Start with the work you need, not the biggest plan
If your website needs attention but hiring an SEO team feels out of reach, a fixed monthly service can sound appealing. The useful question is not simply “Which plan is cheapest?” It is “What work do I need, and can I review it well?”
Ranked AI combines software with managed SEO work. This guide focuses on the budget decision; our Ranked AI introduction explains the broader service. We checked the public pricing on September 6, 2026. We have not purchased these plans or inspected a completed checkout.
The three monthly SEO prices
The figures below are USD, per website, billed monthly. They refer to SEO, not the separate PPC offering. PPC means paid advertising; do not assume an SEO subscription includes money spent on ads. Official pricing
| Plan | Monthly price | Focus keywords | Blog articles per week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | $99 | 25 | 1 |
| Plus | $198 | 50 | 2 |
| Enterprise | $349 | 100 | 4 |
A focus keyword is a search phrase the work targets. More phrases are not automatically better: an owner selling one specialist service might prefer a small, relevant set over a broad collection that attracts the wrong visitors.
Use the table to open a discussion about scope. Ask which existing pages need attention, what new content would add, and how approval works. Avoid treating the article allowance as a publishing target you must fill regardless of quality.
Monthly and annual billing are different decisions
The pricing page also offers a yearly option labelled 20% off. That headline does not by itself tell you the exact checkout charge, taxes, renewal terms or treatment of an early cancellation. The page says a cancelled plan runs until its period ends. Confirm the selected billing period and applicable terms before paying. Billing options
For an unfamiliar provider, the flexibility to assess communication may matter more than a discount. Once you know the work suits your business and can commit the budget, compare the annual offer using its actual total payable. A monthly-equivalent display and a monthly payment are not the same thing.
Put the whole workload into your budget
As a simple planning example, three months at the displayed monthly rate would be $297 for Standard, $594 for Plus or $1,047 for Enterprise, for one website. These are arithmetic examples before any applicable tax or other costs, not quotes or promised review periods.
Also reserve time for your side of the work. Someone needs to explain what you sell, check drafts, answer questions and provide the correct destination for inquiries. If that person is already overloaded, doubling the number of drafts may make the process harder rather than more productive.
- Define: pick the service or product you want people to find.
- Scope: list the websites, markets and pages involved.
- Cost: record the subscription and your review time.
- Decide: compare the proposed work with your capacity.
A two-site business should not silently budget for a single subscription. Equally, a bilingual site should ask how the provider treats its language sections rather than assuming they count as either one website or two.
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Which plan should make your shortlist?
Our suggested approach: discuss Standard when you have a focused offer and a limited review schedule. Consider Plus when you can identify additional useful topics and have someone available to review them. Discuss Enterprise when the work spans a larger set of commercial priorities and you can explain that scope clearly.
These are editorial starting points, not guarantees about which plan a provider will recommend. Ask for an outline of the first deliverables. If the answer is mostly a count of articles, bring the discussion back to the business problem.
For Japanese content, Ranked lists Japanese support but describes non-English work as beta. Allow time to review natural phrasing and local search intent. Language documentation
Before you subscribe, settle five questions
- Which website and language are covered by this price?
- What work will be delivered, and who approves publication?
- What amount is payable now, and when does it renew?
- What happens to access and unfinished work if you cancel?
- Which business outcome will you monitor alongside visibility?
Do not use one new inquiry to declare success or one quiet week to declare failure. Agree what evidence you will review and when. If the real bottleneck is responding to people already contacting you, our ConversionIQ pilot guide addresses that different problem.
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