Your domain stays yours
It stays in your name at your registrar. We never take ownership.
Straightforward pricing
No setup cost. Month to month. Routine upkeep is included; large redesigns and complex integrations are scoped and quoted before work begins.
The base service covers the site and the everyday work that keeps it accurate.
Fair use without gotchas
Legitimate high usage stays included. We manually audit the highest-volume 1% of accounts by rolling 30-day request count for spam, resale, automated abuse, or work outside the service—not to punish a busy business.
There are no automatic penalties. If a pattern is abusive or outside scope, we may slow it, decline it, or quote it before work begins.
It stays in your name at your registrar. We never take ownership.
Nothing reaches the live site until you approve the exact proposed result.
You can receive the site, structured content, and original media when you leave.
| What matters | DIY builder | Local freelancer | Marketing vendor | Kestive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When you can reach them | Help center | When available | Business hours | Any hour |
| How you reach them | Support ticket | Text and hope | Email a rep | Call, text, email, or portal |
| Who makes updates | You do | You wait | They do | Kestive handles them |
| Price shown up front | Usually | Sometimes | Often a sales call | Yes, $40/month |
| Commitment | Platform terms | Per project | Often term-based | Month-to-month |
| If you leave | May be platform-bound | You keep files | Check the agreement | Domain and full export |
| When something breaks | Support queue | When available | Account manager | Tracked with a human backstop |