How we’re different, in rows you can check
Most agency websites say the same things. So here’s the part that varies: who owns what, how long you’re tied in, where the numbers come from and how often anyone looks. The left column is how we work today. The right is what we see when we take over accounts.
| Fix Scale Grow | A typical agency | |
|---|---|---|
| Who owns the accounts | You do, from day one. Website, hosting, Google Ads, Business Profile, Analytics, Search Console and ad pixels are created under your login. We’re added as a user and can be removed in a minute. | The agency creates accounts under its own login and “grants access”. Leaving means rebuilding history, or losing it.1 |
| Your data | Lives in your accounts. We don’t warehouse your leads or analytics anywhere you can’t see, and nothing about your business is used for anyone else’s account. | Leads and reporting flow through the agency’s platform; the history belongs to the platform. |
| Contract | Month to month. Stay because the numbers say so. | Twelve- or twenty-four-month agreements are standard.2,3,4 |
| Price | A range on the site, a number before you sign. Most clients run $1,500–$5,000 a month in management plus the ad budget you choose. | “Depends on your goals.” Pricing appears after the discovery call.5 |
| How often we talk | A standing call on your calendar for updates, what’s next and anything that’s bothering you, plus a direct line in between. You never have to chase a status. | A quarterly review if you ask, and a ticket queue in between. |
| How often your site is checked | Automated checks run on a schedule, not when someone remembers: Search Console and traffic daily, Business Profile every hour, site-integrity and hack signals every thirty minutes for the sites we host. A person reads the exceptions. | A monthly report, built the week it’s due. |
| Changes to your site | Every edit is proposed, logged and approved before it ships. You can see what changed and why; bigger changes wait for your yes. | Changes happen when they happen. You find out when you notice. |
| Where the numbers come from | Your own Analytics, Search Console and ad accounts. We read the same screens you can open yourself. | The agency dashboard, with the agency’s definitions of a lead. |
| Who you talk to | Kyle, who builds and reviews the plan, and Amanda, who runs client care. Not an account manager relaying messages between you and whoever does the work. | An account manager between you and whoever does the work. |
| What we’ll tell you | If the bottleneck is your phones, your pricing or your capacity, we say that instead of selling a retainer. The free diagnostic is yours whether or not you hire us. | Every problem is a marketing problem, and every solution is another line item. |
| If you leave | Everything keeps working. Accounts, pages, campaigns and history stay in your name. | Site ownership transfers only after the contract term; campaigns may be paused or deleted.1 |
Sources
Where the right-hand column names a practice, it comes from a competitor’s own public page, checked 22 August 2026. If any of it changes, tell us and we’ll update it.
- 1.Scorpion FAQ: you own your website after the contract is complete
- 2.Hook Agency pricing page states a 12-month commitment
- 3.Scorpion FAQ: 12-month contract for marketing technology and SEO
- 4.SC Digital packages page lists 24-month agreements
- 5.Scorpion: no pricing page; FAQ says cost “depends on your goals”
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