CITERA :: SOLUTIONS
Replace the retainer, keep the results
Agencies bill hours; you wanted outcomes. Citera runs the same work continuously — measurement, technical fixes, publishing and off-property mentions — monthly rolling, no lock-in, with a 90-day money-back guarantee.
Name
Replace your agency
Engine
Cross-engine
Page Type
Replacement
Key Fact 1
Monthly rolling with no lock-in, against a typical annual retainer
Key Fact 2
Execution runs continuously rather than in monthly sprints
Key Fact 3
90-day money-back guarantee — agencies rarely offer one
Stop paying for hours
The work is software, so the bill does not scale with how long something took.
Keep the execution
Publishing, technical fixes and outreach still happen — just continuously.
Keep the option to leave
Monthly rolling with a 90-day money-back guarantee instead of a twelve-month commitment.
How Citera works
See where you stand
Citera runs the buying questions in your category across all AI models and records who gets named, cited, and which sources decide it.
Fix what blocks you
Crawler access, rendering, schema and hidden pricing get detected and deployed automatically, with rollback — no developer ticket.
Publish what gets quoted
Answer-shaped pages go straight into your CMS, and Citera posts to the third-party surfaces AI engines lean on.
Prove it moved
The same prompts rerun on a schedule, so you can show the answer changed rather than reporting activity.
Can software really replace an agency?
It replaces the repetitive execution and the measurement. Strategy, creative and relationships are still human work — many teams keep a lighter agency engagement alongside.
What happens to our existing work?
Nothing is thrown away. Citera audits what exists, keeps what performs and fixes what does not.
Is there a contract?
Monthly rolling, no lock-in, and a 90-day money-back guarantee.
Who reviews what gets published?
You do, if you want to. Review-first publishing is available and technical deployments carry rollback.
What if we want an agency for creative?
That is a common split — Citera handles measurement and continuous execution, the agency handles campaigns and brand work.
Updated
Aug 13, 2026
What goes wrong with retainers
Not because agencies are bad — because the pricing model rewards effort, not outcomes.
Challenge 1
You are billed for hours regardless of whether visibility moved
Challenge 2
Work arrives in monthly batches while the channel moves weekly
Challenge 3
Reporting lists deliverables instead of results
Challenge 4
Nobody on the account covers AI search yet
Challenge 5
Leaving means a notice period and losing the institutional knowledge
What the retainer was doing, automated
Measurement, content, technical work and outreach in one platform, running every day instead of once a month.
Continuous measurement
Prompt and citation tracking across all AI models, rerun on a schedule rather than at reporting time.
Content production
Answer-shaped pages published into your CMS without briefing a writer.
Technical execution
Site fixes deployed automatically with rollback, no dev queue and no change request.
Off-property outreach
Posts to the third-party surfaces AI engines quote, at a volume manual outreach cannot match.
What do we lose by leaving an agency?
Human strategy, creative judgement and relationships. Citera replaces the repetitive execution and measurement, not those — be clear-eyed about which half you were paying for.
Other solutions
Retainer audit
Compare what you pay against what actually moved.
Clean handover
Take the channel in-house without losing momentum.
Budget cut
Keep organic running on a smaller line item.
AI coverage gap
Cover AI search your agency does not.
Faster cycles
Move from monthly batches to continuous work.
Accountability
Tie spend to tracked visibility movement.
Measured, fixed, published
How It Works Intro
Citera runs the full loop — find where AI leaves you out, fix what blocks you, publish what gets cited, then check the answer again.
Metric 1 Value
$219
Metric 1 Label
$219
Metric 2 Value
None
Metric 2 Label
None
Metric 3 Value
90
Metric 3 Label
90
Use Case 1 Prompt
is my SEO agency worth the money?
Use Case 2 Prompt
how do I bring SEO in-house?
Use Case 3 Prompt
cheaper alternative to an SEO agency
Use Case 4 Prompt
my agency does not do AI search — what now?
Use Case 5 Prompt
why is my agency so slow to publish?
Use Case 6 Prompt
how do I measure SEO agency performance?
