You signed up for Wix because it was free. Or you hired someone to build a WordPress site because that's what everyone does. Now you're paying $25/month for Wix, another $10 for a Wix app, $8/month for a form plugin, and $15/month for an SEO plugin. That's $58/month. $696 a year. For a site you don't fully own and can't easily move.
WordPress has the same problem, but worse. The software is free. Everything around it isn't. A decent theme runs $60. Security plugins, backup plugins, page builder plugins — all stacking monthly fees. And every time WordPress releases an update, something breaks.
We see this constantly with DFW small businesses. A restaurant owner in Frisco paying $80/month for a WordPress site that loads in 4 seconds and hasn't been touched in 18 months. A salon in Plano on a Wix premium plan that costs more per year than the website was worth when they built it.
The platform trap
The core problem with WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, and similar platforms isn't the price. It's the lock-in. Your site lives on their servers, runs on their software, and depends on their plugins. When Wix decides to change its pricing structure, you pay more or start over. When a WordPress plugin stops getting maintained, your site becomes a security risk.
You're renting, not owning. And you're renting from a company whose interests don't line up with yours.
A restaurant owner we spoke with in Allen was paying $94/month total for his Wix site — premium plan, booking app, email marketing add-on. That's $1,128/year for a 5-page site showing his menu and hours.
What the alternative actually looks like
A custom-built static HTML site. Fast, secure, no plugins, no subscription. You own the code — all of it. You can move it to any host. There's nothing to update, nothing to patch, no plugin conflicts. It loads in under a second on mobile.
That's what we build at Syphix. Flat fee: $199, $249, or $499 depending on size. You pay once and own it outright. Your only ongoing costs are domain registration (about $15/year) and hosting (about $5 to $10/month). That's it. Most clients pay less than $15/month total to keep their site live indefinitely.
What you actually lose by leaving WordPress or Wix
Honestly, not much. Most small businesses use about 10% of what these platforms offer. You need a clean design, your contact information, your services listed, a way for people to reach you, and fast load times on mobile. A well-built static site does all of that and does it better — faster page loads, better security, higher Google scores.
The one real tradeoff: you can't edit the site yourself by clicking around in a dashboard. If you want to change your hours or add a page, you contact us. For most small business owners, that's not a problem — they weren't updating their Wix site anyway. But if self-editing matters to you, that's worth knowing upfront.
The math is simple
If you're spending $50 or more per month on a website platform right now, you'll recoup the cost of a Syphix-built site in under a year. After that, you're saving money every single month compared to what you're paying today.
We're not anti-WordPress or anti-Wix as a matter of principle. They're the right tool for some situations. But for the typical DFW small business with a 1-to-5-page site that mostly needs to look good, load fast, and show up in Google? A static site wins on every measure that matters.