Web Design & Website Care
Websites, run like managed IT
Wix, Squarespace, and WordPress freelancers hand you a template and walk away. We custom-code your site on Next.js (the same modern framework used by Netflix and Nike): no WordPress plugin sprawl, and we patch the dependencies for you. Then we run it the way we run managed endpoints: monitored, version-controlled, and security-maintained by an MSP. SEO and an AI assistant are the growth layer on top.
One-Time Build
Custom build
Custom-coded, mobile-friendly, and search-ready the day it launches. Price scales with page count, e-commerce, and integration complexity.
Custom build
- Custom design, no templates
- Built on Next.js for speed and security
- Structured so search engines and AI assistants can read it clearly: clean markup, structured data for your hours, location and services, and content written to answer the questions people actually ask
- Google Search Console and Analytics connected, with Google's automated reports sent to you
- Mobile-first, accessible, fast
- Your site is yours: any developer can host it
AI assistant
Add-onAn Axel-style assistant scoped and trained on your services, added at build time. Ongoing usage and tuning is included in Care Plus and Managed, or $35/month on Care.
Final build price scales with page count, e-commerce, and integration complexity. SEO, Search Console, and Analytics are set up once at build; they are deliverables, not a monthly fee. Every site needs a Site Shield care plan to go live.
Website Care Plans
Site Shield
Every plan includes the hosting itself. Your site runs on a global edge network, not one server in one data centre, with SSL, version-controlled source, and security as table stakes in every tier. Pick a tier by how much content work and how many moving parts your site has. Site Shield is only available for websites we build; if your current site is WordPress or another platform, it moves to a CinnTech build first.
Care
Your site is looked after.
For sites that rarely change. Changes are billed hourly, or add 30 minutes a month for $25.
Care Plus
Occasional changes, plus the assistant.
For sites that change now and then and want the AI assistant.
Managed
Regular changes, more moving parts.
For sites with regular changes and integrations to keep running.
| What's included | Care | Care Plus | Managed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hosting on a global edge network + SSL + DNS | |||
| Uptime monitoring with alerting | |||
| Version-controlled source with instant rollback to any recent deployment | |||
| Dependency and CVE patching | |||
| WAF and bot protection | |||
| We fix it when it breaks | |||
| Content changes included (doesn't roll over) | None, or +$25/mo for 30 min | 30 min/month | 2 hrs/month |
| AI assistant usage and ongoing tuning | +$35/mo add-on | ||
| Integration maintenance (booking, e-commerce, member syncs) | +$25/mo each | +$25/mo each | 2 included, then $25/mo each |
| Change requests started within (business hours) | 2 business days | 1 business day | Same business day |
Breakage means something that worked stops working: we fix that on every tier, included. A change means you want something different: that uses your monthly allowance or is billed at $105/hour in 30-minute increments (30-minute minimum). Content allowances don't roll over. The Content time add-on is limited to one per site. New pages, redesigns, and feature builds are quoted separately as project work.
All prices in CAD, plus HST. Site Shield is a 12-month term, then month to month with 30 days' notice. If you ever leave, we hand over the complete site, code included, once outstanding invoices are settled.
Add-ons
AI assistant
$35/month
Included in Care Plus and Managed. Normal chat volume is covered; if usage ever runs unusually high we talk to you first.
Content time
$25/month
30 minutes a month of changes to existing pages, for Care. One per site, doesn't stack; more is $105/hour.
Integration maintenance
$25/month per integration
Billed per integration on Care and Care Plus; Managed includes the first two.
AI assistant build
$500 one-time
Added at build time or later
You own your site
The design, content, and code are yours, and any developer can host them. Moving to different hosting is normal setup work for them, not a rebuild. Wix and Squarespace are rentals: there is no site to hand over.
How it compares
Who carries the responsibility
Most website comparisons are about price. The question that matters for a small business is who is on the hook when something needs doing.
| Responsibility | DIY WordPress | Managed WordPress hosting | Wix / Squarespace | CinnTech Site Shield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who patches it | You: core, theme, and every plugin | The host patches core and PHP. Plugins are still yours | The platform | We do |
| Who notices when it goes down | Your customers, then you | The host, for server outages. A broken page is on you | The platform, for outages on their side | Our monitoring, which alerts us |
| Who fixes it | You, or a freelancer you find | Host support for server issues. Site problems are yours | Their support, within what the template allows | We do, included in every tier |
| If it breaks on a weekend | It waits until you notice and find help | Server issue: host support. Plugin conflict: you | Their support queue | Our alerting fires and we fix it |
| If it gets defaced | You restore it, if you have a backup | You restore from the host's backup or open a ticket | Rare on the platform. Content recovery is still yours | We roll back to the last good deployment and close the hole |
| Can you take the site with you | Yes, it's WordPress | Yes, it's WordPress | No. The site stays on their platform; you can export some content | Yes. The code is yours; any developer can host it with normal setup work |
An honest DIY WordPress stack (hosting, a security plugin, a backup plugin, an update service) lands around $40-50 a month plus the owner's own hours. The comparison that matters is who carries the responsibility.
Ready for a website that works as hard as you do?
Tell us about your business and we'll scope a build and the right Site Shield plan. Or ask Axel, our assistant, anything about pricing right here on the page.