Kilnworks

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Pricing

Three plans, priced by a deterministic rubric in code. The same brief always gets the same quote — no negotiation theater, no surprise line items.

The plans

Starter

$49/mo

One-time setup from $299

A real multi-page site, operated.

Multi-page site, blog, and forms (newsletter sign-ups included)
SEO basics done properly
Hosting, SSL, and backups
Content changes by conversation
5 pages included
1 revision round included

Business

$99/mo

One-time setup from $499

Adds a store or bookings.

Everything in Starter
A store, bookings, or both
Analytics with plain-English insights
More content operations each month
10 pages included
2 revision rounds included

Pro

$149/mo

One-time setup from $799

The full stack.

Everything in Business
Courses and memberships
Priority operations
15 pages included
3 revision rounds included

Setup is a one-time fee that funds the build. A complex or rushed brief can raise it above the base; the quote is itemized and fixed before you pay anything, and unusual scope gets a human review first.

Your first year

A setup fee looks large next to a monthly builder plan until you count what the builder leaves to you: the design, the words, every change and the hours they take. Here is the first year of a small-business site, three ways.

First-year cost of a small-business site
Cost	Kilnworks Starter	A do-it-yourself builder	A local agency
Setup or build	from $299design, words and launch, done for you	$0you build it yourself	from $6,500
Twelve months	$588$49 a month, hosting included	$204$17 a month, billed annually	$3,600$300 a month retainer
Changes after launch	Included, by conversation	You make them yourself	Through the retainer
Your time	A ten-minute brief, then your reviews	About 27 hoursour estimate	Briefings and review rounds
First-year total	from $887	$204 plus about 27 hours	from $10,100

Kilnworks Starter: setup from $299 plus 12 months at $49, from the plans above.
Builder plan: Squarespace Core, $17 a month billed annually. Source: squarespace.com/pricing, checked 2026-09-30.
Agency build: WebFX 2026 web design pricing, basic small-business site $6,500 to $15,000; we use the low end. Source: webfx.com/web-design/pricing, checked 2026-09-30.
Agency retainer: WebFX 2026 maintenance pricing, small businesses $3,600 to $12,000 a year; we use the low end, $300 a month. Source: webfx.com/web-development/pricing/website-maintenance, checked 2026-09-30.
Your time on a builder is our estimate, not a published figure: about 15 hours to build and 1 hour a month of edits, 27 hours in the year.

See the work before you pay

Three live sample sites on the same platform. Open one, then come back and start your brief when you are ready.

Sample site (demo, not a client)

Bakery & café

Menu, weekend pre-orders, and contact forms

Open site

Sample site (demo, not a client)

Professional services

Schedule, classes, and booking-style flows

Open site

Sample site (demo, not a client)

Local trades

Services, service areas, and contact requests

Open site

The full proof page (brief in, site out, operated ongoing).

Every plan includes

Hosting, SSL, and backups
Ongoing operation — changes by conversation, live in minutes
Accessibility checks — structure, link names, language tag, contrast in light and dark — before every page ships
Full export of your content, any time, no lock-in
A human on every billing question or dispute, within one business day

Guarantees

The quote is the price. Fixed and itemized before you pay; honored in full.
If you reject the first preview of your site, your setup fee is refunded in full.
Cancel the monthly plan anytime. Your site stays live to the end of the period you've paid for, and you can export everything before then.

Questions, answered

Who actually builds my site?

AI agents (ours, built for this) do the building and the operating. That's why the price is a fraction of an agency retainer. Humans review at defined gates: unusual quotes, accessibility conformance, payments, and anything you dispute. We're not going to pretend there's a big design team here; there's a platform, and it's the same one this site runs on.

What does “operated” mean?

After launch you don't get a login and a goodbye. You ask for changes in plain words — new photo, new prices, new page — and they land in minutes. Requests are verified on the live site before they're reported done.

Am I locked in?

No. Everything on your site — copy, images, data — belongs to you, and you can export all of it, in full, at any time, whether you stay or go.

What if I don't like the first version?

You choose between two concept directions before we finish the build, and your plan includes revision rounds (one, two, or three, by tier). If you reject the first preview of your site, your setup fee is refunded in full.

How do revisions work?

A round is one batch of change requests on a preview. When your included rounds are used, further changes are quoted as change orders — we always tell you before anything costs money.

What about accessibility?

Automated accessibility checks are built in, not an add-on: structure, link names, a declared language, and AA contrast in light and dark. Every page passes those checks before it ships. If one of these checks slips through, fixing it is on us.

Can I use my own domain?

Yes. New sites launch on a yourname.kilnworks.studio address, and if you already own a domain you connect it yourself from your owner dashboard: type it in, add the DNS record the page shows you, and the page tells you when your site is live on it, with a secure connection and the old address forwarding there. The domain stays registered to you, where you bought it, and your email keeps working as it does now. We don't sell domains: if you need one, any registrar sells them, and you connect it the same way.

How do I cancel?

Anytime, no lock-up. Your site stays live until the end of the period you've paid for; export your content whenever you like, before or after.

Why is there a setup fee?

It funds the actual build — design, copy, and launch — and it's honest filtering: we'd rather work with owners who are serious. It starts at $299, $499, or $799 by tier and is itemized on your quote.