Tool 01 · Renewal cost

Renewal cost calculator

Pick a builder and read its ladder: the first-year price the vendor publishes, the rate it renews at, the jump between them, and the five-year figure. Then hold that ladder against Zeso's flat renewal guarantee. Every number is the vendor's own, carried with the date it was read.

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Squarespace

not published

Zeso

1.0×

Squarespace

Fluid Engine

incumbent

Year 1 (introductory): $19.00/mo (Basic — the homepage's own USD figure; the geo-served Asia pricing page reads HK$129/mo, and the annual-versus-monthly toggle renders HK$179 as a second, unlabelled figure)
Year 2 onwards (renewal): None published — no plan price is struck anywhere on the pricing page, and the '50% off' badge carries no anchor price, no duration and no terms link
First two years: not published
Renewal jump: no renewal rate published
5-year total: Not computable in USD — the capture's own figure is †HK$7,740 (Basic at HK$129/mo × 60), carrying two marks: the renewal rate is not published, and the capture is HKD-geo-served, so it is not comparable to a USD figure without a pinned locale

Documented hidden costs & upsells

•Renewal rates are completely unstated on public pricing comparison cards
•Business tier levies a 3% transaction fee on all e-commerce sales on top of payment processor fees
•Business email requires a paid Google Workspace subscription ($6–$18/user/mo)
•Free domain offer excludes premium domains and renews at markup ($20+/yr for .com)

Zeso

Edge-native AI website engine

Flat 1.0×

Year 1 (introductory): $0 (1-page site)
Year 2 onwards (renewal): $0 / $15 per month, flat
Renewal jump: 1.0× — flat, guaranteed
5-year total: $0.00 (1-page) / $900.00 (app hosting)

Figures read 2026-10-17

Read the full comparison (Squarespace)

Every figure is the builder's own published number, carried with the date it was read. Nothing here is estimated.