Choose an audit when an existing site has content but lacks a clear architecture or internal consistency. Choose a build when the topical map, the code, the content and the measurement need to be designed together.
The assessment is free and commits you to nothing; a reply arrives by email within a few working days. Fees are fixed and confirmed before work starts. The final figure depends on the number of URLs and languages; what is and is not included is set out on each service page.
Three things we check before quoting
Which business function of the site has to be measurable?
What data and evidence do you actually hold?
Which URLs should be kept, merged or built?
How the site stands in AI answers — do the pages offer an extractable answer, and which crawlers arrive?
The full flow is on the process page, and you can see the shape of a deliverable in the audit example. What preparing for AI search involves is set out on the page about AI search and SEO.
Before you send a URL
Is this for you?
Building a new site
Problem: pages get written in whatever order they come to mind, so two of your own pages end up asking Google for the same thing and both lose.
Deliverable: the list of pages the site should have, and what each one covers, before the first one is written.
Audit first, build only if the structure cannot be repaired
The site does not exist yet
Build
A rebuild is planned for other reasons anyway
Build
The current structure cannot support the business goal
Build
If the answer is unclear from your side, send the URL. Saying that an audit is enough is a cheaper and more honest answer than quoting a rebuild that is not needed.
Send a URL and the project goal
You will get an assessment of which service makes sense and what to solve first.