# Space & Story — Pricing

> Last updated: 2026-06-12
> Canonical: https://spaceandstory.co/pricing
> All prices in USD and exclude applicable taxes. Senior rate basis: $150/hr.
> One number covers hosting, content, and AI-traffic tracking. No lock-in, no line-item surprises.

Two parts to every engagement: a one-time **build**, plus a monthly **plan** that
keeps it ranked. Each build sets the plan it starts on. AEO is included at every
tier — never an add-on. Month-to-month, no annual contract, you own the code.

## One-time builds

| Tier | Price | Scope | The job |
|------|-------|-------|---------|
| Site | $2,500 | Up to 8 pages | Get online, built to be found. |
| Story | $5,000 | Up to 15 pages | Put the content you own to work. |
| Engine | $9,000 | 200+ pages | Scale to hundreds of pages. |
| Studio | $15,000+ | Custom build | Ship a custom app, not just a site. |

- **Site ($2,500)** — Modern responsive site + AEO baseline. TypeScript + React, Lighthouse 90+, llms.txt, AI-bot allowlist, FAQ pages and the site details search engines read, hosting included. 100% original copywriting. Starts on the Local plan.
- **Story ($5,000)** — Everything in Site + custom design system + multi-modal content pipelines (slide decks, YouTube, podcasts, white papers → SEO pages, back catalog included) + blog seeded with 5 posts. Starts on the Local plan.
- **Engine ($9,000)** — Everything in Story + programmatic SEO engine (one template → dozens to hundreds of pages from structured data) + document-library → multi-page hubs + Search Console indexation submission. Extra templates $1,500 each. Starts on the Local plan.
- **Studio ($15,000+)** — Everything in Engine + custom app work: ecommerce (Stripe), booking systems, member portals, calculators/configurators, AI agents, data science. Quoted per project. Starts on the Authority plan.

## Monthly plans (AEO included at every tier)

| Plan | Price | Posts/mo | The job |
|------|-------|----------|---------|
| Local | $300/mo | 1 | Get found in your area. |
| Growth | $700/mo | 4 | Outrank your competitors. |
| Authority | $2,000+/mo | Sprints | Become the source AI cites. |

- **Local ($300/mo)** — Hosting + uptime monitoring, monthly security updates, AI-visibility upkeep, a monthly AI-traffic report (Human / SEO / AI split), 1 hr/mo content edits, Google Business Profile management, local citations + on-page tuning (5 pages, 25 keywords), 1 SEO post/mo, monthly ranking + traffic report.
- **Growth ($700/mo)** — Everything in Local + off-page link building (4–6 placements/mo), competitor share-of-voice tracking (vs 3 competitors), monthly strategist call, 4 SEO posts/mo, ongoing multi-modal → SEO pages, quarterly technical SEO audit (15 pages, 50 keywords). Most popular retainer.
- **Authority ($2,000+/mo)** — Everything in Growth + AEO citation-building across ChatGPT/Perplexity/Google AI, Reddit + Quora seeding, Wikipedia entity work, digital PR, quarterly original research, content sprints (150 keywords), bi-weekly strategy + dedicated lead. Volume-based.

## What every build includes (AEO baseline)

- llms.txt at the root, parseable by ChatGPT/Claude/Perplexity in one pass
- AI-bot allowlist in robots.txt (Googlebot + OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended)
- Article + Person + LocalBusiness/Service + FAQ structured data
- Monthly AI-citation tracking via cite-met.com
- Lighthouse 90+ mobile, sub-2-second load on 4G, accessibility-compliant
- You own all the code, content, and the domain

## How we compare to the 2026 market

- Custom websites: $2,000–$8,000 (freelancer/Webflow), $5,000–$15,000 (boutique agency), $20,000–$40,000+ (mid-size). Copy usually extra ($300–$750/page). Ours start at $2,500 with copy + ownership included. — https://spaceandstory.co/compare/website-cost
- SEO retainers: ~64% of agencies charge under $1,000/mo; most common $500–$1,000; only ~2% over $5,000. Ours: $300–$2,000+/mo, content + AI-traffic tracking + AEO included, no lock-in. — https://spaceandstory.co/compare/seo-cost
- AEO/GEO: audits $1,500–$5,000; mid-market retainers $3,000–$8,000/mo; usually a 20–30% surcharge on SEO. Ours bakes AEO into every tier from $300/mo. — https://spaceandstory.co/compare/aeo-cost

## Get a quote

Free 24-page AEO + Lighthouse audit, no call required: https://spaceandstory.co/audit
Contact: info@spaceandstory.co · https://spaceandstory.co/contact