// Compare · MonteKristo vs Scorpion
Scorpion alternative: what you keep when the contract ends
Scorpion is a large, established marketing company with real scale in home services and legal, and for a business that wants one vendor to run everything and does not care what the site is built on, it works. The question worth asking before you sign is what you are left holding at the end. Scorpion’s own FAQ answers that clearly: you own the domain, the content and the imagery, you do not own the CMS. If that is fine with you, Scorpion is a reasonable choice. If it is not, it is the whole reason to look elsewhere.
// Where Scorpion is the better choice
Pick Scorpion if this sounds like you
- Scale and staffing. A team large enough to run paid media across hundreds of locations.
- Breadth. SEO, paid, LSAs, social and reporting under one roof, one invoice, one point of contact.
- Category experience. Deep pattern library in home services and legal specifically.
- Reporting and account management. A dedicated contact and a reporting layer built for multi-location operators.
// Where MonteKristo fits better
Pick us if this sounds like you
- You want the source code in your own repository from the first commit.
- You would rather not be on a 12-month term for the technology layer.
- You want to be able to leave without rebuilding the website.
- You want a smaller senior team rather than an account manager and a pod.
// Side by side, with sources
Every claim below links to its source
Statements about Scorpion are taken from Scorpion's own published pages and were last checked on 2026-09-04. Terms change. If you find one of these out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
| Scorpion | MonteKristo | |
|---|---|---|
| Website ownership | Scorpion states: "Yes, you own your website after the length of your contract with Scorpion is complete." It also states you do not own the underlying CMS, comparing it to not owning WordPress.Source: Scorpion FAQ ↗ | You own the codebase itself, not just the assets. It is a standard Next.js repo under your GitHub organisation. |
| What transfers on exit | Scorpion states it transfers full ownership of key accounts such as Google Analytics/GA4, Google Local Services Ads, social accounts and website content, along with static files and design assets for rebuilding elsewhere.Source: Scorpion FAQ ↗ | Nothing needs to transfer, because nothing was ever held on our side. The repo, the domain, the hosting account and the CRM are already in your name. |
| Contract term | Scorpion states it typically requires a 12-month contract for its marketing technology and for certain services such as SEO. Digital advertising services are typically month to month.Source: Scorpion FAQ ↗ | Build engagements are scoped per project. Retainers continue month to month. |
| Platform | Sites are built on Scorpion’s own content management system.Source: Scorpion FAQ ↗ | Next.js, React and Tailwind. Standard, documented, hireable anywhere. |
// What this looks like in practice
The clearest version of the difference is a build we have already shipped. SunRaise Capital covers the problem, the constraint, what got built, and what the client was left holding.
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