SimpleTiger vs. Powered by Search 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 Powered by Search if you spend $15,000 a month or more on growth, have a VP in-house, and want paid, organic and RevOps as three published tracks run by senior-only pods, with a 30 percent pipeline promise at 90 days. Choose Rock the Rankings if your board wants a number built on your own data with the conservative case as the commitment, published tiers from $5,000 on a monthly plan, and the founder on the account.
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How SimpleTiger, Powered by Search and Rock the Rankings compare.
| Criterion | SimpleTiger | Powered by Search |  Rock the Rankings. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Positioning | drawSaaS-only marketing agency; SEO, GEO, paid, email and design as a Pipeline Engine. Sarasota. | drawB2B demand generation agency, Toronto. Paid, organic and RevOps as three levers. 200+ companies. | 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. | drawPromises 30% more pipeline in 90 days; terms of the promise and any scenario model: Not public. | drawThree scenarios on your data before signing. The conservative scenario is the commitment. |
| Attribution method | drawLive CRM-connected dashboard; multi-touch; CAC by channel. | drawAnalytics specialist on full-funnel attribution; RevOps track; board-ready reporting on top tier. | 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. | drawMonth one uncovers LLM mentions and entity map; ChatGPT and Perplexity monitored. Audit as paid pilot. | 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. | winPaid media, ABM, creative, CRO, RevOps, HubSpot, digital PR, web design, developer marketing. | loseSEO, AI search, content, links, technical. No paid, email, design, ABM or RevOps. |
| Who runs the account | loseClient Account Manager on every package; 24/7 Slack; portal. | loseSenior-only pods; strategist plus two specialists; no account director or PM. Founder: Not public. | winFounder, Justin Berg and a senior strategist. No account managers. |
| Pricing transparency | drawNine named packages, no figures; 5% of revenue or funding. Month to month, 30 days' notice. | drawThree tracks, three tiers each, monthly and quarterly rates published. Minimum term: Not public. | drawPrices published. Monthly plan, no minimum, 30 days' notice. |
| Link and citation building | drawLink building and press placements scaled by package. Volume: Not public. | drawStarter outreach on Implementation; managed digital PR on Promotion. Volume: 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. | drawFull production on Implementation; 4 to 8 pages in month two of the 90-day plan. Monthly 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. | drawB2B companies spending $15K+ a month on growth with a VP of Marketing or RevOps in-house. | drawB2B SaaS and tech wanting a pipeline number before spending, on a monthly plan. |
Comparison methodology
Scored on what SimpleTiger and Powered by Search 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 Powered by Search's pricing page, including its track tiers, 90-day timelines, pilots, team roles and fit FAQ, plus its own agency roundups, 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
Two of the three publish full price lists. One of those two publishes its notice period.
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.
Powered by Search publishes every tier of every track: for organic, SEO & LLM Ranking Consulting at $9,000, Implementation at $14,400 and Promotion at $21,600 monthly, or $7,500, $12,000 and $18,000 on quarterly billing, with paid media from $6,000 and RevOps from $7,200, plus pilots at $2,500, $14,900 and $25,000 credited in full if you upgrade within 30 days; its minimum term 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
Powered by Search
- Published prices: Yes, three tracks, three tiers each, monthly and quarterly
- Contract term: Not public; quarterly billing saves 20 percent
- Exit notice: Not public
- Onboarding fee: None stated; paid pilots credited on upgrade
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. Powered by Search is the better pick if you want the most complete published rate card on this page, nine tiers across three tracks, and a paid pilot you can test before committing.
Rock the Rankings is the better pick if you want the price and the notice period on the same page and an entry point below both. The tradeoff is that we start focused and scale as the forecast proves out, and we do not sell pilots or paid tracks.
"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 promises a percentage, one commits to a scenario built on your data.
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.
Powered by Search promises 30 percent more pipeline in 90 days on its pricing page, reports that 87 percent of its clients hit their Q2 pipeline goals, and lays out a 90-day plan for each track; the terms of the promise, what it is measured against, and whether a scenario model is delivered before signing are not published.
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
Powered by Search
- Pre-contract projection: Not public; Pipeline Audit pilot with 90-day roadmap
- Scenarios: Not public
- Commitment: 30 percent more pipeline in 90 days, terms Not public
- Re-forecast cadence: 90-day plan per track
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. Powered by Search is the better pick if a pipeline percentage promised on the pricing page, backed by a published hit rate, is the commitment your board recognises, and you are comfortable asking on the call what it is measured against.
Rock the Rankings is the better pick if you want the number built on your own ACV, close rate and conversion data rather than a percentage, with the conservative case as the commitment. That 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 run SEO and AI search as one track. The differences are the engines, the baseline, and what it is held to.
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.
Powered by Search's organic track uncovers LLM mentions and builds a keyword and entity map in month one, ships LLM-optimised briefs and four to eight pages in month two, and runs entity optimisation, LLM prompt and source optimisation and ChatGPT and Perplexity monitoring in month three, with AI work graded by tier; a full audit is sold as a paid pilot.
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
Powered by Search
- Engines covered: ChatGPT and Perplexity named for monitoring
- Baseline before work: Month-one LLM mention discovery; paid Pipeline Audit pilot
- Off-site surfaces worked: Outreach on Implementation; digital PR on Promotion
- Day-90 review: End of the 90-day plan
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, from a free audit. Powered by Search is the better pick if you want the AI work sequenced inside a published 90-day plan with entity and source optimisation as named steps, and paid media data informing the organic priorities.
Rock the Rankings is the better pick if you want five engines baselined before anything ships, at no charge, and the programme held to a forecast rather than a plan. 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. Powered by Search sells attribution as a track. We apply one rule inside the organic programme.
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.
Powered by Search puts an analytics specialist on full-funnel attribution in its senior growth team, sells Fractional RevOps as its own track from $7,200 a month with HubSpot operations inside it, and includes board-ready reporting on its top tier; how AI-sourced demos filed as Direct are reconciled 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
Powered by Search
- Dashboard: Board-ready reporting on Promotion
- Attribution model: Full-funnel attribution by an analytics specialist; RevOps track
- Self-reported source used: Not public
- Revenue reported: Pipeline and ARR as KPIs
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. Powered by Search is the better pick if attribution itself needs building and you want a RevOps track and a HubSpot practice doing it as part of the engagement.
Rock the Rankings is the better pick if the stack is sound and the problem is AI-sourced demos filed as Direct, which we reconcile contact by contact against the buyer's own answer. We read your stack rather than build it.
What else each agency can run for you
Both competitors run far more than organic.
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.
Powered by Search runs paid media, ABM, creative, CRO, RevOps and HubSpot, digital PR, SaaS web design and developer marketing as published tracks and services, and says it is not a fit for B2C or e-commerce.
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
- RevOps and ABM: Not named
Powered by Search
- Paid search and social: Published track from $6,000
- Email marketing: Not named
- Web design: SaaS web design named
- RevOps and ABM: Published RevOps track; ABM named
Rock the Rankings
- Paid search and social: Not offered
- Email marketing: Not offered
- Web design: Not offered
- RevOps and ABM: Not offered
The honest comparison: SimpleTiger is the better pick if you want search, paid, lifecycle and the website from one SaaS-only agency, B2C included. Powered by Search is the better pick if you want paid, organic and RevOps bought as three priced tracks with ABM and developer marketing alongside, and a VP in-house to run them against.
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
SimpleTiger gives every package an account manager. Powered by Search removes the middleman. We give every engagement 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.
Powered by Search says its accounts work directly with senior subject-matter experts, a strategic lead with 15-plus years, a paid media manager, an SEO strategist, a content specialist, a link building lead, an analytics specialist and a RevOps specialist, with no account director or project manager in between and a team averaging ten-plus years; whether a founder is involved in delivery is 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
Powered by Search
- Account manager layer: None; senior SMEs direct
- Founder on delivery: Not public
- Seniority stated: Strategic lead 15+ years; pod average 10+ years
- 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 across several channels. Powered by Search is the better pick if you want a senior-only pod with no middleman and the seniority stated in years, across paid, organic and RevOps at once.
Rock the Rankings is the better pick if the senior-only principle is what you want and you want the founder's name attached to it on one channel. Output scales to the forecast, not to a package or a pod.
"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 Powered by Search 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 Powered by Search the better fit?
Powered by Search is the better fit when you spend $15,000 a month or more on growth, have a VP of Marketing or RevOps in-house, and want paid, organic and RevOps bought as three published tracks with nine priced tiers between them. Each track comes with a 90-day plan, senior-only pods work directly with you with no account director or project manager in between, an analytics specialist owns full-funnel attribution, and paid pilots from $2,500 to $25,000 are credited in full if you upgrade within 30 days. It promises 30 percent more pipeline in 90 days, reports that 87 percent of its clients hit their Q2 pipeline goals, has served 200-plus companies from Toronto, and runs ABM, CRO, HubSpot, digital PR, web design and developer marketing alongside. For a B2B company that wants every lever executed and reported by one senior team, this is a strong one.
If you want the number built on your own data rather than a percentage, on a monthly plan below $15,000 with the founder on the account, that is the case we are built for.
Recommendation
Choosing between SimpleTiger, Powered by Search 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 Powered by Search if…
- You spend $15,000+ a month on growth and have a VP in-house
- You want paid, organic and RevOps as three published tracks run by senior-only pods
- A 30 percent pipeline promise at 90 days is the commitment your board recognises
Choose Rock the Rankings if…
- Your board wants a number built on your own data with the conservative case as the commitment
- You want published tiers from $5,000, no onboarding fee and a monthly plan with no minimum
- You want the founder on the account with no account manager or pod in between
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FAQs
SimpleTiger vs. Powered by Search 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, Powered by Search and Rock the Rankings?
+Two of the three publish full price lists. Powered by Search lists every tier of every track, for organic $9,000, $14,400 and $21,600 monthly or $7,500, $12,000 and $18,000 quarterly, with pilots credited on upgrade; its minimum term is not published. Rock the Rankings publishes Consulting $5,000, Done-For-You $8,500 and Authority $15,000 a month, no onboarding fee, no minimum term, 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. The most complete rate card, the lowest entry with a notice period, or the shortest term without a price.
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. At Powered by Search, day 90 is the end of the published plan and the point its 30 percent pipeline promise refers to; what happens if it is missed, and its notice terms, are not published.
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. Powered by Search promises 30 percent more pipeline in 90 days and sells a Pipeline Audit pilot with a 90-day roadmap; whether a scenario model comes before signing is not published. SimpleTiger values each ranking in dollars and publishes an ROI calculator, with a ranking promise as its commitment. A number on your data, a percentage, or a ranking commitment.
Which agency is strongest for AI search visibility in ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity?
+All three run SEO and AI search as one track. SimpleTiger tracks six engines including Claude and Grok from a free audit. Powered by Search sequences LLM mention discovery, entity mapping, LLM-optimised briefs and ChatGPT and Perplexity monitoring inside a published 90-day plan, with a full audit sold as a pilot. Rock the Rankings baselines five engines before any page ships at no charge, builds from your own pages outward with DR 50+ citations, and measures the result against the forecast at day 90. Engine coverage, a sequenced plan, or a baselined programme held to a number.
Who actually works on the account at SimpleTiger, Powered by Search and Rock the Rankings?
+SimpleTiger assigns a client account manager on every package with 24/7 Slack and a project portal. Powered by Search runs senior-only pods, a strategic lead with 15-plus years and specialists averaging ten-plus, with no account director or project manager in between; whether a founder is on delivery is not published. 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, a senior pod, 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 spend $15,000 a month or more, have a VP in-house and want paid, organic and RevOps as three priced tracks with a pipeline percentage promised, Powered by Search. If you need a number built on your own data before the spend is approved, published tiers from $5,000 and the founder on the account, Rock the Rankings. Two publish full prices; two state no account manager layer; one publishes its notice period beside its prices.