Website management that wins customers.
Hosting, upkeep and website improvements from $299 a month. Aura finds the next fix, drafts it on your real site, and ships after your yes. You get a better website without managing another developer.
AuraTypical cost
$100 to $1,500+ a month, plus hosting
From $299 a month, hosting included
Ships changes
When you ask
Proposes fixes, ships after your yes
Retainer range: GoDaddy website maintenance cost guide, 2026.
What Aura manages on your website
The maintenance, plus the management: one place that knows your business, watches the numbers and does the work.
- Hosting and upkeepIncluded on every plan. Keep your WordPress, Shopify, Webflow or modern code site and connect it.
- Fixes on your real pageI draft each change on a staged copy of the page, with before and after, the risk level and why.
- New pages and sectionsA shipped change is 40 credits and a new page is 150, with an estimate before any chargeable work.
- Search fixesClearer titles and descriptions, structured data, and pages aimed at the searches and AI questions you're losing.
- A check after every launchI reload the live page that night and roll the change back if something broke.
- Results, not activityEvery shipped change is measured at 7, 14 and 28 days, so you see exactly what each one earned.
Checks pass Preview ready Undo for 30 days
Low risk40 credits
Tank and tankless. Licensed plumbers, upfront pricing, clean work.
A fix waiting for approval on a sample plumbing site. Flip between before and after.
Sites our team built and runs.
Straight from the people whose marketing our team runs.
We’re happy with the number of conversions compared to the amount of new inbound leads attributed to their efforts.
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“They genuinely cared about the result and were transparent throughout, ensuring that we made the right decisions.”
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“I was very impressed with Trevor’s ability to come up with a game plan for the site.”
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“They took a lot of pressure off my team and worked tirelessly to get the job done.”
John HallPresident, The Hall Agency Inc.
What website maintenance services include
Most maintenance plans for a small business site cover five jobs. They keep the site running. They rarely decide what the site should say or do next, which is the management half.
List from the GoDaddy and Hostinger maintenance cost guides (checked October 2026).
- Hosting and domain renewalKeeping the site online at its address.
- Security updates and backupsPatching software and keeping copies you can restore.
- Plugin and platform updatesCore software, themes and add-ons kept current.
- Content updatesServices, hours and promotions changed as the business changes.
- Performance monitoringWatching uptime and speed, and checking for broken links.
How much website maintenance costs per month
It depends on the size of the site and who does the work. Two 2026 pricing guides from hosting companies put it here:
- Small business site, all in
- $50 to $500 a monthSource: GoDaddy
- Developer on a monthly retainer
- $100 to $1,500+ a monthSource: GoDaddy
- Developer by the hour
- $50 to $150+ an hourSource: GoDaddy
- Maintenance agency
- $200 to $4,500 a monthSource: Hostinger
- Doing it yourself
- Under $100 a month, plus your timeSource: Hostinger
Aura: from $299 a month, hosting included. That covers upkeep, your daily briefing and 200 credits for finished work, like five shipped changes or one new page plus a change. Add our strategists from $599 a month. See every plan
A maintenance retainer, doing it yourself, or Aura
Here's how they stack up for a small business site.
| Compare | Developer retainer | Doing it yourself | Aura |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typical cost | $100 to $1,500+ a month, plus hosting | Under $100 a month, plus your time | From $299 a month, hosting included |
| Reads your analytics | Rarely | When you find the time | Every morning, with sources |
| Decides what to change | You send the list | You | Proposes the next fix, with the data behind it |
| Ships changes | When you ask | You do it | After your yes, often the same day |
| Checks the live page | Varies | If you remember | That night, with automatic rollback |
| Measures each change | No | No | At 7, 14 and 28 days |
Cost ranges: retainer from GoDaddy, doing it yourself from Hostinger (both checked October 2026). Other rows from our own sales research. Aura prices are invite-only beta pricing.
Built for owners who want more customers
Not just a site that stays online. A site that gets better every week.
Who'd rather approve than write the ticket
I find the fix, draft it on your real page and ship it. You just say yes.
Who want proof, not activity
Every change measured at 7, 14 and 28 days, in plain English.
Nothing goes live without your yes
Digest is the default: I send my ideas in one batch and nothing ships until you approve it. Autonomous mode ships only the kinds of low-risk changes you pre-approve. You can undo any change for 30 days, and pricing, legal copy, ad spend and DNS changes always wait for a person.
Slow or expensive site? Move it first.
If your site is stuck on costly managed hosting, our team can move it to a faster, cheaper setup, then Aura runs it. On the sites we rebuild, Google page speed scores land in the high 90s. Migrations are priced as one-time projects. How migrations work.
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