What a website costs over 3 years: monthly plan, paying once, or an agency

Three years, added up

Prices in US dollars. Prices for your country are on the package pages. WebFX figures are from its own pricing pages, checked November 2026.

What each option includes

• Monthly plan: design, build, hosting, maintenance and updates every month (1 on Launch, 3 on Business)
• Paid once, own hosting: the Launch site for $890, set up on your hosting for $200
• Paid once with Upkeep: $890, then $199 a month; we host it, keep it working and make your changes
• WebFX: web design from $8,000, WordPress maintenance from $350 a month, extra work at $150 an hour

Which one costs least

Paying once costs least if you already have hosting and rarely change the site. You pay $890 for the build and look after the rest yourself.

For a 3–10 page site, the monthly plan costs least if you want someone else to host and update it. Nothing to pay upfront, and after 12 months on the plan, a normal site is yours to keep.

Upkeep is for a site you paid for once and want us to keep running. For 3–10 pages, the monthly plan works out cheaper. For a 15–20 page Growth site, paying once ($2,690) plus Upkeep is $9,854 over three years, against $13,644 on the plan.

What to add to any quote

• Hosting and domain renewals, every year
• Who makes changes after launch, and what they cost
• Fixes when something breaks: a form, a checkout, a plugin update
• SEO, if you need it: ours is $149 a month on any option
• What happens to the site if you stop paying