The short answer
Website maintenance costs from almost nothing for a small site on a hosted builder you update yourself to $50 to $500 a month for basic care from a freelancer, and $900 to $3,000 a month for a care plan that includes updates, testing and new work. At Enthros care plans start at $900 a month, after 30 days of free support at launch.
What does website maintenance include?
- Hosting, domain and security certificates kept current
- Software and plugin updates, where the site has them
- Backups and a way to restore them
- Small content changes and fixes
- Speed, search and broken link checks
- New pages, sections and features as the business changes
What does it cost?
As a rough guide, based on the quotes clients show us:
- A site on Framer, Webflow or Squarespace that you update yourself: the hosting plan only
- Basic upkeep from a freelancer, updates and small fixes: about $50 to $500 a month
- A care plan with set design and build time, tests and reports: about $900 to $3,000 a month
Does the platform change the cost?
Yes. Hosted builders such as Framer handle hosting, security and updates for you, so upkeep is mostly content. Self hosted WordPress needs regular plugin and core updates, backups and security checks. A custom coded site has few moving parts and usually needs little upkeep beyond the hosting.
What does maintenance cost at Enthros?
Every site and store we launch includes 30 days of free support. After that an optional care plan, from $900 a month, covers updates, fixes, tests on the pages that matter most and new features. The site always stays in your own accounts.
Planning one?
Websites at Enthros start from $350 and take 2 to 7 weeks.
