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Compare Send to Site with your other options
Most business owners weigh four ways to keep a website going: a WordPress care plan, an agency, doing it themselves on Wix, or Send to Site. Here is how they compare, in rand, with the trade-offs stated plainly.
Last updated 29 September 2026. Provider prices as listed on their websites in September 2026.
Send to Site rebuilds your WordPress site as fast static pages, then makes your changes by email and writes up to 4 SEO articles a month, for R1 500 a month for six months and R750 after that, hosting included. A WordPress care plan can cost less, but keeps WordPress and sells changes by the hour. An agency does far more for far more money, and Wix costs little in cash because you do the work yourself.
Comparisons
Pick the option you are weighing up
Each comparison uses published South African prices, adds up the cost over one and three years, and says who should choose the other option.
Send to Site vs a WordPress care plan
Care plans cost R80 to R6 790 a month in South Africa and mostly pay for plugin updates, patches and backups. What an hour of changes costs on each plan, and when a care plan is the right call.
Send to Site vs a web design agency
SEO retainers start at R3 500 a month before VAT and climb to R50 000. When an agency earns its fee, and when it is more than a working site needs.
Send to Site vs Wix
Wix starts at US$17 a month, and you do the work. What it costs once your own hours are counted, and who should choose Wix anyway.
At a glance
Send to Site vs the usual options
The biggest difference between the four is who does the work, and that decides most of the price.
| Send to Site | WordPress care plan | Agency retainer | Wix (do it yourself) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who does the work | We do. You decide and approve | A provider keeps WordPress updated; changes come out of your monthly hours | An agency team, on a monthly contract | You do |
| How changes happen | Email [email protected], check the preview, tap Publish | You send a request; it is done within your hours | You brief the agency; the work is scheduled | You log in and edit it yourself |
| Typical monthly cost | R1 500 for 6 months, then R750 | R80 to R6 790 in published plans | R3 500 to R50 000 for SEO packages, some before VAT | About R280 to R640 for Light to Business (US$17 to US$39, billed yearly, before tax) |
| Hosting | Included, on Cloudflare | Included in some plans; others charge R299 or more a month | Varies by agency | Included, on Wix's servers only |
| Speed work | The rebuild itself: dcreviews.co.za went from 75 to 100 in a Lighthouse phone speed test | Performance checks on some higher tiers | Technical SEO work in several SEO packages | Up to Wix's platform and how you build each page |
| SEO content | Up to 4 articles a month, each approved by you | Not included in the plans we checked | 1 to 3 content pieces a month in content-led packages | You write it |
| Keep your current design and URLs | Yes, checked page by page | Yes, the site stays on WordPress | Yes, unless you pay for a redesign | No. You rebuild on a template and redirect changed URLs |
Care plan and agency prices as listed on each provider's website in September 2026; the providers are named on each comparison page. Wix prices in US dollars as wix.com shows them to South African visitors, 29 September 2026, converted at R16.42 to the dollar.
Where Send to Site does not fit
When is Send to Site the wrong choice?
Send to Site is the wrong choice if your website runs a shop, bookings, a membership area or online courses, because those need a server behind the pages. It also isn't a design studio: the rebuild keeps the look you have. For a new brand or a site built from nothing, an agency or Wix is the better start.
For everything else, the question is mostly about money and time. Our guide to what a website really costs in South Africa goes further into the numbers.
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R1 500 a month for the first 6 months, then R750 a month. No setup fee.