Comparison
ShakeSERP, a content agency, or doing it yourself?
All three routes can work. The difference is what they cost in time and money, what actually gets measured, and who owns the result. Here is the honest table.
| ShakeSERP | Content agency | Yourself | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your time per month | ≈ 3 minutes | 2–4 hours (meetings, proofs) | 10–20 hours |
| Content built on your own expertise | Yes | Partly / depends | Yes |
| Published straight to your site (WordPress and more) | Yes | Partly / depends | Yes |
| Keywords, traffic and AI citations measured continuously | Yes | Partly / depends | No |
| Social posts, ads and newsletters from every article | Yes | Partly / depends | No |
| Audio version, podcast and images included | Yes | No | No |
| Structured data and FAQ for AI search engines | Yes | Partly / depends | No |
| Commitment | None (rolling) — discount at 6/12 months | Often 6–12 months | — |
| You own everything and can take it with you | Yes | Partly / depends | Yes |
| Rough monthly cost | From about €480 | €1,500–4,000 | Your time |
Agency prices are typical market rates for ongoing content (2026) and vary. Your time assumes writing, publishing and following up one thorough article a month.
Choose ShakeSERP if…
…you want to show up in Google and AI answers without setting aside hours, and want to see exactly what it delivers.
Choose an agency if…
…you need strategy, campaigns and design from people — ideally with ShakeSERP as the engine underneath.
Do it yourself if…
…you have the time, the appetite for writing and the patience to keep pace for twelve months. It works — few keep it up.
Frequently asked questions
- Does ShakeSERP replace an agency entirely?
- For ongoing expert content and measurement: yes. For brand strategy, larger campaigns or design you still need people — and many agencies run ShakeSERP as the engine under their own work.
- How can three minutes be enough?
- We only ask for what only you know: an opinion, a choice and a number. Everything else — research, structure, publishing, images and measurement — is automated and built on what you've said before.
- What happens if we stop?
- The articles stay on your website and belong to you. You can export everything at any time.
- Is it AI-generated content?
- It is your knowledge, written out by AI and checked by a quality gate that requires the article to carry your concrete answers. Generic content is stopped before it is published.