WordPress vs SiteForge
WordPress is the most popular CMS in the world, but is it really the best choice for a small local business? An honest analysis of real costs, maintenance, and support.
Key Differences
Everything your business needs to sell more and manage better.
Real Cost
WordPress: hosting (€5–30/month) + domain + paid plugins + hours of configuration. SiteForge: everything included for €50 + €39/mo.
Maintenance
WordPress: constant updates, vulnerabilities, plugins that break. SiteForge: we handle everything, zero headaches.
Security
WordPress: the #1 target for hackers. Requires security plugins. SiteForge: dedicated hosting, 24/7 monitoring.
Time to Go Live
WordPress: days or weeks. SiteForge: 24 hours guaranteed.
Support
WordPress: forums and Stack Overflow. SiteForge: dedicated WhatsApp support.
Speed
Default WordPress: slow, requires optimization. SiteForge: Lighthouse 95+ guaranteed.
WordPress: powerful tool, but...
WordPress powers about 43% of websites on the internet — it is a powerful, flexible, and free tool. But “free” is an illusion for most small businesses. The real costs add up quickly.
The real costs of WordPress
- Professional hosting: €5–30/month (SiteGround, Kinsta, etc.)
- Domain: €10–15/year
- Premium theme: €50–80 one-time (or subscription)
- Page builder (Elementor Pro): ~€50/year
- SEO plugin (Yoast Premium or RankMath Pro): €80–100/year
- Security plugin (Wordfence Premium): €100/year
- Backup plugin (UpdraftPlus Premium): €70/year
- WooCommerce extensions: €50–300 each
- Payment gateway plugins: €80–150/year
- Configuration time: 20–40 hours (or hiring someone: €500–2,000)
- Monthly maintenance: €30–100/month or your own time
Realistic total in the first year: €800 to €3,500 (not counting time).
SiteForge — the same (and more) for a fraction
€50 one-time setup + €39/mo (Starter) or €59/mo (Pro). Everything included. No plugins, no configuration, no maintenance, no updates that break your site.
When does WordPress make sense?
WordPress can be the right choice if: (a) you are already a developer or have a technical team; (b) you need very specific features that do not exist outside of WP; (c) you manage a large site with tens of thousands of monthly visits. For the vast majority of local businesses — restaurants, hair salons, clinics, small shops — WordPress is expensive and complicated overkill.
When does SiteForge make sense?
If you want a professional website, fast, secure, optimized for local SEO, with online payments natively integrated, and you prefer to pay a fixed monthly fee instead of managing hosting, plugins, updates, and security — we are the obvious choice.
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