Alternative to WordPress

An alternative to WordPress

WordPress made the web what it is and can still do a lot. The friction starts when your site runs on twenty plugins, each with its own update rhythm and its own vulnerabilities.

Discuss the switch View prices

WordPress today

€15 — €60

per month

On a yearly basis

€180 — €720

every year again, without ownership

Here after delivery

€5

hosting per month, maintenance optional

Indicative prices from WordPress (open source CMS with plugins and maintenance), checked on 31 August 2026. The software is free. The reality isn't: hosting, premium theme, page builder, forms, backup and security combined. Strongly dependent on your setup. Always check current rates at wordpress.org.

Comparing honestly

What WordPress does well

No platform is bad. WordPress has delivered a lot for sites getting bogged down by plugins, updates and speed, and that deserves to be said.

Strengths

Open source, you can go in any direction
There's a plugin for almost every need
Lots of people know how to work with it
Strong for blogging and content management

Where it starts to pinch

Maintenance that's never done

Core, theme and plugins update constantly. One update at the wrong moment and your page breaks or your form stops sending.

Speed under a page builder

Elementor or similar adds a lot of extra code to your page. Your Core Web Vitals feel it, and so does Google.

Security is your responsibility

An outdated plugin is the most common way sites get hijacked. Without active maintenance, it's only a matter of time.

Hidden subscriptions

The licences for your theme and premium plugins keep running. Forget to renew, and the updates stop.

What you get instead

A site that is yours

Built from scratch, in code, with no platform in between. That's not ideology, it's simply cheaper in the long run and faster to use.

01

You own it

Code, domain and hosting are in your name. Want to move to another provider tomorrow? You just take everything with you.

02

Copy that's actually yours

No filled-in template sentences. I write the copy based on how you'd explain it to a client, using the words people actually search for.

03

Fast, even on a mediocre connection

No layer upon layer of scripts. What's there is there because it's needed. You'll notice it in load time and in your Core Web Vitals.

04

Nothing to break

No plugin stack, so no updates contradicting each other. What works today still works next year.

Switching discount

What it costs to switch

Coming from WordPress? Then 33% comes off the indicative price. Reason: your existing structure, copy and imagery give me a flying start.

Landing

€200

normally from €295

A one-pager that moves visitors toward the contact moment in one motion.

Turnaround 3 — 5 days

Website

€395

normally from €590

A full-featured website with service structure, portfolio, and self-management.

Turnaround 1.5 — 2.5 weeks

Webshop

€595

normally from €885

Your own webshop with full control over code, data, and payments.

Turnaround 2 — 3.5 weeks

Amounts exclude VAT and are rounded. After a thirty-minute intake you get a fixed price instead of an open end. The full overview is on the pricing page.

How the switch works

Without losing rankings

The order is always the same. That way no page and no search traffic gets lost during the switchover.

01

Thirty-minute intake

We look at your current site, what works and what you're missing. Then you get a fixed price with a timeline.
02

Inventory of your pages

Every existing page, article and product link goes on a list. That way nothing gets lost in the switch.
03

Building and writing

Design, structure and copy. You see working pages along the way, not static mockups.
04

Redirects and checks

Every old address points to the right new address. Metadata, sitemap and structure are checked before we go live.
05

Go-live and handover

We switch over at a quiet moment. You get access to everything, plus a short walkthrough of how to manage it.

Questions

Switching from WordPress

I have hundreds of blog articles. Do they come along?

Yes, we migrate those while keeping the URLs. Without that you'd lose search traffic, so it's not optional, it's part of the job.

Can I still publish myself?

Yes. You get a simple admin screen where you write articles and pages, without page-builder hassle.

What about WooCommerce?

Then we look at the webshop package. Products and orders come across via an export.

Is WordPress bad, then?

No. For a content-heavy site with an editorial team, it's still a solid choice. For a business site of five to ten pages, it's usually more than you need.