The short answer
Published UK provider pricing in 2026 puts basic website care at roughly £30–£100 per month, standard small-business plans around £100–£300, and comprehensive or ecommerce care at £300–£600 or more. Ad-hoc help typically runs £40–£150 per hour, and a single emergency fix usually lands between £75 and £300. An important honesty note: those are market estimates gathered from published UK pricing, not quotes. JUVANTO's own published guide prices start below the typical market range — £19 to £99 per month depending on the plan — and they're listed openly on our pricing page rather than hidden behind a sales call.
What a maintenance plan should actually include
Whatever the price, a real plan covers five things. Software and plugin updates — applied and tested, not just clicked. Backups stored somewhere separate from the site — and actually test-restored, because an untested backup is a hope, not a backup. Monitoring, so problems are found before your customers find them. An allowance of small content changes, so keeping the site current doesn't mean a new invoice every time. And a plain report of what was actually done. If a plan's sales page doesn't state these clearly, ask before paying.
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What moves the monthly price
Four things, mostly. Size and complexity — a five-page brochure site and a five-hundred-product shop shouldn't cost the same to look after. Platform — a WordPress site needs more ongoing care than a hand-built one, because there are more moving parts to update and more ways to break. How much you change things — a menu that updates weekly needs a bigger change allowance than a site that changes twice a year. And response expectations — priority handling costs more because someone is holding time for you.
Care plan or pay as you go?
Here's the honest maths both ways. If your site rarely changes and you're comfortable running updates yourself, paying ad hoc can genuinely be cheaper — a couple of small fixes a year at £75–£300 each beats any monthly plan. The case for a plan is risk, not convenience: a site left unupdated for a year is the classic hack candidate, and a single cleanup (£150–£400 at typical market rates — see our website repair cost guide) can exceed a year of basic care. Prevention is unglamorous, but it's where the money is saved.
Questions to ask before signing anything
Five questions separate real plans from retainers that bill for nothing. What exactly is included — and what isn't? Are backups test-restored, or just taken? When something breaks, what response should I actually expect, in plain terms? If I leave, what do I keep — the site, the content, the domain? And who do I talk to when it matters? A provider who answers all five clearly, in writing, is usually a safe pair of hands.
How maintenance works at JUVANTO
Our care plans are published guide prices, not starting points for negotiation: Website Care Basic is £19/month (monthly health check and report), Care Plus is £49/month (adds two small changes monthly), and Care Pro is £99/month (five small changes and priority handling) — all listed openly on our pricing page. Everything still starts free: a free website check shows the current state honestly, and you approve any price before anything is paid. Read more about our website maintenance service or what maintenance actually includes.
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