What should website maintenance services include, and what do they cost?
Looked after
Built on the right structure
Website maintenance services keep a business website online, secure, backed up and working: hosting, security, updates, form checks and someone to call when it breaks. At BaaDigi they cost $97 to $297 a month, month to month, with a one-time $300 setup at the entry level. We rebuild your site on Next.js first, which removes the plugin and theme updates that most maintenance plans exist to manage, and you own the domain, code and content.
If your current plan is mostly someone clicking “update” on WordPress plugins once a month, you are paying to manage a problem that does not have to exist.
from $97/month
Month to month. You own everything.
Last updated: October 2026 · By Ryan Goering, CEO, BaaDigi, Huntington Beach, CA. BaaDigi serves 100 active client accounts.
Your situation → your next step
Do you need a website maintenance service?
You do if nobody is clearly responsible for your site today. If a broken form could sit unnoticed for a month, that is the gap. If you also want leads generated for you, look at the Four Stages of Predictable Growth instead; maintenance alone will not bring in new customers.
Your site runs on WordPress, Wix or Squarespace and you are not sure who updates it.
The person who built it is slow to respond, or gone.
You have had a hacked site, a broken form, or an expired certificate before.
Junk form submissions and bot traffic reach your inbox every day.
You pay a monthly fee and cannot say what it covers.
What do BaaDigi website maintenance services include?
Six things, on every plan. The plans differ in who makes content changes, not in how well the site is looked after.
Hosting
Fast hosting on Vercel
Your site is served from a global network built for Next.js. No shared server, no slow admin panel.
Security
Cloudflare in front of the site
Attack traffic and bots are filtered before they reach your site. There is no admin login page for anyone to guess a password on.
Spam
Junk form submissions filtered
Layered spam and bot protection on every lead form, so the inquiries that reach you are from people.
Leads
Forms delivered and logged
Every inquiry goes to your business inbox and is recorded, so a missed email is never a lost lead.
Backups
Every version saved
Each change to the site is a saved version. Rolling back to last week is one step, not a restore ticket.
Support
A person when it breaks
Site down, form not sending, certificate problem: you email us and a named person takes it.
Why our maintenance looks different
Why is there nothing to patch?
Most website maintenance is WordPress upkeep: core updates, plugin updates, theme updates, and fixing what those updates break. We take a different route. We rebuild the site so that work is not needed.
No plugins
A Next.js site is built from code we control, not a stack of third-party plugins that each need their own updates and each add a way in.
No database to break into
A standard marketing site on our stack has no database and no admin login. Two of the most common ways small-business sites get hacked are simply not there.
Updates happen without you
When the underlying framework needs an update, we apply and test it. Your site does not go down for it and you do not get an invoice for it.
More on the difference: why Next.js beats WordPress on security.
How much do website maintenance services cost?
Three plans cover maintenance. The care is the same on all three; the difference is who makes changes to the content.
| Plan | Monthly | Setup | Who makes changes | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Website Management | $97/month | $300 one-time | You, with your own Claude or ChatGPT | Hosting, Cloudflare, spam filtering, lead forms, analytics, version history, technical support |
| Predictable Work Website | $147/month | $500 one-time | You, plus one update request a month handled by us (up to 30 minutes) | Everything above, plus the Predictable Work Dashboard: traffic, leads, sources, rankings |
| Foundation Engine | $297/month | $700 one-time | We do. Changes go live within one hour during business hours | Done-for-you website, local SEO, Google Business Profile, CRM, dashboard |
Every plan is month to month with no contract. Each plan has a one-time setup fee. At the first two levels it covers rebuilding your current site on our stack, up to 15 standard pages. Marketing plans above these are on the growth engines page, and the response times for done-for-you changes are on what website maintenance costs at BaaDigi.
Who makes changes to the website?
That is the real choice between plans. On AI Website Management you make your own changes using your own Claude or ChatGPT, with guardrails that stop the AI from touching anything but content. It suits owners who want a headline fixed tonight, not next week.
If you would rather hand changes to a person, the Foundation Engine includes them: email the request and it is live within one hour during business hours. See how we change websites in under an hour.
What is not part of website maintenance?
Maintenance keeps a site healthy. It does not redesign it, write new content at volume, or bring in traffic. A redesign, an online store, a customer portal or a booking system is a project and is quoted separately. Search visibility, Google Business Profile work and advertising are marketing, and start with the Foundation Engine.
Knowing that line before you buy saves the most common complaint about maintenance plans: paying monthly and expecting marketing results.
What happens when something breaks?
Email support with your business name and what is wrong. A person on our team takes it and tells you their name. Outages and broken lead forms are treated as emergencies. The process is written down on what happens when your website is down and website support services.
Frequently asked questions
- What are website maintenance services?
- Website maintenance services keep a business website online, secure and working: hosting, security, software updates, backups, form checks and support when something breaks. At BaaDigi they cost $97 to $297 a month, month to month.
- How much do website maintenance services cost?
- At BaaDigi, $97 a month if you make your own content changes with AI, $147 a month with a dashboard and one update request a month handled for you, or $297 a month with every change done for you. One-time setup is $300, $500 and $700 respectively.
- Do you maintain WordPress websites?
- We move them. Our maintenance is built on rebuilding the site on Next.js, which removes plugin and theme updates entirely. The rebuild keeps your current design and content if you like them, and is covered by the setup fee for sites up to 15 standard pages.
- Is there a contract?
- No. Every plan is month to month. If you leave, you keep your domain, your code, your content and your lead records.
- Can I make my own changes?
- Yes. On AI Website Management you change your own site using your own Claude or ChatGPT subscription. The AI can change content but cannot alter the code, and every change is previewed before it goes live.
- Does website maintenance include SEO?
- No. Maintenance keeps the site healthy; it does not bring in traffic. Search and local visibility work starts with the Foundation Engine at $297 a month.
Want someone clearly responsible for your website?
From $97/month. Hosting, security, spam protection and support.
Month to month. You own everything.