For small business owners

Small business SEO without the agency bill

You don't need a $1,000-a-month agency to rank higher. Analyze your site, get a clear list of exactly what to fix and write, and do it on your own schedule — from $29/month.

Analyze my site free

Free for your first site · no credit card · cancel anytime

For most small businesses, SEO feels like a choice between two bad options: ignore it, or hand $500–2,000 a month to an agency on a long contract and hope the reports mean something. But the truth is that the bulk of SEO for a small site isn't mysterious — it's a finite list of fixable things (titles, technical issues, speed, a few missing pages) plus consistent content. The hard part was never the work; it was knowing what to do and in what order.

SerpCue gives a small business owner exactly that: point it at your site and it runs the same audits an agency would, connects to your own Google data to find the rankings you're closest to winning, and hands you a short, prioritized to-do list in plain language. When a step is "write this page," the built-in AI writer drafts it for you to approve. You do a little each week, on your own schedule, and keep the money — and the control — that a retainer would take.

Your SEO, without hiring anyone

Add your business site

Enter your domain and SerpCue analyzes it the way Google sees it — no plugin, no developer needed.

See exactly what to fix

On-page issues, technical problems, speed and the keywords you're closest to ranking — each explained simply.

Do a little each week

Work the prioritized list at your own pace, and let the AI writer handle the content you're missing.

What you get instead of a retainer

A clear action list

Not a report — a prioritized list of what to fix first, in plain language you can act on.

Real rankings

Positions, clicks and impressions from your Google Search Console — see where you actually stand.

Quick wins

The keywords one small push from page one, so your effort goes where it pays off.

Full site audit

On-page, technical and speed — the checks an agency would bill you for, in minutes.

AI content writer

Full articles with SEO meta and internal links, saved as WordPress drafts you approve.

Client-ready reports

Prefer to show someone? Export a clean PDF of where your site stands and what's next.

The math most owners never do

An SEO agency

$500–2,000 every month, 6–12 month contracts, and results you can't easily verify.

SerpCue

The same audits and a plain-language plan, plus an AI writer, from $29/month — free to start, cancel anytime.

Simple pricing

No card to start. No contract. Cancel anytime.

Free

To try it out and see where you stand.

$0 forever

Start free

1 site
On-page & technical audit
Content gap (1 competitor)
Positions from Search Console
3 AI articles per month

Everything a small business needs, without a retainer

The audit, minus the invoice

SerpCue crawls your site and checks what decides rankings — titles, meta descriptions, headings, alt text, thin content, structured data, internal links — and grades each Critical, Warning or Passed. A technical sweep adds broken links, redirect chains, orphan pages, duplicate titles and mixed content. This is most of what a paid audit contains, done in minutes, and written for an owner rather than a specialist.

Know where you actually rank

Connect Google Search Console (free, read-only) and SerpCue shows your real positions, clicks and impressions — no third-party estimates. More importantly, it surfaces the quick wins: the keywords at the top of page two where a small push wins page one. For a small business with limited time, that focus is everything — your effort goes to the handful of changes most likely to bring customers.

Content without hiring a writer

Consistent content is where small businesses fall behind, because it's slow. SerpCue's AI writer turns a missing topic into a complete draft — SEO title, meta, internal links and images — saved to your WordPress for review. You approve and publish; nothing goes live without you. You can even schedule new drafts weekly so your blog keeps moving while you run the business.

Local and small-site friendly

You don't need a big site or a technical team. SerpCue works on any platform, explains everything in plain language, and prioritizes ruthlessly so a busy owner sees the three things that matter this week rather than three hundred rows. Add competitors and it will even show the topics they cover that you don't — your content backlog, ranked.

The cost comparison, honestly

A single month of a modest agency retainer often costs more than a full year of SerpCue. That doesn't mean agencies are worthless — for large or complex sites they earn their fee. But for a typical small business that mainly needs audits, a clear plan and steady content, paying a retainer for that is overkill. SerpCue does that job from $29/month, and if you ever do hire help, you'll know exactly what to expect.

Start free, on your own site

Create a free account, add your domain, and the first analysis starts on its own — no card, no installation, nothing that can break your site. Connect Search Console for the ranking side, and within minutes you have a prioritized plan for your business's SEO. The free plan covers one full site forever, so you can see exactly what SerpCue would tell you to do before you ever pay a cent.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to know SEO?

No. SerpCue is built for business owners, not specialists — every finding is explained in plain language with a clear next step.

Can I really do this myself?

Yes. Most of what agencies do for small sites is audits, reports and content. SerpCue gives you the audit and the plan, and writes the content for you to approve.

How much does it cost?

Free for your first site, then from $29/month billed yearly — a fraction of a monthly agency retainer, and you can cancel anytime.

Is it a plugin?

No — nothing to install, no impact on your site's speed. It reads your live site and Google data from the outside, so it works with any platform.

What if I don't have time?

You work the list at your own pace, a little each week, and the AI writer handles the slowest part — creating content. You can also schedule drafts automatically.

Do I need Google Search Console?

Not to start — the audit runs without it. Connecting it (free, read-only) adds your real rankings and the quick wins you're closest to.

What if I still want an agency later?

Then you'll be a smarter client — you'll know what good work looks like and can use SerpCue to check that you're getting it.