A clearer website budget

See what a website costs over time.

Compare a Sparrow monthly plan with an upfront website quote using your own estimates. Include the ongoing costs so you can assess more than the initial price.

No email gate. Calculations stay in your browser. Compare scope, support, ownership and fit alongside the totals.

Use the numbers you have

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Dollar amounts are in USD. No alternative-provider prices have been filled in for you. Empty optional cost fields count as zero in this estimate; enter fees you expect to pay.

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Website cost assumptions

Sparrow plan + your extras

The monthly website price includes static hosting and the work in the selected plan. Add outside costs separately.

For example, approved paid assets or other separately quoted work. Leave included plan work out of this field.

Domain, email and other paid tools. Convert annual charges to a monthly estimate; hosting is already included in the Sparrow plan.

Your upfront quote

Use a real quote or your own planning estimates. An explicit $0 build cost is valid; a blank build quote leaves the comparison open.

Enter this amount to compare. No provider quote is assumed.

Include domain, email or tools separately only when they are outside the build/maintenance quote.

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The model, in plain terms

Know what is being counted.

Sparrow: the selected monthly plan × the service months, plus any separate setup fee and your entered one-time/provider costs. The agreed completed website has an initial minimum of 3 paid service periods.

  • Standard: $199 per month; $597 initial commitment for the completed agreed website and first 3 live-service periods.
  • Premium: $279 per month; $837 initial commitment for the completed agreed website and first 3 live-service periods.

Within the agreed website scope, the separate setup fee is $0. Prelaunch cancellation is reconciled separately. Read the billing sequence, cancellation terms and completed-project handover details.

Upfront option: the entered build quote + other one-time costs + service months × (monthly hosting/maintenance + outside subscriptions). Use the same time period for both options and avoid counting a fee twice.

Your first monthly payment is due at kickoff. It covers planning, the build and the first month of live service. Your next monthly payment is due one month after launch. The third is due one month after that. After the initial three paid periods, service continues month to month.

The comparison clock begins with live service. A prelaunch delay does not add another Sparrow monthly service payment to this model. Different providers may offer different pages, support, ownership, content and features; check those details in each proposal.

Compare the included website plans, explore our website design approach, or see the Poteet Homes project walkthrough.

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What does your website need to do?

Bring your page list, current website and questions about the comparison. We can discuss a defined project and the costs that actually apply.

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