Your competitors have a ten-year head start in search. Do not race them on their track.
Rankure's startup SEO runs at $599, $1,094 or $2,196 a month: a clean technical base from the first build, pages for the specific problems your buyers search, "alternative to" and comparison pages for the moment they are switching, and links earned through launches, partners and press. Month-to-month, no setup fee, no minimum term.
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Where a new site can win
Not the head term. The edges.
- "project management software"IncumbentsYears of links. Skip it.
- "[incumbent] alternative"WinnableBuyers who are switching.
- "how to [specific problem]"WinnableBuyers who have the pain.
Rankure startup SEOFrom $599
Audit my siteNo setup fee. No minimum term.
- $599 to $2,196 a monthNo setup fee
- No minimum term30 days written notice
- Narrow before broadSearches a new site can win
- You approve everythingNothing published without sign-off
Where early-stage teams usually are
- 1
The blog has twenty posts and no signups
Each one targets a term the category leader has owned since 2016.
- 2
Organic is "something we will do after the raise"
Meanwhile the site launched with no redirects, no schema and a noindex tag nobody removed.
- 3
Buyers compare you to the incumbent and you are not in the comparison
They search "[incumbent] alternative" and read someone else's list.
- 4
Paid acquisition works, until the budget does not
And there is nothing compounding underneath it.
Why startups lose a year to the wrong keywords
The usual playbook is to pick the biggest term in the category and write towards it. For a new domain that is a race against companies with a decade of links and thousands of pages. A year later the content exists, the rankings do not, and SEO gets written off as something that does not work for startups.
What works is narrower. Searches that describe a specific problem your product solves. Searches from people already unhappy with the incumbent. Use-case pages that show the product doing one job well. These are smaller, but they convert, and incumbents tend to answer them badly. Pair that with a technical base set up in the first build, and with links earned the way startups actually earn them, through launches, partners and press, and SEO starts compounding beside your paid channels.
Six months in, done right
A buyer who types the exact problem you solve finds your page. A buyer weighing the market leader finds your comparison, written honestly enough to be trusted. Your use-case pages bring in people who sign up because the page showed the job they need done. The site is fast, crawlable and properly marked up. And each month you see signups, demo requests and rankings for the searches that matter, so organic earns its place in the budget conversation.
We have no published startup case yet. The free audit sets your baseline, and every report after it is measured against that.
Pre-launch, seed or funded
The same three monthly levels as our local SEO, with the hours pointed at your site instead of a map listing. The statement of work lists every deliverable before you start.
| Level | Monthly | Usually fits | Where the work goes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $599 | A pre-launch B2B tool | Technical base, a few problem-led pages, a launch link plan |
| Growth | $1,094 | A seed-stage SaaS with traffic and few signups | Comparison and use-case pages, internal links, outreach |
| Authority | $2,196 | A funded startup in a crowded category | Long-form guides, authority links and AI search work |
Example stages, not client case studies.
What founders push on
- Should we do SEO instead of ads?Alongside. SEO is slower than paid acquisition. If you need signups this month, ads are the better tool.
- Can you rank us for the big category term?Not quickly, and nobody honest will promise it. Narrow searches first, broad ones as authority builds.
- When should we start?Technical basics belong in the first build. Content and links pay off once you know which buyer problems to write about.
- What if we pivot?Cancel with 30 days written notice. There is no minimum term, and paid-for content stays yours.
- Can you guarantee a position?No. Google controls rankings. We name the narrow searches that look winnable and report against them every month.
Find the searches a new site can win
No cost. The list of winnable searches arrives in writing within one business day.
- Problem, comparison and use-case searches within reach
- Technical gaps from the build
- The level that fits your stage, and the first pages to publish
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Which searches can you actually win this year?
Send your site. Within one business day Joe names the searches within reach, the technical gaps, and the level that fits your stage.
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From first build to first signups
- Day 1
Free audit
Winnable searches, technical gaps, the right level.
- Month 1
Technical base
Crawl, speed, schema and analytics set up properly.
- Months 2 and 3
Problem and comparison pages
The searches closest to a signup first.
- Monthly
Signup report
Signups, demos and rankings, against day one.
Prices and facts verified · Reviewed by the Rankure team · Next review November 2026