Your options
Three ways to get a website.
Build it yourself, hire it out, or have it done and kept current under one roof.
| Build it yourself | Builder plus a web person | Real City, from $99/mo |
| To build it | Your evenings and weekends | A designer's quote | Free with any package |
| Each month | $24, median builder plan | About $207 with updates twice a month | $99 on Starter ($74 yearly), $299 on Growth |
| Hosting, security and upkeep | Included with the builder | Included with the builder | Free, we keep it up |
| Changes and updates | You do them | Twice a month, by the hour | Unlimited on Growth |
| Google profile and listings | On you | Usually extra | Google Business Profile tune-up |
| New pages for Google and AI | On you | Usually extra | 2 a month, 6 on Growth |
| Email on your domain | Bought separately | Bought separately | 3 mailboxes, 12 on Growth |
| Who you call | The builder's support line | The web person, if they answer | One person who knows your business |
Sources. Monthly billing at regular list prices, checked October 10, 2026: the median of the cheapest plan that takes your own domain on Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy, Webflow, WordPress.com, Square Online and Hostinger. A web person: an update round every two weeks, about an hour each, plus upkeep, so about 2.4 hours a month at $75 an hour, a mid-level freelance rate in the US and Canada.