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WordPress Migration Calculator
Updated Sep 4, 2026A typical WordPress marketing site costs about $9,780 over 3 years in hosting, plugins, and maintenance. Migrating costs $1,900–$3,300 total (build + hosting) — saving roughly $6,500–$7,900 over the same period. Enter your real numbers below.
Compare what you're paying to stay on WordPress against a one-time move to a fast, AI-manageable site.
What kind of site is it?
Monthly hosting & premium plugins
Monthly maintenance / agency retainer
Emergency fixes, roughly per year
Compare over how many years?
Estimated savings
Assumes ~$15/month post-migration hosting (static/edge) and no further plugin subscriptions.
How this estimate works
Your current costs (hosting, plugins, maintenance, and a rough annual incident budget) are projected forward over the years you pick. The migration cost uses the same model as the website cost calculator, and the post-migration running cost assumes lightweight static/edge hosting with no plugin subscriptions. See AI-agentic website development for what the migration itself actually involves.
Frequently asked questions
What does the migration actually involve?
Rebuilding your site to load fast and store its content as plain files instead of a database, so you (or an AI tool like Claude or ChatGPT) can update it directly — no plugin dashboard, no PHP updates to babysit.
Why does the post-migration cost assume ~$15/month?
Static and edge hosting (Cloudflare, Vercel, Netlify) for a site this size typically runs $0–30/month, with no premium plugin subscriptions since there's no plugin ecosystem to maintain.
Is this only for WordPress?
The comparison logic works for any CMS with recurring hosting, plugin, and maintenance costs — Wix, Squarespace, and Shopify follow a similar pattern, just with different numbers.
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