Know what it costs before you book a call

The prices are on the page, and you work directly with the founder who does the work. No account managers. Founder-led, serving the Twin Cities and Minnesota.

Last updated: October 2026

Most studios make you sit through a sales call before they'll name a number, then hand you off to an account manager once you sign. We do the opposite. Prices are published right here, and you work directly with the founder on every project. Know the cost up front, talk to the person doing the work, and see your traffic in your own GA4.

One-time website builds

Launch

$1,249

one-time · starting at

A fast, modern site that gets you online and findable, built mobile-first with SEO baked in from day one.

New businesses and solo owners getting their first real site.

  • Up to 5 custom-designed pages
  • Mobile-responsive across phone, tablet, and desktop
  • Prerendered static build, fast and readable by Google and AI crawlers
  • On-page SEO and LocalBusiness structured data (JSON-LD)
  • Contact form plus GA4 analytics
  • One revision round
  • Typical 2-week launch

Not included: Ongoing SEO, content, or custom integrations. Those are the monthly plans, the add-ons, and the Custom tier.

Growth

$2,499

one-time · starting at

A larger, conversion-focused build with local SEO and the technical groundwork to actually rank.

Established businesses ready to rank locally and convert more visitors.

  • Everything in Launch, plus:
  • Up to 12 pages
  • Full copywriting pass across the site
  • Local SEO setup: Google Business Profile guidance, service pages, and location pages with real local proof
  • Full schema graph plus FAQ markup
  • Blog setup, ready for ongoing content
  • Two revision rounds

Not included: Custom app features, integrations, or e-commerce. Those are the Custom tier.

Custom

$3,999+

one-time · starting at

A scoped-to-fit build for anything beyond a standard site: custom functionality, integrations, or scale.

Bespoke builds, web apps, and multi-location sites.

  • Everything in Growth, plus:
  • Custom features and integrations: booking, client portal, or light e-commerce
  • Custom design system
  • Priority timeline
  • 30 days of post-launch support

Not included: Ongoing monthly SEO or AI visibility. Those run as the monthly plans below.

Website + AI-Readiness Audit

$99 one-time

Find out exactly where your website stands: is it technically healthy, and can the AI assistants your customers now ask actually reach and read it? You get a prioritized, plain-English report within two business days. If you decide to move forward, the $99 is credited toward your build or engine.

Monthly plans that keep working

Running in the background month to month: classic local SEO or AI answer-engine visibility, while you run your business.

Standard SEO

$250

per month · starting at

Classic local SEO on a monthly cadence: your Google Business Profile, on-page tune-ups, and citations kept consistent, reported in plain English.

Local businesses that want steady Google and map-pack presence.

  • Google Business Profile management and monthly posts
  • On-page SEO tune-ups each month
  • Local citations and NAP consistency
  • Review strategy guidance
  • A monthly plain-English report

Not included: AI answer-engine tracking. That lives in the AI Visibility plan.

AI Visibility

$500

per month · starting at

Software that checks whether ChatGPT and Claude cite your brand on a regular schedule, plus the work to earn those citations.

Businesses that want to be the answer when customers ask AI.

  • Monitoring of AI answers in ChatGPT and Claude on a regular schedule
  • GEO/AEO content built to earn citations and answer-box placement
  • Structured data and technical fixes that make your site quotable to AI
  • A monthly read-out on where you're showing up, and where you're not yet

Standard SEO vs AI Visibility

Both plans improve how customers find you. They cover different surfaces, and they stack.

Standard SEO
AI Visibility
Where you show up
Google Search and the local map pack
AI answers in ChatGPT and Claude
Core work
Google Business Profile, on-page tune-ups, citations, and reviews
GEO content and machine-readable pages built to earn citations
Tracking
A monthly plain-English report
Regular checks of ChatGPT and Claude answers, with a monthly read-out
Starts at
$250 per month
$500 per month

They stack. Run both to cover classic search and AI answers at once.

Bolt on what you need

Local & Technical SEO

Google Business Profile, local map-pack, JSON-LD, and Core Web Vitals, as a one-time project or an ongoing bolt-on.

Analytics & Automation

GA4, conversion tracking, and custom dashboards wired to the numbers that actually matter to your business.

SEO Blog Automation

Long-form SEO articles drafted with AI and published to your site.

Every price here is a starting point, not a final bill. Before any work begins, we scope your project together and send a fixed quote in writing, so you approve the number before we start and there are no surprises later.

Pricing FAQ

Why publish prices when most studios don't?
Because hiding the number wastes everyone's time. Published pricing lets you decide whether we're a fit before a single call, and it keeps us honest about the value behind every tier.
Who actually does the work?
The founder. Ellment is founder-led, so you work directly with the person building and running your project. No account managers, no handoffs after you sign.
Are the prices shown here final?
They're starting points. Every project is scoped and fixed-quoted in writing before work begins, so you always approve the cost up front.
How do you measure whether it's working?
Every build ships with GA4, so you see your traffic and conversions in your own account. The monthly plans add a plain-English monthly report, and the AI Visibility plan adds regular checks of whether ChatGPT and Claude cite you.

Tell us what you need

A website, a monthly plan, or both: we reply within one business day, and you get a scoped, fixed-price quote in writing before any work begins. No cost, no obligation.