SEO cost calculator.

What decides the cost of SEO

SEO is priced by the amount of work needed to beat the businesses already ranking for the searches you want. Four things drive that more than anything else:

• Competition: a plumber in a small town needs far less work than a law firm in Karachi or a SaaS company competing worldwide.
• Reach: one location in the map pack is cheaper than many locations, or national and international rankings.
• The website's condition: technical problems, slow pages or thin content need fixing before anything else works.
• Content and links: how many pages, guides and mentions from other sites it will take to look like the best answer.

Typical SEO prices in 2026

In Pakistan, agency SEO retainers for small and medium businesses usually run from about PKR 50,000 to 150,000 a month. For international small businesses, typical retainers run from about $1,500 to $3,500 a month, and industry surveys such as Ahrefs' put the average agency retainer at around $3,200 a month.

Our own prices sit below that international average because we are based in Lahore, not because we do less work: local SEO from $400 a month, SEO Foundations from $700 and full SEO plus AI search from $1,500. Every figure in the calculator comes from our pricing page.

Why very cheap SEO costs more

Packages at $50 to $100 a month can't pay for real work. They usually mean automated reports, spun articles or bought links, and those can earn a Google penalty that takes months to undo. A fair question to ask any agency: exactly what will you do each month, and how will I see it?

How long before SEO pays off

Local SEO often shows movement in the map pack within two to four months. National and competitive searches usually take six to twelve months to reach page one. That's why SEO is a monthly programme rather than a one-off job, and why we work month to month with 14 days' notice rather than locking you into a long contract. More on how we work is on our SEO services and local SEO pages.