§The honest comparison

What a website really costs.

These are the industry's own published numbers for 2026 — not ours — placed next to our fixed prices. Most owners discover the real cost of a website a year after buying it. We'd rather you see it up front.

What you're buyingTypical market (2026)Raikowski Software Studio
Professional small-business website$2,000 – $8,000 per project
$500

Pro Site — 4–6 pages, CMS, on-page SEO, delivered in 5 business days. One-time; AI-efficient production, passed on.

Simple starter website$1,500 – $5,000 (freelancer projects)
$250

Starter Site — 1–3 pages, contact form, mobile-first. One-time build.

Hosting, security, backups & upkeep$1,100 – $5,000 / year, usually scattered across vendors
$588 / year

Essentials Hosting at $49/mo — AWS hosting, SSL, weekly backups, monitoring, one bill

Managed maintenance with human support$95 – $350/mo (freelancers) · $200 – $1,000/mo (agencies)
$95 / month

Maintenance Plan — everything in Essentials plus monthly checks, quarterly micro-update, planning call

Local SEO retainer (single location)$500 – $2,000 / month
$300 / month

GBP management, citation building, content briefs, monthly report — same scope

Leaving your providerOften unpriced, slow, or quietly painful
Free

Launch Handoff is free — with any project or any cancellation, no exceptions. You own your code and assets from day one.

Market figures are drawn from published 2026 industry pricing guides for small-business web design, website maintenance, and local SEO services, and are re-verified quarterly. Last verified June 2026. Our prices are fixed and current — the same numbers you'll find on the pricing page.

Why our prices are low — and the work isn't.

The studio is one experienced operator using modern AI-augmented production, running its own AWS infrastructure, with no agency overhead, no salespeople, and no per-seat software bloat. Those savings go to you. Three things we never compromise to get there:

  • Every site is designed, not generated — no template-store clones
  • Every price is fixed and published before you talk to us
  • Leaving is free, and you own your work from day one