SEO Packages
SEO Packages UK - Transparent Monthly Pricing From £1,300
Affordable SEO Packages With No Hidden Fees
SEO packages are fixed monthly SEO plans with published prices and deliverables. Ours run from £1,300 to £2,500 a month across four tiers. Every tier lists its senior strategist hours, articles, links and reporting cadence on this page, so you can compare us line by line against any other quote.
At a glance
SEO Package Prices at a Glance
Our SEO packages cost £1,300 to £2,500 a month. There are four tiers, and each one publishes exactly what you get:
| Package | Price per month | Senior strategist hours | Content | Links | Technical scope | Reporting | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundational | £1,300 | 4-6 hours/week | 2 articles/month | 2-4 links/month | Audit + light implementation | Monthly | |
| Growth | £1,500-£2,000 | 8-12 hours/week | 4 articles/month | 4-8 links/month | Audit + full implementation | Monthly + ad hoc | Email + Slack |
| Senior | £2,000-£2,500 | 16-22 hours/week | 6-8 articles/month | 8-14 links/month | Continuous + multi-region technical SEO | Weekly + monthly + quarterly | Slack + calls |
| Complex | £2,500 | 25+ hours/week | 10+ articles/month | 15+ links/month | Continuous enterprise governance | Weekly + monthly + quarterly + annual exec | Slack + calls + on-site |
All four tiers run month to month. There is no long-term contract at any tier. If a competing quote will not publish its hours and deliverables like this, ask why.
Companies we've worked with
How Interlinked Wellness Stopped Paying for Google Ads
Niko's wellness clinic was fully dependent on paid Google Ads across two metros. Twelve months in, the local SEO foundation was compounding hard enough that paid spend was paused entirely - the clinic now books out a month in advance from organic alone.
Rankings
Organic appointments
Ad spend (was full dependency)
Booked out
Pricing
How Much Do SEO Packages Cost in the UK?
With Visionary, SEO packages cost £1,300 to £2,500 a month, senior-led at every tier. Prices across the UK market vary widely with agency seniority and scope, so compare published deliverables rather than headline fees. For a full market breakdown, read our guide to how much SEO costs for a small business.
Foundational SEO Packages start at £1,300 per month. Ideal for newer businesses or those with limited competition - foundational keyword research, on-page optimisation, technical SEO audits, content baseline, and monthly reporting.
Growth SEO Packages run £1,500-£2,000 per month. For growing UK businesses competing in moderately competitive niches - deeper keyword strategy, ongoing content creation, link building, advanced technical SEO, and fortnightly strategy calls.
Complex SEO Packages run £2,000-£2,500 per month for organisations with complex sites or competitive markets - full-stack senior delivery, custom dashboards, and continuous optimisation. For proven brands with strong attribution and a track record, we're also happy to work on performance-based or hybrid terms. You work directly with Chris - a top proven expert with 15+ years' experience - never handed off to a junior.
Why invest in SEO packages? A single qualified lead from SEO often exceeds your monthly investment. If your average customer value is £5,000 and SEO generates just one new customer per month, the ROI is clear.
Key insight
Visionary SEO investment
- →Foundational: from £1,300 / mo
- →Growth: £1,500 - £2,000 / mo
- →Complex: £2,000 - £2,500 / mo
Buyer beware
Package Comparison
What's Included in Each SEO Package?
Every package includes technical SEO, on-page work, content and link acquisition. What changes between tiers is volume and cadence: strategist hours, articles per month, links per month and reporting frequency. The table above shows the exact numbers, and the tier-by-tier breakdown further down this page shows where the hours go.
Strategist hours
4-6 to 25+ / week
Articles
2 to 10+ / month
Links
2-4 to 15+ / month
Reporting
Monthly to weekly + exec
Why package structures matter: A well-structured package ensures balanced effort across keyword research, content, technical optimisation, and link building. Many cheap SEO providers focus only on one element-usually just content-leaving technical and authority gaps that limit results.
SEO Pillars
What Are the 4 Types of SEO?
The four types of SEO are technical, on-page, off-page and local. Every Visionary package covers the first three as standard. Local SEO work is added where your business serves a defined geographic area.
SEO isn't a single discipline-it's complementary pillars that work together to improve your rankings. A complete SEO strategy addresses all of them; focusing on just one leaves your site vulnerable.
Technical SEO
The foundation. Ensures search engines can crawl and index your site effectively-site speed, mobile-first indexing, XML sitemaps, structured data, Core Web Vitals, and HTTPS security. Without a solid technical foundation, content and links have limited impact.
On-Page SEO
Optimises individual pages for search intent and keyword relevance-title tags, headings, body content, internal linking, and multimedia. On-page SEO tells Google what your page is about and why it's relevant.
Off-Page SEO
Builds authority through external signals-high-quality backlinks, digital PR campaigns, brand mentions, and online reputation management. Off-page signals tell Google that other trusted sites vouch for your content.
Local SEO
Local SEO targets searches with local intent: Map Pack rankings, Google Business Profile optimisation, citations and location pages. It matters for any business where customers visit premises or book in a service area. Packages for local businesses weight hours towards this work.
Why the pillars matter: A balanced SEO package allocates effort across technical, on-page and off-page work-typically 30% technical, 40% on-page, 30% off-page, with local weighting added where relevant. This mix produces the fastest, most sustainable ranking growth.
Overview
How Our SEO Packages Work
Every SEO package starts with a technical audit and competitive analysis. We identify exactly what's holding your site back and build a strategy around the highest-impact opportunities for your business.
Every SEO package runs month to month. You can switch tier or leave at the end of any month. We keep this policy because a package with published deliverables should not need a tie-in to retain clients. When you leave, your site, content and reporting access stay yours.
Each package includes a dedicated senior SEO specialist - not a junior account manager reading from a playbook. You get direct access to the person doing the work.
As your organic performance grows, your package can scale with it. Start lean, invest more as ROI proves out. That's how smart UK businesses approach SEO.
What you get
Every engagement, by default
- ■Senior SEO specialist (no juniors)
- ■Technical audit + competitive map week 1
- ■Month-to-month - no 12-month lock-in
- ■Transparent monthly reporting
- ■Scale up as ROI proves out
Our promise
"Chris is a real master of SEO and PPC. I'll never forget the time he discovered what could have been a catastrophic SEO issue, prior to a new big website launch that would have cost the business £100,000s (that every other so-called SEO expert we'd engaged had missed)."
What's Included
What Our Expert SEO Services Include
Fully managed campaigns
From strategy development to implementation, we handle everything while keeping you informed through regular updates and collaborative planning sessions.
More on fully managed campaignsTechnical SEO
We start with a thorough technical SEO audit to uncover and address any underlying issues that could hinder your site's performance. Regular checks ensure your site stays optimised and resilient against algorithm updates.
More on technical seoOn-page SEO
We optimise every element of your website, from meta tags and headers to image alt texts and URL structures. Our goal is to ensure every page is primed for search engines and offers a seamless experience for users.
More on on-page seoContent strategy
Package content is written to a keyword brief, one search intent per page. Foundational ships 2 articles a month, Growth 4, Senior 6-8, Complex 10+. Each article targets a query with demand we can evidence in Ahrefs or Search Console, and each is mapped to a page in your site architecture before writing starts.
More on content strategyLink building
We earn high-quality backlinks from relevant, authoritative publications through strategic outreach, digital PR, and content partnerships. Every link is manually vetted for quality and relevance.
More on link buildingLocal SEO
Our local SEO strategies help your business dominate local search results. We optimise your Google Business Profile, target location-specific keywords and enhance your visibility in local search packs to drive nearby customers to your door.
More on local seoMobile SEO
We ensure your site is fully optimised for mobile-first indexing. From responsive design to improving site speed and user experience, we make sure your site is ready to perform on every device.
More on mobile seoAI-powered SEO
We leverage AI tools and machine learning insights to identify opportunities faster, automate repetitive tasks, and deliver data-driven optimisations that keep you ahead of competitors.
More on ai-powered seoSEO migration
Changing platforms or restructuring your site? We manage the entire migration process to preserve your rankings, traffic, and authority without the usual drops that come from poorly handled migrations.
More on seo migrationOur Process
What's Included in Every Package
Technical Audit
Full site crawl, Core Web Vitals analysis, and prioritised fix list.
Keyword Strategy
Data-driven keyword targeting based on search intent and commercial value.
On-Page & Content
Optimised pages, new content assets, and internal linking improvements.
Monthly Reporting
Rankings, traffic, conversions, and revenue tracked transparently.
At a glance
The maths
"£30,000-£60,000 in revenue" against "£2,500 per month"
Compounding
"SEO builds equity" and "compounds the longer you invest"
Commitment
"month-to-month contracts with no long-term lock-in"
Alignment
"we succeed only when your rankings and revenue improve"
ROI
Are SEO Packages Worth the Investment?
The short answer: yes, if you choose the right provider. Let's do the maths.
Suppose your average customer value is £3,000 and your sales conversion rate from qualified leads is 25% (meaning 4 leads generate 1 sale). An SEO package costing £2,500 per month would need to generate just 4 qualified leads to break even. If your SEO programme generates 10-20 qualified leads per month, that's £30,000-£60,000 in revenue against a £2,500 investment.
Compounding returns: Unlike paid advertising, where you pay for every click, SEO builds equity. The rankings, content, and authority you build keep generating organic traffic without additional ad spend - and that effect compounds the longer you invest.
Why some packages fail: Businesses that "don't see results" from SEO packages usually chose the wrong provider, not SEO itself. Red flags include: packages priced 70% below market rate, guaranteed rankings (Google doesn't allow it), no strategy conversation before signing, and vague reporting.
How Visionary ensures ROI: We work on month-to-month contracts with no long-term lock-in. If SEO isn't delivering results within 4-6 months, you're free to leave. This aligns our incentive with yours: we succeed only when your rankings and revenue improve. We provide transparent reporting showing which keywords are ranking, which are driving leads, and which are closest to conversion.
Why Us
Why Buy an SEO Package From Visionary?
Transparent Pricing
No hidden fees, no percentage-of-revenue models. Flat monthly pricing.
Senior-Led Delivery
Your work is done by senior specialists, not outsourced to juniors.
No Contracts
Month-to-month. If we're not delivering, you can leave. Simple.
Full Visibility
Access to all tools, dashboards, and data. Nothing is hidden.
Commitment
Month to Month SEO Packages - No Long-Term Contracts
Term
Rolling
Notice
End of month
Exit fee
None
Every SEO package runs month to month. You can switch tier or leave at the end of any month. We keep this policy because a package with published deliverables should not need a tie-in to retain clients. When you leave, your site, content and reporting access stay yours.
We don't believe in locking clients into lengthy agreements they can't escape. Upgrade, downgrade, or pause at any time without penalties. If your priorities shift or you need to adjust your budget, just let us know and we'll move you to the right package immediately. No awkward conversations, no exit fees, no small print. We earn your business every month by delivering measurable results, not by hiding behind contractual handcuffs.
Flagship - Enterprise-Tier Proof
What a senior-led, full-stack SEO programme returns at the upper band.
The Real World: From an Unbought Domain to $1m+ Profit Year One
The Real World engaged us before the domain had been purchased. We led naming, technical foundations, and the editorial strategy that earned trust signals from day one. Three months after launch, organic search had brought in 20,000 users. The first year produced over a million dollars in attributable profit.
Profit
year one
Organic users
first 3 months
Engaged
before domain bought
Ongoing
primary channel
Results
Recent Results
See the per-tier case studies further down this page for a verified outcome at every package level - from first-month ROAS to seven-figure organic revenue.
View All Case Studies →Decision Guide
How to Choose the Right SEO Package
Selecting an SEO package can feel overwhelming. Here are five criteria to guide your decision.
Assess Your Current Visibility
Where are you ranking now? Page 2-3 may need a Foundational package. Page 10+ or not ranking at all requires Growth or Senior. Competitive industries (finance, eCommerce, legal) require more investment.
Define Your Goal Clearly
Are you optimising for traffic volume, qualified leads, or revenue? An eCommerce site earning £100 per sale sustains different investment than a service business earning £2,000 per client.
Match Package to Competition
Analyse your top 5 competitors' backlink profiles, content volume, and technical setup. If competitors have 500+ backlinks and you have 20, you need an aggressive Senior or Complex package.
Check What's Really Included
Don't compare by price alone-compare deliverables. Does "content creation" mean 2 blog posts or 8? Does "link building" mean earned outreach or directory submissions?
Ask About Reporting
Insist on seeing sample reports. Can your provider connect SEO rankings to actual leads and revenue? Vague reporting ("1,000 impressions") is worthless. Clear reporting ("keyword X ranked #3, generating 47 clicks, 12 leads") is everything.
Getting Started
Most businesses benefit from a 4-6 week discovery phase before committing. This includes a site audit, competitor analysis, and goal-setting conversation. Based on this, we recommend a specific package-not a one-size-fits-all solution.
Sizing
Which SEO Package Matches Your Business Size?
Match the tier to your competition and revenue model, not your headcount. Single-location and trade businesses usually start on Foundational. Established SMEs competing regionally sit in Growth. National brands and ecommerce stores need Senior. Multi-region and enterprise sites take Complex.
Foundationallocal and early-stage businesses
One core market, modest competition, and a site that has never had structured SEO. The 4-6 weekly hours go on fixing foundations first: crawl issues, page targeting, and the first content pieces.
Growthestablished SMEs
You have a marketing lead in-house and rivals investing in search. The 8-12 weekly hours fund full implementation, four articles a month and steady link acquisition. This is our most common starting tier. If budget is the constraint rather than ambition, our SEO agency for small businesses page covers how to sequence the work.
Seniornational and ecommerce brands
Multiple product or service lines, seasonal demand, and category-level competition. 16-22 weekly hours cover multi-region technical SEO, 6-8 articles and 8-14 links a month, with weekly reporting.
Complexmulti-region and enterprise
Large sites, governance requirements and internal stakeholders. 25+ weekly hours, 10+ articles, 15+ links and exec-level annual reporting, still capped at £2,500 a month.
Decision split
When an SEO Package Beats a Custom Retainer
Choose a package when your site is one domain, one language and one core market: published tiers get you moving faster and make the fee auditable. Choose a custom retainer when you run multiple domains, face a migration, or need an in-house team coordinated.
Option A
A package is the right call when:
- You want to compare agencies on published deliverables, not proposals
- Your site is a single domain in a single language
- You need predictable monthly cost with no scoping phase
- You are replacing an agency that could not tell you what it did each month
Option B
A custom retainer is the right call when:
- You operate several domains or country versions
- A replatform or domain migration is planned inside the next year
- Your in-house team does implementation and needs strategy plus QA
- Your scope changes quarter to quarter
Either way the work is senior-led and capped at £2,500 a month. If a package does not fit, our SEO agency service scopes a bespoke retainer against the same pricing rules.
Buyer beware
What Do Cheap SEO Packages Actually Buy?
Very little.
At the cheap end of the market, a fee of a few hundred pounds a month only funds a few hours of qualified time once software and account management are paid for. That is enough to generate reports, not enough to change rankings in a contested market.
What usually gets cut at that price point
Bespoke content becomes templated or machine-spun, link acquisition becomes directory submissions, and the audit is an automated crawl with no implementation. Cheap packages can work in genuinely low-competition niches, so before buying any package, cheap or not, check three things: the named deliverables per month, who actually does the work, and how you exit.
- Named deliverables per month
- Who actually does the work
- How you exit
Our floor is £1,300 a month because that is the minimum at which a senior strategist can run technical work, content and links together. Agencies buying delivery capacity rather than a client-facing service should compare our white label SEO instead.
Who runs your account
Programmes here are run directly by Chris Coussons.
Founder, Visionary Marketing
Every package is overseen by Chris personally to ensure quality and results.
Signature pricing
Visionary SEO Packages - Four Tiers, Concrete Inclusions
Most SEO packages are vague - 'comprehensive SEO services' at £X/month with no clarity on what £X actually buys. Below is the Visionary 4-tier package breakdown with concrete monthly hours, content velocity, link velocity and reporting cadence per tier. No bait-and-switch. No hidden 'add-ons'.
| Tier | Foundational £1,300/mo | Growth £1,500-£2,000 | Senior £2,000-£2,500 | Complex £2,500/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly fee | £1,300/mo | £1,500-£2,000 | £2,000-£2,500 | £2,500/mo |
| Senior strategist hours/wk | 4-6 | 8-12 | 16-22 | 25+ |
| Content velocity | 2 articles/mo | 4 articles/mo | 6-8 articles/mo | 10+ articles/mo |
| Link velocity | 2-4 / mo | 4-8 / mo | 8-14 / mo | 15+ / mo |
| Technical SEO | Audit + light implementation | Audit + full implementation | Continuous + multi-region | Continuous enterprise governance |
| Reporting cadence | Monthly | Monthly + ad-hoc | Weekly + monthly + quarterly | Weekly + monthly + quarterly + annual exec |
| Direct senior contact | Email + Slack | Slack + calls | Slack + calls + on-site | |
| Tooling stack included | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Contract | Rolling monthly | Rolling monthly | Rolling monthly | Rolling monthly |
All tiers are rolling monthly - no long-term lock-in. Tooling is always included. The senior specialist scoping your audit is the same one running your account at every tier.
Hour allocation
Where Your Hours Actually Go
Most agencies talk about 'hours per month' without showing how those hours are allocated. Below is the breakdown of where senior time goes by tier. No agency we've benchmarked publishes this transparency. We do because the breakdown defends the price.
Sources: Visionary engagement timesheet data Q1 2026. Hours rounded. Tooling-related work (data pulls, dashboard checks, schema validation) is AI-augmented and not included in senior hour counts.
ROI calculator
Run the Per-Tier ROI Calculator
Set your average customer value, current organic lead volume and conversion rate. The calculator projects month-12 attributable revenue at each tier and recommends the right one for your inputs. The same projection model runs on its own page as the SEO package ROI calculator, which is easier to share with a finance lead.
Tier
Foundational
Month-12 monthly revenue
£960
Tier
Growth
Month-12 monthly revenue
£1,560
Tier
Senior
Month-12 monthly revenue
£2,400
Tier
Complex
Month-12 monthly revenue
£3,900
Per-tier cases
A Real Outcome at Each Tier
One verified case per tier - the locked tier mapping we use to set client expectations.
Strictly Beds and Bunks
Entry-tier scope was Shopping rebuild + foundational SEO. First-month ROAS demonstrated the floor.
Result
9.31× ROAS
month one · £51.7K from £7.2K spend
Naturisimo
Growth-tier scope covered theme CWV, schema completion, feed work, and content velocity.
Result
+65% profit
3 months · alongside an existing big agency
BullX
Senior-tier scope covered the full SEO stack from foundation up - keyword universe, technical, content, link building.
Result
$1m+ in attributable organic revenue
6 months · from zero
LA Design Concepts
Complex-tier scope covered multi-brand catalogue work, faceted nav cleanup, schema completion, content velocity by brand.
Result
+1,386% revenue
7 months · 60+ brand campaigns
Testimonials
What Clients at Each Tier Say
Named, verified quotes from real engagements - we only publish testimonials with verified consent.
"Chris helped us unlock growth we previously thought wouldn't be possible."
Alison Goulbourne, Director, Naturisimo
"He has vast knowledge which he uses to get the best results."
Kate Shopper, Novidea
Inclusions matrix
What Each Tier Actually Includes
Concrete what's-in / what's-not. If something's not in the column, it's not in the tier. Upgrades can happen any month - no contract penalty.
| Inclusion | Foundational | Growth | Senior | Complex |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior-only delivery | ||||
| Initial 47-point technical audit | ||||
| Quarterly re-audit | ||||
| Monthly technical implementation | Light | |||
| Content briefs + production | ||||
| Content refresh of existing pages | ||||
| Link building (foundational citations) | ||||
| Editorial-grade link placements | ||||
| Digital PR campaigns | ||||
| Multi-region SEO governance | Available | |||
| Multi-language content workflows | Available | |||
| Live dashboards | ||||
| Monthly executive review | ||||
| Quarterly executive deck | ||||
| Annual executive summary | ||||
| On-site / in-person workshops | Optional |
Upgrade triggers
When You Should Graduate Up a Tier
Most agencies push you toward higher tiers reflexively. We tell you when to upgrade by quantitative threshold. Below are the four signals we watch - when 2+ of them appear consistently for 90 days, upgrading is the right move. Below threshold, you're better off staying at your current tier.
| Signal | Foundational → Growth | Growth → Senior | Senior → Complex |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly organic clicks | 2,000+ | 8,000+ | 25,000+ |
| Qualifying leads / month | 15+ | 50+ | 150+ |
| Ranked keywords (top-10) | 50+ | 200+ | 600+ |
| Content velocity required | 4+ articles/mo | 8+ articles/mo | 12+ articles/mo |
FAQ
Most Common SEO Packages Questions
Last reviewed: by Chris Coussons, Founder.
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