Our website maintenance costs $99 per month for Basic Maintenance (security, backups, and updates) or $199 per month for Plus Maintenance, which adds up to one hour of edits each month and priority support. Hosting and your domain name are separate costs you pay directly to those providers. That is the short answer to how much does it cost to maintain a website when you work with us. Below, we explain what maintenance actually involves, which costs sit outside a maintenance plan, and how to decide what level of support your business needs.
What Website Maintenance Covers
Maintenance is the routine work that keeps a website secure, backed up, and running after launch. For a WordPress site, that includes updating the core software, theme, and plugins; taking regular backups so the site can be restored if something goes wrong; and security checks.
None of this is visible when it is done well. You notice it only when it is skipped: a plugin conflict breaks a page, a contact form stops sending, or an outdated site is compromised. Maintenance is the work that prevents those problems.
Our Two Monthly Maintenance Plans
Basic Maintenance: $99 per month
Basic Maintenance covers essential upkeep: security, backups, and updates. It suits a business whose content rarely changes and that mainly needs the site kept safe and current.
Plus Maintenance: $199 per month
Plus Maintenance includes everything in Basic, plus up to one hour of edits each month and priority support. It suits a business that regularly updates services, photos, hours, or promotions and wants those changes handled for them.
Larger updates or new features are discussed separately as project work, so you always know the scope before work begins. Compare the details on our website maintenance plans page.
Costs That Sit Outside a Maintenance Plan
A maintenance plan is only one part of the cost of running a website. Budget separately for these:
- Hosting. We do not provide hosting. You arrange and pay your hosting provider directly, so you keep control of the account.
- Domain name. Renewed with your registrar, usually once a year.
- Premium plugins or tools. Some features rely on paid software licenses.
- Larger changes. New pages, new features, or a redesign are project work rather than routine upkeep.
Keeping hosting and the domain in your own name is good practice whoever maintains your site. It means you can change providers without losing access to your website.
Can You Maintain a Website Yourself?
Yes, if you are comfortable with the work and have the time. Self-maintenance means logging in regularly, applying updates, checking that nothing broke afterward, confirming backups run and can be restored, and watching for security issues.
The real cost of doing it yourself is time and risk. An update applied without a backup, or a problem nobody notices for weeks, can cost more than a year of maintenance. Many owners find that handing off upkeep lets them focus on running the business.
How to Choose the Right Level of Maintenance
Ask yourself three questions. How often does your content change? If rarely, Basic Maintenance may be enough. Do you want someone to make small edits for you? If yes, Plus Maintenance includes up to one hour each month. Are you planning bigger changes, such as new services, pages, or features? Those are best scoped as a separate project.
It also helps to think about what downtime would cost you. If your website brings in calls, bookings, or quote requests, even a short outage costs business, and routine upkeep is inexpensive insurance against that.
What Maintenance Does Not Do
Maintenance keeps a site healthy, but it does not guarantee search rankings or more leads on its own. Rankings depend on content, structure, local signals, and competition. If visibility is your goal, look at our local SEO and Google Business Profile services alongside maintenance.
Maintenance also is not a substitute for a site that works. If your current website is outdated, slow, or hard to update, a website redesign may be the better first step, followed by an ongoing plan.
Signs Your Website Needs Better Maintenance
- Update notices pile up in the dashboard.
- You are not sure when the last backup ran, or whether it can be restored.
- Pages load slowly or look broken on phones.
- Your contact form has not been tested in months.
- Your hours, services, or prices on the site are out of date.
If two or more of these sound familiar, your site would benefit from regular upkeep. Fixing small issues early is almost always cheaper than recovering from a larger failure.
Getting Started
We can maintain websites we build and many existing websites. Share your site address, how it is hosted, and the help you want, and we will tell you whether a plan fits. For a new site, we discuss maintenance alongside the build so the ongoing cost is clear from the start; see website design pricing.
Book a free website consultation to talk it through.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much does website maintenance cost per month?
Our Basic Maintenance plan is $99 per month and Plus Maintenance is $199 per month. See website maintenance plans.
Does a maintenance plan include hosting?
No. We do not provide hosting. You arrange and pay your hosting provider directly.
What is the difference between Basic and Plus Maintenance?
Basic covers security, backups, and updates. Plus adds up to one hour of edits each month and priority support.
Will website maintenance improve my rankings?
No. Maintenance does not guarantee search rankings. It keeps the site secure, backed up, and current.