The Citation Gap Diagnostic is $1,500 and returns in 5 business days: you find out which engines can reach your pages, which ones cite you today, and what is stopping the rest. The person who runs the audit is the person who does the fix, at a fixed price you approve before anything starts, so nothing gets sold that the audit did not find.
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Agencies and consultants: I build under your brand.
| This engagement | AI agency | Generic freelancer | Hiring in-house | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who does the work | The person you talked to | A junior, after the pitch | One person, variable | A hire you must find first |
| Time to first working artifact | 1 to 2 weeks | 4 to 8 weeks | 1 to 3 weeks | 3 to 6 months |
| Typical cost | $1,500 to $9,000 | $25,000+ | $50 to $150 per hour | $150,000+ per year |
| Pricing model | Fixed scope, fixed quote | Retainer plus change orders | Hourly, open-ended | Salary plus overhead |
| Evidence you get | Tests, audits, logs, runbook | A slide deck | Varies | Internal only |
| What happens at handoff | You own the code and the docs | Often locked to their stack | Usually yours | Yours, plus the headcount |
It depends on the tools it connects to and whether a person reviews its output, so every agent is quoted from a written scope after a scoping call. A single-purpose agent usually ships in 2 to 4 weeks. The quote is fixed, so the number you approve is the number you pay.
An agency pitches with a principal and delivers with a junior. Here the person who scopes the work writes the code, at a fixed price. I am one person, so I do not take work that needs a large team or 24/7 on-call.
Agencies and consultants: I build under your brand.
Describe the problem, the current stack, and the deadline if there is one.
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