Comparisons
The options, side by side.
Before you choose who builds and runs your website, it helps to see the choices laid out plainly. Each page compares two ways of doing it, including the ones that are not us, and says where each one fits.
Six comparisons
Ways to get a website built and run, and two decisions most owners face along the way.
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A managed website service or a traditional agency
Two operating models side by side: who you speak to, cost, redesign surprises, who owns the site and lock-in.
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A managed website or a freelance designer
A freelancer builds it and hands it over; we build it and keep running it. Cost, ownership and who runs it after launch.
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A managed website or traditional hosting
Hosting gives you a server and the keys; a managed website is the whole thing built and run for you.
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Website management or website maintenance
Maintenance keeps the lights on; management moves the business forward. The difference, across four levels of scope.
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SEO or pay-per-click advertising
Paid clicks stop when you stop paying; SEO builds over months and lasts. Speed, cost, durability and the best use of each.
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WordPress or Wix
Wix is easy but you rent it; WordPress is flexible but you maintain it. Compared on ease, speed, ownership, cost and lock-in.
Tools, weighed up
Hosting, analytics, password managers and more, compared in The Workshop: hosting platforms, analytics and CRM and password managers and security tools.