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Care plans

Looking after your site once it's live.

Hosting, monitoring, and ongoing care — pick the level that suits how hands-on you want to be. Monthly billing, no contracts, cancel any time.

Care plans are available for sites built by Pixelsmith on Astro + Sanity + Cloudflare.

Every care plan includes

  • Cloudflare hosting
  • DNS management
  • SSL certificate (auto-renewed)
  • Email support
  • Monthly billing, no lock-ins, cancel any time

Spark Care

The basics, looked after.

$55/mo

$660/yr · Monthly · cancel any time

Free for the first 3 months with a new Spark build.

What's included (everything in Just Hosting, plus:)

  • Uptime monitoring with alerts
  • Quarterly performance check
  • Google Search Console maintenance
  • Google Analytics maintenance
  • 15 minutes of update time each month
  • Annual account admin & renewals

Charged when you need it

  • Requested content changes ($120/hr, billed in 15-min blocks)
  • New pages, integrations, or design tweaks
  • Annual framework updates
  • Performance reports and SEO checks

Best for: Businesses that want someone keeping an eye on things, with small changes handled as they come up.

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Studio Care

A bit of help each month, with eyes on performance.

$80/mo

$960/yr · Monthly · cancel any time

Free for the first 3 months with a new Studio build.

What's included (everything in Spark Care, plus:)

  • Sanity CMS access (free tier)
  • Off-site code backup (GitHub)
  • Daily Sanity content backups
  • Security patch reviews — up to 30 min/month
  • Monthly performance check
  • Quarterly broken link check & 301 redirects
  • 30 minutes of update time each month (text, images, small tweaks)
  • Annual website performance report
  • Annual Google Business Profile review

Charged when you need it

  • Update time beyond the 30 minutes
  • New pages, integrations, or design tweaks
  • Annual SEO health check
  • Major framework or platform updates

Best for: Most service businesses — somebody to make the little changes, watch performance, and flag anything important.

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Signature Care

Hands off. Properly.

$120/mo

$1,440/yr · Monthly · cancel any time

Free for the first 6 months with a new Signature build.

What's included (everything in Studio Care, plus:)

  • 60 minutes of update time each month
  • Quarterly performance reports
  • Quarterly speed & performance tuning
  • Annual Astro framework update
  • Annual Sanity CMS update
  • Annual image optimisation review
  • Quarterly dependency and security updates
  • Advanced monitoring of third-party integrations & plugins
  • Annual SEO health check (Search Console + technical review)
  • Annual AI search visibility check (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini)

Charged when you need it

  • Update time beyond the 60 minutes
  • New pages, integrations, or design tweaks (quoted as project work)

Best for: Businesses that want a digital partner — proactive maintenance, regular check-ins, and a site that quietly stays good without you having to think about it.

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Hosting only

Just Hosting

Just the platform. Pay-as-you-go for everything else.

Cloudflare hosting, DNS, SSL.

Updates, monitoring, patches, and reports billed at $120/hr when you need them.

Best for DIYers who'll manage their own content and only want a stable platform to sit on.

$38/mo

$456/yr

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All prices in NZD, GST exclusive · Monthly billing · Cancel any time with 30 days' notice · Third-party costs (domain renewal, paid Sanity plans, Google Workspace) passed through at cost when needed.

Quick answers

Can I switch plans later?
Any time, up or down. Just get in touch and your next invoice will reflect the change.
What if I don't use my included time?
It doesn't roll over — fair to both of us. Some months you won't need it; that's reflected in the cost.
What happens if something breaks?
Cloudflare and Sanity both have their own infrastructure SLAs, so genuine outages are rare. If something on your site needs attention, send an email and it gets sorted — every care plan client gets the same care.
Do I have to be on a care plan?
Every new Pixelsmith build comes with the matching care plan free for the first 3 months (6 months for Signature). After that, most clients stay on — small changes always come up. If you'd rather drop to Just Hosting and pay-as-you-go, that's an option too.
Can you take over a site I built elsewhere?
Care plans are for sites Pixelsmith has built on Astro + Sanity + Cloudflare. If your site's on something else, get in touch and we'll work out whether a rebuild makes sense.