rowbo and a web design agency, side by side

No brief, no wait, no invoice: rowbo is £30 a month, and we build your website from your Google listing. Your own .com, hosting and updates are in that, and it is live in a couple of minutes. Hiring a web design agency means writing the brief and paying for all of that separately. Free to look, no card.

What you get for £30 a month

A real multi-page website, built from the Google listing you already have.
Your own .com, registered and pointed at it, in the price.
Hosting and updates, so there is nothing else to renew and nothing to install.
Your photos, your hours, your services and your reviews, already on the page.
A site Google can index and ChatGPT can read.
Live in a couple of minutes, and free to look at before you keep it.
No setup fee, no minimum term, and you can cancel any month.

Side by side

Prices checked 12 August 2026.

What you are comparingAn agency or freelancerrowbo

What you pay, all inA one off build, typically $500 to $5,000 with a freelancer. The domain and hosting are on top.£30 a month, billed monthly. Your own .com, hosting and updates are in the price.

Who does the workA designer or a developer, working from the brief you write. Upwork lists a $21 an hour median.We do. Type your business name, pick it from the list, and we build from your Google listing.

What you have to writeThe brief: what the pages are, what they say, and what you want it to look like.Nothing. We read your photos, your hours and your reviews off the listing you already have.

What you are signing up toOne invoice, then the running costs. Website maintenance runs £25 to £100 a month if you pay for it.No setup fee, no minimum term, and you can cancel any month.

If you walk awayThe site is yours, and so is finding someone to host it and keep it up to date.The site comes down, and we hand over your photos, your words and your domain.

The build and hourly figures are the freelance rates in our August research, listed in US dollars at the £1 to $1.27 rate. The maintenance range is the UK typical. Ours is £30 a month, billed monthly.

Why owners pick rowbo

When someone in your town searches for the work you do, the result they open is a website. A one off build is a fine thing to own and an awkward thing to keep. The invoice lands once, then the hosting, the renewals and the small changes are yours to chase. We do the build and the keeping, for one monthly figure, starting from the Google listing you already have. No brief, nothing to write.

If you want a person who knows your business across a table, a web design agency gives you that; we hand you the site today.

Questions owners ask.

What does a website cost from an agency or a freelancer?

A full freelance build is typically $500 to $5,000 as a one off, and a small Fiverr job about $45. Upwork lists a $21 an hour median for web designers. rowbo is £30 a month with the domain, hosting and updates in it. Prices checked 12 August 2026.

What do I still pay for after a one off build?

Hosting and the domain renew each year, and maintenance runs £25 to £100 a month if you pay someone. With rowbo the £30 a month covers all of it, so nothing renews separately. Prices checked 12 August 2026.

Do I have to write a brief?

No, there’s no brief to write here. Type your business name, pick it from the list, and we build the pages from your Google listing. Your photos, hours and reviews come across as they are.

Look at yours before you brief anyone.

Type your business name and read the pages we build. Free to look, and no card.

Free · no card needed