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$0 to $0 for a typical job through Hyrde, which works out at $19–$48 an hour depending on seniority. A small, well-defined piece of work lands near the bottom of that range; a whole build sits at the top.
The price is agreed before anyone starts and only changes if you change the scope. Your first three projects carry no Hyrde fee — you pay the specialist their price and nothing else.
01—Three jobs people buy
Hours at a vetted specialist's rate, as a range — an estimate that pretends to be exact is a lie.
01
A technical audit you can act on
What is blocking the site, ranked by what it costs you, with the fix for each — not a 60-page PDF.
$400–$600
About 15 hours of marketing work at $32/hr for a mid-level specialist.
02
Search fixed on a site you already have
The faults fixed, the pages worth keeping improved, and the ones quietly holding the domain back dealt with.
$900–$1,350
About 35 hours of marketing work at $32/hr for a mid-level specialist.
03
A content plan built on real search demand
What your buyers actually search, what you can realistically rank for, and the briefs to write against.
$1,750–$2,600
About 45 hours of marketing work at $48/hr for a senior-level specialist.
02—By the hour
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Junior
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Mid
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Senior
What a vetted specialist costs here. For what the open market charges by city, see the rate index.
03—What moves the number
04—Before you hire
How much does it cost to hire a SEO Specialist in 2026?
Through Hyrde, $400 to $2,600 for a typical job. A technical audit you can act on costs $400 to $600; a content plan built on real search demand costs $1,750 to $2,600. Hourly, a vetted SEO Specialist works out at $19 to $48 depending on seniority.
Is it cheaper to hire a freelance SEO Specialist or an agency?
A freelancer, usually by a wide margin: an agency prices the same work with account management, overhead and margin on top. What an agency buys you is someone else managing the work. On Hyrde the scoping and the quality check are automated instead, so you get the structure without the markup — and no commission is added to the specialist's price.
What makes a SEO Specialist quote go up?
The size of the site and how old its mistakes are. Whether a developer can ship the fixes. How competitive your market is. Whether content is included or just briefed. Each of those is asked before you get a number, which is why the price does not move later unless you change the scope.
Can I get a fixed price instead of an hourly rate?
Yes, and that is the default. The work is priced per milestone before anyone starts, you approve each milestone, and an AI checks the delivered work against your brief before you pay. Your first three projects carry no Hyrde fee at all.