Short answer: website maintenance cost has two parts: system fees renewed every year (domain, hosting, licences) and monthly care (updates, backups, security, content edits). At Daaistudio the system fee is 3,500 THB/year, site care is 2,500 THB/month, and care with SEO and GEO is 7,000 THB/month (first month 4,000 THB), with a report comparing results against the previous month. For scale, the average SEO specialist salary in Thailand is 30,000–43,000 THB a month (JobsDB, October 2026).
After launch, many businesses discover that a website does not end on delivery day. There are system fees every year, software that needs updating, and, if you want customers to find you, SEO that has to keep going. This guide breaks down what website care costs, what work you should get, and compares hiring in-house, hiring an agency and hiring a studio with real figures.
What website maintenance cost per year includes
- System fees: domain, hosting with SSL and software licences. These are third-party services renewed every year; if they lapse, the site stops working.
- Site care: WordPress, theme and plugin updates, backups and security monitoring, so the site stays safe and online.
- SEO and content: articles, rank tracking and content updates, so more customers find you over time.
The first two keep the site alive; the third makes it win customers. When you compare prices, compare all three.
What website care should include every month
Whoever you hire, you should get this every month.
- System updates: WordPress, theme and plugins, because outdated versions are the most common way sites get attacked.
- Backups you can restore: if something goes wrong, the site is back quickly.
- Security monitoring: a firewall and alerts when something looks wrong.
- Speed and broken-link checks: slow pages and dead links put off both customers and Google.
- Content edits on request: new photos, text, prices or products.
- A monthly status report: so you know what was done.
Our website maintenance and SEO packages
| Item | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Yearly system fee | 3,500 THB/year | Domain, hosting with SSL and Elementor Pro, registered and renewed in your name |
| Plan 1: Site care | 2,500 THB/month | Updates, backups, security, speed, 2 hours of edits a month, monthly report |
| Plan 2: Site care + SEO GEO | 7,000 THB/month (first month 4,000) | Everything in Plan 1 + 1–4 SEO articles a month, rank tracking, Google Maps care, AI-ready content, monthly results report |
Plan 1 has no yearly commitment. Plan 2 starts with three months, then runs month to month, and you can cancel if results are not what we agreed. Companies that budget yearly get 10% off when they prepay 12 months. All prices are on our pricing page.
In-house hire, agency or studio: a clear comparison
| Option | Monthly cost | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| In-house SEO specialist | 30,000–43,000 THB (average salary, before benefits) | Companies with full-time content and online marketing work |
| In-house web developer | 21,000–26,000 THB (average salary) | Companies with their own web systems under constant development |
| SEO agency | 30,000–80,000 THB (mid-sized business); 80,000–200,000+ THB (large or highly competitive industries) | Organisations that need a full marketing team: ads, social and production |
| Daaistudio | 7,000 THB (site care + SEO GEO together) | Businesses and factories that want a well-kept site that wins customers, without building a team |
Salary figures are from JobsDB (refreshed 1 Oct 2026) and agency prices from Sphere Agency (2026); links are in the sources at the end.
An agency is a good choice when a business needs a full-service marketing team. If what you need is a secure site that ranks on Google and AI with clear reporting, a studio where you work directly with the founder delivers agency-level work at far better value.
Monthly SEO: how results are compared every month
With a monthly SEO package you should see what each month's fee bought. Our report compares every month against the previous one on:
- Updates + backupsWordPress, theme, plugins
- Security and speedFirewall, broken links
- Content and SEO articlesRequested edits + new articles
- Rank trackingSearch Console and Google Maps
- AI checkChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google
- Report vs last monthWith next month's plan
Then the cycle starts again every month
- Google Search Console: clicks, impressions, average position and CTR.
- Target keyword rankings: which terms moved up or down, and which terms competitors are pushing.
- Google Maps: views, calls and direction requests, for businesses with a shop or plant.
- AI: the same questions asked to ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overview, recording whether they recommend you.
- Work done and next month's plan: articles published, fixes made, and what comes next.
A real example: a Bangkok restaurant saw +59.8% search clicks in the first month of the plan. Search Console and GA4 stay in the client's own accounts, so the numbers can be checked at any time.
Not sure which kind of care your site needs?
We review your current site, rankings, competitors and AI visibility first, then recommend the right plan with prices on the first call, free of charge.
For factories and large companies without a web team
Many large companies have a site built years ago that nobody owns directly: IT looks after the network, marketing looks after social media, and the website falls in between. A monthly care plan closes that gap.
- One person responsible for the site: you work directly with the founder, and the studio team works under the founder's direction.
- Documents that follow your purchasing process: quotations, invoices and billing on your company's cycle.
- Reports you can pass to management: month-on-month figures in an easy-to-read format.
- Multilingual: content care in Thai, English and Japanese.
More on industrial sites in manufacturing website design.
What happens if nobody looks after the site
- Domain or hosting expires: the website and company email stop at once. See how to choose and register a domain.
- Old software gets hacked: outdated plugins are the main risk for WordPress sites.
- Stale information: wrong products, prices or phone numbers cost customer trust.
- Rankings slowly slip: competitors add content every month while your site stands still.
Summary
Website maintenance cost per year covers system fees, site care and SEO. When you compare, look at what work you get each month and whether there is a report that compares real results. If your business has no web team, we look after both the system and SEO GEO in one place. Start with a free plan.
Sources
- JobsDB: Search Engine Optimisation Specialist Salary in Thailand (refreshed 1 Oct 2026)
- JobsDB: Web Developer Salary in Thailand (refreshed 1 Oct 2026)
- Sphere Agency: SEO pricing guide for Thailand 2026 (26 May 2026, Thai)