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Agency as a service vs doing it yourself with AI

Should you run marketing yourself in Claude or ChatGPT, or use agency as a service?

Run it yourself in Claude, ChatGPT or another assistant when you have the time and the judgment to decide what to ship. Use Levered when you want a person to own the accounts, make the calls, and answer for the results each week.

Levered uses AI agents too. The difference is who is accountable.

Answer

Who directs, reviews and completes the work

AI assistants can draft content, analyze data and use connected tools when configured with the appropriate access. Running marketing yourself still means deciding the priorities, setting permissions, checking the work and following through on what needs correction.

Levered runs the same kind of tools inside a weekly operating loop, with one person reviewing the work and making the calls.

Judgment

Someone decides what ships and what does not.

Access

The work happens in your accounts, not in a chat window.

Follow-through

Weekly, whether or not you remembered to ask.

Accountability

A named person answers for the result.

Side by side

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Agency as a service (Levered)You + Claude
Who decides what shipsThe operator, with youYou
Who does the work in the accountsLevered, using agreed tools and permissionsYou and any agents you configure and supervise
Who is accountableA named personYou
Cost$250, $999 or $1,799 a monthYour subscription and your time
Best atRunning several services at onceDrafts, analysis and ideas on demand
Fit

Who this is for

Choose Levered if

  • You do not have hours each week to run marketing.
  • You want someone to own results.
  • The work crosses ads, pages and tracking.

Choose Claude if

  • You enjoy the work and have time for it.
  • You know what good looks like.
  • You mostly need drafts and a second opinion.
Proof

Named results

How it works

How it works

  1. 01

    Connect the accounts.

    Ads, analytics, site, CRM, whatever is live. The work happens in your systems.

  2. 02

    Start with a 14-day trial.

    The trial has half of Growth I’s monthly usage. A card is saved at sign-up, and the first task comes out of that trial usage.

  3. 03

    Pick a plan.

    Every plan has access to the full service catalog. Plans differ by how much work each month includes.

  4. 04

    Ask for the work you need.

    Setup, ongoing work, measurement and iteration across the services you choose. Top up or move up a plan when you need more.

Pricing

Marketing strategy and execution

Growth I

$250/month

For monitoring and optimization

Start free trial
  • 14-day free trial
  • Weekly monitoring of your site and accounts
  • Tasks done for you in your accounts and on your site
  • A senior marketer leads the work and checks with you before big changes
  • Results tracked for each change
  • A monthly report
  • Chat with Levered anytime
  • Pay for extra usage without changing plans

Growth II

$999/month

For growing businesses

Start free trial
  • Everything in Growth I
  • 5x usage, for projects like:
    • Google or Meta ads management
    • A new landing page
    • New ad copy and images
    • SEO fixes on 5 pages

Growth III

$1,799/month

For growing teams

Start free trial
  • Everything in Growth II
  • 10x usage, for projects like:
    • Google and Meta ads management
    • A custom landing page
    • An AI phone agent
  • One monthly planning call

Growth Team

Custom

For a marketer on your team

Book a call
  • Everything in Growth III
  • An embedded marketer on your team
  • Scope and price set on a call

Services on every plan

Paid ads

  • Google Ads
  • Meta ads (Facebook and Instagram)
  • LinkedIn Ads
  • Campaign setup and quality checks

Content and creative

  • Ad design
  • Video ads, including creator-style (UGC)
  • Articles and thought leadership
  • Social media and executive presence

Website and search

  • Website design and development
  • Landing pages
  • Search engine optimization (SEO)
  • Showing up in AI answers, like ChatGPT

Conversion and email

  • Conversion rate testing
  • New-customer onboarding
  • Lifecycle email and newsletters
  • Re-engagement, upsell and win-back campaigns

Sales and partnerships

  • Account-based marketing (ABM)
  • Outbound prospecting and sales automation
  • Sales decks and materials
  • Referral and partner programs

Tracking and data

  • Conversion tracking
  • Analytics and attribution reports
  • CRM setup and marketing automation
  • Data pipelines and warehouses

AI for your business

  • AI phone agents
  • Chatbots and AI assistants
  • AI workflow automation
  • AI training for your team

Strategy

  • Marketing and go-to-market strategy
  • Competitive and market research
  • Fractional CMO leadership
  • Managing vendors and agencies

Want this run in your accounts?

Get started with a website check and the 14-day trial.

Questions

Common questions

Can I just use Claude for my marketing?

Yes, if you have the time and judgment to decide what to ship and to do the work in your accounts. Many teams do.

Does Levered use AI?

Yes. AI agents handle repeatable work. A person reviews it and makes the calls.

When is Levered worth it over doing it myself?

When your time is worth more elsewhere, or when several services need to move at once.

Can I connect my AI to Levered?

Yes. Levered can be connected to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor to ask about services and fit. Connect your AI to Levered

What does Levered cost?

Growth I is $250 a month, Growth II $999 and Growth III $1,799, with a 14-day free trial.