{
  "name": "UK AI SEO Agency Pricing Index",
  "url": "https://seocompare.co.uk/data/uk-ai-seo-pricing-index/",
  "publisher": "SEOCompare (seocompare.co.uk)",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
  "source": "SEOCompare verified UK agency database (src/data/agencies.json), figures verified against published agency pricing and contract terms",
  "database_compiled": "2026-04-26",
  "generated": "2026-06-11",
  "sample_size": 12,
  "method": "Starting monthly retainer (GBP) and minimum contract length (months) recorded per agency from published pricing or direct verification. Medians and ranges computed across the panel; no figures are modelled or invented.",
  "headline": {
    "date": "2026-06-11",
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    }
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    {
      "name": "Found",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Charle",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Rise at Seven",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Impression",
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    },
    {
      "name": "MRS Digital",
      "pricing_band": "SME to mid-market",
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    },
    {
      "name": "ClickSlice",
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    },
    {
      "name": "SEO Works",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Screaming Frog",
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    },
    {
      "name": "CarrieAnn Sudlow",
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      "starting_price_gbp_month": 1500,
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    },
    {
      "name": "Angelfish Marketing",
      "pricing_band": "SME to mid-market",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Targeted SEO",
      "pricing_band": "SME",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Rank4AI",
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