An alternative to Wix and WordPress · a bespoke site for €450 excl. VAT

For fifteen years the choice was simple: a bespoke website cost several thousand euros, so people picked Wix, Squarespace or a WordPress theme. That maths no longer holds. A full-stack developer for over ten years, I now work with AI: what used to take me three weeks now takes one day of production. A bespoke showcase site with its own admin therefore costs €450 excl. VAT.

The comparison

	Wix / Squarespace	WordPress	Bespoke (L'enfant Sauvage)
Design	A template shared by thousands of sites	A theme plus plugins	Designed for your business
Speed	Heavy, loaded with platform scripts	Often slow	Under 2 s on mobile 4G
Cost	A monthly subscription for as long as the site exists	Theme, paid plugins, updates	€450 excl. VAT, hosting in your name or tailored, no hidden fees
Updates	Done by you, on a computer	Plugins to update, security holes to watch	A simple admin, on your phone
SEO	Limited by the platform	Depends on plugins	Built in, readable by AI assistants

Speed, measured

A real example from an audit: a kitesurf school on WordPress scored 56/100 on mobile and took 11.7 seconds to show its hero photo on 4G. The bespoke site proposed instead loads in under 2 seconds.

Why €450 is possible

AI writes the repetitive code in minutes. My experience does the rest: deciding what to build, reviewing, testing, fixing what AI gets wrong. AI doesn't replace the developer, it replaces the hours. The price drops because the time drops, not the quality. Full details on the showcase site offer (in French).

When to stay on Wix or WordPress

If you enjoy rearranging your layout yourself every week, or run a large WooCommerce store that works well, switching may not make sense. I'll tell you.

See it before you decide

Fill in the brief and I'll send you a clickable demo of your future site and its admin, with your real content, before any commitment.