Ziwi's local SEO is a flat $297, $597 or $997 a month per location, month to month with no contract. Essentials covers the profile, citations, on-page work, AI search optimization and two pages or posts a month, $597 steps that up to two a week and adds link outreach, and $997 is built for competitive markets. See local SEO.
Per location, month to month
vsTypical retainerFrom $575 at WebFX, $1,299 per location at BrightLocal
Google Business Profile managed and posted, citations, on-page fixes, AI search optimization and a monthly report.
See how we compareZiwi's local SEO is a flat monthly fee of $297, $597 or $997 per location, month to month with no contract, and rank tracking, AI search optimization and schema markup are included on every plan. About 320 people a month search "local seo pricing", plus 590 on "how much does seo cost", 480 on "local seo packages", 170 each on "seo cost per month" and "monthly seo cost", 140 on "local seo cost" and 90 on "local seo services pricing" (our September 2026 pull). When we checked those results on 3 September 2026, page one for "local seo pricing" was agency explainers and a Reddit thread, and most of them answer with a range rather than a price. Here are the three prices, what changes between them, and what the timeline honestly looks like.
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We checked 194 Florida agency websites: 89% publish no price
Ziwi's local SEO costs a flat $297, $597 or $997 a month per location, month to month with no contract. Published market figures, which are other providers' prices and not Ziwi's, put local SEO retainers at roughly $500 to $3,000 a month, with fixed managed services sitting near the top of that.
The table names each source so you can open it and check the number yourself.
| Source | What is published | Price |
|---|---|---|
| WebFX, Local SEO Pricing (2026 guide, checked September 2026) | Typical monthly retainer range | $501 to $3,000 a month |
| WebFX, Local SEO Pricing (2026 guide, checked September 2026) | One-time projects: audits, profile work, location pages | $500 to $5,000 |
| WebFX, Local SEO Pricing (2026 guide, checked September 2026) | Hourly consulting | $75 to $200 and up an hour |
| WebFX, its own local SEO service (2026 guide, checked September 2026) | Managed local SEO | Starting at $575 a month |
| BrightLocal, Local SEO Services page (checked September 2026) | Managed local SEO, fixed price, no setup fee | $1,299 a month per location |
| Ziwi, published | Local SEO Essentials, Local SEO, Local SEO Plus | $297, $597, $997 a month per location |
Two structural notes before you compare. First, most local SEO is priced per location because the work is per location, so a three-site business is buying three of something, not one bigger something. Second, an hourly rate tells you nothing about outcomes, which is why Ziwi does not sell local SEO by the hour.
The foundation is identical at $297, $597 and $997: audit, Google Business Profile, citations, on-page fixes with schema markup, AI search optimization, review asks, rank tracking and a monthly report. What changes as you go up is content volume and link work, which are the two levers that decide how fast you move in a competitive market.
| What you get | Most start hereLocal SEO Essentials$297/mo per location | Local SEO$597/mo per location | Local SEO Plus$997/mo per location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technical and local audit in week one | Included | Included | Included |
| Google Business Profile posted weekly | Included | Included | Included |
| Citations built and kept consistent | Included | Included | Included |
| On-page fixes with schema markup | Included | Included | Included |
| AI search optimization | Included | Included | Included |
| Review asks | Included | Included | Included |
| Call tracking | Included | Included | Included |
| Rank tracking | Included | Included | Included |
| Monthly report | Included | Included | Included |
| New pages or posts | 2 a month | 2 a week | 2 a week |
| Service-line pages | Not included | Included | Included |
| Local link outreach | Not included | Included | Included |
| Link and digital-PR program | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Built for competitive markets | Not included | Not included | Included |
Per month, per location
$297/mo per location
$597/mo per location
Everything in Essentials, plus
$997/mo per location
Everything in Local SEO, plus
Every rung includes the full technical and local audit in week one, not as a separate $500 to $5,000 project.
Rank tracking is included too, so search shows up in your monthly report rather than in a rankings screenshot.
The full inclusion list sits on SEO and local search, and the plain-English explainer is what local SEO actually is.
Yes, on every rung, at no extra charge. Buyers now ask Google's AI answers and assistants like ChatGPT who to hire, and those tools draw on the same things local SEO builds: a complete Google Business Profile, consistent listings, reviews, schema markup and pages that answer the question in the first lines. We build each of those so your business can be cited.
Nobody can guarantee that an AI answer will name you, including us, because the AI decides. Your portal shows which of your tracked searches have a Google AI answer and whether it cites your site.
Profile and map improvements often move within weeks, but real movement on the searches that make money usually takes 3 to 6 months, and it compounds after that. Nobody can guarantee a ranking or a timeline, including us, because Google decides and your competitors get a vote. What we can commit to is that the foundation goes in during month one and you see every step of it in the report.
| When | What is happening | What you can reasonably watch |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | Audit, Google Business Profile rebuilt, tracking wired to organic, service pages drafted, citations cleaned up | Profile views and calls from the profile, plus the fixes themselves |
| Months 2 to 3 | Content publishing, review velocity, listings settling, on-page work compounding | Map pack impressions, calls from search, early keyword movement |
| Months 3 to 6 | Service and town pages maturing, links landing, reviews accumulating | Movement on the searches that actually produce calls |
| Month 6 and after | The asset compounds: pages, reviews and profile keep producing | A blended cost per booked call that falls over time |
That timeline is why we do not ask for an annual contract. A twelve-month agreement is usually there to protect the agency during the slow part, and month to month means we have to keep earning the next month instead. While rankings build, paid search covers the demand you are not winning yet, which is what Google Ads and Local Services Ads are for.
What do you need first?
Pick one and see every line priced before you sign. No form.
People searching nearby find you first.
Essentials covers your Google Business Profile, business listings and fixes to your own pages.
Per location, Local SEO Essentials.
Month to month, per location.
30 minutes on Google Meet. You own the site, the domain and the accounts.
A site that turns a visit into a call.
Designed and written for your business, and yours to keep.
With a 12-month plan.
30 minutes on Google Meet. You own the site, the domain and the accounts.
Your ads show up when people search for what you do.
Google, Facebook and Instagram ads, with the fee set by what you spend.
Management fee, by monthly ad spend.
Ad spend is paid to Google or Meta directly.
30 minutes on Google Meet. You own the site, the domain and the accounts.
Everyone you invite gets the same review request.
Review asks, replies, monitoring and profile cleanup, handled for you.
Per location.
Month to month, per location.
30 minutes on Google Meet. You own the site, the domain and the accounts.
Because almost every part of the work is per location: one Google Business Profile, one set of citations, one review stream, one set of service-area pages. A second location does not share the first one's place in the top 3 map results, so it needs its own profile, its own listings and its own local content.
Set up and manage your Google Business Profile
Ten pages: claim and verify, pick the category that ranks, the description template, the photo shot list, the FTC-safe review ask and a printable monthly checklist.
Read the guideZiwi charges a flat $297, $597 or $997 a month per location for local SEO, month to month with no contract. Among published prices, Ziwi Essentials at $297 is under the $501 floor of WebFX's 2026 retainer range and under WebFX's own $575 starting price, and Local SEO Plus at $997 is under BrightLocal's published fixed price of $1,299 a month per location for managed local SEO, checked September 2026. For every WebFX starting price side by side, see what WebFX publishes for pricing.
| Line item | Market, as published | Ziwi, published |
|---|---|---|
| Entry-level monthly retainer | $501 low end of range, $575 at WebFX (2026 guide, checked September 2026) | $297 Local SEO Essentials |
| Managed local SEO, fixed monthly price | $1,299 per location (BrightLocal, checked September 2026) | $997 Local SEO Plus |
| Technical and local audit | $500 to $5,000 as a one-time project (WebFX, 2026 guide, checked September 2026) | Included in week one of every plan |
| Consulting by the hour | $75 to $200 and up an hour (WebFX, 2026 guide, checked September 2026) | Not sold hourly |
| Contract | Varies by provider | Month to month, and you own the site, profile and data |
Those market figures are quoted as of September 2026 from pages you can open. They change, so check the date stamp before you put one in a budget.
And a cheaper retainer is not automatically better value: what matters is what is inside it, per location, per month.
Start at $297 if your profile and listings have never been properly done, because that is where the fastest wins usually are. Move up when content volume, not foundation work, is the thing holding you back.
Reviews are the other half of local ranking and are priced separately at $197 a month per location on reviews and reputation. Every published rate sits on the pricing page, and the terms behind the month-to-month model are on no-contract marketing. To see the full scope of the work at each rung, read SEO and local search.