Hosting is the part nobody thinks about until it fails. These plans bundle infrastructure, backups, updates, monitoring and a monthly block of change hours into one predictable figure.
Four managed hosting plans compared side by side: what you get, what it costs monthly and yearly, and which one fits the site you have.
Nothing here is a starting point that quietly grows. If your project needs something outside a package, it appears as a separate line before you sign.
For brochure sites and launch pages
R450
per month · R4 500 a year (2 months free)
For CMS-driven sites that earn their keep
R950
per month · R9 500 a year (2 months free)
For stores where downtime is lost revenue
R1 850
per month · R18 500 a year (2 months free)
For apps and custom platforms
R3 900
per month · R39 000 a year (2 months free)
Work out what an hour of downtime costs you, then buy the plan that matches that number. It makes this table much easier to read.
All prices exclude VAT. Month to month with 30 days’ notice, or annually with two months free. Change hours not used in a month roll over once.
Added to a package at these rates, quoted in the proposal rather than discovered on the invoice.
All prices exclude VAT. Plans are month to month with 30 days' notice, or annually with two months free.
You can move up or down a plan at any time, with the difference pro-rated on your next invoice.
Managed Cloud infrastructure is provisioned in your own AWS, Vercel or DigitalOcean account and billed to you at cost. The plan fee covers running it, not renting it.
The site does not have to have been built by me. A free audit tells you what taking it on would involve before either of us commits.
A website is not a thing you buy. It is a thing you run. Plans exist so running it is a line item rather than a panic.
Where the site lives now, what shape it is in, and what is quietly broken. Free, and you get the findings either way.
Move onto managed hosting with no downtime, usually overnight. DNS, mail and certificates handled.
Backups, monitoring, firewall, updates and access control set up properly in the first week.
Scheduled maintenance, your change hours, and a report at the end of every month.
A quarterly call on performance, cost and whether the plan still fits what the site is doing.
General questions about fees, ownership and revisions are answered on the FAQ page.
You can, and for a personal site you probably should. What you are buying here is the work around the hosting: someone testing the backups, applying the updates, watching the uptime graph and fixing it at 21:00 on a Sunday when it breaks.
Content edits, new pages, image swaps, plugin configuration, small feature work, and the time spent diagnosing something odd. Strategy calls and full redesigns are quoted separately.
You get an email before it becomes a problem, with the numbers and a recommendation. Nothing is throttled or switched off mid-month without a conversation first.
Yes, on business-grade mail with proper spam filtering, or I will configure Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 if you would rather pay them directly. Mailbox counts above are for hosted mail.
At any time, with 30 days' notice. You get a full export, the database, DNS control and a handover document. No exit fee, no hostage-taking.
Send a brief, even a rough one. You'll have a fixed quote and a dated schedule within two working days of our call.
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