How much does website hosting and maintenance cost per month?

15 June 2026|Last updated: 30 June 2026|Written by Loek Delahaye

In short

Basic web hosting costs you €3-€15 per month, but then you handle patching, restoring backups and fixing security issues yourself. A managed care plan takes that off your plate for €39-€89 per month. Right for most business owners who just want their site to keep working.

Short answer: website hosting in the Netherlands costs €3 to €15 per month for standalone basic hosting, but then you handle the management yourself. A managed care plan, bundling hosting, security, backups and maintenance, costs €39 to €89 per month. Maintenance billed separately by an agency usually runs €25 to €150 per month. On top of that, you pay €10 to €15 per year for your domain name. Your website is live, but what does it cost after that? Hosting, updates, security patches and backups catch many business owners off guard, especially when the web builder didn't explain them upfront. Below you'll find exactly what's involved and what realistic prices look like.

What does website hosting include?

Web hosting means your website sits on a server that stays online and routes visitors to your site. Concretely you pay for: server space (storage for your files and database), an SSL certificate (the padlock in the address bar, required by Google), email packages if you want business email on your own domain, and bandwidth (traffic to and from your site).

Hosting type	Price	Note
Cheap shared hosting	€3-€8/mo	Slow under traffic, little support
Standard VPS or managed hosting	€10-€25/mo	Faster, but management is still on you
Premium managed hosting	€25-€60/mo	Fast, secure, managed, often with an SLA

What is website maintenance?

Hosting pays for the server. Maintenance pays for the work and attention that keeps your site healthy:

Security patches: CMS, plugins and frameworks receive regular updates that close vulnerabilities. Miss a critical patch and your site becomes an open door.
Backups: if your site crashes or gets hacked, you want a recent backup to restore from. Good hosting makes daily backups.
Uptime monitoring: you want to know when your site goes offline, not from a customer pointing it out.
Performance: load times worsen as your site grows. Periodic checks and optimisation keep it fast.
Small changes: updating text, replacing a photo, adding a page. These typically fall under maintenance with a care plan.

What does it cost in practice?

At Delahaye Solutions the care plans include hosting, security, backups and updates:

Plan	Price	Included
Basic care plan	€39/mo	Hosting, security, backups, updates and small changes
Pro care plan	€89/mo	Everything in Basic, plus monthly ongoing development and expansions

Both plans are cancellable monthly. Hosting is included; you pay no separate server costs.

Self-hosting versus a managed service

You can also host your site yourself. Services like Hostgator, Antagonist or TransIP cost you €3-€15 per month. But then you are responsible for:

PHP and database updates (miss one and vulnerabilities open up)
SSL renewals
Checking backups and restoring them when things go wrong
Diagnosing and recovering from a hacked or crashed site
Setting up downtime alerts

For a technical business owner who enjoys this, self-hosting is fine. For most business owners it costs more in time than it saves in money.

Questions about hosting and maintenance

Do I need a care plan when I have a website built?

It's not mandatory, but strongly recommended. Without maintenance your site ages in terms of security and you can wait a long time for help when problems arise. Most business owners find the peace of mind more than justifies the cost.

Is hosting always included in a care plan?

With us, yes. Our basic plan (€39/mo) covers hosting, SSL, daily backups, security patches and small adjustments. You pay nothing separate for server costs.

What if I want to cancel?

Both plans are cancellable monthly. We deliver all files, the database export and domain transfer help on termination. You're never locked in.

Can I bring my existing hosting?

In most cases we migrate your site to our environment, which is optimised for the Next.js sites we build. You keep your own domain name.

What does website hosting cost without maintenance?

Basic shared hosting in the Netherlands costs €3-€8 per month. A managed hosting package including updates sits between €25 and €60 per month, depending on the provider and service level.

What does a domain name cost per year?

A .nl or .com domain in the Netherlands typically costs €10 to €15 per year. That's separate from hosting. With us the domain always stays in your name, even if you switch providers later.

What does website maintenance cost for WordPress?

WordPress maintenance at freelancers and agencies typically runs €50 to €150 per month for basic upkeep (core, plugin and theme updates, backups and security). We build custom with Next.js, which means fewer moving parts that can break and more predictable maintenance.

How much does a website cost per year in total?

After the one-off build, budget around €470 to €1,070 per year with a care plan of €39 to €89 per month, including hosting, the domain and all maintenance. Self-hosting and self-maintaining costs less money, but more time and risk.

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See the exact contents and prices on our pricing page, or book a free call.

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