Every month you don't own it,you're paying for it again.
A platform fee keeps your own site switched on. A build you own is paid once and then it simply runs. Here is what that costs, in the open, with no email gate in front of it.
Rented
A subscription buys access, not the thing itself. It renews monthly, forever, and it climbs as you add features.
Owned
One build, paid once. After that the only running cost is hosting, a few dollars a month, billed to you by your provider.
Either way
The repository, the content, and the hosting account are handed to you on launch day. Nothing is held back.
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No email gate, no waiting on a proposal. Pick what fits, see where your project lands.
Estimated range
$1,870to$2,530
One time. You own the code, the content, and the hosting account when it ships.
The site is yours either way.Growth is the part you can hire.
To be clear about what this is: you never pay a fee to keep your site online. That is the whole point of owning it. Search work is a service you hire, month to month, cancel whenever. Stop, and your site keeps running, and every ranking and page gained stays yours.
Foundation
For a site that's live and needs to stop being invisible.
$249/month
Pays for itself at 2 new customers a month
- 1 optimised page or article written and published
- Technical health check: speed, crawl, broken links
- Google Business Profile kept current
- Search Console monitoring
- Monthly report in plain English
Growth
For businesses actively competing for local or niche search.
$499/month
Pays for itself at 4 new customers a month
- 3 optimised pages or articles a month
- Everything in Foundation
- Local SEO and review strategy
- Backlink outreach with real placements, no directories
- Keyword expansion as you rank
- Competitor position tracking
Compound
For businesses where search is the main channel that has to perform.
$899/month
Pays for itself at 6 new customers a month
- 6 optimised pages or articles a month
- Everything in Growth
- Conversion testing on key pages
- Quarterly strategy call
- Priority turnaround on requests
- Landing pages built as campaigns need them
$150
Average value of a single new customer. The tiers above update to show how many you'd need for each to pay for itself.
What you get when thesite is actually yours.
| Wix / Squarespace | Typical agency retainer | OmniStack | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ongoing cost | Monthly, forever, and it rises with add-ons | Monthly retainer on top of the build | Hosting only, a few dollars a month |
| Who owns the code | The platform. It cannot leave with you. | Varies, often licensed rather than transferred | You do. Full repository, handed over. |
| If you stop paying | The site goes offline | Support stops, the site may too | It keeps running. It is yours. |
| Speed | Shared infrastructure, template overhead | Depends on the stack chosen | Next.js on dedicated infrastructure |
| Design ceiling | Template constraints you will hit fast | Custom, at retainer cost | Fully custom, no template floor |
| Who you talk to | A support ticket queue | An account manager, then a handoff | The person building it. Directly. |
The platform and agency columns describe how those models generally work, not any one provider's current plan. Terms, limits, and pricing vary by provider, plan, region, and add-ons, and they change often. Your own quote is confirmed on a scoping call before any work begins.
See the first direction before you commit.
You will get a real design direction for your homepage before any invoice is due. If it is not right, say so: you walk away owing nothing, and you keep the concept. Every build after that runs on a fixed price agreed up front. No hourly surprises, no scope drift.
No deposit until you have seen the work
This isn't rightfor everyone.
Both of us lose if the fit is wrong. Here is the line, before you book a call.
Good fit
You will get real value here.
- You are paying a platform every month and it is starting to grate
- Your site is slow, and you suspect it is costing you
- You want the thing you paid for to actually belong to you
- You would rather talk to the person building it than an account manager
- You are planning to keep this site for years, not months
Wrong fit
You would be better served elsewhere.
- You need it live in under a week
- You want to restructure layouts yourself, daily, without a developer
- You are looking for the cheapest possible option
- You need a large team on call around the clock
- You are not sure the business is sticking around yet. Use a platform first.
Questions, answered.
Still curious? Talk to us.
How fast can you start?
Most projects kick off within one to two weeks of a scoping call. Book a call and we'll map a clear timeline for yours.
Do you only design, or also build?
Both. We own the full stack from brand to backend design, frontend, backend, and AI under one roof.
What does it cost?
It depends on scope. Book a call and we'll give you a clear, fixed quote no surprises, no hourly creep.
Do you work with our existing team or codebase?
Yes. We integrate with your stack and your people, and we're happy to pick up and improve an existing codebase.
Will the site be fast and rank well?
Performance, accessibility, and SEO are built in by default we target 90+ Lighthouse and strong Core Web Vitals on every build.
Where are you based?
We work from Dublin, Ireland and Jakarta, Indonesia, with clients worldwide. Send your requirements anytime and we'll reply within one business day.