Flat Price. No Surprises.
Calgary Website Design Pricing — Three Flat Rates, No Hidden Fees.
Pick a tier, know exactly what it costs, and know exactly what you get, before you talk to anyone.
Starter
$499
one-time
Up to 6 pages
Custom website built around your business, not a template.
- ✓Custom design, no templates, no page builders
- ✓Up to 6 pages
- ✓On-page SEO: title tags, meta descriptions + local business schema
- ✓Mobile-first, click-to-call above the fold
- ✓Contact form
- ✓Ranked in Google + AI search
- ✓All files and code are yours from day one
- ✓Launch assistance included
- ✓Revisions until you're happy
- ✓Complimentary 30-day Analytics & Search Console review
Established
$899
one-time
Up to 12 pages
For businesses that want to dominate local search. A page for every service you offer and every city you serve, so you show up when customers search for exactly what you do, exactly where you are.
- ✓Custom design, no templates, no page builders
- ✓Up to 12 pages
- ✓Per-service pages (furnace, AC, boiler, drains…)
- ✓Per-city pages (Airdrie, Cochrane, Okotoks, Chestermere…)
- ✓Full SEO across every service and city page
- ✓On-page SEO: title tags, meta descriptions + local business schema
- ✓Mobile-first, click-to-call above the fold
- ✓Contact form
- ✓Ranked in Google + AI search
- ✓All files and code are yours from day one
- ✓Launch assistance included
- ✓Revisions until you're happy
- ✓Complimentary 30-day Analytics & Search Console review
Custom
From $1,500
QUOTED · SCOPED TO YOUR PROJECT
Scoped to your project
If your site needs any of the following, it gets scoped and quoted before anything gets built, not forced into a flat tier.
- ✓Full ecommerce (product catalogue, cart, checkout)
- ✓AI receptionist or after-hours chat
- ✓Client portal with login and account management
- ✓CRM or third-party software integration
- ✓Booking systems or custom calculators
- ✓Multi-location or advanced functionality
Every custom project is quoted in full before work starts. No surprises.
Start My WebsiteComplex functionality gets scoped and quoted properly under Custom, not forced into a fixed tier.
Why the Price Is What It Is
$499 looks cheap. Here's why it isn't.
No office, no account managers, no sales team, no agency overhead. You talk directly to the person building your site. We separate the build from the ongoing service instead of bundling them into a permanent relationship. You pay for the website. Whether we look after it afterward is your call.
The business model is simple. That's the whole explanation.
After Launch, It's Your Call
Managed or self-hosted. Both are free to choose.
Self-hosted
Free
- ✓Full codebase and all files, yours at launch
- ✓DNS walkthrough and launch assistance included
- ✓Complimentary 30-day Analytics & Search Console review
- ✓No exit fee. Take it anywhere, any time.
- ✓Any developer can continue where we left off
Domain registered in your name from day one. No one holds it for you.
Managed
$59/month
or $590/year (two months free)
- ✓Hosting, domain, and business email, all handled
- ✓1 professional business email (info@yourbusiness.ca)
- ✓Up to 3 hours of updates each month
- ✓Complimentary 30-day Analytics & Search Console review
- ✓Ongoing Google Analytics & Search Console check-ins
- ✓Cancel any time, you keep everything
$59/month pays for our time and service, not server markup.
Declining managed hosting costs nothing and changes nothing about what you own. Launch assistance is part of every build either way.
The Real Cost Over Three Years
What this actually costs over time.
The big Calgary agencies tell you to ask a web designer, “if I leave in two years, can I take the site?” Here's our answer, in writing, before you ask.
| Option | Year 1 | 3-year total | You own it? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ember North Starter | $499 | ~$499 | Yes |
| Starter + Managed | $1,207 | ~$2,623 | Yes |
| Ember North Established | $899 | ~$899 | Yes |
| Established + Managed | $1,607 | ~$3,023 | Yes |
| Custom (from $1,500) | $1,500+ | $1,500+ | Yes |
| Wix / Squarespace / self-built | ~$300 | ~$900 | No* |
| Calgary agency | ~$5,000–$15,000 | ~$9,000–$26,000+ | Rarely† |
* Domain is often registered through the platform. Stop paying, the site goes offline. Leave, there's nothing to take with you. No code, no files, no export.
† Typical Calgary agency build for a contractor or small business. Ongoing monthly fees after launch vary by contract, and some charge you to leave and take your files with you.
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