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Since 2018 · SaaS SEO & AI search, operator-run

The SaaS SEO Agency that makes Google recommend you

Most SaaS SEO sells traffic reports. We build pipeline. Bottom-of-funnel pages that convert to trials and demos in month one, plus the citation footprint that gets your product named when a buyer asks AI which tool to pick.

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Quick answer

What is a SaaS SEO agency?

A SaaS SEO agency is a specialist search partner for software companies. SEO for SaaS works differently from SEO for anyone else, and B2B SaaS differs again. Rather than optimizing for traffic volume, it builds organic and AI-search visibility that converts into trials, demos, product-qualified leads (PQLs), sales-qualified leads (SQLs) and recurring revenue.

The work covers technical SEO for JavaScript-heavy applications, bottom-of-funnel comparison and alternative pages, product-led content, digital PR, and citation visibility inside ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Grok and Bing. In the US market, engagements typically run $3,000–$5,000/month for starter programs, $5,000–$10,000 for growth, and $10,000–$25,000+ for enterprise.

Authority Magnet is an operator-run SaaS SEO agency working since 2018. We take a limited number of clients, start at $5,000/month, and measure the work in trials, demos and pipeline rather than sessions.

Founded 2018 Focus SaaS & high-ticket B2B Engagements from $5,000/mo Serving US, UK, Canada
The problem

AI is the new search engine. Is your SaaS in the answer?

Software buyers no longer start with ten blue links. They ask ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity or Google's AI Overviews which tool fits, and the model answers from comparison pages, category roundups, review platforms and community threads. Products present in those sources get shortlisted. Everything else is invisible at the exact moment of choice.

See how we fix that
Google Best CRM for a 20-person sales team
Google AI Mode Which analytics tool reads from our warehouse and feeds Looker?
ChatGPT Top alternatives to Zendesk for a five-person support team
Claude Compare the three best onboarding tools for B2B SaaS
Google Applicant tracking system pricing for under 50 employees
ChatGPT Is there a cheaper tool that does what Segment does?
Claude Which help desk will not need an engineer to set up?
Google AI Mode SOC 2 compliant project management tools our security team will approve
The system

Buyers check Google. Then they ask AI.

Two surfaces, one shortlist. We work both from the same foundation, so a single page can earn the ranking and the citation.

Google

Organic results
Rank
  • Comparison, alternative and category pages
  • Programmatic pages for features and integrations
  • Indexation for JS-heavy apps
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2
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Outcome Trials from people already choosing a tool.

Answer engines

ChatGPT · Claude · Perplexity · AI Mode
Cited
  • Placement in the roundups models quote from
  • Your pages structured to be extracted cleanly
  • Monitoring what AI says about you and rivals
YourSaaS
citedg2.comreddit
Outcome You get named when a buyer asks for a recommendation.
Tracked across Google AI Overviews ChatGPT Claude Perplexity Grok Bing
One shared foundation
Bottom-funnel page architecture Technical SEO & indexation Earned links & brand mentions Entity & schema signals
The difference

Why SaaS SEO is not regular SEO

A software buyer researches for weeks, compares five tools, and converts on a trial rather than a purchase. That changes what you build, what you fix, and what you measure.

Traditional SEO compared with SaaS SEO
FactorTraditional SEOSaaS SEO
Primary goalTraffic volumeQualified pipeline and recurring revenue
Conversion eventSale or contact formFree trial, demo, PQL, SQL
Buyer journeyShort, often single-sessionLong, multi-touch, committee-driven
Content that winsBlog posts and service pagesComparison, alternative, integration, use-case and pricing pages
Technical scopeBasic crawl and indexJavaScript rendering, SPAs, app shells, docs, canonical logic, crawl budget
Scale mechanismManual pagesProgrammatic SEO across integrations and use cases
AI searchOptionalCritical: buyers shortlist inside the answer
Authority buildingNice to haveEssential for both rankings and AI citations
Revenue modelOne-off transactionRecurring: MRR and ARR, where churn and LTV decide whether a signup was worth acquiring
Reported metricSessions and rankingsTrials, demos, PQLs, SQLs, CAC payback, ARR influenced
What we do

SaaS SEO services we actually run

Eight SaaS SEO services, run as one system. We don't sell channels in isolation. Most B2B SaaS engagements combine two or three into a single program aimed at trials, demos and pipeline.

SaaS SEO

Bottom of funnel first

Comparison, alternative and category pages in month one, not a six-month warm-up. The searches that happen when someone is already choosing.

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2
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AI Search Optimization

GEO / AEO

Get named by ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Grok and Google's AI surfaces, with the structure and citation signals the models actually read.

ChatGPTcited
Claudecited
Perplexitytracking

Technical SEO

The layer SaaS gets wrong

Crawlability and indexation for JS-heavy apps and programmatic pages, site architecture, and Core Web Vitals.

Indexation fixed128 pages
Render-blocking removedLCP 1.2s
Schema coverage84%

Digital PR & Link Building

Authority that compounds

Earned links and brand mentions from sources that move both Google rankings and AI trust. No PBNs, nothing you'd have to hide.

DR 74industry-publication.comlive
DR 68category-roundup.comlive
DR 61saas-review-site.comdraft
Three source cards behind an AI answer, with the cited comparison page marked in orange

Content Strategy

Pages written from how your buyers actually talk, not keyword tools.

SaaS SEO Consulting

Work with a SaaS SEO consultant: audit, strategy and a roadmap your in-house team runs.

AI Automations

Agents for research, rank and citation monitoring, and reporting.

AI-SEO Scaffolding

Building a citations product? We stand up the whole foundation.

Something else?

If it's about getting found in search, Google or AI, ask in your application.

How we work
Pricing

How much does a SaaS SEO agency cost?

Most agencies hide this behind a discovery call. Across the US market, SaaS SEO retainers run $3,000–$5,000/month at the starter end, $5,000–$10,000 for growth programs, and $10,000–$25,000+ for enterprise. Here is exactly where we sit.

Foundation

Seed to Series A, in-market with traction
$5,000
per month · the floor, nothing starts below it
  • ICP and buyer-intent keyword mapping
  • Technical SEO audit and fix roadmap
  • Bottom-of-funnel pages live in month one
  • AI citation baseline across seven engines
  • Monthly reporting on trials and demos
Apply
Most engagements

Growth

Series A to Series B, scaling a category
$10,000–$15,000
per month · full-service program
  • Everything in Foundation
  • Full comparison and alternative page build-out
  • Programmatic pages for integrations and use cases
  • Digital PR and earned link acquisition
  • GEO placement in the sources AI quotes
  • Conversion work on every page we ship
  • Pipeline attribution by page type
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Scale

Series B+, multi-product or multi-market
Custom
per month · scoped to velocity
  • Everything in Growth
  • Programmatic SEO at volume
  • Multi-category and multi-geo coverage
  • AI automations for research and monitoring
  • Senior operator on every call
Talk to us

No setup fees and no annual lock-in. Scope drives cost: content velocity, technical depth and link volume. We will tell you which tier fits on the first call, and we will tell you if the answer is none of them.

Case studies

Results, with the analytics behind them

Straight talk: our flagship campaigns are high-ticket B2B and e-commerce, not named SaaS logos. They run on identical economics: long consideration cycles, high lifetime value, a buyer who researches before contacting sales. The plays transfer directly. We also run the same system on our own software. Every figure comes from the client's own Ahrefs or Search Console.

High-ticket B2B · the SaaS-shaped win
+6,600%
organic traffic in 16 months

A firm where each lead is worth $10K–$100K, won on bottom-funnel intent. From ~30 to over 2,000 organic clicks a day, ending at #2 for the keyword buyers use right before they choose.

An analytics card showing organic traffic up 6,600 percent over 16 months to 67.7K monthly visits
294 links1,114 top-3 keywords67.7K visits/mo
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E-commerce · technical depth
+168%
organic clicks in 6 months

A saturated niche won with the full stack: 100+ technical fixes, 99 pages rewritten for intent, and 54 earned links. 6,000 → 16,100 monthly clicks and 58 → 757 top-3 keywords.

An analytics card showing monthly organic clicks rising 168 percent over six months to 16,100
54 links99 pages rewritten757 top-3 keywords
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Portfolio · operations at scale
1.2M
monthly visitors, up from 500K

Twenty sites run by one team instead of a bench of freelancers on different schedules. We took over content, links, technical work, WordPress management and reporting, and the portfolio doubled its traffic while revenue grew 140%.

An analytics card showing portfolio monthly visitors rising from 500,000 to 1.2 million across 20 sites
20 sites, one team140% revenue growth$40K/m peak revenue5+ vendors replaced
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Since 2018 · $37.2K/mo tracked traffic value · 1.2M+ peak monthly visitors across client sites. Want your SaaS on this page?

Measurement

The metrics we report

If an agency cannot connect search to trials, demos and revenue, it is selling you a traffic report. Here is what lands in your monthly review.

Trials & demos
Signups and booked demos attributed to organic and AI-led sessions.
PQLs & SQLs
Product- and sales-qualified leads by landing page and intent category.
Pipeline influenced
Deal value that touched an organic page before converting.
CAC payback & LTV
What organic acquisition costs against paid, and whether those cohorts retain rather than churn.
AI citation share
How often you are named across seven engines, versus competitors.
Conversion by page type
Which comparison, alternative and use-case pages actually convert.
Top-3 keyword count
Commercial-intent terms in positions one to three, not vanity volume.
Branded search lift
Demand created, measured in people searching for you by name.

What we don't lead with

  • Total sessions
  • Impressions
  • Average position across all keywords
  • Domain authority as an outcome
  • Articles published per month

What your board asks about

  • Qualified trials and demos this month
  • Pipeline influenced by organic
  • CAC payback versus paid
  • Where AI names you and where it names a competitor
  • Which pages produced the revenue
A monthly report with tiles for trials, pipeline, AI citation share and branded search lift
How we work

How to work with us

Senior operators run every campaign, and that does not scale to hundreds of accounts. A short roster is how the work stays at the quality you see in the case studies above.

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You apply

Tell us about your product, your category and who you're up against. A few minutes, and no sales call needed to start.

2

We assess fit

We look at your situation honestly and tell you whether we can move your pipeline. If we can't, we say so and point you somewhere better.

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You see the plan

If it's a fit and a slot is open, you'll see the strategy and what the first 90 days look like before you commit to anything.

Ready to apply?

Engagements start at $5,000/mo. If that fits and a slot is open, we'd like to hear about your product.

Apply to work with us
Buyer's guide

How to choose a SaaS SEO agency

Useful whether or not you talk to us. These are the questions that separate an agency that moves pipeline from one that publishes four blog posts a month.

Ask every agency this

Green flags worth paying for
  • “Show me a bottom-of-funnel page you shipped and what it converted.” Anyone can publish a blog. Comparison pages that produce trials are the real skill.
  • “What will you fix technically in month one?” A specific answer about rendering, indexation or architecture means they audited you.
  • “How do you track whether ChatGPT names us?” If AI visibility is a slide rather than a measurement, it isn't a service.
  • “Who runs the account day to day?” The answer should be the person in the room, not a pod you meet later.
  • “What does your reporting show my board?” It should show pipeline, not impressions.
  • “When would you tell us not to hire you?” Anyone who can't answer will take your money regardless of fit.

Walk away from these

Red flags across the category
  • Traffic as the headline metric. Sessions without trials is an expensive vanity report.
  • “Give it six months.” Broad authority takes months; bottom-of-funnel pages should move sooner.
  • No questions about ICP, ACV or sales cycle. They cannot map keywords to revenue without them.
  • AI search treated as a buzzword. Adding “GEO” to a generic retainer is not a strategy.
  • No opinion on your JavaScript stack. Most SaaS indexation problems live there.
  • Hidden pricing. If the number only appears after two calls, the number is negotiable and so is the scope.
  • Case studies without figures. “Significant growth” is not a result.

Are we the right fit?

We're a strong fit if…

  • You sell B2B SaaS or high-ticket B2B services with a considered buying cycle
  • You're in market with some traction and can give SEO a few months
  • Your category is competitive and comparison searches decide deals
  • You want one senior operator accountable, not an account manager
  • $5,000/month or more is a sane share of your acquisition budget

We're the wrong fit if…

  • You need leads this month, so run paid and layer SEO underneath
  • You're pre-launch with no product to point search intent at
  • You want volume publishing at the lowest possible cost per word
  • You need a vendor who executes tickets without questioning strategy
  • Nobody internally can approve technical changes to the site
Mohammad Qaiser, founder of Authority Magnet Operating since 2018
The operator behind the work

Mohammad Qaiser

Founder & Campaign Lead

Mohammad has worked in SEO since 2010 and founded Authority Magnet in 2018, scaling it to roughly $50K per month in agency revenue. He is the campaign lead on every case study on this page. He also built PRWiz, our own link-building software, so the SaaS playbook gets tested on our product before it reaches yours.

Since 2010 in SEO Scaled to ~$50K/mo Founder of PRWiz Lead on every case study
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Reviews

What clients say

Verified clients on camera and in writing, plus the ranking movements they reported themselves. Nothing here is ghost-written, incentivized or removed.

Health affiliate keywords
#11 → #2
Alex Schindler, Outreach.bz

We partnered with Authority Magnet for Tress Wellness website SEO. They help us build our search presence from the ground up.

Aditi Kashyap with long dark hair, photographed indoors in low light
Aditi Kashyap
Digital Marketing Manager, Fxswede AB
High-competition keyword, 2 weeks
#18 → #8
Dávid Kiss, Leadvertise Kft.

Authority Magnet is one of the best link brokers I've worked with and as you all know, there's many of them out there…

Vlad Rascanu in formal wear with a bow tie, black and white portrait
Vlad Rascanu
Founder, DigitallySavvy.ca

I've got to share my experience with Authority Magnet, because it's been nothing short of amazing. As a seasoned player in the digital space, I've collaborated with numerous so-called 'SEO experts' over the years — none really hit the mark…

Benjamin Williams in a dark shirt, studio portrait with a warm blurred background
Benjamin Williams
Founder, 55Knots.com.au
Keyword ranking, one week
#12 → #4
Sudarshan Kar, Aristocat Studio

I am the owner at MRC SEO Consulting. We do local SEO and have been buying links with Authority Magnet for at least 4 years now. I find it very easy to pick out the best links in my specific niche, and I find the quality top-notch…

Michael Chrest wearing sunglasses, seated in a yellow convertible
Michael Chrest
Owner · 4+ yr client, MRC SEO Consulting
Annual readership, $0 ad spend
+100k
Peter M, CMO / Head of Marketing

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FAQ

SaaS SEO questions, answered

Straight answers on cost, timelines, AI search and fit: the things buyers actually ask before a first call.

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What is a SaaS SEO agency?
A SaaS SEO agency is a specialist search partner for software companies. Rather than optimizing for traffic volume, it builds organic and AI-search visibility that converts into trials, demos, product-qualified leads (PQLs), sales-qualified leads (SQLs) and recurring revenue. The work spans technical SEO for JavaScript-heavy applications, bottom-of-funnel comparison and alternative pages, product-led content, digital PR, and citation visibility inside ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews.
How is SaaS SEO different from regular SEO?
SaaS buyers take longer to decide, compare more tools, and convert on a trial or demo rather than a purchase. So SaaS SEO leans on comparison, alternative, integration and use-case pages instead of blog volume. It also has to solve JavaScript rendering and indexation problems most brochure sites never encounter, and it is measured in MRR, ARR, CAC payback and PQL/SQL counts rather than sessions.
How much does a SaaS SEO agency cost?
Across the US market, starter programs run roughly $3,000–$5,000 per month, growth programs $5,000–$10,000, and enterprise programs $10,000–$25,000+. Authority Magnet starts at $5,000 per month. Full-service engagements typically begin between $10,000 and $15,000 and scale with content velocity, technical scope and link volume. There are no setup fees and no annual lock-in.
How long does SaaS SEO take to show results?
Faster than the six months most agencies quote, because we start bottom-of-funnel. Technical fixes and comparison or alternative pages can produce qualified trials within weeks. Broader topical authority and link equity compound over three to six months, and category ownership takes twelve to eighteen. We will tell you what is realistic for your situation before you sign, not after.
How do you get a SaaS product cited by ChatGPT and other AI engines?
AI engines assemble answers from sources they trust: category roundups, comparison articles, review platforms and well-structured vendor pages. We get your product into those sources through digital PR and placement work, then restructure your own pages so a model can extract a clean, quotable claim. We track citation share across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Grok and Bing, and report where you are named versus where a competitor is.
What metrics do you report on?
Trials and demos from organic, PQLs and SQLs, pipeline influenced, CAC payback from organic, conversion rate by page type, AI citation share of voice, top-3 commercial keyword count, and branded search lift. Rankings and sessions are leading indicators we track internally, not the outcome we report to your board.
Do you only work with SaaS companies?
SaaS is the focus. We also take high-ticket B2B where the economics match: long consideration cycles, high lifetime value, and a buyer who researches thoroughly before speaking to sales. If you are not sure whether you fit, apply and we will tell you honestly, including when the answer is no.
Do you work with early-stage or pre-product-market-fit SaaS?
We work best with software companies already in market with some traction, because SEO compounds and rewards a runway of a few months. If you are pre-launch, our AI-SEO scaffolding engagement, which covers content architecture, citation signals and technical foundation before launch, is usually a better fit than a full retainer.
Should I hire a SaaS SEO agency or a consultant?
It depends on whether you have people or direction. A consultant gives an in-house marketer the audit, strategy and roadmap to execute themselves, and costs less. An agency does the execution too. Teams with a marketer but no plan usually want consulting; teams with budget but no bandwidth want the retainer. We offer both.
What makes Authority Magnet different from other SaaS SEO agencies?
Three things. We run the playbook on our own software first, so PRWiz is a live test case rather than a slide. Every campaign is led by the operator you meet on the first call, not passed to a junior team. And we publish our price floor instead of hiding it behind two discovery calls.
Do you work with US-based SaaS companies?
Yes. Most clients are in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. The team operates from India, the work is asynchronous, and calls are scheduled in your timezone. Search does not care about borders and neither does our delivery model.
What is the difference between Authority Magnet and PRWiz?
PRWiz is our self-serve link-building platform, with more than 10,000 vetted publishers and a 150,000-publisher database. Authority Magnet is the done-for-you side: full managed SaaS SEO and AI-search campaigns for a limited number of clients. Same team and standards, different level of involvement.

Be the SaaS that Google ranks
and AI recommends

Send the product, the category and who you are up against. We will tell you honestly whether we can move your pipeline, and if we cannot, we will point you somewhere better.

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