SEO consultant
SEO consultant in Saudi Arabia: senior expertise, billed by the hour or the day
Strategy, audits, migrations, penalty recovery and training for in-house teams — from a consultant who has run Arabic and English programmes in the Kingdom, with rates published so you can budget before you call.
No minimum contract · Itemised monthly deliverables · Arabic and English team on Riyadh hours · Reporting from your own GA4 and Search Console
Consulting rates
SAR 450
per hour, billed in 30-minute blocks, no minimum
SAR 3,000
strategy day: full audit review, roadmap and team workshop
SAR 3,500
per month advisory retainer: 8 hours, Slack/WhatsApp access, monthly review
Published Saudi consultant rates run SAR 200–1,000 per hour.
Why businesses switch
What we fix
Your in-house team needs direction, not another agency
We set the strategy, priorities and acceptance criteria; your team executes. Weekly or monthly check-ins keep it on track.
A migration or redesign is about to cost you rankings
Redirect mapping, staging QA, hreflang and launch-day checks. We have seen what goes wrong and prevent it.
Traffic dropped and nobody knows why
Algorithm update, manual action, technical regression or lost links — we diagnose it from Search Console and logs and give you a recovery plan.
What you get
What is included
- SEO audit review and prioritised roadmap for Arabic and English
- Keyword and content strategy with page-level briefs
- Technical specifications and developer tickets
- Migration and redesign SEO supervision
- Penalty and traffic-drop diagnosis and recovery plans
- Training workshops for marketing and content teams
- Agency and vendor evaluation — second opinion on proposals
- Monthly reporting review and board-level summaries
Pricing
What it costs
Fixed fees and “from” prices published so you can budget before you call. Every quote is itemised; nothing is billed that was not agreed. Prices in Saudi riyals, excluding 15% VAT.
| Service | Price (SAR) | What is included |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly consulting | SAR 450 per hour Order on WhatsApp | Calls, reviews, written recommendations; billed in 30-minute blocks |
| Half-day workshop | SAR 1,600 Order on WhatsApp | 4 hours with your team, online or in Riyadh |
| Strategy day | SAR 3,000 Order on WhatsApp | Audit walkthrough, 90-day roadmap, keyword map review, team workshop, written summary |
| Monthly advisory retainer | SAR 3,500 per month Order on WhatsApp | 8 hours a month, WhatsApp/Slack access, monthly review call, priority scheduling |
| Migration supervision | from SAR 7,500 Order on WhatsApp | Redirect mapping, staging QA, launch checks, 90-day monitoring |
| Traffic-drop diagnosis | SAR 2,500 Order on WhatsApp | Root-cause report within 5 working days with a recovery plan |
Benchmark: Saudi market sources put SEO consultant rates at SAR 200–1,000 per hour; strategy projects at SAR 3,000–20,000. We sit mid-range with senior-only delivery.
Plans
Simple monthly plans
Three monthly programmes, published in full. Every plan includes a technical audit, a monthly report and a named point of contact. No set-up fees, no lock-in. Prices exclude VAT.
Starter
SAR 2,950 per month
- Keyword research for up to 15 primary Arabic and English keywords
- On-page SEO for 5 core pages
- Google Business Profile optimisation, 1 location
- Technical audit and monthly fixes (indexing, speed, schema)
- 1 new page or article a month (Arabic or English)
- 2 editorial backlinks a month from Saudi or Gulf sites
- Monthly report from your own GA4 and Search Console
Most popular
Growth
SAR 6,950 per month
- Everything in Starter
- Keyword map for up to 50 terms, Arabic and English
- Content optimisation for 8–10 pages a month
- 3 new articles or pages a month
- 5–6 contextual backlinks or guest posts from authority domains
- 1 press release written and distributed each quarter
- AI Overview and People Also Ask tracking
- Monthly strategy call and growth report
Scale
SAR 12,950 per month
- Everything in Starter and Growth
- Unlimited priority pages, bilingual site structure and hreflang
- 6 pages or articles a month, Arabic and English
- 10+ authority backlinks, guest posts and brand mentions a month
- Digital PR: 1 press release or sponsored feature a month in Saudi media
- Reputation monitoring and review strategy
- Dedicated strategist, fortnightly calls
Enterprise, multi-brand and national e-commerce programmes from SAR 20,000 per month, scoped after an audit. Get a quote on WhatsApp
When to hire a consultant instead of an agency
Hire a consultant when you already have people who can write, build and publish and what you lack is direction: which keywords, which pages, which fixes first, and how to judge the results. An agency retainer makes more sense when you need the work done for you. Many Saudi companies run both — our consultant sets strategy while a Growth plan delivers content and links.
Proof
Results, not ranking reports
Outcomes from the brands we work with across Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. Every engagement is reported from the client’s own Search Console and GA4.
+178%
organic traffic for a Gulf lifestyle publisher after content and authority work
7–10 days
to the first live placement on most link and PR campaigns
45-day
replacement or refund guarantee on every link we place
Arabian Aura Central
CONTENT · AUTHORITY — Topical clusters, Arabic and English content and editorial links lifted primary-category traffic by 178% with featured-snippet and AI Overview placements. View →
Fursah GCC
SEO · LINK BUILDING — Technical clean-up and a Gulf-focused link programme that moved core job and visa guides on to page one for Saudi and UAE searches. View →
Planet VPN
DIGITAL PR · OFF-PAGE — Contextual links, balanced anchors and brand mentions on Arabic tech media in one of the most competitive niches online. View →
How we work
You send the brief. We send the results.
Every engagement follows the same transparent path. You always know what is being done, why, and what changed.
1.
Scoping call
Free 30-minute call to understand the problem and agree the format: hourly, day or retainer.
2.
Review
Access to Search Console, GA4 and your CMS; we review data before we meet so the time you pay for is spent on decisions.
3.
Recommendations
Written, prioritised and with acceptance criteria so your team or developers can act without a second meeting.
4.
Follow-through
Check-ins on the retainer, or a fixed-fee review after your team has implemented.
Questions we get asked
How much does an SEO consultant cost in Saudi Arabia?
Market rates run SAR 200–1,000 per hour. Ours is SAR 450 per hour, SAR 3,000 for a strategy day and SAR 3,500 per month for an advisory retainer, excluding VAT.
Do you work in Arabic?
Yes. Calls, workshops and documents in Arabic or English.
Can you review a proposal from another agency?
Yes. A one-hour review of scope and pricing is a common first engagement.
Do you implement, or only advise?
Both. Advice is the consulting rate; implementation is priced on the technical SEO and content pages or in a monthly plan.
Related services and guides
- SEO services in Saudi Arabia
- Technical SEO services
- Enterprise SEO
- SEO pricing and packages
- Free SEO audit
Book a free 30-minute scoping call
Tell us the problem — a drop, a migration, a team that needs direction — and we will tell you honestly whether an hour, a day or a retainer is the right format.
Reply within one working day · No obligation · We will tell you if SEO is not the right spend