Pricing
What GrowLevel costs, in plain words
Two plans: Essentials at $750 a month and Standard at $997 a month. On the Partnership plan you pay no setup fee and $0 a month until your business is in Google's top 3 on the map in 5 of the 25 squares around it, confirmed on two scans. Your free audit comes first, and it's yours either way.
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Start with a free audit: it shows where you rank today and who's ahead of you.
Local Visibility Score
Fair
How easily nearby customers find and choose you on Google.
Your map
0 of 25 squares in the top 3
AI search
- ChatGPT: mentioned
- Google AI Overviews: gave no answer
- Google AI Mode: not mentioned
- Perplexity: mentioned
- Gemini: mentioned
Named by 3 of 4 AI assistants
The plans
Same work, two sizes. The difference is how many pages, search phrases and new pieces of content you get.
Essentials
$750 a month
$0 until you're in the top 3
- Up to 10 website pages
- 1 main search phrase plus 2 more
- 1 new piece of content a month
- Directory listings worked on every other month
Standard
Our top plan$997 a month
$0 until you're in the top 3
- Up to 25 website pages
- 3 tracked search phrases
- 2 new pieces of content a month
- Directory listings worked on every month
Both plans include
- A new website, live in 14 days
- Your Google profile fully managed
- AI search optimization
- Your map scanned every week
- A plain-English update every week
- Competitor alerts
Two ways to pay
The Partnership plan is the Top-3 Promise. The Flexible plan is for owners who want no term. The work is the same.
| Partnership | Flexible | |
|---|---|---|
| Setup fee | None | One month's fee: $750 or $997 |
| When the monthly fee starts | When your map shows you in the top 3 in 5 of 25 squares, on two scans at least 48 hours apart | At signup |
| Contract | Six paid months, starting only once you reach the top 3. Then month to month | None. Stop with 30 days' notice |
| If the target isn't met by day 120 | You can leave and owe nothing, or reset the phrase or radius together | Not part of this plan |
| Who it's for | Most owners, where the area qualifies. We check that on a short call | Owners who want no term at all |
The Top-3 Promise terms
The same definitions are written into your agreement. The full detail, with a worked example, is on How we measure, and the promise itself on the Top-3 Promise.
- What's measured
- One agreed search phrase on a 5 by 5 grid centered on your business, Google Maps results 20 deep, scanned weekly.
- The target
- 5 of the 25 squares in the top 3. If you start with 3 or more, the target is that number plus 5.
- Confirmation
- A second scan at least 48 hours after the first one that meets the target. If it agrees, billing starts.
- If you slip back
- After billing starts, if you fall below the target for 4 weekly scans in a row, billing pauses until you're back.
- Leaving early
- If you cancel before your sixth paid month, the setup fee we waived becomes due, unless day 120 passed without the target being met.
- The website
- Yours to keep after six paid months: the content, the images and a full export. Your domain was always yours.
What the other options cost
The two things owners usually weigh us against. Their prices are published ones; read the comparisons for the detail.
| Option | Price | Who does the work |
|---|---|---|
| BrightLocal software | $41 to $65 a month per location | You do |
| BrightLocal managed local SEO | $499 or $1,299 a month per location | BrightLocal, from your first month |
| A local SEO agency | $500 to $3,000 a month, about $1,557 on average | The agency, from your first month |
| GrowLevel | $750 or $997 a month, $0 until you're in the top 3 on the Partnership plan | We do, and you pay once the map shows it |
Questions about price
Why is it $0 a month until I'm in the top 3?
Because it's the result you're paying for. On the Partnership plan the monthly fee starts only when the map shows you in the top 3 in 5 of the 25 squares around your business, confirmed on two scans at least 48 hours apart. Your card is on file and nothing is charged until then.
Is there a setup fee?
Not on the Partnership plan, as long as you stay through your six paid months. The Flexible plan has a one-time setup fee of one month's fee, $750 or $997.
Is the website extra?
No. A new website is included in every plan, live in 14 days, and there is no separate charge to build it. We host and manage it for you, and your domain stays yours.
What if you never get me into the top 3?
If the target isn't met by day 120, you can leave and owe nothing, or we reset the phrase or radius together. You never paid a monthly fee in that time.
What's the difference between Essentials and Standard?
Essentials ($750 a month) covers up to 10 website pages, 1 main search phrase plus 2 more, 1 new piece of content a month, directory listings worked on every other month. Standard ($997 a month) covers up to 25 website pages, 3 tracked search phrases, 2 new pieces of content a month, directory listings worked on every month. Both include the website, your Google profile, AI search and the weekly map.
Do you guarantee a ranking?
No. No one can honestly guarantee a Google ranking, and Google says so. The Top-3 Promise is about billing: on the Partnership plan you don't pay a monthly fee until the map shows you in the top 3.
Can I cancel?
The Flexible plan stops with 30 days' notice. The Partnership plan asks for six paid months, and those months only begin once you've reached the top 3. After that it's month to month.
Do you work with my competitors?
No. We take one business per trade in each area, so we never work for the business down the street in the same trade at the same time.
Compare
- CompareGrowLevel vs BrightLocal: done-for-you local SEO or do-it-yourself softwareBrightLocal is software for doing local SEO yourself: rank tracking, listings and reviews, from $41 to $65 a month per location. It also sells a managed service from $499 a month. GrowLevel is done for you: a new website, your Google profile run for you and your map scanned every week, at $750 or $997 a month, and on the Partnership plan you pay $0 a month until you're in the top 3.
- CompareGrowLevel vs hiring a local SEO agencyLocal SEO agencies usually charge $500 to $3,000 a month, and providers serving local markets averaged about $1,557 a month in Ahrefs' survey. You pay from the first month, whatever happens to your rankings. GrowLevel is $750 or $997 a month, with a new website included, and on the Partnership plan you pay $0 a month until your map shows you in Google's top 3.
- GuideHow much does local SEO cost?Pricing models compared, with sources.
See where you stand before you pay anything.
Your free audit runs the same 25-point grid the Top-3 Promise uses. Start with your business name.
- Your rank from 25 points on Google Maps
- Your profile and reviews against the top 3
- Whether ChatGPT and Google's AI name you
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