Rowbo and a web design agency, side by side

An agency bills the build once, then bills again for every change after it. Rowbo builds it for you from your Google listing, on your own .com, at £30 a month. That is the whole cost, where a web design agency prices the build and every change apart.

What you get for £30 a month

A real multi-page website, built from the Google listing you already have.
Your own .com, registered and pointed at it, in the price.
Hosting and updates, so there is nothing else to renew and nothing to install.
Your photos, your hours, your services and your reviews, already on the page.
Any change you want, made by us: the words, the photos, the colours, a whole new page. Just tell us.
A site Google can index and ChatGPT can read.
We go through your Google listing and fix what is holding it back: the link to your site, the categories, the hours and the photos.
Built and checked by us, and yours to look at before you keep it.
No setup fee, no minimum term, and you can cancel any month.
A price one extra customer a week covers, with nothing else to pay for.
Our estimate: around 10 more customers a month. Based on typical monthly searches for a local business in a UK town and what a page-one result gets.

What you pay in year one

A freelance build

A 5 to 15 page site is £500 to £5,000, at UK agency rates. Prices checked 21 September 2026.

£500 in year one

Rowbo

£30 a month, 12 months, £360. Built for you, included, no setup fee.

£360 in year one

That is £140 less in year one at UK agency rates, and nobody to hire.

Side by side

Prices checked 12 August 2026.

What you are comparingRowboAn agency or freelancer

What you pay, all in£30 a month, billed monthly. Your own .com, hosting and updates are in the price.A one off build, typically $500 to $5,000 with a freelancer. The domain and the hosting are billed separately.Their figure buys the one thing; ours puts the site, the hosting, the domain and the updates in the £30.

Who does the workWe do. Tell us your business name and we build from your Google listing.A designer or a developer, working from the brief you write. Upwork lists a $21 an hour median.Either you build it or you pay someone to; we build it for you from your Google listing.

What you have to writeNothing. We read your photos, your hours and your reviews off the listing you already have.The brief: what the pages are, what they say, and what you want it to look like.A prompt or a brief is still your own words; we read your listing, so there is nothing to write.

What happens when something changesTell us by email or WhatsApp and we make the change. No invoice, and no extra charge.Somebody bills for it, by the hour or on a retainer. Website maintenance runs £25 to £100 a month in the UK.A change is a login elsewhere or a bill; here it is one message to us, inside the £30.

What you are signing up toNo setup fee, no minimum term, and you can cancel any month.One invoice up front for the build, then hosting and a domain to renew every year.No setup fee and no minimum term here; you can stop any month.

If you walk awayThe site comes down, and we hand over your photos, your words and your domain.The site is yours, and so is finding someone to host it and keep it up to date.The domain, the photos and the words are yours to take, so leaving costs nothing.

Having it built for youBuilt for you, included. £30 a month, no setup fee.A UK freelancer or small agency builds a 5 to 15 page site for £500 to £5,000, per UK agency guides. Delivery is 2 to 6 weeks. Prices checked 21 September 2026.You do not pay a designer: we build it from your Google profile and check every page.

The build and hourly figures are the freelance rates in our August research, listed in US dollars at the £1 to $1.27 rate. The maintenance range is the UK typical. Ours is £30 a month, billed monthly.

Why owners pick Rowbo

When someone in your town searches for the work you do, the result they open is a website. Ask an agency to change your prices and you are asking for a quote. Here you send us a message and we change it, at no extra cost. The build from your Google listing, your own .com, the hosting and the renewals all sit inside the £30. One line on the statement, and nothing to chase.

If you want a person who knows your business sat across a table, a web design agency gives you that; we hand you the site today.

Questions owners ask.

What does a website cost from an agency or a freelancer?

A full freelance build is typically $500 to $5,000 as a one off, and a small Fiverr job about $45. Upwork lists a $21 an hour median for web designers. Rowbo is £30 a month with the domain, hosting and updates in it. Prices checked 12 August 2026.

What does it cost me to change something?

Nothing, because you tell us the change by email or WhatsApp and we make it. After a one off build the work is billable, and website maintenance runs £25 to £100 a month if you pay someone. Prices checked 12 August 2026.

Do I have to write a brief?

No, there’s no brief to write here. Type your business name, pick it from the list, and we build the pages from your Google listing. Your photos, hours and reviews come across as they are.

Look at yours before the invoice.

£360 a year, built for you. Tell us your business name and how to reach you. No card, and you read the pages before you decide.

No card needed