The Real Cost of "Affordable"

Wix over 3 years: $5,040.
We're $895 (migrate) or $695 (new).
You do the math.

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. Perfect SEO, AI-crawlable content, adapts as SEO rules change — that's what discnxt gives you. Here's what "affordable" actually costs.

Digital Disconnections Wix (Business) Squarespace (Business) GoDaddy (Premium)
Year 1 $695 / $895 (setup $500 new / $700 migrate + $195 term) $468 ($39/mo) + domain/apps $276 ($23/mo) + 3% trans. fees $180 ($14.99/mo)
Year 2 $0 $468 + app fees (~$60/mo) $276 + transaction fees $180
Year 3 $0 $468 + app fees $276 + transaction fees $180
3-Year Total $695 / $895 ~$5,040+ ~$1,500–$3,000* ~$585+
5-Year Total (one renewal) $890 / $1,090 ~$8,400+ ~$2,500–$5,000* ~$975+
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 3-year prepaid only Monthly or annual Monthly or annual Monthly or annual

discnxt

Year 1 (new)$695
Year 1 (migrate)$895
Year 2$0
Year 3$0
3-Year Total$695 / $895
5-Year Total$890 / $1,090
You own it?Yes
AIFull local agent
PrivacyZero trackers
Transaction fees0%

Wix (Business)

Year 1$468+
Year 2$468+
Year 3$468+
3-Year Total~$5,040+
You own it?No
AIBasic assistant
PrivacyAd trackers
Transaction fees0%

Squarespace (Business)

Year 1$276+
Year 2$276+
Year 3$276+
3-Year Total~$1,500–$3,000*
You own it?No
AILimited
PrivacyAnalytics trackers
Transaction fees3%

GoDaddy (Premium)

Year 1$180+
Year 2$180+
Year 3$180+
3-Year Total~$585+
You own it?No
AIMarketing tools
PrivacyMarketing trackers
Transaction fees0% (Commerce: 2.7%)

* 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.

First 20 customers pay $400 setup (new) or $600 setup (migrate) instead of $500/$700. Their $195 / 3-year renewal rate is locked for life. Claim your spot →

The App Tax

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.

The Migration Trap

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.

Your Data Is The Product

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 ItemYear 1Year 2Year 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.)~$355~$355~$355
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 discnxt total: $695 (new) / $895 (migrate) — one setup + one $195 term
You save: ~$3,074–$4,345

Line ItemYear 1Year 2Year 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 discnxt total: $695 (new) / $895 (migrate)
You save: ~$3,074+

Line ItemYear 1Year 2Year 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 discnxt total: $695 (new) / $895 (migrate)
You save: ~$590–$790 — and you own the code.

Note: Under the new 3-year prepaid model, discnxt is now cheaper than GoDaddy too — and you own the site, your data is yours, and the AI tools are a dedicated edit agent, not marketing automation. 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%)
3-year prepaid (no subscription) Yes No No No
Portable to any host Yes No No No
Your data never leaves your device Yes No No No

Ready to stop renting your website?

Start today. $500 setup (new site) or $700 setup (migrate). Then $195 every 3 years. No app taxes. No data mining. No monthly ransom.

14-day money-back guarantee. No questions asked.

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.

Your site is standard HTML/CSS/JS. Take the files to any host, any developer, any platform that accepts static sites. No export fees, no proprietary format, no hostage situation.

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. Included in your 3-year term — no separate subscription.

Correct. 3-year prepaid only. $195 every 3 years works out to about $5.42/month — less than a single Wix app. The prepaid 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.