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How Much Does It Cost to Maintain a Website?

By Jeremy Kenerson, Founder and CEO at DeskTeam360

Last updated . The outside prices were checked October 1, 2026. DeskTeam360's prices and details were checked September 25, 2026.

You pay for a domain, hosting and upkeep. A .com domain is listed on Porkbun at $11.08 a year to register or renew. Shared hosting starts at $2.99 a month on Hostinger and SiteGround, renewing at $10.99 to $44.99 a month. WordPress upkeep plans are listed at $39 to $99 per site a month on GoWP, and $89 to $359 a month on WP Buffs.

What do you pay for each part of website upkeep?

Price each part on its own, then add them up for your site. The prices in the first paragraph are list prices as of October 2026, so check each bill for these:

Part What it does What to check on the bill
Domain Your site's address The renewal price as well as the first year
Hosting Where the site lives The renewal price and how long you'd prepay. Hostinger's lowest intro price needs a 48-month plan
A WordPress upkeep plan Updates, backups and fixes Whether it's priced per site, and what's left out

For managed WordPress and VPS prices, and hosting types side by side, see how much it costs to host a website.

What makes website maintenance cost more or less?

Start with these questions about your own site:

  • What's it built on? WordPress sites need core and plugin updates. Ask what a hosted builder handles for you, and what's left to you.
  • How many plugins or apps does it run? Each one is something to update. Shopify says each feature you add to a store, like apps, images and videos, can slow the site.
  • How often does the content change? Ask whether edits and new pages are in the plan or billed on top.
  • Does it take payments or logins? If so, add checks for checkout and sign-in after every update.
  • Who fixes it when something breaks? Ask what an emergency fix costs before you need one.

For the full cost of a site in its first year, build included, see how much a website costs.

If you'd like to see what upkeep would look like on a flat monthly team, you can book a call with DeskTeam360.

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Should you maintain the site yourself or pay someone?

You can do it yourself if you'll do the tasks on a schedule and know how to undo a bad update. Then the cost is your time. WordPress.org says to back up the database regularly, and always before an upgrade.

Ask yourself three questions:

  • How many hours will the updates, backups and checks take you?
  • What's an hour of your time worth to your business?
  • Who fixes a bad update, and how soon can they get to it?

If you can't keep that schedule, price a plan against your own hours.

What does website maintenance cost an agency with many client sites?

Per-site plans grow with every site you add. GoWP, for example, prices its plans per site, at $39 to $99 per site a month.

A flat monthly team works another way. DeskTeam360's plans are $1,497, $2,994 or $4,491 a month, by how many tasks run at once. Each plan includes the full team and all 8 services, and its maintenance work covers updates, security monitoring, speed work, backups and uptime monitoring. For selling upkeep to your own clients, see website care plans.

What happens when website maintenance gets skipped?

A WordPress site falls behind on security, because older versions of WordPress don't get security updates.

Updates can also leave a WordPress site stuck. When WordPress updates, it puts the site in maintenance mode with a temporary .maintenance file. If the file isn't removed, visitors keep seeing "Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance," and deleting the file fixes it. Someone has to know to look for it.

More on costs and pricing

Book a call with DeskTeam360 to talk through upkeep for the sites you run. For the full cost of one web hire, see what a web hire costs.

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Sources

All checked October 1, 2026. DeskTeam360's pages were checked September 25, 2026.

What changed

  • October 17, 2026: First version of this page.