What does a club website really cost?

Searching for "club website cost" usually means looking at the entry price. What matters more is what adds up over a year in time and money: hosting, domain, maintenance, content upkeep and — with generic builders — your own time spent setting it up. Only that full picture shows which option actually makes sense for your club.

A quote of €1,500–5,000 is usually just the starting price. On top of that come annual maintenance contracts, fees for any bigger change after launch, and sometimes separately billed hosting or domain costs. If your club can’t maintain the site itself, that creates an ongoing cost that can easily exceed the initial price over a few years.

A monthly fee of €10–30 with builders like Wix or Squarespace looks cheap on paper. What’s not included is your own time: picking a layout, building structure, manually recreating club features like teams or sponsors. Depending on how much you want to build, that’s easily several evenings — time that’s often in short supply in volunteer club work.

On top of that, there are often extra costs for premium templates, more storage, or a custom domain that generic base plans don’t include.

The basic version with logo, name, slogan, up to 5 links and a main contact is free forever, with no time limit and no hidden fees. The Pro plan at €7.99/month adds sports & teams, training times, board & contacts, sponsors, custom layouts & themes, and QR code & analytics — cancel monthly, no setup fee, no maintenance contract.

An agency makes sense if you have a highly custom project and the budget for it. A generic builder fits if someone in the club has the time and interest to dive deep into design. For most clubs, a specialized solution like Solviko is the most practical path: ready fast, predictable cost, no hidden invoices.

A concrete example makes the difference tangible: one club hires an agency for a €2,500 one-time fee plus a €30/month maintenance contract — after a year that’s €2,860. Another club uses a generic builder for €20/month, or €240 a year — but on top of that comes an estimated 15–20 hours of setup time, volunteered by someone on the board.

A third club starts with Solviko’s free basic version and adds the Pro plan at €7.99/month two months in, once it’s clear they need teams and sponsors. After 12 months that’s roughly €80 — with setup time that never goes much beyond a few minutes.