Not all managed sites
are built the same.
DIY builders leave you operating the software. Agencies hide the price until you call. WorkspaceCMS combines full-service management with transparent, published pricing — and no setup fees.
- All plans fully managed by our team
- Transparent pricing — no intro-rate tricks
- No setup fee · 30-day money-back guarantee · 12-month term, then month-to-month
The honest comparison
What $89/mo actually gets you.
Most platforms leave you as the operator. One category hides the price until you call. Here's exactly where we sit.
| Feature | DIY BuildersWix · Squarespace · WordPress | WorkspaceCMS$89 – $449/mo | Managed AgenciesB12 · Hibu · Scorpion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $16 – $99/mo | $89/mo | $169/mo – or “call us” |
| Free website build | ✗ You build it | ✓ We build it (6 – 15 pages) | Setup fee: $1,999+ |
| Ongoing site management | ✗ You manage it | ✓ Ongoing managed updates | ✓ (opaque delivery) |
| Direct team support | ✗ | ✓ Our team, every ticket | ✗ Call-center rep |
| Technical SEO foundation on every plan | Plugin / paid add-on | ✓ Every plan, always | Bundled, not auditable |
| AI visibility tracking | ✗ | ✓ ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity | ✗ |
| Pricing on the pricing page | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ Demo-gated |
| Month-to-month after year one | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ Annual contracts |
Competitor data sourced from published pricing pages, June 2026. Managed agency pricing reflects published or quoted rates; some providers do not disclose pricing publicly.
What you get every month
Send us a message.
We handle the rest.
Update your services, swap a photo, add a new team member, publish a blog post — just send us the change and it's done. No hourly billing. No project proposals. No waiting for a developer. Bigger projects (custom builds, out-of-cycle redesigns, marketing campaigns) get scoped separately by our strategy team.
Handled for you, every month
- Content updates — copy, photos, hours, pricing, anything — handled for you
- Text changes & image swaps
- Add new locations, services, or team members
- Galleries & before/after portfolios
- Blog & article publishing
- New pages using your existing site design
- Technical maintenance & security — handled automatically
- Hosting, SSL, daily backups — all included, no extra bill
- Self-serve tools to monitor speed & SEO monthly — catch problems before they cost you
- Send updates any way you like — email, text, or phone — and we handle it
- Always Fresh — free visual redesign at your 24-month anniversary, on every plan
Bigger projects — scoped & quoted by your strategy team
- Custom functionality & new integrations
- Custom-designed landing pages
- Brand-new page designs (not reusing your current templates)
- Custom application development
- Custom redesigns outside the Always Fresh 24-month anniversary refresh
- Ecommerce builds & complex checkout workflows
- Data migration & third-party software integrations
- Email configuration & hosting
- Ongoing marketing campaigns (SEO / PPC / Social / Email)
Quote-based projects are separate from your monthly plan — we scope them with you before any work starts. Managed updates cover normal business website maintenance as defined in our Fair Use Policy at /fair-use.
Ready to get started?
Sign up online in minutes — automated questionnaire, build & launch (Growth & Premium ~2 weeks; Essentials ~30 days), live on your domain.
Ready to get started?
Sign up and we handle the rest.
Sign up online — we build your site and launch it on your domain in about 2 weeks. Run by a 15-year SEO agency. No calls required.