9 Clouds
A Sioux Falls digital marketing agency founded in 2009, with a 17-person public roster and an offer spanning SEO and AEO, content, paid media, email, automation and reporting.
Hub Score v2.0
67/100
Developing public profile
Top 30%A narrower capability profile; compare buyer fit and Evidence Confidence.
Tied #83 with 30 other companies of 399 listed United States companies.
Entry retainer
Not published
No recurring floor published; confirm current scope
Operating history
0 years
At peer median
Documented breadth
7 services
6 industry categories
Evidence confidence
98% · High
369 comparable industry peers
Website traffic
No public estimate
HypeStat · Checked 26 Aug 2026
Traffic context: No defensible current public traffic estimate was recorded for this domain; this field is display-only and does not affect Hub Score. Traffic is display-only and does not affect Hub Score.
Open HypeStat sourceBuyer decision brief
Where the public evidence points
9 Clouds qualifies through its current Sioux Falls headquarters, official 2009 start, 17-person public roster, dedicated SEO and answer-engine offer, and named first-party cases with organic traffic, ranking or lead outcomes. The current site describes custom proposals rather than a comparable recurring floor, so price is not scored. All selected outcomes are company-authored; two are older examples, and the larger gains combine SEO with content, website, paid, email or broader inbound work.
Current Sioux Falls headquarters
Seventeen people on the current first-party roster
Named cases publish organic traffic and lead outcomes
Relative context
How 9 Clouds compares
Compared with 369 United States profiles sharing at least one documented industry.
| Measure | Company | Peer median |
|---|---|---|
| Entry retainer floor | Not published | $1.5k/mo |
| Years operating | 0 | Not published |
| Hub Score v2.0 | 67 | 60 |
| Evidence confidence | 98% | 95% |
Peer comparisons are computed from the current directory dataset, not external market estimates.
Documented services
Linked capabilities are included only when documented in the company research record.
Documented industries
Industry inclusion signals public experience, not exclusive specialisation.
Verified profile evidence
Products and operating claims
Sioux Falls headquarters
The current about page publishes 431 North Phillips Avenue, Suite 220, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104.
9 Clouds about
Operating since 2009
Current company and community pages state that 9 Clouds has operated since 2009.
9 Clouds about
Seventeen people on the current roster
The current about page names 17 people across leadership, strategy, content, advertising, data and client-service roles, supporting the 10-20 directory band.
9 Clouds team
SEO and answer-engine optimization
Current services cover technical and content SEO, local visibility, search measurement and optimization for AI-driven answer engines.
9 Clouds SEO
Integrated digital marketing support
The current offer connects search with digital advertising, email, content, HubSpot, automation, reporting and conversion-focused websites.
9 Clouds services
Custom proposal; no public recurring floor
The current site asks prospects to discuss goals and scope. No defensible monthly SEO minimum is published for comparable scoring.
9 Clouds contact
First-party case evidence
Published client outcomes
The Coliseum of Sioux Falls
Reported 440% more organic traffic and 250% more contact-form submissions over six months
Named company-authored nonprofit case using SEO, content and website improvements. The page also reports 14% more new users, 21% more pages per session and a 42% lower bounce rate; raw analytics are not public.
Open sourceBuilding Solutions
Reported organic traffic growth from 40 to 9,598 sessions and organic-search leads from 4 to 266 between April 2015 and October 2018
Named company-authored inbound case combining SEO with content, advertising, email and other channels. It is historical evidence, and public underlying analytics are unavailable.
Open sourceINTEK Cleaning & Restoration
Reported two featured snippets across more than 30 terms, over 13,000 unique pageviews and 120% site-traffic growth since May 2015
Named company-authored content and SEO case measured through May 2018. It is historical, and the page does not expose raw analytics or isolate every source of total site growth.
Open sourceTransparent scoring
Why Hub Score v2.0 is 67
Operating resilience
3/153 points under 3 years; 6 at 3-5; 9 at 6-10; 11 at 11-15; 13 at 16-20; 15 at 21+ years.
Delivery capability
25/25A monotonic diminishing-return curve: 1 service = 6, 2 = 10, 3 = 14, 4 = 17, 5 = 20, 6 = 22, 7+ = 25.
Sector evidence
25/25Industry coverage contributes 10, 14, 16 or 18 points; 1, 2 or 3+ source-linked case studies add 3, 5 or 7 points.
Commercial clarity
9/204 for a live site + 6 for a disclosed entry floor + 5 for a stated pricing model + 5 for a specific best-fit client statement.
Delivery capacity
5/15Team bands map monotonically: 10-20 = 5, 20-50 = 8, 50-150 = 11, 150-250 = 13, 250-500 or 500+ = 15.
The five capability factors total exactly 100. Evidence Confidence is calculated and displayed separately. See sources, guardrails and formulas →
Questions for the sales call
- Request read-only Search Console, analytics and CRM evidence for a comparable current account, with dates, absolute baselines and branded-versus-nonbranded results.
- Confirm the named strategist, technical, content and paid specialists, monthly hours, current client load and any contracted production.
- Obtain a line-item proposal separating SEO, AEO, content, links, advertising management, media spend, software, setup, term, cancellation and asset ownership.
What this profile does not prove
- No comparable current recurring SEO minimum is published.
- All selected outcomes are company-authored and have not been independently audited.
- The Building Solutions and INTEK examples are historical, and the cases combine search with content, website or broader inbound work.