Korvex vs hiring an agency.
The honest truth about what you get for £3,000–£5,000 a month — and whether £299 can do it better.
| Feature | Typical Agency | Korvex |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | £3,000–£5,000 | From £299 |
| Annual cost | £36,000–£60,000 | £3,588 |
| Contract length | 6–12 months minimum | Cancel anytime |
| Onboarding time | 2–4 weeks | 5 minutes |
| Report frequency | Monthly PDF | Real-time dashboard + daily emails |
| Report clarity | Jargon-heavy, hard to action | Plain English, always actionable |
| Keywords tracked | 50–100 (limited by plan) | Unlimited |
| Revenue attribution | Rarely provided | Always included |
| Speed of content changes | 2–4 weeks after approval | Seconds — deployed to your CMS |
| Transparency | Limited — you see what they share | Full dashboard access to everything |
| Availability | Business hours, account manager | 24/7 automated monitoring |
| Competitor monitoring | Quarterly reviews | Daily automated tracking |
| Technical SEO audit | Annual or on request | Continuous — 74 checks every day |
| Alert system | None — you find out at the monthly call | Real-time alerts |
| Link building | Relationship-based outreach | Not included |
The agency experience.
Month one: onboarding calls, strategy documents, a technical audit that takes three weeks. You fill in questionnaires. You give access to everything. You wait.
Month two: your first report arrives. Forty pages of charts you don’t understand. Jargon like “domain authority”, “crawl budget”, and “topical relevance”. You nod along on the call. You’re not sure what they actually did.
Month three: you ask about ROI. They talk about “impressions” and “visibility”. You wanted to know if it’s making you money. They promise results take 6–12 months.
Month six: rankings have moved a bit. Content changes you requested in month four are still “in the queue”. You’re paying £4,000 a month and you still can’t answer the question: “Is this worth it?”
Sound familiar?
The Korvex experience.
Day one: connect your accounts. Five minutes. Korvex starts analysing your site, your competitors, and your content immediately.
Day two: your first daily report arrives. Plain English. No jargon. “Your homepage is missing 4 key topics your competitors cover. Click here to fix it.” You click. The changes deploy to your website in seconds.
Week one: you already know which pages make you money, which competitors are gaining on you, and exactly what to do about it. Every recommendation has a one-click action.
Month one: real ranking improvements. Real revenue data. You open the dashboard, see a number in pounds, and know exactly what organic search is worth to your business. No call needed. No jargon. No guessing.
That’s the difference between monitoring and managing.
The real cost comparison.
Simple maths. No hidden fees on either side.
Typical SEO Agency
£48,000
/year average
Korvex Growth
£3,588
/year
What agencies do better.
We’re not right for everyone. Honesty is part of the product.
- Complex link building campaigns that require relationship management and outreach
- PR placements and brand mentions in major publications
- Custom enterprise strategy with multiple stakeholders and approval chains
- Creative campaign ideation and brand storytelling
- In-person workshops and team training sessions
What about using both?
Some of our best results come from customers who pair Korvex with a specialist agency.
- Use Korvex for daily monitoring, content optimization, and automated technical checks
- Use a specialist agency for link building and digital PR only
- Get the best of automation and human creativity at a lower combined cost
- Keep full visibility through Korvex while the agency focuses on what humans do best
By handling the monitoring, reporting, and content optimization, Korvex lets you negotiate a lower agency retainer focused purely on link building and PR — typically £1,000–£1,500/month instead of £3,000–£5,000.
“We were paying our agency £4,200 a month. Korvex gives us better data, faster results, and we actually understand what’s happening with our website now.”
James Whitfield
Managing Director, Greenfield Manufacturing
“We use Korvex for everything except link building. We kept a small agency just for outreach and cut our total SEO spend by 60%. Rankings are actually better.”
Rachel Edmonds
Marketing Director, Atlas Property Group
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