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6 honest comparisons

Should you even
hire us?

Often the answer is no, and we would rather say so on a page than waste your time on a call. Every comparison below names the cases where the other option is the better one.

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The general rule

If your website is a formality and the work comes from referrals, a builder is enough and you should keep your money. If the site is supposed to bring in work from search, the structure and speed start mattering, and that is where a build pays for itself.

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Website builders

Wix

If you need something online this week and your budget is nearly zero, Wix is a reasonable answer. If the website is meant to generate calls from search, a built site usually earns the difference back.

Squarespace

Squarespace is the right answer for a visually led business that does not depend on local search. If "near me" searches are meant to fill your calendar, the template constraints start costing you.

GoDaddy Website Builder

GoDaddy's builder is the fastest way to put something online, and it is where a lot of local businesses end up because the domain was already there. It is a starting point rather than a destination.

WordPress

WordPress is genuinely the right answer for content-heavy sites and anything needing a large plugin ecosystem. For a small local business site, it is usually more machinery than the job requires.

Ways to get it built

Building It Yourself

Doing it yourself is the right call more often than agencies admit. It stops being right the moment the hours cost more than the quote, or the site is supposed to generate revenue.

National Web Companies

National providers are good at scale, uptime and support hours. They are structurally worse at knowing your market, and their contracts are where the real difference usually sits.

How to read these

We have an interest
and you should assume it.

Every comparison on a web studio's own site is written by someone who benefits from one answer. Here is what we hold ourselves to so these are worth reading anyway.

Every page names when the other option wins

Not as a token gesture. If a builder is the right call for your situation, the page says so specifically enough that you can act on it.

No claims about a competitor we cannot check

Platforms change constantly. We stick to what is currently true and checkable, and we would rather leave a point out than assert something stale.

The trade-offs are structural, not moral

Builders are rented and templated by design. That is a trade, not a scandal, and plenty of businesses should take it.

Prices are ours and stated plainly

$997 to $3,497 for a build, $99 to $499 a month for care. Compare them against whatever you are paying now.

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Still not sure
which way to go?

Tell us what you have now and what you need it to do. Twenty minutes and you'll have a straight answer, including when that answer is to keep what you've got.

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What happens next

  1. 01You tell us about the business
  2. 02We show you what we'd build
  3. 03You decide, with a fixed price in hand

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