Real packages. Real numbers. Published.

FAQ

Why do you publish your prices?

Because hiding them serves agencies, not clients. Published pricing filters out bad fits early, respects your time, and forces us to justify the number with the work. If an agency makes you book a call to learn a price, ask what else they're hiding.

What does $500/month SEO actually buy?

Do the math: legitimate link placements run real money, competent writing costs real money per page, and audits take real hours. At $500/month, something in that equation is fake. Usually the links, the writing, or both. Cheap SEO isn't a bargain; it's a liability you pay to acquire.

Is there a minimum commitment?

For Forge and Foundry, a 6-month initial commitment. Search compounds on a months-3-to-6 curve; shorter engagements set both sides up to quit right before the results arrive. After that, month to month. Paid media works differently: added to either package it runs month to month, so you can switch it off without touching the package. Bought on its own it asks for the same 6 months, for a different reason than search does: an ad account needs enough spend and enough conversion data behind it before the numbers are worth judging.

What if I can't afford an agency yet?

Then don't hire one. Including us. Our articles teach the entire method free, the free AI Visibility Audit will show you where you stand, and Narsil SEO runs the whole audit engine for $12/month when you want more than one-off checks. Come back for the agency when the budget's there.

Is there a free trial of Narsil SEO?

No. Creating an account is free, but every feature needs a paid plan. Starter is $12/month with monthly billing, and you cancel yourself from the billing portal. That's the trial.

What separates Starter from Pro?

Limits and tools, never audit quality. Both plans run the same 29 audit checks on the same dashboard. Pro adds more sites (3 vs 2), more frequent audits (twice a month vs monthly), deeper crawls (2,000 pages vs 250), more re-checks, unlimited page-level history, and all twenty-three tools.

Wasn't Pro $139?

It was, until September 2026. We cut the price to $99 and moved every existing subscriber down with it. Nobody pays more than the listed price.

Software or agency: which one?

Pick by who does the work. If you have the hours, Narsil SEO tells you what to fix and writes the fix for $12 or $99 a month. If you want it done for you, the agency runs the whole method from $1,500/month. Start wherever the budget is; the method is the same.