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Subscription or one-time build?
Compare what a website builder subscription adds up to over the years with a portfolio built once and owned as files. Enter the figures you pay or were quoted.
Your figures
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How it is calculated
Subscription total = builder fee per year × years. A monthly fee counts 12 times a year.
One-time total = build cost + hosting and domain per year × years.
Break-even is the first month in which the subscription total passes the one-time total. Every figure stays flat over time, so if you expect the builder fee to rise, enter an average.
A portfolio you pay for once
Likwiid Frame is a photographer portfolio you own as files, with client proofing, a print shop and booking. No subscription.