Answers to the questions we always get

Creative Crew Studio, a Belfast-based marketing agency. Flatline is our product arm, built by the same team that delivers client SEO work.

EU (London, eu-west-2). All data stays in the EU. GDPR-compliant. We honour deletion requests within 30 days.

Yes. We use only essential cookies (no tracking). Audit data is stored on encrypted infrastructure. We never sell or share your data with third parties.

Yes. Every report has a Download as PDF button. Pro plans and above include branded exports with your logo.

API access is available on the Agency plan (£199/mo). Contact us for documentation.

Full details at flatlineseo.com/privacy. Short version: we collect only what we need, store it in the EU, and delete on request.

Go to the audit page, paste any public URL, and click Audit. Results appear in about 15 seconds. No signup required.

71 to 100 is strong. 41 to 70 means room to improve. 0 to 40 means critical gaps that are likely costing you traffic.

Monthly for most businesses. Weekly if you are actively making changes. The free tier covers one audit per month.

Yes. Paste any public URL. Auditing competitors is a great way to benchmark your own performance.

Check that the URL is publicly accessible (not behind a login or firewall). If it still fails, contact us with the URL and we will investigate.

One audit per month, forever. No card, no trial period, no expiry.

Starter tracks 1 site with weekly re-audits and score-drop alerts. Pro tracks up to 5 sites with daily re-audits, branded reports, and competitor benchmarking.

Yes. Upgrades take effect immediately (prorated). Downgrades apply at the next billing date.

Not yet. Contact us if you want to discuss annual billing for larger teams.

Yes. The Agency plan (£199/mo) includes branded reports, custom domains, and 5 team seats.

We run a mobile-first analysis that checks performance, SEO basics, accessibility, security, social tags, crawlability, and structured data. Seven categories, thirty-plus signals.

Yes. Sites without HTTPS are flagged as a critical finding. Google also uses HTTPS as a ranking signal.

No. Our scraper behaves like a normal browser visit. It does not submit forms, click links, or trigger conversion events.

No. Our scraper needs public HTTP access. Password-protected or localhost URLs will fail.

We target 99.9% uptime. The audit engine runs on globally distributed infrastructure. Planned maintenance is announced 48 hours in advance.