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Care Plans

Website Care Plans and Maintenance

What are website care plans? Ongoing maintenance, security updates, backups, and support for your website. Three tiers from $37 to $97 per month. No long-term commitment. Website care plans are month-to-month. Every website project still uses a written service agreement and scope of work. Your site stays secure, backed up, and online.

Essential

$37/monthKeep your site secure, backed up, and online.

  • Monthly security updates
  • Weekly off-site backups
  • Uptime monitoring with email alerts
  • 30-minute monthly maintenance window
  • Email support, 48-hour response

Growth

$67/monthUpdates, content changes, and faster support.

  • Everything in Essential
  • Bi-weekly security and plugin updates
  • Daily off-site backups
  • 2 content updates per month (text, images, pages)
  • Priority email support, 24-hour response
  • Monthly uptime and performance report

Search

$97/monthMaintenance plus local SEO and strategy.

  • Everything in Growth
  • Weekly security updates
  • Google Business Profile management
  • Local SEO monitoring and monthly ranking report
  • Monthly strategy call (30 minutes)
  • Priority support, same-day response
Compare plans

Care plan comparison

Side-by-side comparison of what's included in each care plan tier.

FeatureEssential ($37)Growth ($67)Search ($97)
Security updatesMonthlyBi-weeklyWeekly
Off-site backupsWeeklyDailyDaily
Uptime monitoringYesYesYes
Content updates2 per month2 per month
Google Business ProfileYes
Local SEO monitoringYes
Monthly strategy call30 minutes
Support response time48 hours24 hoursSame day
Monthly performance reportYesYes
What's covered

What care plans include

Security updates

Regular updates to your CMS, plugins, and themes to patch security vulnerabilities before they're exploited.

Backups

Off-site backups stored separately from your hosting. If your site breaks or gets hacked, I restore from backup.

Uptime monitoring

Your site is checked every 5 minutes. If it goes down, I'm alerted and investigate immediately.

Content updates

Growth and Search plans include content changes — text edits, image swaps, new pages, blog posts.

Local SEO

Search plan includes Google Business Profile management and monthly local ranking reports.

Support

Email support with target response times. Search plan includes a monthly strategy call.

Compare

Which option fits your business?

Side-by-side comparison of what is included in each care plan tier.

FeatureEssential — $37/moGrowth — $67/moSearch — $97/mo
Updates/monthMonthlyBi-weeklyWeekly
BackupsWeeklyDailyDaily
Uptime monitoringYesYesYes
Security scansYesYesYes
Content updates2 per month2 per month
Performance checksYesYes
Priority supportYesYes
Response time48 hours24 hoursSame day
Monthly reportYesYes
FAQ

Common questions about care plans

Do I need a care plan?

If your website runs on WordPress or any CMS with plugins, yes — security updates and backups are essential. Static sites need less maintenance but still benefit from uptime monitoring and occasional updates.

Are there contracts?

No. All care plans are month-to-month. You can cancel, upgrade, or downgrade anytime with 30 days notice. You own your site and all its content regardless.

What counts as a content update?

A content update is changing text, swapping images, adding a blog post, or adding a new page. Major redesigns or new features are billed separately at $65/hour.

What happens if my site goes down?

Uptime monitoring detects outages and alerts me immediately. I investigate and restore your site from the most recent backup. Most outages are resolved within 1-2 hours.

Ready to start?

Get a free consultation

Call (608) 313-5373 or send a message through the contact page. I'll help you pick the right tier for your site.

By Bradley Matera — web developer in Durand, Illinois, serving Northwest Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. About · Contact · Pricing

Last updated: July 2026. Prices and services subject to change — see terms of service.