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Monthly website maintenance plans starting at $149/mo. Daily backups, security monitoring, updates, performance optimization, and content support for business websites and web applications.

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Uptime Monitoring
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Backup Retention

Your Website Does Not Maintain Itself

WordPress releases security patches every few weeks. Plugins break after updates. SSL certificates expire. Hosting providers change configurations without warning. A website that was fast and secure six months ago is now accumulating vulnerabilities, slowing down, and one bad update away from breaking. I wrote about why website maintenance matters with specific data on what happens when sites go unmanaged. 43% of cyberattacks target small business websites, and the average cost of a breach is $25,000 in lost revenue and recovery.

I maintain websites for law firms, medical practices, dental offices, contractors, restaurants, and businesses across every industry. Monthly plans cover updates, security, backups, and monitoring so your site stays fast, secure, and online. You focus on running your business. I keep the website working.

Monthly Plans

No long-term contracts. Month-to-month with 30-day cancellation. Every plan includes the technical foundation your site needs to stay secure and fast.

Essentials

$149 /month

Automated protection for your website. Updates, backups, security, and monitoring handled.

  • Weekly core and plugin updates
  • Daily offsite backups (30-day retention)
  • 24/7 uptime monitoring (5-min checks)
  • Security scanning and firewall
  • Malware removal included
  • SSL certificate management
  • Monthly performance report
  • Email support (48-hour response)
  • Content updates
  • Priority support
  • Performance optimization
  • Strategy calls
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Growth

$299 /month

Everything in Essentials plus hands-on content support, priority response, and proactive optimization.

  • Weekly core and plugin updates
  • Daily offsite backups (30-day retention)
  • 24/7 uptime monitoring (5-min checks)
  • Security scanning and firewall
  • Malware removal included
  • SSL certificate management
  • Monthly performance report
  • 1 hour content updates per month
  • Priority support (24-hour response)
  • Proactive performance optimization
  • Quarterly 15-min strategy call
  • Staging environment for safe updates
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Custom

$499+ /month

For web applications, e-commerce, multi-location sites, and projects that need dedicated development hours.

  • Everything in Growth
  • Scoped monthly development hours
  • API and integration monitoring
  • Payment processing checks
  • Custom uptime and error alerting
  • Compliance and security audits
  • Monthly strategy and planning call
  • Priority phone and video support
  • Infrastructure and hosting management
  • Load testing and scalability reviews
  • Third-party vendor coordination
  • Dedicated account priority
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Additional development work beyond plan inclusions billed at $125/hour. All plans include a free site health audit before onboarding.

What Every Plan Covers

Every maintenance plan includes the automated foundation your site needs. Weekly updates to WordPress core, plugins, and themes, tested in staging before going live. Daily offsite backups stored for 30 days with verified restore procedures. 24/7 uptime monitoring with 5-minute checks and immediate alerting. Security scanning, firewall rules, and a malware removal guarantee. SSL certificate management and renewal. A monthly PDF report showing site health, uptime percentage, and any issues resolved.

These services run continuously whether you are awake or not. Having a strategy for protecting your website content is part of the foundation. If your site goes down at 3 AM, I get the alert and start working. If a plugin update breaks your contact form, I catch it before your first customer of the day notices. The technical foundation is the same across all plans. The difference is what happens above that foundation.

Why Growth Is the Plan Most Businesses Choose

The Essentials plan keeps your site alive. The Growth plan keeps it working for your business. That means 1 hour of content updates every month: new team member photos, updated pricing, seasonal promotions, holiday hours, a new service you added. Without a maintenance plan, each of these changes means emailing a developer and waiting. With Growth, you send the request and it is live within 24 hours.

Growth also includes proactive performance optimization. I do not wait for your site to slow down. I monitor Core Web Vitals, optimize images, and tune caching to keep your pages loading fast. For businesses that depend on Google rankings, page speed is a ranking factor that degrades over time without active management.

When You Need a Custom Plan

If your website handles payments, patient data, appointment bookings, property listings, or user accounts, you need more than automated updates. Custom web applications, e-commerce stores, and multi-location sites have third-party integrations that can break, compliance requirements that change, and user-facing functionality that needs monitoring beyond uptime checks.

Custom plans include scoped development hours for feature work, API monitoring for integrations like payment processors and scheduling systems, and a monthly strategy call to plan upcoming changes. The scope and price are based on your specific technology stack and business requirements. My website cost planning guide covers how to budget for ongoing maintenance alongside initial build costs. I audit your site first and give you an honest recommendation.

No Contracts, No Surprises

Every plan is month-to-month with 30-day cancellation notice. No annual commitments, no setup fees, no hidden charges. If you need to pause during a slow season, you can. If you need to upgrade because your business grew, the switch is immediate. You keep your site, your backups, and your data regardless of plan status.

How It Works

1

Audit

Site health, security, and performance baseline

2

Onboard

Monitoring, backups, and credentials setup

3

Maintain

Weekly updates, daily backups, security scanning

4

Report

Monthly health and performance reports

Frequently Asked Questions

What does website maintenance include? +
Every plan includes daily offsite backups, 24/7 uptime monitoring, weekly software updates, security scanning with malware removal, SSL management, and a monthly performance report. Growth and Custom plans add content updates, priority support, and performance optimization.
How much does website maintenance cost? +
Plans start at $149 per month for Essentials, which covers all automated monitoring, backups, updates, and security. The Growth plan at $299 per month adds content updates, priority support, and quarterly strategy calls. Custom plans for web applications and complex sites start at $499 per month with scoped development hours.
What is the difference between Essentials and Growth? +
Essentials covers the technical foundation: backups, updates, security, and monitoring. Growth adds the human layer: 1 hour of content updates per month, 24-hour priority support response, quarterly strategy check-ins, and proactive performance optimization. Most businesses choose Growth because the content updates alone save hours of back-and-forth with a developer.
Do you maintain WordPress and non-WordPress sites? +
Yes. I maintain WordPress sites, Astro static sites, and custom web applications built with TypeScript and Node.js. Each platform has different maintenance needs. WordPress needs plugin and core updates tested in staging. Astro sites need dependency updates and build pipeline maintenance. Custom applications need security patches and API monitoring.
What happens if my site goes down? +
Uptime monitoring checks your site every 5 minutes around the clock. If downtime is detected, I receive an alert immediately and begin diagnosis. Essentials plan has 48-hour response for non-emergency issues. Growth and Custom plans have 24-hour priority response. Most downtime incidents are resolved within 1-2 hours during business hours.
Can I upgrade my plan later? +
Yes. You can upgrade from Essentials to Growth at any time. If your business grows and needs custom development work, I will scope a Custom plan based on your specific requirements. There are no long-term contracts. Plans are month-to-month with 30-day cancellation notice.
Do you offer maintenance for e-commerce and complex web applications? +
Yes. E-commerce sites, patient portals, booking systems, and custom web applications require the Custom plan. These sites have payment processing, third-party integrations, and user data that need specialized attention beyond what Essentials and Growth cover. Custom plans are scoped to your specific technology and compliance requirements.
What if I need more than 1 hour of content updates per month? +
Additional content and development work beyond the Growth plan's included hour is billed at $125 per hour. For businesses that consistently need 3+ hours per month, a Custom plan with dedicated development hours is more cost-effective.

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