Honest comparison of Ottawa SEO Inc. and Jellyfish — track record, specialization, pricing, and contract terms.
**Choose Jellyfish if:** global agency footprint, enterprise full-service capability, Google Marketing Platform partnership.
**Choose Ottawa SEO Inc. if:** you want a founder-led engagement with twelve years of continuous operating history across twenty verticals, transparent month-to-month pricing, and direct access to the decision-maker on every call.
**Jellyfish** — based in London / global, founded 2005, ~3,000+ staff. Strengths: global agency footprint, enterprise full-service capability, Google Marketing Platform partnership. Considerations: enterprise-only operating model, multi-tier delivery teams, premium pricing.
**Ottawa SEO Inc.** — founded 2014 (twelve continuous years), founder-led by Martin Vassilev, manages a 500+ domain portfolio across Canadian and US markets producing real-time visibility into Google algorithm changes.
Founder-led model with same person across sales, strategy, and delivery — opposite of Jellyfish's enterprise-team structure.
Jellyfish typically operates on agency-tier pricing with quarterly or annual minimums. Ottawa SEO Inc. operates on month-to-month terms — no annual minimums, no setup fees, no termination penalty. Engagement floor $1,200/month for solo practitioners, scaling to enterprise without the agency-overhead premium. Use the Ottawa SEO Cost Calculator for a defensible monthly range.
Global agency footprint, enterprise full-service capability, Google Marketing Platform partnership. If those capabilities are the primary decision criteria, Jellyfish is a credible choice. We'd rather you choose them and succeed than choose us and find we weren't the right fit.
Useful filters: (1) founder-led or agency-team delivery? (2) month-to-month or annual contracts? (3) generalist or specialist for your vertical? (4) realistic monthly budget? Use the cost calculator for budget anchoring, then book a free 30-minute call.
No. Jellyfish is a credible agency. The only meaningful question is whether their operating model fits your needs better than ours.
For SEO, yes — across technical, on-page, content, and link-acquisition. For broader services, evaluate scope-by-scope.
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