Hook Agency Alternatives for Contractors in 2026, scored on what each one publishes.

Best for: small contractors who want the cheapest published entry point and can live with the account terms.

The cheapest published pricing on this page, and the most of it: the contractor marketing program is $249 a month with the website included, Google Ads management is $149 for the first month and $249 after, and Local Services Ads is a $499 setup plus $149 a month. It states that the ads fee excludes your actual advertising budget, and there are no contracts plus a 90-day money-back window.

Then read the fine print together. The FAQ says "we don't believe in holding your site hostage" and promises help taking the site with you. The Google Ads page says the opposite about the account: it creates the account and "retains ownership of the Google Ads account". Your site is yours, your conversion history is not.

Best for: contractors doing roughly $3 million to $15 million a year who want a large, well-known home services team and can carry its fee floor.

Hook publishes more of its pricing than almost anyone in the category: local SEO at $2,800 a month, answer engine optimisation at $4,000 a month or $2,000 when added to an SEO package, pay-per-click covering Google Ads and Local Service Ads from $2,000 a month, "scales based on service scope & ad spend", Meta ads from $3,000, and websites at $1,000 or $2,000 a month, which its page states as $12,000 or $24,000 split into 12 months. Its own line is "You shouldn't be the cheapest, and we aren't either."

Ownership is stated twice and plainly: "you own your account, and your credit card is connected to the spend", and "You own your website 100%". What the pricing page does not state is a contract length or a cancellation window; the only duration on it is the 12-month split on the website builds. It also says who it is built for, companies "scaling from $3M to $15M in revenue", which is the honest reason a smaller contractor ends up on a page like this one.

Best for: contractors who want a big agency with published tiers and do not mind a six-month commitment.

WebFX publishes tiered management: plans start at $750 a month, with initial optimisation from $1,200 and progressive management at $750, or $975 or 15% of spend, or $4,500 or 12% of spend as budgets rise. Google Local Services Ads is listed as an included network. Its home services page quotes a different floor, $650 a month for paid search, which the PPC page contradicts.

Ownership is answered directly and is the strongest version of it here: "Who owns my ad account? You do! At WebFX, we ensure our clients retain full ownership of their advertising accounts across Google, Microsoft, and other ad networks." The commitment is six months minimum, and the website question is not addressed at all.

Best for: larger businesses that want one vendor running technology, intake and media and are comfortable on its platform.

Scorpion publishes no price. Its sitemap runs to 1,947 URLs and contains no pricing page, and the FAQ answers the question with "The investment you decide to make with Scorpion depends on your business goals." Terms are stated: typically a 12-month contract for its marketing technology and services like SEO, with digital advertising typically month to month.

The exit answer is the reason contractors end up on a page like this. Scorpion says it transfers "full ownership of key accounts such as Google Analytics/GA4, Google Local Services Ads, social media accounts, website content, and more". The Google Ads account is not in that list, though it is named elsewhere on the same site when contracts are discussed. The website comes back as static files: "You'll need to work with another vendor to rebuild your website on a content management system of your choosing." Both are conditioned on "after fulfilling their contract".

Best for: trades contractors who want a large home services specialist and do not need published pricing.

RYNO works only in the trades, and its navigation still carries "Formerly Blue Corona": the two merged effective 1 October 2024 under the RYNO name. The merger announcement describes RYNO as a wholly owned subsidiary of EverService Holdings, a portfolio company of Sunstone Partners, so it is private equity owned.

On the published questions it is thin: no pricing, no contract terms, and an ownership statement that covers the website, "you own 100% of every asset we create for you, including your website. The code, content, imagery, everything", with no mention of the ad account. Local Services Ads is listed as a service. Note the source: the live site blocks automated reading, so this row comes from an archived snapshot dated 22 September 2026.

Best for: contractors who care most about keeping the account and the data, and do not need LSA managed.

The terms and ownership answers are as good as anyone's here: "No Long-Term Contracts. Month-to-month agreements", and "Your Google Ads account belongs to you. If you ever leave, you keep everything, the account, data, and history."

Two gaps. There is no published price: the dollar figures on the site are a budget dropdown, an ROI calculator and a claim about total spend managed. And Local Services Ads is not offered as a service, only mentioned in passing, which matters if LSA is where your leads come from. It also sells white label work to other agencies, so a competitor could be a client.

Best for: HVAC companies that want a small trades agency and will get the terms in writing themselves.

Rival is built for home services and offers Local Services Ads management, which is the right shape for a contractor. Its about page lists "Flat-Rate Pricing" as a differentiator, but the button next to it says "Request Pricing" and no figure appears anywhere. The only dollar values on the site are a current-revenue dropdown in the contact form.

Ownership appears as a four-word bullet, "You Own Everything", with no sentence anywhere explaining whether that means the ad account, the website or the data. It is the weakest ownership claim on this page precisely because it sounds like the strongest.

Best for: businesses outside home services that want a large generalist and month-to-month terms.

Thrive states month-to-month contracts plainly on its homepage, which is more than several agencies here manage. After that the answers run out.

Its page is titled digital marketing pricing and contains no price. The only dollar amounts are form fields marked hidden in the markup, asking for your monthly budget and web design budget. There is no ownership statement, and its 1,395-URL sitemap contains no Local Services Ads service page, only a blog post. It describes clients "in just about every industry", with no home services vertical.