Strategi vs First Page Sage. Two month-to-month options, at very different prices.

First Page Sage is a long-running SEO and GEO agency known for expert-led content and its research on what AI search work costs. Its own report puts its price at $6,000 to $12,000 a month, month to month. Strategi is month to month too, from $499, and the work starts on day one.

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Updated 24 October 2026. Prices checked on each company's own site.

Which one fits you?

First Page Sage fits if

Your offer is complex or regulated, and content needs expert interviews and compliance review.
You want a dedicated team on regular calls.
You want CRO, web design, paid search or a fractional CMO from the same agency.
Your budget is $6,000 a month or more, and a long track record matters to you.

Strategi fits if

You want pages going out in your first month.
You want agency-quality work for $499 to $2,499 a month.
You want a standard set of buyer questions tracked daily on a live dashboard.
You want to start today, without waiting for a proposal.

How do Strategi and First Page Sage compare?

	First Page Sage	Strategi
What it is	An SEO and GEO agency founded in 2009, with in-house writers and strategists	AI search done for you: our platform does the work and a specialist reviews it
Price	$6,000 to $12,000 a month, from its own pricing report. Clutch lists a $10,000+ minimum project	$499, $999 or $2,499 a month
Contract	Month to month, by its own account	Month to month, 30 days' notice, no setup fee
How you start	A contact form or a call. Month one is three audits and technical fixes	Pick a plan and start today. Your roadmap arrives within 24 hours
Content	6 to 7 deliverables a month from weekly expert briefs, starting in month two	10 to 20 blog posts a month, plus 5 to 10 money pages on Growth and Scale, from month one
Where facts come from	Weekly interviews with your experts	A short interview with you, plus your search data and what buyers say online
Off-site work	List articles, database inclusion, review management, PR and original research	Scale: best-of lists, listings, review collection, 50 publisher pitches a month, Reddit and Quora, monthly original data
Tracking	Set up per client. No standard prompt count or engine list is published	50, 100 or 250 buyer questions daily on 3, 6 or 9 engines, on a live dashboard
Reporting	Leads and bookings first, then AI visibility and traffic	Enquiries from AI in your own Google Analytics, beside daily AI answers and your Search Console, Bing and Clarity data
Other services	CRO, web design, paid search and fractional CMO	AI search and the SEO under it only

What does First Page Sage do well?

It has been at this longer than most, and it publishes the research to show for it.

Research the industry uses. Its GEO and AEO pricing report, built from 1,146 quotes across 214 agencies, is the fullest public study of what this work costs. We cite its median on our own homepage.
Expert-led content. Writers work from weekly briefs with your experts, with compliance review for regulated offers.
Getting onto the lists AI cites. Superlative list articles, database inclusion and review management sit at the core of its GEO service.
Long relationships. 167 active clients, staying 3.9 years on average, by its own count.
A wider bench. CRO, web design, paid search and fractional CMO work under the same roof.

How do the first 90 days compare?

Both are month to month, so speed is where the difference shows first.

First Page Sage, month one. Three audits, covering SEO, GEO and the conversion path, plus technical fixes.
First Page Sage, months two to four. Content production starts in month two, and it expects pipeline by month three or four.
Strategi, day one. One onboarding form and read-only access to your analytics and search data.
Strategi, within 24 hours. Your roadmap, set by specialists from your baseline and your own search data.
Strategi, every month after. Pages planned, written, reviewed, approved and published, with site fixes running alongside on Growth and Scale.

What does the price difference buy?

At $6,000 to $12,000 a month, First Page Sage gives you a senior in-house team, weekly expert interviews and 6 to 7 deliverables a month. Strategi Scale, at $2,499, is about 40% of First Page Sage's lowest figure and includes 20 blog posts and 10 money pages a month, every site fix, off-site work and 250 questions tracked daily.

The real difference is how each piece is made. At First Page Sage, people write from interviews with your experts. At Strategi, our platform researches and writes, and a specialist reviews every page before you approve it. If every paragraph needs a subject expert's voice, that difference matters, and First Page Sage is built for it.

When is First Page Sage the better choice?

Regulated or highly technical offers. Cybersecurity, fintech or healthcare content that needs expert interviews and compliance review on every piece.
You want a close strategist relationship. A dedicated team on regular calls. Strategi works through your dashboard and does not include strategy calls.
More than AI search. CRO, web design, paid search or a fractional CMO from one agency.
AI agents that act for buyers. First Page Sage sells work on feeds, APIs and forms for agents that complete actions, as a separate service.

Nothing goes live without your yesEvery page and fix is reviewed by a specialist, then approved by you.
No shortcutsWe never post as you, buy reviews, use fake accounts or publish facts you have not approved.
You own everythingEvery page, fix, listing and account stays yours, including if you leave.
Month to monthNo setup fee, no minimum term, 30 days' notice to cancel.

Strategi vs First Page Sage, answered.

How much does First Page Sage cost?

By its own GEO and AEO pricing report (October 2026), First Page Sage charges $6,000 to $12,000 a month, sold as monthly deliverable credits. Its service pages show no prices, and its Clutch profile lists a minimum project of $10,000+.

Is First Page Sage month to month?

First Page Sage says so on its own site, where it describes everything as running month to month. As with any agency, check the terms in your proposal.

Is Strategi a First Page Sage alternative?

Yes, for businesses that want AI search work done well without a $6,000-a-month retainer. Strategi writes and publishes pages every month, makes every site fix from Growth and does off-site work on Scale, from $499 a month. If you need expert interviews on every piece or a strategist on regular calls, First Page Sage is the closer fit.

Why does Strategi cite First Page Sage's research?

Its pricing report is the largest public study of GEO and AEO pricing we know of: 1,146 quotes from 214 agencies, collected from July to October 2026. Its median of $6,850 a month is the agency figure on our homepage. It is First Page Sage's own research, and the same report lists First Page Sage itself.

How quickly does each one start?

Strategi starts the day you sign up, with your roadmap within 24 hours and pages in the first month. First Page Sage spends month one on audits and technical fixes and starts content in month two.

Sources: First Page Sage GEO and AEO pricing report, First Page Sage SEO and GEO process, First Page Sage GEO service, First Page Sage on Clutch.

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