Agencies charge $5,000-$15,000/month for what AI now does in software. Here's an honest look at when each makes sense, and when AI clearly wins.
Speed, transparency, integration, cost.
Tasks that take agencies a week happen in hours.
Lead gen, follow-up, CRM, reviews, all wired together. No agency hand-offs.
Live dashboards. See revenue attribution, not just monthly summaries.
Month-to-month. Cancel anytime. We compete for the renewal every month.
Traditional agencies charge a hefty monthly retainer, take weeks to get moving, report in vague metrics, and often leave you renting assets you never truly own. Launched delivers the work as an all-in-one platform, done for you, transparent, and built to convert, not just to look busy.
Agency: large monthly retainers, often with long contracts. Launched: a predictable subscription that replaces several tools and services, see pricing.
Agency: vague monthly reports. Launched: clear reporting and attribution tying spend to booked revenue, so you always know what's working.
Agency: long onboarding and slow turnaround. Launched: live in a couple of weeks, with automations running from day one.
Agency: usually one service, ads, or SEO, or social. Launched: the full stack, call answering, CRM, follow-up, reviews, SEO, ads and social, working together.
For most local businesses, yes, it consolidates the work several tools and an agency would handle into one done-for-you platform. Some still keep a specialist for niche creative.
Yes. We set up and run the system for you, you get agency-style service without the agency price tag or the black box.
You get transparent reporting that connects activity to booked revenue, so results aren't hidden behind vanity metrics.
Launched is a subscription, not a long agency retainer, see the pricing page or ask during a demo about current terms.
Yes. Your contacts, conversations and content live in your account, not locked away by an outside agency.
Most businesses are live within a couple of weeks, typically faster than an agency's onboarding.
Book a demo. If your situation is better served by an agency, we'll tell you that.