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Easy-Update - Comparison

Cost Comparison
Feature Comparison
Below is a side-by-side comparison between CIAD Hosting's Easy-Update Custom Site Solution, and custom web site solutions provided by other web development and hosting providers.

Cost Comparison
Review the table below to compare all web development and hosting costs over a 4-year period. The costs reflect an advanced custom web site design with the following typical setup and activity:

25-page web site
Simple shopping cart setup
7 site updates per month, averaging 1/2 hour each.
1 site re-design after 2 years.
  CIAD Hosting
Easy-Update Plan E-25
 Custom Web Site
with Some
Content Update Tools*

 Custom Web Site
No Tools*
Description Custom site design
Built-in Easy-Update
     for all pages
Hosted on large
     reliable and secure
     infrastructure. 		Custom site design
Update some content
     using 'tools' pages
Budget hosting on
     single server with
     100's of other sites. 		Custom site design
Web development firm
     does all updates.
Budget hosting on
     single server with
     100's of other sites.
Inital Site Design
(includes building all web pages)		 $1500** $10,000 $5000
Site Re-Design
(after 2 years)		 $1500** $5000 $5000
Photo Licensing
(6/design x $50ea.)		 $0 $600 $600
Site Updates
(4-year total)		 $0 $2400
(avg. 2/mo. @ $50/hr.)		 $9600
(avg. 7/mo. @ $50/hr.)
Hosting Fee
(4-year total)		 $4800***
(48 months x $100/mo.)		 $1200
(48 months x $25/mo.)		 $1200
(48 months x $25/mo.)
Digital Certificate
(4-year total)		 $0 $400 $400

4-year Total Costs:		 $7800 $19,600 $21,800

Net per-Month Cost:		 $163/mo. $408/mo. $454/mo.

Initial Cost Outlay:		 $1500 $10,300 $5300

* Typcial pricing from well-established firms. Actual pricing may vary. Advanced features typically require additional fees.
** Cost is reduced for custom web site design with fewer advanced features.
*** Please see Easy-Update Custom Site Plans for pricing options geared for smaller and larger web sites.


Feature Comparison
  CIAD Hosting
Easy-Update Plans
 Custom Web Site
with Some
Back-End Tools

 Custom Web Site
No Tools
Description Custom site design
Built-in Easy-Update
     for all pages
Hosted on large
     reliable and secure
     infrastructure. 		Custom site design
Update some content
     using 'tools' pages
Budget hosting on
     single server with
     100's of other sites. 		Custom site design
Web development firm
     does all updates.
Budget hosting on
     single server with
     100's of other sites.
Reliable - Redundant network, web server cluster, primary & secondary database servers INCLUDED X X
Fast - 100Mbps non-blocking direct to Internet backbone INCLUDED X X
Secure - Redundant firewalls INCLUDED X X
Protected - 2-Tier architecture with data not reachable from public Internet INCLUDED X X
Easy-Update - for all web pages INCLUDED INCLUDED
(only some content)		 X
Web Statistics - built-in with tables and charts INCLUDED X X

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