Your content, your domain and your data are always yours from day one. On the Studio subscription the custom-built site is licensed while you subscribe; after 12 months you can continue month-to-month or take an exported standalone version for a once-off buyout fee.

How much does a website cost with Octa Studio?

Studio subscription: R1,850/month with no setup fee. Managed Partner from R8,000/month. Premium once-off builds from R40,000, e-commerce from R45,000, custom platforms from R85,000. All prices published openly in Rand.

What is Conversion Recovery?

Server-side ad tracking — Meta Conversions API, Google Enhanced Conversions and a clean GA4 — moved onto your own domain so ad platforms see your full sales data. From R7,500 once-off plus a care plan from R1,500/month.

How fast will my site be live?

Studio sites are typically live within 2-3 weeks of receiving your content. Premium builds are scoped per project, with real working software visible in the first week.

SEO Services Johannesburg — Daily Tracking, Real Data

SEO in Johannesburg starts at R950/month for daily tracking and reporting, R2,450/month with competitor analysis and AI visibility, and R8,000/month for full management. We are based in Randburg, so a coffee is possible. Every price is published, there is no lock-in above the twelve-month build plans, and we do not guarantee rankings.

We are actually in Johannesburg

Worth saying because a lot of "SEO Johannesburg" results are not. We are in Randburg, we work with businesses across Gauteng, and if it helps to sit in a room and go through the numbers, that is possible.

What you get for R950 a month

A hundred keywords tracked daily on Google, Bing and the map pack. Your Google reviews and rating watched. Your ad spend measured against what it returned. Search Console connected. Whether AI assistants recommend you. And an email every Monday that explains it in whichever voice you choose — founder, marketing manager or technical.

That is the tracking tier. It does not include us doing the work — that is what the higher plans are for. We keep the two separate so you always know what you are paying for.

What Johannesburg businesses usually get wrong

Paying for clicks they already own. Bidding on terms where you rank #1 or #2 organically, which the dashboard flags with the rand figure attached.
Ignoring the map pack. For most Joburg service businesses, the local results sit above everything else — and are driven by review velocity and profile completeness more than by anything on the website.
No conversion tracking. Roughly a third of conversions never reach the ad platforms because of ad-blockers and browser rules, so the platforms optimise blind.
Chasing head terms with no authority. "Digital marketing" has 12,100 searches a month and you will not win it. The money is in the specific terms where you already sit on page two.

The AI question nobody is asking yet

When a Johannesburg buyer asks ChatGPT who to use, a name comes back. It is usually the same handful of agencies, and it is not driven by who ranks best on Google. We track this weekly — who gets recommended in your category and why — and it is the single biggest gap between businesses that will still be found in two years and those that will not.

Questions we get from Johannesburg businesses

How much does SEO cost in Johannesburg?

Daily tracking and reporting start at R950 per month. R2,450 per month adds AI visibility, competitor gaps, backlinks and weekly agent-generated actions. Full management, including implementation, starts at R8,000 per month.

Are you actually based in Johannesburg?

Yes, in Randburg. We work across Gauteng and meet in person when it is useful, which is not something every result on this search can say.

What is the difference between the R950 and R8,000 plans?

R950 measures everything and tells you what to do. R8,000 means we do it. Between them, R2,450 adds AI visibility, competitor analysis and an agent that proposes and executes the safe work automatically.

Do you lock clients into contracts?

The dashboard plans are month to month. Only custom site builds carry a twelve-month minimum, because the build cost is spread across it rather than charged upfront.

Integrations

We plug into what you already use.

Your accounts stay yours — connected with secure authorisation links and read-only access. Nothing is migrated, no passwords change hands.

Google Search ConsoleWhat Google really sends you

Google Analytics 4Traffic and behaviour

Google AdsSpend, clicks, conversions

Meta AdsFacebook & Instagram

Google BusinessReviews, map pack, insights

ShopifyStores, products, checkout

PayFast · Ozow · YocoSA payment gateways

Courier & shippingRates, rules, tracking

Resend emailNewsletters and journeys

Social publishingScheduled across platforms

WhatsApp BusinessAutomations and lead capture

AI assistantsChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity

SEO in Johannesburg,from someone actually here.