Pay-monthly websites for small businessesA proper website, and someone to change it when you ask.

We design, build and host your website, look after its SEO, and make the changes you send us by email. Plans start at $149 a month.

  • No setup fee
  • Nothing to pay until you approve the draft
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What the monthly fee covers

We build your website, and then we don’t disappear. Hosting, security, SEO and the changes you ask for are all covered, so there’s never a separate bill for maintenance.

Compare what each plan includes

Design and build

  • A custom design for your business, built from scratch
  • Built and tested on phones first
  • Contact, booking or quote forms
  • Your existing content tidied up and moved across

Hosting and security

  • Managed hosting with an SSL certificate
  • Daily backups, kept for 30 days
  • Security and software updates
  • Uptime monitoring

Changes and support

  • Edits by email, done within one or two business days, or the same day on Growth
  • Unlimited small edits on Standard and Growth
  • A new page or article each month on Standard and Growth
  • A direct line to the people building your site

SEO and rankings

  • Keyword research for your services and area
  • On-page SEO: titles, headings and copy written to rank
  • Technical SEO, structured data and speed optimization
  • Google Business Profile and local search set up

Built to be found on Google

SEO is part of every plan, not an add-on. We set your site up so customers find you when they search for what you offer, then keep improving it and show you the results.

At launch

  • Keyword research for your services and the areas you cover
  • Page titles, headings and copy written around those searches
  • Structured data, an XML sitemap and clean redirects from your old site
  • Submitted to Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools
  • Google Business Profile set up and linked for local search

Every month after

  • Rank tracking for your target keywords: 5, 10 or 30 depending on plan
  • Technical health checks and fixes
  • On-page improvements, Business Profile posts and, on Growth, two SEO articles
  • Speed monitoring, with a 90+ mobile PageSpeed guarantee on every plan
  • A plain-English report: rankings, traffic, work done and what's next

Google decides final positions, so no honest provider can promise a particular spot. We commit to the work and show you the results each month. See SEO by plan.

Who we build websites for

Mostly local service businesses: cafés, restaurants, clinics, therapists, trades and salons. We also work with consultants, nonprofits and new companies that need a professional website without hiring a web team.

  • Two coffee shop owners smiling behind their counter

    Cafés and restaurants

    Menus, opening hours and table bookings kept up to date.

  • A physiotherapist guiding a patient through a shoulder exercise

    Clinics and therapists

    Clear treatment pages and an easy way to request an appointment.

  • A carpenter shaping a piece of wood with a chisel

    Trades and home services

    Quote requests and the areas you cover, with your best reviews up front.

  • A hairdresser styling a client's hair in a bright salon

    Salons and studios

    Your price list and booking link, next to a gallery of recent work.

From first call to live website in about two weeks

You see a working draft within the first week, and most sites launch in the second. See the full process.

  1. Day 1

    A 30-minute call

    We learn what the business does, who your customers are and what your current site gets wrong. Send your logo, photos and any existing text you have.

  2. Days 3–5

    A working first draft

    You receive a link to a working draft of your homepage and two key pages. Review it on your phone, share it with your team and send us your feedback.

  3. Days 7–14

    Revisions and launch

    Two rounds of revisions are usually enough. We connect your domain, redirect any old pages to protect your rankings and submit the sitemap to Google.

  4. Every month after

    Ongoing changes

    Email us whenever something needs to change. Small edits are done within one or two business days, or the same day on Growth. We keep working on your SEO and report back.

See the draft before you pay anything

We build a working draft of your homepage and two key pages before you pay anything. If it isn't right for your business, you can walk away and owe nothing.

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What a website really costs over three years

Compare a website builder, an agency build and a Centrifox plan using your own numbers. How we worked these out.

Centrifox plan
$4,000
2 hours
$50

Assumes a $29/month builder plan and 20 hours to set it up yourself, and agency hosting at $50/month with changes at $90/hour.

Total over 3 years

  1. Website builder$5,644

    $1,044 in fees plus 92 hours of your own time

  2. Agency build$12,280

    $4,000 up front, then hosting and changes billed monthly

  3. Centrifox Starter$5,364

    $149 a month with hosting, SEO and changes included

The contract, in plain English

Pay-monthly websites are known for long contracts and sites the customer never owns. Ours work like this, and the same terms are in our service agreement.

How long is the contract?
Three months from launch, then month-to-month. Cancel with 30 days' notice by replying to any email.
Who owns the domain?
You do, from day one. It's registered in your name, on your account.
Who owns the content?
You do. Text, photos and logos stay yours, and you can request a full export at any time.
Who owns the design and code?
They transfer to you, free, after 12 paid months. Leaving earlier? We offer a flat buyout or a full content handover.
What counts as an edit?
Any change to existing pages: text, images, prices, hours or a new section. New pages count toward your plan's allowance.
How fast are changes made?
Within two business days on Starter and one on Standard. On Growth, requests received by 12pm are done the same business day.
Can the price change?
Your price is fixed for the first 12 months. After that, we give at least 60 days' notice of any change.

Monthly website packages

Each plan includes design, hosting, SEO and edits by email. There’s no setup fee, and billing starts when your site goes live.

Starter

$149/month

A fast, professional website for a local business or a new company.

Choose Starter
Content updates
Up to 2 hours a month
Turnaround
2 business days
SEO and performance
Launch SEO and local setup
Support
Email
  • Up to 5 pages
  • Keyword research and on-page SEO at launch
  • Google Business Profile setup
  • 5 keywords tracked, quarterly report
  • 90+ mobile PageSpeed guarantee

Growth

$549/month

For businesses that rely on their website for leads or online sales.

Choose Growth
Content updates
Unlimited, priority queue
Turnaround
Same business day
SEO and performance
Ongoing SEO with monthly articles
Support
Priority email and monthly call
  • Up to 40 pages
  • Two SEO articles or new pages a month
  • Online shop or integrations
  • 30 keywords tracked, monthly report
  • Quarterly technical SEO audit

Prices in USD, excluding tax. No setup fee. Turnaround is in business days, for small edits. Unlimited means one request at a time. The PageSpeed guarantee covers your homepage, as set out in our terms. Compare plans in detail.

Common questions

More on billing, ownership and contracts in the full FAQ.

What is a pay-monthly website?

A pay-monthly website, sometimes called website as a service, replaces the large upfront cost of a website with a fixed monthly fee. With Centrifox, that fee covers the design and build, hosting, security, backups and the changes you ask for, so you never pay separately for maintenance or edits.

How much does a small business website cost per month?

Our plans are $149, $299 or $549 a month depending on size. For comparison, a website builder costs around $15 to $50 a month plus your own time, and an agency build often costs $3,000 or more up front with hosting and changes billed separately. Our cost calculator lets you compare the three over three years using your own numbers.

Why pay monthly instead of once?

A one-off build costs less in year one if the site never changes. Most business websites do change: opening hours, prices, services, team members. The monthly fee covers hosting, maintenance and those edits, which would otherwise be billed separately, and spreads the cost of the build.

I already have a website. Do we start again?

We rebuild it, keeping the pages that bring in visitors at the same addresses and redirecting the rest, so you keep the search visibility you've built up.

Can I edit the site myself?

We make all changes for you, so there are no logins to manage and nothing to break. If you need to update something daily, such as a menu, tell us on the first call and we'll set that up.

Do you write the content?

We edit and improve whatever text you have, and write the rest from what we learn on the first call. Standard and Growth include professional copy editing on every page.

Will my site rank on Google?

Getting you found is part of the service. We research the searches your customers use, build every page around them, fix the technical side, set up your Google Business Profile and keep improving things each month, with a report showing your positions. Google decides final rankings, so no honest provider can promise a specific spot, but we commit to the work and show you the results.

Tell us about your business

A few lines about what you do and what your website should do better is plenty. We reply within one working day with a recommended plan and a time for a short call.

Start your website

Or email [email protected]. The first call is free, and there’s nothing to sign until you’ve seen a draft.