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The cheap way (DIY) always means monthly subscriptions that could be avoided if a professional were to give advice. Especially in this AI age, a professional approach can save you €€€ and time.
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The real cost of the “cheap” way

The cheap way (DIY) always means monthly subscriptions that could be avoided if a professional were to give advice. Especially in this AI age, a professional approach can save you €€€ and time.
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This page is a reflection of what happens when someone tries to do it on their own, with a warm invitation at the end, when I can hear your challenges and suggest the best path.

Most people never see the real bill. The monthly hosting. The credits for every little edit. The 100€ subscription an AI confidently recommended. The whole weekend lost to a fix a pro does in three minutes. Here's the honest breakdown, split by how you'd probably do it yourself, versus how I actually build. Tap any row (or its ) to see the story behind it.

Route 1: Vibe-coding

You let an AI builder do it (Lovable & co.)

It feels like magic, until you hit the credit meter and the daily limit.

What it really costs you
Vibe-coding (Lovable)
Working with me
Editing it later
25€ per 100 credits
Free, no credits
With Lovable-style tools, every future edit burns credits (25€ for 100), even changing a font, a color or a size. My workflow (Claude Code + Sanity CMS) makes every update free, so changing your mind never costs you.
Daily limits & waiting
~5 credits/day, then wait
No cap, no waiting
Free vibe-coding plans cap you at roughly 5 credits a day. You either wait until tomorrow or pull out your card mid-project. We move at the speed of your project, not a meter that resets at midnight.
Getting unstuck
One DNS question ate 30 credits
Handled, no meter
One question about DNS or an API can burn 30 credits without even fixing it, and then you're stuck for hours on something a pro sorts in 3 minutes. With me, getting unstuck doesn't cost credits or your afternoon.
Security & fixes
Fixes = more credits
Secure by default
When a security hole shows up, the “fix” is more credits for a security check, on a site you still don't fully understand. I build on a stack that's secure by default and handle any issues as part of the work, not as a surprise top-up.
Members / course area
Slow, credit-hungry
Easy, free to iterate
A members area (free vs paid access, and testing what a buyer sees versus someone who hasn't bought yet) is exactly where vibe-coding turns slow, fragile and credit-hungry for a non-tech founder. With Claude Code it's straightforward to build and free to refine until the membership flow is right.
Who owns it
Locked in a black box
100% yours to keep
Vibe-coding tools keep your site trapped inside their platform and their credit system. My builds (Webflow, or a custom AI stack) are modern, portable and 100% yours. No lock-in, no hostage situation.

Route 2: Website builders

You DIY it on Wix / Squarespace / WordPress

Looks easy to start, until the monthly bills and the template sameness pile up.

What it really costs you
Wix / Squarespace / WP
Working with me
Hosting bills
Monthly fees; doubles in year 2
€0/year, forever
Wix, Squarespace and WordPress charge every month, and cheap hosts like Hostinger are only cheap in year one, then the renewal quietly doubles. I build on modern hosting (Vercel) that costs €0/year. The cheapest website is the one you stop paying for.
Email & domain setup
Broken email, Cloudflare hacks
Done right in minutes
Email verification is where people get stuck: you click “verify”, nothing happens, and then it's hours of DNS records and Cloudflare workarounds. I set up domain, DNS and email properly the first time, the 3-minute version of a 3-hour headache.
Design that's truly yours
Template, looks generic
Custom, feels like you
To fill a template you end up copying layouts and colors from other sites just to have something on the page. I design a custom identity built around your brand, so it actually feels like you, not like a theme thousands of others bought.
Speed & SEO
Bloated, slow pages
Lean, fast, ranks better
Builder platforms ship heavy, slow pages full of code you never asked for, and Google notices. Custom-built sites are lightweight and fast: better ranking, a better first impression, more people who actually stay.

Either way, you + ChatGPT

You go it alone with AI as your advisor

These bite whichever route you pick, because confident advice isn't the same as right advice.

What it really costs you
You + ChatGPT
Working with me
Expert judgment
Sounds sure, often wrong
A pro who actually knows
API, DNS, SEO: the technical side is full of terms nobody explains, and AI's confident answers are sometimes wrong. If you're not in tech you can't tell, so you follow the bad advice and lose hours. A professional catches that before it costs you money and a weekend.
Video hosting
100€/yr Vimeo (AI's tip)
Bunny.net, pro & cheap
The obvious tip is a 100€/year Vimeo plan. Bunny.net with high-quality compressed video gets the same beautiful result for a fraction of the price. Knowing the right tool for the job is the job.
Your time (= money)
Hours lost, weekends gone
Minutes, I handle it
The real bill isn't only euros, it's the hours Googling, watching tutorials and fixing what broke. I do in minutes what would cost you a weekend, so you get your time back for the work only you can do.
When it breaks
You + a forum thread
A real person + upkeep
When a DIY site breaks, you're alone in a support forum at midnight. With me you have a real person on the other end and an optional maintenance plan from 50€/month, so the site never quietly goes stale.
The real 2-year cost
300–400€+ and climbing
Build once, €0 after
Add up hosting + plugins + credits + the wrong subscription an AI recommended, and the “cheap” route quietly passes 300–400€ over two years, and keeps climbing. My stack: pay once for the build, then nothing.

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23 €/mo
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8 €/mo

The “cheap” route, over 2 years

€1,008

504 €/year · 42 €/month, and climbing

With me: €0/year on hosting or AI credits. Edit, add or remove pages yourself for free, or I handle it for a small monthly fee (only the domain is paid on any option + a 25€ lifetime if you pass 250 form submissions). My goal is simple: you earn back what the site cost you, usually within the first year.

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