--- title: "What a website costs over three years: calculator and comparison" description: "Run what you pay today against our fixed price and see where we are cheaper and where we are not. With sources and dates." url: https://websites.elchi.dev/en/vergleich language: en --- Comparison # What a website really costs over three years A price on a website is half the truth. What counts is the sum over three or five years: building, hosting, maintenance, changes, licences, and the redesign once the technology is out of date. Enter what you pay today. None of it leaves your browser. We are not always cheaper, and over three years often not. If you rarely change anything and have a cheap maintenance contract, a WordPress agency costs you less. What you get with us instead: two languages, the changes and hosting in Switzerland and the EU, no licence fees, and the export when you leave. ## The sum Made on websites.elchi.dev/en/vergleich with your figures. The market figures are sourced below. Today Building 6'000 Second language 3'000 Hosting 720 Maintenance and updates 2'844 Plugin licences 900 Changes 3'120 Total over 3 years 16'584 per month 461 With Elchi Studios Building 6'000 Second language included Monthly amount, 36 months 10'800 Maintenance and updates included Plugin licences included Changes included Total over 3 years 16'800 per month 467 Over 3 years you pay CHF 216 more with us. For that, the changes, two languages, hosting and the export on leaving are included. [Start a project](https://elchi.dev/en/kontakt) Opens your browser's print dialog. Choose “Save as PDF” there. ## The alternatives side by side What the usual routes cost an SME in Switzerland, and what each leaves you with when you leave. Figures from the providers' own pages as of 28 September 2026, sources at the end. Elchi Studios WordPress agency Webflow agency Builder (Wix, Jimdo, Squarespace) Swiss builder (Hostpoint, Infomaniak) Localsearch MyWEBSITE One-off CHF 6,000 CHF 2,000 to 20,000 \[1\]\[3\]\[4\] CHF 1,290 to 65,000 \[8\]\[3\] CHF 0 0 Not published; 2020: CHF 1,490 \[12\]\[13\] Running, per month CHF 300: hosting, upkeep and changes Hosting 9 to 50, maintenance 59 to 99, plus changes by the hour \[1\]\[2\]\[5\] Webflow account from about CHF 20, marketing plans 290 to 790 \[8\] CHF 14 to 149 \[9\] CHF 1.95 to 25 \[10\]\[11\] Fixed annual rate, not published; 2020: CHF 990 a year, three-year term \[12\]\[13\] Changes Included CHF 110 to 150 an hour \[5\] By the hour or by plan Yourself Yourself Regular changes included \[12\] Second language Included 40 to 60 percent extra \[5\] Extra Depends on plan Depends on plan Not stated Plugin licences None CHF 200 to 800 a year \[4\]\[5\] Webflow plan instead of plugins Apps in the plan None None Hosting location Switzerland and the EU, every location named Depends on the agency; Swiss hosting possible \[6\] Webflow, location not stated \[8\]\[3\] Abroad \[9\] Switzerland \[10\]\[11\] Not stated On leaving Content and data, exported in full at any time Usually portable, WordPress runs anywhere; dependence on agency and plugins \[7\] Design stays in Webflow; export limited Mostly no export; Squarespace is the exception \[9\] Infomaniak: no export, backups deleted \[11\] The website is lost, only texts and pictures returned \[13\] Measurements published Load time live on the home page; availability once a full month has been measured Rarely Rarely No No No ## Sources Every figure comes from the linked pages, retrieved on 28 September 2026. 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