Which Website Maintenance Companies Publish Their Prices?

Which website maintenance companies publish their prices?

Twelve of the 14 companies we checked put prices on their own website (other companies we tried could not be loaded and are left out). The table lists them by published entry price, lowest first; companies with the same entry price are listed alphabetically. A free plan counts as $0, and one-time setup fees are not part of the sort. Pronto Marketing sits at $99, its monthly price; its $89 is the price when paid yearly. That is the only ordering rule. We did not buy or test any of these services, and we did not collect or verify review ratings, so nothing here says one company does better work than another.

Three terms used below. A "WordPress maintenance" company looks after a WordPress site you already have: updates, backups, security. WordPress is the most common website software, and a "plugin" is an add-on that gives it a feature, such as a contact form. "Hosting" is the rented server your website lives on; your "domain" is your web address. An "agency" does maintenance alongside design and marketing work. "Website-as-a-service" means the company builds the site and runs it for a monthly fee.

Read the price labels, not just the numbers. Fixmysite shows $99 for monthly billing and $89 for yearly billing; Pronto shows $99 monthly and $89 yearly^[7][15]. WP SitePlan shows each price beside a higher struck-through figure, and its page does not say which is the regular price or when the lower one ends^[5]. SiteCare publishes yearly totals that require paying for a year up front; the table shows the monthly figure first^[10]. Budget at the monthly-billing price unless you plan to prepay.

WebFX’s page shows two starting figures: "Starting at $300 per month" and "Pricing custom to you", while its security plan table starts at $350^[9]. Ask for the price in writing.

What does each company offer?

Short profiles, in the same order as the table. Each one sticks to what the company’s own pages say.

GoWP (WordPress maintenance). Built around an AI Editor that makes website changes "by asking"^[2]. The free plan covers monitoring, one manual update a month and 5 AI edits; Pro at $39 a site adds automatic updates, daily backups with 90 days of history, daily security scans and helpdesk support from a person^[2]. Business at $99 adds 5 human edits a month, each "a task of about 30 minutes or less", such as updating holiday hours^[2]. Extra AI edits are $30 per 10, and GoWP says "The list price is the price"^[2]. Cancelling a paid site drops it back to the free plan at the end of the billing period^[2].

B12 (website-as-a-service). An AI website builder: you change the site by telling the B12 AI Agent what you want, or by clicking an element in a visual editor^[1]. The Free plan is $0 a month on a b12sites.com subdomain with 5 daily AI credits (max 30 a month)^[1]. The $24 Website plan adds your own domain (free for the first year), 100 AI credits a month and commerce; the $78 Website + Client Engagement plan adds 300 credits, client intake, email marketing and e-signature^[1]. B12 also lists Professional and Advanced plans, where a team of experts does the work; we did not see prices for them in the visible plan text, so none are listed here, and customers on lower plans can pay a setup fee to move up, with the amount not shown^[1]. B12 says it bills monthly or yearly^[1].

WPCare (WordPress maintenance). The simplest price ladder in this list. Basic at $39 is "weekly updates and weekly backups with no included developer edits"^[4]. Premium at $89 adds daily backups and about 30 minutes of small edits, and Enterprise at $159 is for business-critical sites, with about 60 minutes^[4]. If you leave, WPCare says it hands your backups over^[4].

WP SitePlan (WordPress maintenance). Essentials covers backups, updates, a firewall and malware removal, but no help desk^[5]. Professional adds editing content on existing pages, fixing errors and WooCommerce support; Enterprise adds new blog posts or landing pages built from existing templates^[5]. Each help desk task is limited to about 30 minutes, and the FAQ says Enterprise has no limit on the number of 30-minute tasks; it states no count for Professional^[5]. The team aims to finish requests within 1–2 business days^[5]. Hosting is a separate add-on from $80 a month^[5].

WP Buffs (WordPress maintenance). Four plans from $89 to $359 a month; Maintain covers weekly updates, 24/7 emergency support, uptime monitoring and four cloud backups a day^[6]. Unlimited website edits start at Protect ($179), and the plans page says they include content on any page, banners, headers, footers, plugin settings and CSS (the code that controls a site’s look)^[6]. Each plan covers one site, and WP Buffs works with any host^[6]. Its FAQ gives a general reply time of 2–6 hours and resolution in 24–48 hours, and says a yearly plan gets 2 months free^[19]. Its terms say payments are not refundable^[14].

Fixmysite (WordPress maintenance). Three care plans at $99, $159 and $239 a month billed monthly (the page also shows lower prices for yearly billing, such as $89 for the first), each also sold with hosting at $199, $299 and $499^[7]. The base plan includes weekly updates, daily offsite backups, monitoring, monthly reports and small 30-minute repairs "with clear notes explaining what we changed and why"^[7]. The comparison table lists an average response time of 8 hours on the first two plans and 4 hours on Performance^[7].

Pronto Marketing (agency). WordPress support plans plus separate website builds at $4,500–$15,000+ each^[15]. The entry Technical Support plan is listed as "Maintenance & Hosting", so hosting is included^[15]. Website Support adds designers, developers and copywriters, unlimited website edits and custom page builds; Dedicated Support adds a dedicated site manager^[15]. The page has a Paid Monthly / Paid Yearly toggle and opens on the monthly view: $99/$299/$799 a month paid monthly, $89/$269/$719 paid yearly^[15]. Its FAQ says the Technical Support plan gives access to technical engineers but not the website support team; website edits require upgrading to Website Support for $150 a month more^[15]. It offers free migrations and a 30-day money-back guarantee^[15].

WebCare Studios (WordPress maintenance). Care at $99 is for "brochure and small business sites" and includes tested updates and daily backups that are restored on a test copy to prove they work, kept for 30 days^[8]. Small content and fix requests start at Care Plus ($199): 30 minutes a month that rolls forward^[8]. Standard response is 12 hours on weekdays on Care and 8 hours, 7 days a week, on Care Plus^[8]. The page does not list hosting; the Commerce plan includes free migration to Kinsta, WP Engine or Cloudways^[8].

Eversite (website-as-a-service). Eversite designs the site and its team makes every change, so you do not log in to anything^[16]. Plans are $199, $399 and $599 a month for small, medium and large sites, each with unlimited updates under a fair use policy^[11][16]. Hosting is included in the subscription^[16]. The setup fee is stated two ways: the pricing page lists "$2500 setup" on each plan, while the FAQ says "a $399 setup fee is applied" to any plan^[11][16]. Ask which applies to you before you sign. Human support runs 7am–6pm Central^[11].

WebFX (agency). Two kinds of plan on one page, and WebFX says pricing is custom and varies with site size and complexity^[9]. Security plans at $350 (WordPress sites of 500 pages or fewer) and $550 (larger sites and WooCommerce) cover daily scans and backups, quarterly security patches and urgent help if the site is down or hacked; work hours are extra at $150 an hour, or $250 an hour for a one-business-day turnaround^[9]. Maintenance tiers run from $975 to $10,000 a month, with 4–25 support hours a month on the Bronze to Silver+ tiers and unused hours rolling over^[9]. WebFX says customers who exceed their ticket allowance more than three times a year move up a tier automatically^[9].

SiteCare (WordPress maintenance). The only company here that publishes a full yearly total next to each monthly price: Gold is $435 a month or $4,680 a year, Diamond $2,190 a month or $23,880 a year^[10]. Both plans include CoreSpeed hosting; Gold includes staging-tested updates and 5 content edits and quick fixes, and Diamond adds a 10-hour Flex Pack, monthly strategy sessions and a one-hour SLA (a promised response time)^[10]. Work outside the plan is bought in 5-hour Flex Packs^[10]. SiteCare says annual billing gets 2 months free, but its published yearly totals ($4,680 and $23,880) are not 10 times the monthly prices ($4,350 and $21,900)^[10]. SiteCare’s About page says it acquired Maintainn in 2022^[20].

Valet (WordPress maintenance). The homepage features one plan, Professional at $2,000 a month, covering maintenance and support for your site’s code, malware protection and cleanup, general support for your team and 5 support hours a month^[3]. We did not find other plan prices. Valet’s plans page says it does not require contracts for maintenance and management plans, asks for six months, and requires 30 days’ notice to end a plan^[17].

BaaDigi (our own offer). AI Website Management is $97 a month plus a one-time $300 setup, month to month^[18]. We rebuild your current site on Next.js (up to 15 standard pages), host it on Vercel behind Cloudflare, filter spam on lead forms, deliver form leads to your inbox, install analytics and connect your own Claude or ChatGPT to the site^[18]. You make content changes yourself through your AI; we make no done-for-you changes at $97. Predictable Work Website ($147 a month plus $500 setup) adds a dashboard and one update request a month of up to 30 minutes; Foundation Engine ($297 a month plus $700 setup) has changes done for you^[18]. E-commerce, membership sites and large migrations are quoted separately^[18].

Which companies do not publish prices?

Two of the 14 companies we checked show no prices on the pages we read.

• Hibu (Hibu One Smart Site): the pricing page says "Every Hibu One solution is customized based on your goals, market and budget" and asks you to request custom pricing^[12]. Its websites page describes a "we do it for you" approach with no DIY required^[21]. Hibu One is a marketing bundle with a site in it, so this is not a like-for-like comparison with maintenance-only plans.
• GoDaddy Website Design Services: the page says "Pay a one-time fee for the initial build, plus an annual hosting fee", with no dollar figures^[13]. It also offers a Website Care plan ("we’ll handle the updates for you") whose price is not shown on that page^[13].

No published price does not mean expensive or cheap. It means you cannot compare until you get a quote. Ask for the monthly price, the setup or build fee, the contract length and what happens to the site if you leave, all in writing.

Who owns the website if you leave?

This matters most with website-as-a-service, where the company builds and hosts the site. Here is what each company’s own pages say. "Not stated" means we did not find it on the pages we read, not that the company keeps your site.

• Eversite: "Everything displayed on your website, including the site’s files, are 100% yours"^[16]. The FAQ says your design and all content remain yours whether you end the contract after two years or three months^[16]. Its FAQ describes handing over the site’s files; the hosting setup and Eversite’s own back-end platform are not part of that^[16].
• GoDaddy Website Design Services: the page says WordPress gives you "full ownership of your digital presence" but states no exit terms^[13].
• GoWP: "Your site is yours, nothing GoWP does locks you in, and you can download your latest backup before you go"^[2].
• WPCare: "If you leave, your backups are yours — we hand them over"^[4].
• B12 and Hibu: not stated on the pages we read^[1][12].
• WP Buffs, WP SitePlan, Fixmysite, Pronto Marketing, WebCare Studios, WebFX, SiteCare and Valet: not stated on the pages we read.
• BaaDigi (our own offer): you own the domain, code, content and lead data, and the code is transferred to you if you leave^[18].

Before you sign with anyone, check two things yourself: that your domain is registered in your own name and account, and whose name the hosting account is in. Those two decide how easily you can move.

Which let you make your own changes with AI?

Two of the 14 say so on their pricing pages.

• GoWP: an AI Editor that makes website changes "by asking", metered per month: 5 AI edits on Free, 15 on Pro, 50 on Business, with extra packs at $30 per 10^[2].
• B12: "You can update it by simply telling the B12 AI Agent what you want to change", or click an element in visual mode; edits draw on monthly AI credits, 5 a day (max 30 a month) on Free, 100 on Website and 300 on Website + Client Engagement^[1].
• The other 12, including Hibu and GoDaddy, do not mention AI editing on the pages we read.

Both GoWP and B12 build the AI into their own product. A different approach is to bring your own AI: the AI chat tool you already pay for makes the changes, and the provider handles hosting, security and support. That is how our AI Website Management plan works^[18].

• Your own Claude or ChatGPT is connected to your site; you use and pay for your own subscription^[18].
• Content (words, photos, services, FAQs) is kept separate from the site’s code, and your AI can change content only^[18].
• Every change goes to a preview first, automated checks run, you approve it, then it publishes; every change is saved and can be rolled back^[18].
• There are no done-for-you content changes at $97 a month; if you want someone else to make changes, that is the $147 or $297 plan^[18].

Our sibling guide on editing your website with ChatGPT or Claude explains the setup step by step.

How should you choose?

Guidance tied to what the companies publish, not to a judgment of their work.

• Do it yourself: likely a fit if your site rarely changes and you or someone on staff will log in to apply updates and check backups. A free or low-cost tier, such as GoWP’s free plan, can cover monitoring while you do the rest^[2].
• A WordPress maintenance company: likely a fit if you have a WordPress site you want to keep and need updates, backups and security handled. If you also want someone to make text changes, compare the plans that list included edits, for example WPCare Premium at $89 with about 30 minutes a month, or WP Buffs Protect at $179 with unlimited edits^[4][6].
• Hosting in the same bill: likely a fit if you want one invoice. Pronto’s entry plan, Fixmysite’s hosted plans, SiteCare and Eversite list hosting as included^{[15][7][10][16]}.
• Fixed annual budget: likely a fit if you prefer to pay once a year. SiteCare publishes a yearly total for each plan, and Fixmysite and Pronto show lower per-month prices for yearly billing^[10][7][15].
• Agency with design and marketing hours: likely a fit if you want a team for ongoing projects, not just upkeep. WebFX and Pronto publish plans with support hours or unlimited edits and design work^[9][15].
• Someone else does everything: likely a fit if you never want to log in. Eversite says its team performs all changes, and Hibu describes a "we do it for you" approach^[16][21].
• A managed setup you edit with AI: likely a fit if you want to make your own changes in plain English, any time, and have someone else handle hosting, security and support. GoWP and B12 offer built-in AI editing^[2][1]; our AI Website Management plan connects your own Claude or ChatGPT for $97 a month plus $300 setup^[18].

Whichever you pick, our sibling guides on website maintenance cost and what maintenance packages include go deeper on totals and plan contents.

Frequently asked questions

What are the best website maintenance companies?

We did not test any company’s service and could not verify ratings, so we do not rank them by quality. Ordered by published entry price, the companies we checked run from B12 and GoWP (free plans, $0) through WPCare ($39), WP SitePlan ($59), WP Buffs ($89), Fixmysite, Pronto Marketing and WebCare Studios ($99 each, billed monthly), Eversite ($199 plus setup), WebFX ($350), SiteCare ($435) and Valet ($2,000). Hibu and GoDaddy’s design service publish no prices.

How much does a website maintenance company charge per month?

Among the 12 companies that publish prices, entry plans run from $0 to $2,000 a month, and most WordPress care plans start between $39 and $99. Plans that include human edits usually cost more than the entry plan: for example $89 at WPCare, $179 at WP Buffs and $199 at WebCare Studios.

Do website maintenance plans include content changes?

Often not on the cheapest plan. Five of the 12 entry plans we checked say outright that they include no human edits, and 3 more do not mention edits. Edits usually start one tier up, either as a time allowance such as 30 or 60 minutes a month, or as unlimited edits (Eversite states a fair use policy).

Can I edit my own website with AI instead of paying for edits?

Yes, with some providers. GoWP includes a metered AI Editor and B12 lets you change the site by telling its AI Agent. BaaDigi’s AI Website Management plan connects your own Claude or ChatGPT to your site, with every change previewed and approved before it publishes, for $97 a month plus a $300 setup fee.

Who owns my website if I cancel a maintenance plan?

It depends on the company, so check before you sign. Eversite and GoWP say on their own pages that the site or its files are yours, and WPCare says it hands over your backups. GoDaddy’s design service page talks about "full ownership" but states no exit terms. Most other companies we checked do not state it on their pricing pages. Make sure your domain is registered in your own name.

Related reading

• Website maintenance: the complete guide
• How much does website maintenance cost?
• What do website maintenance packages include?
• WordPress maintenance plans compared
• How to edit your website with ChatGPT or Claude
• BaaDigi AI Website Management
• Use your own AI to edit your site