speed fix.
- Hourly or day rate: paying for time. Flexible, but hard to budget and easy to overrun.
We use monthly packages for ongoing SEO and fixed project prices for one-off work. We do not bill by the hour, so the price you agree is the price you pay.
What affects SEO pricing UK businesses are quoted
- Competition: a plumber in a small town needs far less work than a solicitor in central London.
- Your starting point: a slow site with technical errors needs fixing before content and links can help.
- Local or national: showing up in Google Maps for one town costs less than ranking across the UK.
- Content needed: each new service page, guide or location page is real writing time.
- Links and PR: earning links from real UK websites takes outreach, which is why it sits in the higher packages.
These factors explain most of the gap in SEO pricing UK agencies charge. We look at them on the free call and recommend the smallest package that can do the job.
What changes the price of a website
Website prices mostly change with the number of pages, who writes the content, and the features you need. A five-page site for a sole trader is quick to build; a 15-page site with SEO copywriting, schema and local SEO set-up is a bigger job. Online shops, booking systems and member areas are quoted separately. Read more in our guide to website cost UK prices.
Which option fits your budget?
- Under £250 a month: Local Starter for a local business that wants to show up in Google Maps.
- Around £450 a month: Local Growth, or SEO Starter if you sell across a city or the UK.
- Around £800 a month: SEO Growth, for competitive markets that need content and digital PR every month.
- One-off budget only: start with a £199 SEO audit or a £149 Google Business Profile set-up, and fix the biggest problems first.
- New business: a £449 Starter website, then add local SEO once it is live.
What every price includes
- A free 20-minute call and a written, fixed quote.
- Work done by our own team: Areeba is your contact, Abdul and Hamza do the work.
- A plain-English report for monthly work, and a short handover for one-off jobs.
- You own everything we build or set up: website, content, listings and logins.
What is not included
- Hosting and domain names, which you pay for directly so they stay in your name.
- Paid plugins or stock photos, if you choose to use them (we will always ask first).
- Google Ads spend.
We do not guarantee rankings. We do guarantee you will always know what you are paying for.
Questions about how we work? Read about RankCrest or our all our guides.
Payment terms and contracts
- Websites: deposit to start, balance before launch.
- Monthly SEO: paid monthly in advance, 3-month minimum, then month to month with notice.
- Support plans: month to month, cancel any time.
- One-off jobs: agreed in the quote.
The full details are in our terms and conditions.
Why we publish our SEO pricing UK clients can see
Many agencies hide their SEO pricing behind a sales call. We think you should know roughly what you will pay before you speak to anyone. Publishing prices also keeps us honest: every client on the same package gets the same work for the same price.
Red flags in cheap SEO pricing UK sellers offer
- “1,000 backlinks for £50” or any package sold by the number of links.
- Guaranteed number one rankings. Nobody controls Google.
- Long contracts with no way out, or a report you cannot understand.
- No access to your own Google Business Profile, Search Console or website.
Google’s own guide “Do you need an SEO?” lists sensible questions to ask any provider.
Black Friday week offer 2026
Black Friday week, 23 to 30 November 2026: 20% off any website package, or 20% off the first month of any monthly SEO package.
- Book your free call and confirm by 30 November 2026 (UK time). After that date the offer ends.
- One offer per business. It cannot be added to any other discount.
- A review is never a condition. We ask every client for honest feedback when the work is done, whether they used the offer or not.
SEO pricing UK: what you get for the money
Fixed SEO pricing only means something if the work behind it is clear. Each monthly package lists the tasks we do, from technical fixes and on-page changes to content and links, and every report shows those tasks were done. If a month is quieter because the plan is ahead of schedule, we tell you and move work forward.
Changing package or pausing
You can move up or down a package from the next month. After the 3-month minimum you can also pause with notice. That flexibility is part of the SEO pricing UK small businesses tell us they want: no long lock-in, and no paying for work they do not need.
SEO pricing UK: next step
Still comparing SEO pricing UK agencies publish? Book a free 20-minute call and we will tell you honestly which package, if any, makes sense for your business.
Frequently asked questions
How much does SEO cost per month in the UK?
Most UK small businesses pay about £500 to £2,000 a month with an agency. Our SEO pricing UK clients pay is £449 or £799 a month for SEO, and local SEO is £249 or £449 a month. That is the honest picture of SEO pricing UK small businesses face.
Why is your SEO pricing lower than many agencies?
We are a small team with no big office or sales staff, and we sell fixed packages rather than custom proposals. The work itself is not cut: every package includes real technical, on-page and off-page work.
Are there setup fees?
No. The monthly price is the full price.
Can I cancel?
Monthly SEO has a 3-month minimum, then runs month to month. Support plans can be cancelled any time.
Do your prices include VAT?
[Abdul: confirm. If RankCrest is not VAT registered, say: we are not VAT registered, so no VAT is added.]
Do you offer discounts?
Our prices are already fixed and low. We run genuine, dated offers now and then, such as Black Friday week (23 to 30 November 2026). We never offer discounts in exchange for reviews.
Is cheap SEO worth it?
Only if real work is being done. Ask what happens each month, who does it, and how you will see the results. If the answer is a tool report and some bought links, it is not worth it at any price.
How much does an SEO audit cost?
Small-site audits in the UK typically cost a few hundred pounds up to about £1,500. Ours is a fixed £199 for up to 100 pages.
How long does SEO take to work?
Local businesses often see movement in about three months. Competitive national searches take longer.
Your contact
Areeba Tariq, Client Manager
Calls, WhatsApp, quotes and updates: 07438 839864
Does the work
Abdul Hannan, Lead SEO / WordPress Engineer
With Hamza Bhatti, developer. Meet the team
Want a straight answer about your website?
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