SimpleTiger vs. Skale 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 Skale if you want an AI-search-first programme built by in-house SaaS operators, modelled page by page to signup potential and reported in new MRR, and a starting price around $4,000. Choose Rock the Rankings if your board wants a pipeline number someone will be held to before the spend, published prices on a monthly plan, and the founder on the account with no account manager in between.
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How SimpleTiger, Skale and Rock the Rankings compare.
| Criterion | SimpleTiger | Skale |  Rock the Rankings. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Positioning | drawSaaS-only marketing agency; SEO, GEO, paid, email and design as a Pipeline Engine. Sarasota. | drawAI-search-first organic growth agency for SaaS and tech; reports new MRR, not rankings. | 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. | drawSEO model with signup potential per page and 12-month ROI, sample shown on a call. Commitment: Not public. | drawThree scenarios before signing. The conservative scenario is the commitment. |
| Attribution method | drawLive CRM-connected dashboard; multi-touch; CAC by channel. | drawMonthly in-depth report tied to trials, SQLs, pipeline and revenue. 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. | drawSEO and AI search visibility diagnostics; AI brand mentions and citation outreach. Engines: Not public. | 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. | winSEO, GEO, content, links, technical, website migrations, conversion optimisation. | loseSEO, AI search, content, links, technical. No paid, email, design or migrations. |
| Who runs the account | loseClient Account Manager on every package; 24/7 Slack; portal. | loseSEO lead, growth strategist, project manager and outreach roles named. Founder on delivery: Not 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. | lose"Starts at $4,000" in its own roundup; no pricing page. 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. | drawLink building, outreach and AI citation outreach. 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. | drawExpert-led content production and optimisation. 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. | drawSaaS wanting AI-search-first organic reported in MRR, with migrations in scope. | drawB2B SaaS and tech wanting a pipeline number before spending, on a monthly plan. |
Comparison methodology
Scored on what SimpleTiger and Skale publish on their own sites, checked 14 November 2026. Nothing from sales calls or third parties.
We read SimpleTiger's pricing and home pages and its GEO and 90-day ranking pages, and Skale's own agency roundup and "how we're different" article, which carry its price, services and methodology, 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 of the three publishes prices. Two of the three publish their terms.
SimpleTiger's pricing page lists nine packages by name and scope with no dollar figures, explains that each SEO package starts at 5 percent of revenue or funding at the stage it targets, and runs month to month with 30 days' notice and no long-term contract.
Skale publishes no pricing page; its own roundup says pricing starts at $4,000, and its "how we're different" article argues against long contracts with penalties without stating its own term.
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
Skale
- Published prices: Starting figure only, in a blog post
- 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 package sized to your stage and the freedom to leave on 30 days' notice, with paid and email inside the same engine. Skale is the better pick if a lower starting point matters and you are comfortable scoping the rest on a call with a founder.
Rock the Rankings is the better pick if you want the number and the notice period on the page before any demo or call. The tradeoff is that we start focused and scale as the forecast proves out, and we do not size to revenue.
"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
All three put a number on the work before the contract. They commit to different things.
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.
Skale builds an SEO model before signing that estimates traffic potential page by page, maps funnel metrics by intent stage, counts the links to build, and projects signup potential per page and a 12-month ROI, with a sample model walked through on a call; whether the model is a commitment is 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
Skale
- Pre-contract projection: SEO model with signup potential and 12-month ROI
- Scenarios: Not public
- Commitment: Not public
- Re-forecast cadence: Biweekly check-ins; monthly report
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, because it publishes one. Skale is the better pick if you want the forecast built page by page to signups and MRR, which is closer to how a SaaS finance team thinks than a ranking value.
Rock the Rankings is the better pick if the board wants demos, not positions or a model, and someone held to the conservative case. 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 programme. 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 client quote credits it with a dedicated prompts framework; its Invoca case reports $3M in revenue in under ten months from AI and organic search.
Skale calls itself AI-search-first, runs SEO and AI search visibility diagnostics, prompt and intent mapping, AI brand mentions and citation outreach, and reports a motion-design SaaS client's AI brand coverage rising from 22 to 55 percent in four months with citation share doubled; the engines it tracks are not published.
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
Skale
- Engines covered: Not public
- Baseline before work: Visibility diagnostics in onboarding
- Off-site surfaces worked: AI citation outreach; link outreach
- Day-90 review: Biweekly check-ins; results framed within three months
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. Skale is the better pick if you want AI search treated as the first channel rather than an add-on, with brand-coverage figures reported in its cases.
Rock the Rankings is the better pick if you want five engines baselined before anything ships and the programme sequenced from your own pages outward, 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. Skale reports new MRR monthly. 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.
Skale reports monthly in depth, tied to trials, SQLs, pipeline and revenue, and says it reports on new MRR rather than rankings; its Holded case reports non-branded signups up 1,370 percent and MRR up 279 percent. How either reconciles AI-sourced demos that arrive without a referrer, and whether a self-reported source is read beside the CRM, 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
Skale
- Dashboard: Monthly in-depth report
- Attribution model: Not public
- Self-reported source used: Not public
- Revenue reported: New MRR, trials, SQLs
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. Skale is the better pick if the number your finance team wants is new MRR from organic, reported monthly by people who ran that metric in-house.
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.
SimpleTiger runs paid search and paid social with flat-rate management, email marketing for nurture and churn, digital PR, and Webflow web design including a design subscription, and serves B2B, B2C and B2B2C SaaS and AI companies.
Skale runs website migrations and conversion optimisation as part of one connected system alongside SEO, GEO, content and links.
Rock the Rankings runs SEO, AI search, content, links and technical for B2B SaaS and tech only; we do not run paid, email, PR, design, migrations or CRO.
SimpleTiger
- Paid search and social: Named services
- Email marketing: Named service
- Web design: Named service, Webflow partner
- Migrations and CRO: CRO in Pipeline packages
Skale
- Paid search and social: Not offered
- Email marketing: Not offered
- Web design: Not offered
- Migrations and CRO: Named in its connected system
Rock the Rankings
- Paid search and social: Not offered
- Email marketing: Not offered
- Web design: Not offered
- Migrations and CRO: Not offered
The honest comparison: SimpleTiger is the better pick if you want the whole demand engine, search, paid, lifecycle and the website, from one SaaS-only agency with paid data feeding SEO priorities. Skale is the better pick if a migration is coming and you want it handled inside the organic programme.
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. Skale names its roles. 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.
Skale's co-founders Jake Stainer and Italo Viale ran SEO in-house at Typeform, Pitch, Appcues and Hotjar before founding the agency, and its site names SEO lead, growth strategist, senior project manager and outreach specialist roles with biweekly check-ins; whether a founder is involved in delivery as standard 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
Skale
- Account manager layer: Senior project manager role named
- Founder on delivery: Not public
- Seniority stated: In-house SaaS operators; named roles
- Communication: Biweekly check-ins
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, with depth that rises with the package. Skale is the better pick if the pedigree you trust is in-house SaaS growth at companies like Typeform and Hotjar, with a project manager keeping the biweekly cadence.
Rock the Rankings is the better pick if a client account manager or a project manager is the layer you want removed and the founder is who you want on the call at month nine. 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 Skale 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 Skale the better fit?
Skale is the better fit when you want AI search treated as the first channel and the programme reported in the metric your finance team uses. Its co-founders ran SEO in-house at Typeform, Pitch, Appcues and Hotjar, its SEO model projects signup potential per page and a 12-month ROI before you sign, and its reporting ties organic to trials, SQLs, pipeline and new MRR rather than rankings. Website migrations and conversion optimisation sit inside the same connected system, the starting price is around $4,000, and its cases are specific: AI brand coverage from 22 to 55 percent in four months for a motion-design SaaS, Maze's organic signups up 283 percent, Holded's MRR up 279 percent. For a SaaS company that wants operators rather than account managers and a model rather than a package, this is a strong one.
If you want the model turned into a committed number and the prices on the page, that is the case we are built for.
Recommendation
Choosing between SimpleTiger, Skale 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 Skale if…
- You want AI-search-first organic built by in-house SaaS operators
- You want a page-level signup and MRR model before you sign and new MRR reported after
- A migration is coming or the starting price around $4,000 matters
Choose Rock the Rankings if…
- Your board wants a pipeline number someone will be held to before the spend
- You want published prices, no onboarding fee and a monthly plan with no minimum
- You want the founder on the account with no account manager or project manager in between
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FAQs
SimpleTiger vs. Skale 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, Skale 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. Skale's own roundup says pricing starts at $4,000; it has no pricing page and its terms are not published. 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. Skale frames results within three months, runs biweekly check-ins and argues against long contracts, but its own term and notice are not published.
Which of the three gives you a pipeline forecast before you sign?
+Two of the three model before the contract. Skale builds an SEO model with signup potential per page and a 12-month ROI and walks a sample through on a call; whether it is a commitment is not published. SimpleTiger values each ranking in dollars and publishes an ROI calculator, with a ranking promise as its commitment. Rock the Rankings builds three scenarios from your GA4 and CRM data before any agreement and commits to the conservative one. If you want a model, Skale; a ranking commitment, SimpleTiger; a demo number someone stands behind, us.
Which agency is strongest for AI search visibility in ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity?
+All three run SEO and AI search as one programme. SimpleTiger tracks six engines including Claude and Grok and opens with a free audit. Skale is AI-search-first by positioning, runs visibility diagnostics, prompt mapping and citation outreach, and reports brand coverage in its cases; the engines it tracks are not published. Rock the Rankings baselines five engines before any page ships, builds from your own pages outward and measures the result against the forecast at day 90. Pick SimpleTiger for engine coverage, Skale for an AI-first operating posture, and us for a programme held to a number.
Who actually works on the account at SimpleTiger, Skale and Rock the Rankings?
+SimpleTiger assigns a client account manager on every package with 24/7 Slack and a project portal. Skale names SEO lead, growth strategist, senior project manager and outreach roles and runs biweekly check-ins, with co-founders who ran SEO in-house at Typeform and Hotjar; whether they are on delivery as standard 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. The first difference is whether there is a coordinating layer at all.
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 AI-search-first organic from in-house operators, reported in MRR, with a lower starting point, Skale. If you need a pipeline number before the spend is approved, published prices and a monthly plan with the founder on the account, Rock the Rankings. One of the three publishes its prices; two publish their terms; none promises an AI citation.