WEBSITE COST AND RESPONSIBILITY COMPARISON
Use with two written quotes. Leave missing answers as UNKNOWN, not zero.
Source: https://uponup.com/guides/business-website-cost/#cost-calculator

THE SAME JOB
Pages and functions both quotes need to include:
Who plans and writes the content:
Who supplies and approves images and business facts:
Changes needed after launch:
Agreed hosting, support, content-update and handover responsibilities:

Use one currency and final amounts payable, including any tax charged.
Do not estimate tax or convert currencies within this comparison.

CHOOSE THE COMPARISON
Number of paid monthly charges: 12 / 24 / 36
This is a count of paid charges, not a billing calendar.
Check the number of annual bills separately for each quote.

COPY THIS SECTION FOR EACH QUOTE
Provider, quote label and date:
Currency:
Separate one-off build/setup charges, including any deposit in that price:
Other one-off costs not included anywhere else:

Do not enter a build amount again if it is already covered by monthly
payments. Any deposit already included in those monthly charges also
stays out of the one-off amount.

Monthly pattern: not checked / one rate / initial then continuing
Initial combined monthly rate:
Number of paid charges at that initial rate:
Continuing combined monthly rate, if the comparison goes beyond it:

Annual charge:
Number of annual bills within this chosen comparison:
First-year inclusion or other annual-billing note:
Written basis for that number of bills:
Actual renewal dates, recorded separately from the charge-count total:

Confirmed cash needed to start, already included in the costs above:
Which entered charges contain that starting cash:
Do not add this figure again to the total.

Optional provider-confirmed ADDITIONAL payment to leave at this point:
What that additional amount covers:
Written confirmation that it is beyond all costs already counted:
When ownership transfers and permission to take the site elsewhere:
Files, licences and access included in that handover:
New hosting or moving costs outside this comparison:
Minimum commitment, notice period and other unresolved terms:

WHO HANDLES THE WORK?
For each topic, mark included / separate / excluded / not answered.
Then name the provider / you / shared / to agree.
Design and build:
Copy and images:
Mobile checks and launch:
Ongoing care and handover:
Record the actual task or allowance, not just the service name.

COMPARE THREE DECISIONS
1. START: the confirmed cash needed to begin, shown separately.
   This is a subset of the entered charges; it is never added again.
2. KEEP: one-off amounts + initial monthly rate x the initial charges
   within the chosen horizon + continuing rate x the remaining charges
   within that horizon + annual amount x explicit annual-payment count
   + other one-off costs.
3. LEAVE: the keep total at the selected point + a provider-confirmed
   additional exit payment, with a note explaining what it covers.
   That payment alone does not establish ownership or transfer permission.

CHECK BEFORE CHOOSING
- A monthly rate shown as an equivalent may be collected annually.
- Check included first years and annual bills for the chosen horizon.
- Confirm what stays live, what you receive and who handles later updates.
- Compare the same work, with responsibilities beside the figures.
- A lower total does not automatically make a quote the right choice.
- If the horizon changes, check annual bills and exit confirmation again.
- Changing currency asks for confirmation before clearing monetary amounts.
  Quote labels, scope answers and notes stay in place; no amounts are
  converted.

The online tool supports an initial and continuing monthly rate, explicit
annual-payment counts, starting cash and a confirmed additional exit
payment. Unknown amounts stay unknown. It does not derive renewal dates,
ownership rights, cancellation terms, tax, price increases or finance costs.
Keep this record with the actual proposals and terms.