SimpleTiger vs. Animalz vs. Rock the Rankings
Choose SimpleTiger if you want SEO, GEO, paid search and email run by one SaaS-only team on a live CRM-connected dashboard, with packages sized to your revenue and a client account manager as standard. Choose Animalz if you want a content agency with a decade of B2B SaaS editorial behind it, running thought leadership, survey-driven whitepapers, LinkedIn and an AEO programme that spans audits, micro refreshes, mention outreach and YouTube, with AirOps implementation if you run it. Choose Rock the Rankings if your board wants a pipeline number someone will be held to before the spend, published tiers on a monthly plan, and the founder on the account building the pages that close deals.
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How SimpleTiger, Animalz and Rock the Rankings compare.
| Criterion | SimpleTiger | Animalz |  Rock the Rankings. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Positioning | drawSaaS-only marketing agency; SEO, GEO, paid, email and design as a Pipeline Engine. Sarasota. | drawB2B SaaS content agency; thought leadership, whitepapers, LinkedIn and AEO. Clients include Google, Atlassian, Ramp. | drawAI search as a pipeline channel. B2B SaaS and tech only. 300+ engagements. |
| Forecast and commitment | drawDollar value on every ranking; public ROI calculator; 90-day ranking promise. | drawPublic SEO Forecasting Tool; client forecast and commitment: Not public. | drawThree scenarios before signing. The conservative scenario is the commitment. |
| Attribution method | drawLive CRM-connected dashboard; multi-touch; CAC by channel. | drawMeasurement and reporting on AI visibility, brand mentions and revenue impact. Method: Not public. | drawThe Two-Witness Rule: CRM source and buyer's answer, every contact tiered. |
| AI search baseline | drawFree audit; tracks ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Grok and AI Overviews. | drawAI visibility audit across Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini; AI Visibility Pyramid. | drawBaseline across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Mode, AI Overviews before work ships. |
| Channel breadth | winSEO, GEO, paid search and social, email, digital PR, Webflow design. | winAEO, whitepapers, LinkedIn thought leadership, integrated campaigns, YouTube, AirOps implementation. | loseSEO, AI search, content, links, technical. No paid, email, design, whitepapers, LinkedIn or video. |
| Who runs the account | loseClient Account Manager on every package; 24/7 Slack; portal. | loseNot public. | winFounder, Justin Berg and a senior strategist. No account managers. |
| Pricing transparency | loseNine named packages, no figures; 5% of revenue or funding. Month to month, 30 days' notice. | loseNo prices on the site; contact form and Calendly. Terms: Not public. | winPrices published. Monthly plan, no minimum, 30 days' notice. |
| Link and citation building | drawLink building and press placements scaled by package. Volume: Not public. | drawMention outreach to highly cited sources. Volume and DR: Not public. | drawFrom 5 to 8 placements a month at DR 50+, scaled to the forecast. |
| Content production | drawOutput doubles from Scale to Accelerate. Volume: Not public. | drawNew content for critical prompts plus micro refreshes via a proprietary AI workflow. Volume: Not public. | drawFrom 5 solution-aware pages a month, scaling to 20 or 30+ with the forecast. |
| Best fit | drawSaaS and AI companies wanting search, paid and lifecycle from one agency. | drawEnterprise SaaS brands wanting editorial authority and AEO from a long-established content team. | drawB2B SaaS and tech wanting a pipeline number before spending, on a monthly plan. |
Comparison methodology
Scored on what SimpleTiger and Animalz publish on their own sites, checked 14 November 2026. Nothing from sales calls or third parties.
We read SimpleTiger's pricing, home, GEO and 90-day ranking pages, and Animalz's AEO services page, services navigation and tools, AI Visibility Pyramid post and AirOps announcement, and scored only what those pages say. Rock the Rankings is scored on its published pricing, process and client results pages. Where an agency publishes nothing on a criterion, the cell says Not public.
Win, draw and lose describe the Rock the Rankings column only, scored against whichever competitor is stronger on that row. Win means we commit to more or publish more than both. Lose means at least one of them publishes or ships more. Draw means the approaches differ and the right choice depends on your situation.
We re-score every quarter and whenever any of the three agencies changes its published services, pricing or terms.
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What you pay, what you sign, and how you leave
One publishes prices. One publishes terms. One publishes neither.
SimpleTiger's pricing page lists nine packages by name and scope with no dollar figures, explains that each starts at 5 percent of revenue or funding at the stage it targets, and runs month to month with 30 days' notice.
Animalz publishes no prices for any service; its AEO page ends in a contact form that redirects to a Calendly booking, and its contract length and notice are not published.
Rock the Rankings is $5,000 for Consulting, $8,500 for Done-For-You and $15,000 for Authority a month, with no onboarding fee, on a monthly plan with no minimum term and 30 days' notice. Day 90 is the first forecast review, measured against the conservative scenario you received before signing.
SimpleTiger
- Published prices: No; packages sized at 5% of revenue or funding
- Contract term: Month to month, no long-term contract
- Exit notice: 30 days
- Onboarding fee: Not public
Animalz
- Published prices: No
- Contract term: Not public
- Exit notice: Not public
- Onboarding fee: Not public
Rock the Rankings
- Published prices: Yes, three tiers
- Contract term: Monthly, no minimum
- Exit notice: 30 days, any month
- Onboarding fee: None
The honest comparison: SimpleTiger is the better pick if you want the freedom to leave on 30 days' notice and a package that grows with your revenue, with paid and email inside it. Animalz is the better pick if the programme is editorial and bespoke, a whitepaper series or an executive's LinkedIn voice, where a rate card would not describe the work and a call is the right way to scope it.
Rock the Rankings is the better pick if you want the number and the notice period on the page before any call. The tradeoff is that we start focused and scale as the forecast proves out, and we do not run editorial campaigns.
"Justin and his team have been phenomenal from Day 0, and the consistency in quality and the measurable results they have delivered have been a true transformation to our business. We are extremely happy and we have already recommended them to our friends."
Who commits to the number before you sign
One commits to rankings, one hands you a forecasting tool, one commits to a demo number.
SimpleTiger puts a dollar value behind each ranking placement, publishes an SEO ROI calculator and maintains a 90-day ranking promise; a committed pipeline number is not published.
Animalz offers a free SEO Forecasting Tool on its site, and its AI search strategy promises a roadmap to grow visibility and pipeline; whether a client receives a forecast before signing, with scenarios or a committed case, is not published, and its FAQ notes that citations today often lead to conversions tomorrow.
Rock the Rankings builds three scenarios (conservative, realistic, optimistic) from your GA4 and CRM data before any agreement is signed, with capture rate as the only variable. The conservative scenario is the commitment, reviewed at day 90 and quarterly after.
SimpleTiger
- Pre-contract projection: Dollar value per ranking; ROI calculator
- Scenarios: Not public
- Commitment: 90-day ranking promise
- Re-forecast cadence: Not public
Animalz
- Pre-contract projection: Public tool; client forecast Not public
- Scenarios: Not public
- Commitment: Not public
- Re-forecast cadence: Not public
Rock the Rankings
- Pre-contract projection: Yes, on your GA4 and CRM data
- Scenarios: Conservative, realistic, optimistic
- Commitment: The conservative scenario
- Re-forecast cadence: Day 90, then quarterly
The honest comparison: SimpleTiger is the better pick if a ranking commitment inside 90 days is the one you want in writing. Animalz is the better pick if you want to run your own numbers before you talk to anyone; a public forecasting tool is a more open starting point than most agencies offer.
Rock the Rankings is the better pick if the board wants demos, not positions, and a number someone will be held to before any invoice. The conservative case leans on benchmarks only when CRM data is withheld.
How each agency gets you named when buyers ask ChatGPT for your category
All three baseline the engines. The sequence after the audit is where they differ.
SimpleTiger opens with a GEO discovery and audit and a free AI search visibility audit, tracks ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Grok and Google AI Overviews, and a Gainsight quote credits it with a dedicated prompts framework; its Invoca case reports $3M in revenue from AI and organic search in under ten months.
Animalz's AEO programme starts with an AI visibility audit across Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini, then an AI search strategy, micro content refreshes that pair a proprietary AI workflow with editorial judgement to realign existing content with answer-engine outputs, new content for critical prompts, mention outreach, YouTube targeting prompts, and measurement of visibility, mentions and revenue impact, under its published AI Visibility Pyramid with traditional SEO at the base.
Rock the Rankings baselines across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Mode and AI Overviews before work ships, then builds in the GEO Stack order: solution-aware pages first, citations second, problem-aware capture last.
SimpleTiger
- Engines covered: ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Grok, AI Overviews
- Baseline before work: Free audit; GEO discovery
- Off-site surfaces worked: Link building, PR, press
- Day-90 review: Not public
Animalz
- Engines covered: Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini
- Baseline before work: Yes, the AI visibility audit
- Off-site surfaces worked: Mention outreach, YouTube
- Day-90 review: Not public
Rock the Rankings
- Engines covered: ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Mode, AI Overviews
- Baseline before work: Yes, before any page ships
- Off-site surfaces worked: Citations at DR 50+ by manual outreach
- Day-90 review: Against the conservative scenario
The honest comparison: SimpleTiger is the better pick if engine breadth matters, six including Claude and Grok, and you want press-grade placements feeding the citation layer. Animalz is the better pick if your library already exists and the fastest win is refreshing it for answer engines, or if video is a surface you want worked.
Rock the Rankings is the better pick if the library is small and the job is building the pages that close deals, baselined across five engines and held to a forecast. We start focused and scale as the forecast proves out.
"I have been impressed with Justin and team's knowledge, work ethic and commitment to improving SEO. I have been in the digital space for nearly 20 years across different verticals and Rock the Rankings is the only SEO agency that I have worked with that has made a meaningful impact to the associated business. If I found myself at another company, needing help with SEO, Justin would be my first call"
How each agency proves the demos came from search when the CRM says Direct
SimpleTiger reads the CRM live. Animalz reports revenue impact beside visibility. We reconcile each contact against the buyer's own answer.
SimpleTiger runs a live pipeline dashboard connected to your CRM with multi-touch attribution and CAC by channel, and builds pipeline intelligence across organic, AI and paid into its higher packages.
Animalz's measurement and reporting service promises to show AI visibility, brand mentions and revenue impact so that ROI is unmistakable, and its FAQ sets the expectation that visibility builds trust ahead of clicks; how revenue impact is attributed is not published. How either reconciles AI-sourced demos that arrive without a referrer is not published.
Rock the Rankings applies The Two-Witness Rule on every plan: the CRM source and the buyer's own answer are read together and every contact is tiered confirmed, recovered, probable or dark. On one client funnel, 11 CRM-attributed AI leads sat beside 809 self-reported ones, a 73× gap.
SimpleTiger
- Dashboard: Live, CRM-connected
- Attribution model: Multi-touch; CAC by channel
- Self-reported source used: Not public
- Revenue reported: ROI and revenue in cases
Animalz
- Dashboard: Measurement and reporting service
- Attribution model: Not public
- Self-reported source used: Not public
- Revenue reported: Revenue impact promised in reporting
Rock the Rankings
- Dashboard: Monthly reconciliation, no live view
- Attribution model: The Two-Witness Rule, contact-level tiers
- Self-reported source used: Yes, read with CRM source
- Revenue reported: QBR opens with the pipeline number
The honest comparison: SimpleTiger is the better pick if you want organic, AI and paid attributed in one live view, because it runs all three. Animalz is the better pick if the honest framing you want is that citations build trust before they build clicks, with mentions and visibility reported as leading indicators for a long-cycle enterprise sale.
Rock the Rankings is the better pick if your CRM is filing AI-sourced demos as Direct and you want each one reconciled against the buyer's own answer under a stated rule. The reconciliation is monthly, done by a person, without a live dashboard.
What else each agency can run for you
Both competitors run work we do not, in different directions.
SimpleTiger runs paid search and paid social with flat-rate management, email marketing, digital PR, and Webflow web design including a design subscription, and serves B2B, B2C and B2B2C SaaS and AI companies.
Animalz sells survey-driven whitepapers, LinkedIn thought leadership and integrated campaigns content as named services beside AEO, targets prompts with YouTube video, and since May 2026 offers AirOps implementation for clients running that content engine; its tools, newsletter and podcast sit alongside.
Rock the Rankings runs SEO, AI search, content, links and technical for B2B SaaS and tech only.
SimpleTiger
- Paid search and social: Named services
- Email marketing: Named service
- Web design: Named service, Webflow partner
- Whitepapers, LinkedIn, video: Not named
Animalz
- Paid search and social: Not named
- Email marketing: Not named
- Web design: Not named
- Whitepapers, LinkedIn, video: Named services; AirOps implementation
Rock the Rankings
- Paid search and social: Not offered
- Email marketing: Not offered
- Web design: Not offered
- Whitepapers, LinkedIn, video: Not offered
The honest comparison: SimpleTiger is the better pick if you want search, paid, lifecycle and the website from one SaaS-only agency. Animalz is the better pick if the content you need is editorial and multi-format: original research, an executive voice on LinkedIn, video, and a content engine that runs on a platform your team already owns.
Rock the Rankings is the better pick if organic and AI search are the channel you are buying and the rest is already covered. We start focused and scale as the forecast proves out.
"Extremely responsive and analytical. We were impressed with the depth of knowledge brought to every meeting. Justin was great to work with. I highly recommend Rock the Rankings for your GEO/SEO needs."
Who you will actually talk to after the sales call
One publishes an account manager, one publishes a client list, one publishes the founder.
SimpleTiger states that all packages include a client account manager, 24/7 Slack access and a proprietary project portal, with strategic engagement deepening by tier to an embedded weekly partnership at Dominate.
Animalz's AEO page names its clients, including Google, Amazon, Atlassian, Intercom and Ramp, and invites you to book time on its calendar; who leads a given account, its seniority, the account manager layer and whether leadership is involved in delivery are not published.
Rock the Rankings is founder-led through delivery: Founder, Justin Berg runs strategy on every engagement alongside a senior strategist with B2B SaaS category experience, with no account managers in between and Slack and email with same-day replies.
SimpleTiger
- Account manager layer: Client Account Manager on every package
- Founder on delivery: Not public
- Seniority stated: Strategic engagement deepens by tier
- Communication: 24/7 Slack; project portal
Animalz
- Account manager layer: Not public
- Founder on delivery: Not public
- Seniority stated: Not public
- Communication: Not public
Rock the Rankings
- Account manager layer: None
- Founder on delivery: Yes, every engagement
- Seniority stated: Founder plus senior strategist
- Communication: Slack and email, same day
The honest comparison: SimpleTiger is the better pick if you want an account manager, a portal and round-the-clock Slack as standard. Animalz is the better pick if the proof you trust is the client list; Google, Amazon, Atlassian, Intercom and Ramp on one page says the team can work inside large organisations.
Rock the Rankings is the better pick if a client account manager is the layer you want removed and a client list is less reassuring than a named founder on your account from the first call. Output scales to the forecast, not to a package or a roster.
"Our commercial pages were losing organic sessions month over month, and the demand coming from AI assistants was effectively invisible in our CRM. RTR pointed the first batch entirely at bottom-funnel pages. One quarter after launch, organic sessions to that page set were up 9x and demo requests attributed to search and AI had grown 2.3x. They also rebuilt how we read attribution, combining what tracking captures with what buyers tell us on the form. That surfaced roughly 12.5x more search and AI demand than our native classifier was crediting. That's the number our leadership team can actually defend."
Where each competitor wins
When SimpleTiger or Animalz is the better fit.
When is SimpleTiger the better fit?
SimpleTiger is the better fit when you want one SaaS-only agency across search, paid, lifecycle and the website. Its Pipeline packages run SEO, GEO, paid search and social, email and Webflow design as one system on a live CRM-connected dashboard with multi-touch attribution and CAC by channel, with a client account manager, 24/7 Slack and a portal on every package, month to month on 30 days' notice. It tracks six AI engines including Claude and Grok, puts a dollar value on every ranking, publishes an ROI calculator and backs a 90-day ranking promise. Its proof is specific: Invoca's 41:1 ROI and $3M in under ten months, JotForm ranking first in two months with press on Forbes and Inc., Gelato's 75,000 new ranking keywords. If you want the whole demand engine under one roof, this is it.
If you need a pipeline number in writing before the first invoice, and only the organic half of the budget, that is the case we are built for.
When is Animalz the better fit?
Animalz is the better fit when editorial authority is the goal and AI search is one of several surfaces you want it to reach. Its AEO programme is complete on its own terms: an audit across four engines, a strategy, micro refreshes that realign an existing library with answer-engine outputs, new content for critical prompts, mention outreach, YouTube and reporting that tracks visibility, mentions and revenue impact, under a published AI Visibility Pyramid that keeps SEO at the base. Around it sit survey-driven whitepapers, LinkedIn thought leadership, integrated campaigns and AirOps implementation, plus free forecasting and refresh tools and a long-running blog, podcast and newsletter. Its clients include Google, Amazon, Atlassian, Intercom, Ramp and Airtable. If you want a content agency that can write the research, voice the executive and refresh the archive for AI, this is the kind of partner to call.
If what you need is a demo number you can defend before the spend is approved, with the prices and terms on the site, that is the case we are built for.
Recommendation
Choosing between SimpleTiger, Animalz and Rock the Rankings.
Choose SimpleTiger if…
- You want SEO, GEO, paid, email and design from one SaaS-only agency on one live dashboard
- You want packages sized to your revenue, month to month, with an account manager as standard
- You want six AI engines tracked and a ranking commitment in 90 days
Choose Animalz if…
- You want whitepapers, LinkedIn thought leadership and video beside AEO
- Your existing library is large and refreshing it for answer engines is the fastest win
- You run AirOps, or the client list is the proof you trust
Choose Rock the Rankings if…
- Your board wants a pipeline number someone will be held to before the spend
- You want published tiers, no onboarding fee and a monthly plan with no minimum
- You want the founder on the account building the pages that close deals
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FAQs
SimpleTiger vs. Animalz vs. Rock the Rankings: common questions.
If yours is not here, bring it to the call. Same unpolished answer either way.
How does pricing compare across SimpleTiger, Animalz and Rock the Rankings?
+Only Rock the Rankings publishes prices: Consulting $5,000, Done-For-You $8,500 and Authority $15,000 a month, no onboarding fee, on a monthly plan with no minimum term and 30 days' notice. SimpleTiger publishes nine package names with no figures and sizes each at about 5 percent of revenue or funding, month to month with 30 days' notice. Animalz publishes no prices or terms; its site routes to a contact form and a booking calendar. If you need the number before the call, that narrows the list to one.
What happens if it is not working after 90 days with each agency?
+At Rock the Rankings, day 90 is the first forecast review: results are measured against the conservative scenario you received before signing and the plan is adjusted from there, and you can leave in any month with 30 days' notice. At SimpleTiger you can leave with 30 days' notice and it maintains a 90-day ranking promise; ask what it covers. Animalz's contract length, notice period and review cadence are not published; its FAQ notes that AI citations may not send immediate clicks.
Which of the three gives you a pipeline forecast before you sign?
+Rock the Rankings does: three scenarios from your GA4 and CRM data before any agreement, with the conservative case as the commitment. SimpleTiger values each ranking in dollars and publishes an ROI calculator, with a ranking promise as its commitment. Animalz publishes a free SEO Forecasting Tool anyone can use; whether a client receives a forecast before signing is not published. A ranking commitment, a tool to run yourself, or a committed demo number.
Which agency is strongest for AI search visibility in ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity?
+All three audit before work. SimpleTiger tracks six engines including Claude and Grok. Animalz audits four, then refreshes an existing library through a proprietary AI workflow, builds new content for critical prompts, runs mention outreach and YouTube, under its AI Visibility Pyramid. Rock the Rankings baselines five engines before any page ships, builds from your own pages outward with DR 50+ citations, and measures the result against the forecast at day 90. Engine coverage, library refresh and video, or a baselined programme held to a number.
Who actually works on the account at SimpleTiger, Animalz and Rock the Rankings?
+SimpleTiger assigns a client account manager on every package with 24/7 Slack and a project portal. Animalz does not publish who leads a given account or whether leadership is involved in delivery; its client list and team bylines are public. At Rock the Rankings, Founder, Justin Berg runs strategy on every engagement with a senior strategist, no account managers, and same-day Slack. An account manager, an unstated structure, or the founder.
Which should a Series A to Series C B2B SaaS company shortlist?
+It depends on the constraint. If you want organic, paid and lifecycle from one team with month-to-month terms, SimpleTiger. If you want editorial authority, whitepapers, LinkedIn and an AEO programme that refreshes a large library, and the client list reassures you, Animalz. If you need a pipeline number before the spend is approved, published tiers and the founder on the account, Rock the Rankings. One of the three publishes its prices; two publish their terms.