12 Best Online Reputation Repair Companies, Scored 2026
All 12 scored on price, proof and track record, with the ranking sheet open. Plus what repair costs and 8 questions to ask before you hire. Updated Nov 2026.
Written & reviewed byAnthony Will, Founder & CEOReputation Resolutions · 13+ year industry veteranUpdated November 2026 · 8 min readKey takeaways
- On our published scoring of 12 firms, Reputation Resolutions ranks first for online reputation repair with 93 out of 100. We publish the whole sheet, our own row included, so you can check every point.
- Repair is a project that fixes existing damage, using four tools: removal, suppression, review cleanup and monitoring. No firm can promise a date, a ranking or the deletion of everything.
- Ask every firm eight questions in writing, starting with how it charges and what you owe if nothing changes. Published monthly prices among scored firms run from about $2,102 to $10,000 or more.
- We are the publisher and a ranked firm, and we say so on every page. Check who published any best-of list before you trust it.
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In this guide
The best online reputation repair company on our published scoring is Reputation Resolutions, which ranks first of the 12 firms we scored with 93 out of 100. Online reputation repair is the work of fixing what people find when they search a name after damage is already done: a news story, a run of bad reviews, a viral post, a record. Below is the full ranking, how it is scored, what repair costs and the questions that separate good firms from weak ones. One disclosure up front: we are Reputation Resolutions, so we are both the publisher and a ranked firm. That is why every score links to a dated public source, our own row is scored by the same rules as everyone else's, and you can check any number on the ranked list of online reputation repair companies.
What online reputation repair means, and what it does not
Reputation repair is a project that starts after the damage exists. Reputation management is the upkeep before and after: monitoring, answering reviews, publishing accurate content. Many firms sell both, and the honest ones tell you which one you actually need before they quote a price. If you want the broader picture, see our guide to the best online reputation management companies and our page on reputation repair services.
Repair is a project, not a promise. A firm can start work the same day, but no firm can name the day a result will change, because Google, publishers and review sites make those decisions. Treat any company that guarantees a date, a ranking or the deletion of everything as a company to question.
The four tools of reputation repair
Nearly every repair job uses some mix of four tools. A good firm tells you which ones fit your problem and which do not.
Removal
- What it is
- Asking a platform, publisher or court to take specific content down
- What limits it
- The content has to break a rule or a law. Many negative results do not.
Suppression
- What it is
- Publishing and promoting better, accurate content so the bad result sits lower
- What limits it
- It takes months, and the bad result still exists for anyone who looks
Review response and cleanup
- What it is
- Answering reviews and reporting the ones that break a platform's own policy
- What limits it
- A platform removes a review only when it agrees a policy was broken
Monitoring
- What it is
- Watching search, news, social media and AI answers for new mentions
- What limits it
- It finds problems early. It does not fix them.
The most honest sign on a sales call is a firm that says some of your results can come down and some cannot. If every result sounds removable, ask how the firm knows.
The best online reputation repair companies of 2026, ranked
We scored 12 firms that do reputation repair on five criteria from public sources, and the sheet was last reviewed on November 9, 2026. Here is the ranking by total score.
1
- Firm
- Reputation Resolutions
- Best for
- Removal, suppression and repair across articles, reviews, search results and AI answers
- Score (out of 100)
- 93
2
- Firm
- Igniyte
- Best for
- High-net-worth individuals, executives and brands, UK-led with US clients
- Score (out of 100)
- 55
3
- Firm
- 5W Public Relations
- Best for
- PR-led crisis communications with search and AI-answer work
- Score (out of 100)
- 54
4
- Firm
- ReputationDefender
- Best for
- Individuals and executives who want search-result management and privacy services
- Score (out of 100)
- 53
5
- Firm
- Red Banyan
- Best for
- PR-led crisis response and strategic communications
- Score (out of 100)
- 49
6
- Firm
- Reputation Pros
- Best for
- Ongoing search suppression and content work on a monthly plan
- Score (out of 100)
- 48
7
- Firm
- Reputation X
- Best for
- Content removal, suppression, Wikipedia and knowledge panel work
- Score (out of 100)
- 48
8
- Firm
- WebiMax
- Best for
- Reputation services alongside SEO, paid media and web work
- Score (out of 100)
- 48
9
- Firm
- Thrive Internet Marketing Agency
- Best for
- Review generation, monitoring and response alongside digital marketing
- Score (out of 100)
- 38
10
- Firm
- Reputation Rhino
- Best for
- Removal, suppression and review management for businesses, doctors and lawyers
- Score (out of 100)
- 37
11
- Firm
- Status Labs
- Best for
- Bespoke reputation, SEO and advisory work for executives and companies
- Score (out of 100)
- 29
12
- Firm
- BrandYourself
- Best for
- Do-it-yourself reputation and privacy software, with optional managed services
- Score (out of 100)
- 24
The five criteria and their weights are pricing model (28%), verified trust records (22%), transparency (17%), dated track record (17%) and service fit (16%). Every point is a yes, a no or a count from a firm's own public pages or a public record. Anything we could not find scores zero and is shown as Not verified, so a low score can reflect what a firm does not publish rather than what it does. The full sheet and every source are on our methodology page.
Why Reputation Resolutions ranks first for repair
Three things drive our score, all checkable. First, pricing: removal work is billed only after the content is confirmed removed, and we state the terms in writing on our cost page and terms of service, which the pricing criterion rewards. Second, trust records: a Better Business Bureau A+ accreditation and a Google Partner listing that anyone can look up. Third, track record and fit: we have operated since 2013, and our services cover removal, suppression, review management, crisis response and AI answers, so there is a page and a process for most problems a buyer arrives with.
We would rather you hire the right firm than us, so here is where others fit better. Igniyte is built for high-net-worth individuals and brands and publishes monthly fees. 5W Public Relations and Red Banyan are PR firms that suit a press-driven crisis. BrandYourself sells software for people who want to do the work themselves. Our score measures what firms publish, not every outcome they deliver, so use it as a starting point and ask each firm the questions below.
Which kind of repair firm fits your problem
Start with the problem, not the firm. Different problems call for different tools, and not every firm covers every one.
A negative news article
- What to look for
- A firm with article removal and a suppression plan, and an honest answer about what happens if the publisher says no
- Where we handle it
- Negative article removal
Fake or abusive reviews
- What to look for
- Policy-based review work and an honest answer about what the platform decides
- Where we handle it
- Google review removal and negative review removal
A page of negative search results that cannot be removed
- What to look for
- Content and suppression work, scoped in writing
- Where we handle it
- Suppress negative search results
A mugshot or court record
- What to look for
- A firm that handles records and tells you which sites will act
- Where we handle it
- Mugshot removal and court record removal
A crisis spreading this week
- What to look for
- Same-day triage and a clear first step
- Where we handle it
- Crisis management
Wrong or damaging answers in ChatGPT or Google AI
- What to look for
- Source correction, not just content on your own site
- Where we handle it
- AI reputation management
A private individual's name
- What to look for
- Discretion and a plan for people, not just brands
- Where we handle it
- Personal reputation repair
What a repair project looks like, step by step
Most repair projects follow the same shape. Knowing it helps you spot a firm that skips steps.
1. Audit. The firm lists every result, review and post that matters, with the web address and the date. This is the map of the problem.
2. Sort. Each item goes into one of three piles: challenge on policy or law, push lower with better content, or leave alone. The sorting is the most valuable part of the work, and a firm that jumps to a price without it has not looked at your case.
3. Act on what can be challenged. Reports and removal requests go out with evidence. Platforms and publishers answer on their own schedule. For the removals we pursue, the typical timeline is 30 to 60 days, and we say plainly when something will not qualify.
4. Build replacement results. Accurate pages, profiles and press are published and promoted so they can compete for your name in search. This is the suppression work, and it takes months rather than weeks. See how to push negative results off Google page one.
5. Report and adjust. You should get a plain report of what was done, what changed and what did not. Ask for it on the first call.
What online reputation repair costs
Repair firms charge one of three ways, and each one decides who carries the risk if the work does not produce the result. A monthly retainer is paid whether or not anything changes and suits ongoing suppression and monitoring. A project fee is one price for a defined piece of work. Results-based pricing means you pay when an agreed result happens, and the result must be written down before work starts. On the firms we scored, published prices vary widely: Igniyte states monthly fees from $2,102 plus a one-off set-up fee, typically under a 6 to 12 month contract; Reputation Pros states fixed monthly plans from $3,000 to $10,000 or more, priced by the number of search terms; Reputation X states monthly retainers from about $3,000 for most services. Many firms publish no prices at all. At Reputation Resolutions, removal is billed only after the content is confirmed removed, and suppression, branding and monitoring are scoped in writing. Prices were checked on each firm's own site on November 9, 2026. For a full breakdown see what reputation management companies charge and our cost page.
Eight questions to ask any repair firm before you pay
1. What will you do about each of my results? The answer should sort every result into challenge, push lower or leave alone. A quote that does not depend on what the firm found does not depend on you.
2. How do you charge, and what do I owe if nothing changes? Get the structure in writing: retainer, project fee, or payment only when a named result is confirmed.
3. Which of my results will you tell me cannot change? Most opinions about a real experience are protected. A firm that says everything can go is either misleading you or planning methods that get content reposted.
4. Do you promise a date, a ranking or a deletion? No one controls Google or a platform's decisions. Be wary of guaranteed outcomes and of any firm that cannot explain the mechanism.
5. Who will actually do the work? Ask who handles your case, whether it is senior staff, and how often you will hear from them.
6. How do you handle reviews? A firm that offers to buy or write positive reviews puts your listings at risk. Real review generation asks real customers.
7. What happens if content comes back? Reposted articles and scraped records often reappear. Ask whether monitoring is included, for how long, and what a repeat removal costs.
8. Is the list I am reading independent of the firms on it? Many best-of lists are written or paid for by a ranked firm. Ours is published by Reputation Resolutions, says so on every page and shows the full scoring sheet. See how best-of lists are made.
What no repair firm can do
Some things are outside every firm's control. No firm can make Google, a newspaper or a review site do something it has decided not to do. No firm can delete a record that a court or agency keeps public. No firm can control what an AI model says on a given day, or promise that a result will land in a specific spot. A firm is also not your lawyer: if you need a court order or a legal demand, that is a legal job. What a good firm can do is work the problem in the right order, use the tools that fit, report honestly and charge in a way that shares the risk.
When to choose Reputation Resolutions
We are best suited to people and businesses with a specific problem we can work on: a fake or abusive review, a negative news article, a record or post that appears when someone searches your name, plus the suppression, review and monitoring work around it. We start with a free, confidential assessment and tell you what qualifies before you decide anything. If you mainly need software to manage review volume across many locations, a platform will serve you better and we will say so. To compare two firms fact by fact, see our ReputationDefender versus Reputation Resolutions comparison, or read the best review removal services and best online crisis management firms rankings. For how we work and what it costs, see our reputation repair services and reputation management companies pages. If you want an expert or consultant, see the best reputation management consultants, if you are a private individual, the best reputation management for individuals, and if you are weighing tools, reputation management software versus service. If you are a celebrity or politician, see the best reputation management firms for celebrities and politicians. If the problem is a crisis unfolding now, see the best crisis management companies, and if it is one or more specific reviews, see the best review removal companies.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best online reputation repair company?+
On our published scoring of 12 firms, Reputation Resolutions ranks first for online reputation repair with 93 out of 100, ahead of Igniyte (55) and 5W Public Relations (54). We publish that ranking, so we disclose that we are both the publisher and a ranked firm, and every score links to a dated source on our ranked list. The best fit still depends on your problem: PR firms suit press-driven crises, software suits review volume across locations, and agencies suit removal and suppression.
What do online reputation repair services cost?+
It depends on scope and on how the firm charges. Published monthly prices among the firms we scored range from about $2,102 to $10,000 or more per month, and many firms publish no prices. The most useful question is what you owe if nothing changes. At Reputation Resolutions, removal is billed only after the content is confirmed removed, and suppression, branding and monitoring are scoped in writing.
How long does online reputation repair take?+
Removals that qualify typically take 30 to 60 days at Reputation Resolutions, and some take longer when a platform or publisher is slow to respond. Suppression, which pushes negative results lower with better content, takes months. No firm can honestly promise the day a result will change.
Can a company really repair a damaged online reputation?+
Often, yes, for specific problems. Content that breaks a platform's rules or a law, such as fake reviews, impersonation or certain private records, can often be challenged. Accurate negative coverage cannot usually be removed, but it can often be pushed down with better content. A good firm tells you which category each result falls into before you pay.
What is the difference between reputation repair and reputation management?+
Repair is a project that fixes damage that already exists, such as a negative article or a run of fake reviews. Management is the ongoing work around it, such as monitoring, answering reviews and publishing accurate content. Many firms sell both, and the better ones tell you which you need first.
Is online reputation repair worth it?+
It can be when the problem is specific and the firm is honest about what it can change. It is rarely worth paying for if a firm promises guaranteed rankings or the deletion of everything negative, because no one controls Google or a platform's decisions.
Can negative search results be removed from Google?+
Sometimes. Google removes specific results only in narrow cases, such as certain personal information or content that violates its policies or the law. Most negative results are removed at the source by the publisher or platform, or pushed lower with better content. See our guide to removing a search result from Google.
How do I know if a best reputation repair companies list is trustworthy?+
Check who published it, whether the scoring rules are public and whether each claim links to a source and a date. Lists written or paid for by a ranked firm without saying so are common. We publish ours as Reputation Resolutions, disclose that on every page and score our own firm by the same rules, with the sheet on our methodology page.
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