How AlgoMags pricing works

Process breakdowns · November 14, 2026 · 7 min read

Marketing services are priced in confusing ways across the industry: hourly rates, percentage of ad spend, fixed packages, performance fees. This article explains the logic behind AlgoMags pricing so that a quote can be understood before it arrives.

Priced on scope and value, not hours

Hourly billing rewards slow work and punishes efficiency. A system that takes fewer hours to build because the methods are documented should not cost the client more for being built well. AlgoMags prices engagements by the scope of the system being built and the value it is expected to create, agreed before work begins.

What drives the cost

Four factors shape every quote:

• The number of tactics involved, from a single fix to a full twelve-tactic system
• The current state of the system, since rebuilding broken tracking costs more than extending working tracking
• The number of channels run at the same time
• The reporting and review cadence the business needs

These factors appear line by line in each proposal so the price can be traced to the work.

Why not a percentage of ad spend

Charging a percentage of ad spend creates an incentive to recommend more spend, whether or not it is the best move. Fees at AlgoMags are not tied to how much a client spends on media, so the advice to cut a budget carries no cost to the advisor.

Why the audit is free

The audit is the diagnostic every engagement depends on. Making it free removes the risk of the first step and lets both sides decide, with evidence, whether working together makes sense. Some audits end with a recommendation to fix one thing in-house, and that is a good outcome.

Retainers and projects

Projects fit defined builds with a clear end: a tracking setup, a landing page system, a positioning project. Retainers fit ongoing work where the value comes from continuous testing and improvement. Month-to-month terms keep both sides accountable to results rather than to a contract.

Consulting

One-to-one consulting is priced per session or as a monthly advisory, because its value comes from condensed expertise applied to a specific situation rather than from hours of execution.

Exact figures depend on scope and are set out in each proposal after the audit.