“We need the SEO done. We can’t hire for it right now.”
Then don’t hire. Bring in the analyst.
Hire an SEO Analyst in India, on Contract or Per Project
Bring in an experienced SEO analyst from PRception for one project, a fixed-term contract, a dedicated monthly arrangement or a few hours a week. For businesses and marketing teams across India that need an SEO expert’s time, without the salary, the notice period or the months it takes to hire.
Most SEO work comes in one of two shapes: a project with an end date, or ongoing work that needs steady hours. Choose the one that fits. If the work changes, the arrangement can change with it.
Project basis
One project, one fee.
A defined piece of work with a start, an end and a deliverable you keep.
SEO audit with a fix list in priority order
Website migration or redesign SEO
Recovery after a traffic drop
Keyword research and a content plan
Local SEO and Google Business Profile setup
Priced per project
Contract
A few months, agreed hours.
An SEO analyst on a fixed-term contract, with the hours and deliverables written down before work starts.
Monthly technical and on-page work
Content briefs for your writers
A monthly report against agreed goals
Cover while you hire full-time
Priced per month
Dedicated
Your analyst, inside your team.
A dedicated SEO analyst whose agreed time goes to your site, working in your tools and your weekly meetings.
Joins your Slack, Teams or WhatsApp group
Works in your CMS and your tickets
Backed by our developers and writers
Priced per month
Part-time or hourly
A few hours, when you need them.
Part-time SEO consulting for teams that already have marketers but need SEO judgement.
A second opinion on an agency’s work
A check of a new build before launch
Training for your in-house team
The question nobody on the team can answer
Priced per block of hours
Not sure which one? Tell us the problem, and we’ll suggest the smallest arrangement that solves it.
You’ve hired SEO help before, and you’re still not sure what you paid for.
Maybe a freelancer went quiet after the second invoice. Maybe an agency sent a dashboard every month, and nobody could connect it to a single enquiry. Hiring SEO help shouldn’t feel like a gamble you take with your own website.
How much does it cost to hire an SEO analyst in India?
There’s no official rate card, and published prices vary widely. These are the ranges we see, so you can check any quote against them, including ours.
Ranges compiled in November 2026 from Payscale, Ahrefs’ survey of SEO pricing and the rates Indian agencies and freelancers publish. Most published rates come from sellers, so treat them as a guide.
Way to hire
Typical published range
What it usually covers
In-house SEO analyst
₹1.9–4.5 lakh a year in base pay, entry level to mid-career
Salary only. Add SEO tools, equipment, management time and the months it takes to hire.
Freelance SEO analyst
₹15,000–60,000 a month
One person’s time. Content, development and paid tools are often extra.
Hourly SEO consulting
$30 an hour or less, for most India-based SEOs in Ahrefs’ survey
Advice, reviews and training. Senior consultants charge more.
One-time SEO audit
₹15,000–1,50,000 per audit
Depends on the size of the site. Cheap audits are often a tool export with nobody’s judgement in it.
Website migration SEO
₹50,000–3,00,000 per migration
Redirect mapping, checks before launch and monitoring afterwards.
SEO agency retainer
₹25,000–1,50,000 a month
A team: strategy, content, technical work and reporting.
What we charge
We quote after one call, once we’ve seen the site and the scope. The quote is in writing and says exactly what it covers.
What moves the price
The size and state of your site, how competitive your market is, how many hours a month the work needs, and whether writing or development is part of it.
Freelance SEO, a contract analyst, an in-house hire or an agency?
Deciding whether to outsource SEO or hire for it? Each option is the right answer for someone. Here’s how they compare, including where we’re not the best fit.
Option
Getting started
Commitment
If the person is away or leaves
Best for
Freelance SEO
Fast
Flexible
The work stops
One well-defined task on a tight budget
Contract analyst from PRception
One call, then a written scope
Per project, or a fixed term
Someone else on the team picks it up
Work that needs an experienced analyst now, for a defined period, with developers and writers on hand
In-house SEO hire
Months of hiring
Permanent, with notice periods
You hire again
SEO that’s proven and central to the business
Full SEO agency
A few weeks
Usually a monthly retainer
The agency reassigns
Ongoing SEO across many pages, cities or channels
Run a small local business? Google says you can probably do much of the work yourself, starting with its SEO starter guide. If that’s you, we’ll tell you.
Whatever the arrangement, the work comes from the same list. The scope picks the parts you need.
Technical SEO audit
Crawling, indexing, Core Web Vitals, structured data and site structure, with a fix list in priority order.
Website migration and redesign SEO
URL mapping, 301 redirects, checks before launch and monitoring afterwards, so the new site keeps what the old one earned.
Keyword research and content briefs
What your buyers really search for, turned into briefs your writers can use.
On-page SEO
Titles, headings, internal links and page content, page by page.
Local SEO and Google Business Profile
Profiles, locations and reviews, for businesses that serve customers in person.
Ecommerce SEO
Category and product pages on Shopify, WooCommerce or a custom build.
Search Console and GA4
Set up correctly and in your name, with reports that show enquiries, not only traffic.
AI search visibility
Clear, crawlable pages and an accurate Business Profile. Nobody can promise a mention in an AI answer, and we don’t.
Want SEO as an ongoing service rather than an analyst’s time? See our SEO services. Website needs rebuilding? Our website design team handles that. Paid search alongside SEO? See performance marketing.
“Three months post-launch and organic traffic has tripled. The SEO they built in is doing work we didn’t even brief for.”
Founder, Brightwyn · brightwyn.in
That result came from SEO built into a new website, the kind of project a migration engagement covers. See our case studies.
How it works
How hiring an SEO analyst from us works.
Every step ends with something you can read and keep.
Call
Step 01
Tell us the problem, the site and the deadline. We’ll tell you whether you need a project, a contract or a few hours, and whether you need us at all.You get: A straight answer
Scope
Step 02
The work, the hours, the deliverables and the price, written down.You get: A written scope
NDA and access
Step 03
We sign the NDA. You add us to Search Console with read access for the audit. Edit access comes later, if the work needs it.You get: Access you control
Audit
Step 04
We go through your site the way Google does, and look at who is ahead of you and why.You get: Findings in plain language
The work
Step 05
Fixes, pages, redirects or briefs, as scoped. Every change is logged with the reason for it.You get: A change log
Report and handover
Step 06
Monthly on contracts, and at the end of a project: what we did, what moved and what comes next. The documents stay with you.You get: Everything in your name
Your analyst works alongside our developers, designers and writers in Thiruvananthapuram, so a fix that needs code doesn’t wait on another vendor. You speak directly with the people doing the work. Meet the full team
Girish PadoliCEO
Shahid MasoodMarketing Director
Farzana NGrowth Engineer
DevapremGrowth Engineer
Akhil NathPublic Relation Manager
Visakh RCreative Director
For whoever drafts the contract
Before you hire an SEO analyst
The checks we’d run if we were hiring one ourselves. Use them on us and on anyone else on your list.
What to put in an SEO contract
Whether you hire a freelancer, a contract analyst or an agency, the agreement should cover these points.
Scope and deliverables. What will be done, and what “done” looks like.
Hours and availability. Hours a month, response times and who your contact is.
Reporting. How often, what’s in it, and which goals it reports against.
Access and ownership. Search Console, Analytics, your Business Profile and your domain stay in your name. Search Console lets you add users without giving away ownership. Content and documents made for you are yours once paid.
Confidentiality. An NDA, and what happens to your data when the work ends.
Term and exit. The length, the notice on either side, and a handover.
What isn’t promised. No ranking or traffic guarantee. Google treats ranking promises as a red flag.
Payment and tax. Milestones or monthly invoices. TDS usually applies to professional and technical fees, and a GST-registered provider adds GST to the invoice. Ask your CA which rules apply to you.
If an analyst works only for you, full-time, on your hours and under your direction, ask a lawyer whether that is still a contract. What the agreement calls it may not settle the question.
These questions come from Google’s own advice on hiring an SEO. Google also says a good SEO should ask about you: what makes your business different, who your competitors are and how your customers find you.
Ask this
Why it matters
Our answer
Can you show me your previous work?
Google suggests asking for examples and success stories.
Our case studies name the clients. Ask us which results came from SEO.
Do you follow Google Search Essentials?
Deceptive tactics can get a site removed from Google entirely.
Yes. We don’t buy links or build pages to game rankings.
What results do you expect, and by when?
A date quoted before anyone has looked is a guess.
We give you a view after the audit.
What’s your experience in my industry and my market?
Search behaviour changes by sector, city and country.
Tell us yours, and we’ll tell you plainly what we’ve done in it.
Will you share every change you make to my site?
Google says you’re responsible for what anyone you hire does to your site.
Yes, in a change log, with the reason for each change.
Who will actually do the work?
You should meet the analyst, not only the salesperson.
Our office is in Thampanoor, Thiruvananthapuram. Most contract and project work runs remotely, over video calls and inside your own tools, for businesses in Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Delhi NCR, Kochi and the rest of India, and for companies abroad.
We work in English, Malayalam and Hindi. If you’re a business in Kerala looking for ongoing SEO, see our SEO company in Kerala page, or come and meet us.
Yes. We agree a fixed term, the hours each month and the deliverables, in writing, before work starts. A quarter or more usually makes sense, because most SEO work needs a few months to show what it has done.
Can I hire an SEO expert for just one project?
Yes. SEO audits, website migrations, recovery after a traffic drop, keyword research and local SEO setup all work as one-off projects, with one fee and a deliverable you keep.
How much does it cost to hire an SEO analyst in India?
Published ranges run from about ₹15,000 to ₹60,000 a month for a freelance SEO analyst and ₹25,000 to ₹1,50,000 a month for an agency retainer. One-time SEO audits are typically ₹15,000 to ₹1,50,000. We quote after one call, in writing.
What is the hourly rate for an SEO consultant in India?
In Ahrefs’ survey of SEO pricing, most India-based SEOs charged $30 an hour or less. Senior consultants charge more. We quote hourly work as a block of hours, agreed up front.
Should I hire a freelance SEO analyst or go through an agency?
A good freelancer suits one well-defined task. Going through an agency costs more per hour, but someone picks up the work if a person is away or leaves, and developers and writers are on hand when a fix needs them. If a freelancer is the right call for you, we’ll say so.
Is a contract SEO analyst cheaper than a full-time hire?
Often, for work with an end date or work that needs less than full-time hours. A salaried analyst also needs tools, management time and months of hiring. If SEO is proven and central to your business, a full-time hire can be the better long-term choice.
Can I get a dedicated SEO analyst for my website?
Yes. On a dedicated arrangement, the analyst’s agreed hours go to your site, and they work in your tools and your meetings, with our developers and writers behind them.
Do you offer part-time SEO help?
Yes. Part-time hours suit teams with in-house marketers who need SEO judgement: a second opinion on an agency’s work, a check of a new site before launch, or training.
How soon can an SEO analyst start?
We’ll tell you on the first call when the team can start. Work with a fixed date, like a website launch, is planned back from that date.
Can you guarantee first-page rankings?
No. Google says no one can guarantee a #1 ranking, and tells you to find someone else if an SEO promises one. We commit to the work, show you every change and report what moved.
Who owns the accounts and the work?
You do. Search Console, Analytics, your Business Profile and your domain stay in your name, and we’re added as users. Content, documents and reports made for you are yours once paid.
What access do you need to start?
Read access to Google Search Console and Analytics for the audit. Access to your CMS or code comes later, and only if the scope needs it.
Will you sign an NDA?
Yes. We sign an NDA before the first briefing, so anything you share stays confidential.
Do you work with businesses outside Kerala?
Yes. Our office is in Thiruvananthapuram, and most contract and project work runs remotely, for businesses across India and abroad.
Can you handle SEO for a website redesign or migration?
Yes, and the earlier the better. Google names a site redesign or a new launch as a great time to hire an SEO. If you also need the new site built, our website design team does that.
Do you use AI in your SEO work?
Yes. We use AI to go through search data, spot patterns and draft outlines, and a person reviews anything before it reaches you or your website. We don’t use it to mass-produce pages.
