Web design and SEO pricing, out in the open.
Many studios are quote-only. We publish our numbers - a hand-coded build from $499 (the fixed quote depends on the size and complexity of your site), then one flat monthly plan: $59 Hosting & Care, $299 with SEO, or $388 with SEO + AI agents. Every project starts with a free scoping call and a written, fixed quote.
Custom website build
Every plan starts here: designed & hand-coded, yours to own, ready for review in 14 business days. Starting price - your written, fixed quote depends on the size and complexity of the site.
Hosting & Care
Keeps your site fast, safe & up to date
+ from $499 one-time build · Year 1 all-in from $1,207
The essential plan every build runs on. Cancel anytime after year one.
What's included
- Fast managed hosting + SSL
- Maintenance - monitoring, backups, updates & security
- Content edits & small changes (2 requests/mo)
- Priority support
Hosting + SEO
Get found on Google, Maps & AI search
+ from $499 one-time build · Year 1 all-in from $4,087
For businesses that want Google sending them work. The SEO portion is month-to-month.
What's included
- Everything in Hosting & Care
- On-page & technical SEO
- Local search & Maps 3-Pack visibility
- Google Business Profile management
- Monthly ranking reports
Hosting + SEO + AI Agents
Get found & booked - leads worked 24/7
+ from $499 one-time build · Year 1 all-in from $5,155
Every lead answered, even after hours. The AI portion is month-to-month.
What's included
- Everything in Hosting + SEO
- AI lead capture on your site - AI chatbot & smart forms
- Automatic appointment booking
- Missed-call text-back
- Google review follow-up after every job
- Lead notifications to your phone
Your plan runs with the build for its first year - that's what makes the $499 build rate possible - then it's cancel-anytime. The SEO and AI portions are month-to-month from day one, and you can move between plans as you grow. Written spec and a fixed quote before kickoff.
Everything in each plan, line by line
| Service | Hosting & Care $59/mo | Hosting + SEO $299/mo | Hosting + SEO + AI Agents $388/mo Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website & care | |||
| Custom hand-coded website build | from $499 | from $499 | from $499 |
| Managed hosting + SSL | |||
| Backups, security monitoring & updates | |||
| Content edits & small changes (2 requests/mo) | |||
| Priority support | |||
| Google & AI visibility | |||
| On-page & technical SEO | - | ||
| Local search & Maps 3-Pack optimization | - | ||
| Google Business Profile management | - | ||
| Local citations & authority building | - | ||
| Monthly ranking reports | - | ||
| AI front desk | |||
| AI Chatbot + Smart Forms lead capture | - | - | |
| Automatic appointment booking + calendar sync | - | - | |
| Missed-call text-back | - | - | |
| Google review follow-up after every job | - | - | |
| Lead notifications to your phone | - | - | |
| Add-on | |||
| AI voice Receptionist - answers calls 24/7, 200 min/mo | - | - | +$199/mo |
| Year 1 all-in (build + 12 months) | $1,207 | $4,087 | $5,155 |
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Build price is a starting rate - your written, fixed quote depends on scope. Year-one totals use the $499 build. SEO and AI portions are month-to-month; move between plans as you grow.
Add a voice to your front desk
The Hosting + SEO + AI Agents plan already captures leads through the AI chatbot, smart forms, booking, and missed-call text-back. The voice Receptionist adds the phone itself - an AI that answers your calls 24/7. Powered by Velogics AI, our agent platform (velogics.ai).
AI voice Receptionist
On the Hosting + SEO + AI Agents plan
- Answers every call, 24/7
- 200 voice minutes / mo - more only by written agreement, never a surprise charge
- Books straight into your calendar
- Warm transfer with a briefing
Want to hear it? Call ours: +1 (613) 383-5521. Velogics AI also sells an AI Prospector for outbound and an AI Loyalty Manager for winning back past customers, at velogics.ai.
Need more than a site?
The AI lineup
The AI Front Desk is the one included in the AI Agents plan. The voice Receptionist is the +$199/mo add-on above, not part of it. Velogics AI - our agent platform - separately sells an AI Prospector for outbound email and an AI Loyalty Manager for winning back past customers.
Explore at velogics.aiCustom software & apps
Internal tools, mobile apps, dashboards, and API integrations - scoped and quoted per project, built around how you actually work.
Explore Software & AppsGot Questions? We've Got Answers
1How does pricing work?
One build, three plans. Website builds start at $499 CAD one-time, and the final fixed price depends on how big and complex the site is (pages, features, integrations). Then you pick a flat monthly plan: Hosting & Care at $59/mo, Hosting + SEO at $299/mo, or Hosting + SEO + AI Agents at $388/mo. Every project starts with a free scoping call and a written, fixed quote - no surprises.
2How long does a build take?
Standard builds are ready for your review within 14 business days of the scoping call - if we miss that, your first 3 months of Hosting & Care are free. Bigger builds (more pages, custom features, integrations) get their own timeline in the written spec, so you know the date before we start.
3Is $499 the whole price?
It is the starting price for the build, and the build is the only one-time line. Your written, fixed quote depends on the project scope - pages, features, integrations - and it is confirmed before kickoff, so the number you agree to is the number you pay. What $499 is not is the whole first-year cost: every build runs on one of the monthly plans for its first year, which puts year one at $1,207 all-in on Hosting & Care, $4,087 with SEO, or $5,155 with SEO + AI agents. All three totals are on this page.
4Do I own my website?
Yes. It's hand-coded and yours to own - no template, no page-builder, no platform lock-in. You can take the code anywhere.
5What's included in the $59/mo Hosting & Care plan?
Fast managed hosting with SSL, maintenance (security monitoring, backups, and updates), up to 2 content-edit requests a month, and priority support. Bigger changes get a quick written quote first. SEO isn't included - that's the Hosting + SEO plan at $299/mo, so you only pay for it when you want it.
6What does the $299/mo Hosting + SEO plan add?
Everything in Hosting & Care, plus on-page and technical SEO, local search and Maps 3-Pack visibility, your Google Business Profile, and monthly ranking reports - the work that gets you found on Google and in AI search. The SEO portion is month-to-month: move up or back down whenever you like.
7What does the $388/mo Hosting + SEO + AI Agents plan add?
Everything in Hosting + SEO, plus the AI front desk on your website: AI chatbot and smart-form lead capture, automatic appointment booking, missed-call text-back, Google review follow-up (happy customers get a review request after the job; unhappy ones are routed to private feedback), and lead notifications to your phone. Want the phone answered too? The AI voice Receptionist is a +$199/mo add-on. The AI portion is month-to-month.
8How can a custom build start at $499?
Two reasons. We're a new studio still building our portfolio, so the build is priced to win the work. And every build runs on one of our monthly plans for its first year - one team building it AND running it, which is what lets the one-time number stay where it is. That's from $1,207 all-in for year one on Hosting & Care, in writing before we start.
9Is there a contract?
No long contract. The build is a one-time project with a written, fixed quote. Your plan runs alongside your new site for the first year - that's part of what makes the $499 build possible - and after that it's cancel-anytime. The SEO and AI portions are month-to-month from day one, so you can move between plans as you grow.
10What's the Ottawa Service Directory listing?
Ottawa Service Directory (ottawaservicedirectory.ca) is our own curated directory where Ottawa homeowners find local pros across 26 trades. If your business serves the Ottawa-Gatineau area, the site we build you comes with a listed profile there - a real citation and backlink for your local SEO. One thing we're strict about: placement in the directory cannot be bought. Partner listings are clearly labelled, and rankings always follow real Google ratings - never payment.
11What about AI agents?
The AI front desk - AI chatbot and smart-form lead capture, automatic booking, and missed-call text-back - is included in the Hosting + SEO + AI Agents plan at $388/mo. The voice AI Receptionist, which answers your phone 24/7, is a +$199/mo add-on on that plan and includes 200 voice minutes a month - if you're regularly going over, we'll agree on a top-up in writing first, never a surprise charge. Both are powered by Velogics AI, our agent platform, which also sells an AI Prospector for outbound and an AI Loyalty Manager for winning back past customers.
12Do you build custom software?
Yes - internal tools, apps, dashboards, and integrations, scoped and quoted per project after a free scoping call.
One thing on this page is a rule rather than a preference. Every plan above prints a year-one all-in total next to its monthly figure, because a price you cannot actually pay is not a price, and our $499 build does require twelve months of a plan alongside it. So the total is printed rather than left for you to work out. The Competition Bureau's own wording on prices of that shape is quoted below, and it is the test worth holding every other quote you collect to.
- Competition Bureau Canada, Advertising dos and don'ts
Read 2026-08-25. Quoted: do not offer a product or service at a price that is unattainable because consumers must also pay additional charges or fees to buy it, unless those charges are imposed by government, such as sales tax. The Bureau calls that drip pricing and reads it against subsections 52(1.3) and 74.01(1.1).
Still have questions? Book a free scoping call and we'll map it out.
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