The short answer
Website maintenance keeps a site online, up to date and secure: hosting, software and security updates, and the changes the business needs over time. Its scope and cost depend on the website, so a simple, light site needs less than a large one with bookings, an online shop or several languages. With us, the lowest package starts from €170 per year + VAT and is for a simple, light website, with hosting and maintenance included. Larger websites are priced in a proposal.
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What does website maintenance cover?
The names differ from provider to provider, but maintenance usually means some or all of these:
- Hosting: the server your website runs on, which keeps it fast and available.
- Updates: the software, theme and plugins the website is built on.
- Security: the updates that close weaknesses, and the certificate behind the padlock in the browser.
- Changes: new services, prices, photos or pages when the business changes.
Why does a website need maintenance at all?
Because the software behind it keeps changing. WordPress, for example, says you should always update to the latest version, and that it is a good idea to back up the website before you do (WordPress Documentation: Updating WordPress). On most WordPress sites, minor and security updates apply automatically; major releases still need someone to apply them and check the site afterwards.
What decides the cost?
- Size: a few pages or many.
- Features: bookings, an online shop or connections to other systems need more care than a contact form.
- Languages: each language is more content to keep up to date.
- How often content changes: a site that changes every week needs more time than one that rarely does.
What does maintenance cost with DvelopNET?
It depends on the website. Our lowest package starts from €170 per year + VAT. It is for a simple, light website, with hosting and maintenance included. Larger websites, and websites with more features, are priced in a proposal, so you know what is included before you agree.
We host our clients’ websites, and ongoing support is agreed clearly in advance; it is not unlimited free support. You keep control of your website and its content.
What should you ask before agreeing to a maintenance plan?
| Ask | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| What exactly is included? | Hosting, updates, security and content changes are not always in the same plan |
| Who checks the website after an update? | An update is only finished when the site still works |
| Are backups included? | A backup is what lets a website be restored if an update goes wrong |
| Who owns the hosting and the domain? | It decides who controls the website if you change provider |
| What does a content change cost? | Some plans include changes; others charge for each one |
Which changes can you make yourself?
More than you might think, if the website is built for it. Andreas Marcou Architects adds new projects to its portfolio through a custom plugin we built, and DUAL Group adds, edits and removes its projects, and single parts of them, itself.
How we wrote this: the package and terms are DvelopNET’s own, checked November 2026. The note on updates is from the WordPress documentation, checked 4 November 2026. The projects are our own work.
