How much does website hosting and maintenance cost per month?
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.
Your website is live. But what does it cost after that? Hosting, updates, security patches, backups — these are costs that catch many business owners off guard, especially when the web builder didn't explain them upfront. In this article you'll find out exactly what's involved and what realistic prices look like in the Netherlands.
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
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