Every website builder looks cheap in month one. By year three, you're paying for apps you don't want, storage you don't need, and a platform that owns your customers. Here's what "affordable" actually costs.
All competitor prices sourced from published 2026 annual billing rates. DD prices are fixed. No hidden fees, no app store, no transaction charges.
| Digital Disconnections | Wix (Business) | Squarespace (Business) | GoDaddy (Premium) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | $1,360 ($1,000 + $360) | $468 ($39/mo) + domain/apps | $276 ($23/mo) + 3% trans. fees | $180 ($14.99/mo) |
| Year 2 | $360 | $468 + app fees (~$60/mo) | $276 + transaction fees | $180 |
| Year 3 | $360 | $468 + app fees | $276 + transaction fees | $180 |
| 3-Year Total | $2,080 | ~$5,040+ | ~$1,500–$3,000* | ~$585+ |
| You own the site? | Yes | No | No | No |
| AI features | Full local AI agent | Basic AI assistant | Limited AI | AI marketing tools |
| Privacy | Zero trackers. Runs locally. | Ad network, trackers | Analytics trackers | Marketing trackers |
| Transaction fees | 0% | 0% | 3% | 0% (Commerce: 2.7%) |
| Billing | Annual only | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
* Squarespace 3-year total varies significantly with e-commerce volume due to 3% transaction fees on the Business plan. Commerce Basic ($27/mo annual) removes fees but adds $4/mo.
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Wix, Squarespace, and GoDaddy all sell you a base plan. Then they sell you the features that make it useful — email marketing ($10–50/mo), scheduling ($15–50/mo), premium storage, SEO boosts, custom fonts. By the time your site does what you need, you're paying 2–3x the advertised price.
DD: One price. All features included.
Switch platforms today and you're rebuilding from scratch. Your content, your SEO rankings, your design — locked in a proprietary builder. The cost to leave is so high that most businesses never do. That's the business model.
DD: Your site is hand-coded, portable HTML/CSS/JS. You can take it anywhere, edit it with any tool, host it on any server. We want you to stay because we earn it, not because we trap you.
Wix is owned by an ad platform. GoDaddy has been breached multiple times. Squarespace's terms grant them a license to your content. The "free" or "cheap" plan costs you your customers' privacy and your business data.
DD: Your AI runs on your device. Your site has zero trackers. Your data never touches our servers. Privacy isn't a feature — it's the architecture.
A website builder gives you a template and a monthly bill.
Digital Disconnections gives you a custom website, an AI agent that works for you, and total ownership of both.
One is a rental. The other is yours.
| Line Item | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business plan ($39/mo annual) | $468 | $468 | $468 |
| Email marketing (Standard Ascend ~$25/mo) | $300 | $300 | $300 |
| Scheduling app (~$15/mo avg) | $180 | $180 | $180 |
| Premium apps (forms, backups, etc.) | ~$360 | ~$360 | ~$360 |
| Domain renewal | $15 | $15 | $15 |
| Annual total | ~$1,323 | ~$1,323 | ~$1,323 |
3-year Wix total: ~$3,969–$5,040 (varies by apps)
3-year DD total: $2,080 ($1,000 + $360 + $360 + $360)
You save: ~$1,889–$2,960
| Line Item | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business plan ($23/mo annual) | $276 | $276 | $276 |
| 3% transaction fees (~$2K/mo sales) | $720 | $720 | $720 |
| Email campaigns (~$10/mo) | $120 | $120 | $120 |
| Scheduling (Acuity ~$16/mo) | $192 | $192 | $192 |
| Domain renewal | $15 | $15 | $15 |
| Annual total | ~$1,323 | ~$1,323 | ~$1,323 |
3-year Squarespace total: ~$3,969+ (scales with sales)
3-year DD total: $2,080
You save: ~$1,889+
| Line Item | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premium plan ($14.99/mo annual) | $180 | $180 | $180 |
| Email marketing upgrades | ~$120 | ~$120 | ~$120 |
| SEO add-ons | ~$180 | ~$180 | ~$180 |
| Domain renewal | $15 | $15 | $15 |
| Annual total | ~$495 | ~$495 | ~$495 |
3-year GoDaddy total: ~$1,485
3-year DD total: $2,080
Note: GoDaddy is cheaper in raw dollars — but you don't own the site, your data is their product, and the AI tools are limited to marketing automation, not a dedicated agent. The question isn't "cheapest" — it's "what do you get?"
| Feature | DD | Wix | Squarespace | GoDaddy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Custom-coded site | Yes | Templates | Templates | Templates |
| Own the code | Yes | No | No | No |
| Offline AI agent | Yes | No | No | No |
| Zero third-party trackers | Yes | No | No | No |
| No transaction fees | Yes | Yes | 3% (Business) | No (Commerce: 2.7%) |
| Annual billing only | Yes | No | No | No |
| Portable to any host | Yes | No | No | No |
| Your data never leaves your device | Yes | No | No | No |
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GoDaddy's base plan is cheaper. The difference is ownership and privacy. With GoDaddy, you're renting space on their platform. With DD, you own a custom-built website and a local AI agent. Over 3+ years, the gap narrows — and when you factor in the value of an AI agent that handles customer inquiries, content generation, and scheduling, the ROI flips.
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All figures use published 2026 annual billing rates from each platform's official pricing page. App costs are based on the most common premium add-ons for a typical small business site. Transaction fees assume ~$2K/mo in sales. Your actual costs may vary — but the structural difference (owned vs. rented) doesn't change.
Answers customer questions, drafts content, manages scheduling, handles email triage — all on your local machine. No data leaves your computer. It's like having an employee who works for free, runs on electricity, and respects your customers' privacy because it physically cannot leak their data.
Correct. Yearly billing only. $360/year is $30/month — less than a single Wix app. The yearly model is intentional: it means we don't need to monetize your attention, your data, or your upsells to survive. You're the customer, not the product.