What's doing it yourself really costing you?

A website, Google, SEO, social media, updates, fixes — it all takes time, tools and freelancers. Slide the numbers to match your business and see the real cost of going it alone versus a single Found plan that handles the lot.

Takes less than 60 seconds. Seriously.

No sign-up, no email, no awkward sales call. Just nudge the sliders, glance at your number, and prepare to be a little shocked. Most tradies are.

Your current setup

8 hrsTypical: 8 hrs

Updating the site, posting on Facebook, sorting Google, fixing broken bits. Most tradies lose a day a month to this.

$60/hrTypical: $60–$80

If you weren't stuck on the laptop, you'd be out earning. This is what that hour is worth on the tools.

$300/moTypical: $200–$400

Anyone you pay to help — a web person, a social media person, a designer. Add it all up here.

$80/moTypical: $50–$100

Website hosting, plugins, scheduling apps, Canva, that sort of thing. The monthly subscriptions that quietly add up.

$400/moTypical: $300–$500

When someone Googles your trade and you don't show up, that job goes to the next bloke. This is roughly what that's costing you.

What Found could add

6/moTypical: 4–8

A proper website plus Google and SEO means more of the right people find you and call. Most clients see a few new enquiries a month.

$350Typical: $300–$500

The average job or customer — what you'd charge them. For a tradie that's often a few hundred to a few thousand.

Doing it yourself

$15,120/yr

$1,260/mo all up

With Found

$5,988/yr

$499/mo all up

Your time
$5,760Included
Freelancers & contractors
$3,600Included
Software & subscriptions
$960Included
Missed enquiries
$4,800Included
Total annual cost
$15,120$5,988

You save every year

$9,132

60% lower than doing it yourself

Plus new enquiries Found brings

$25,200

6 new enquiries/mo × $350/job

Total annual value delivered

$34,332

Pick your Found plan and get going

One simple monthly fee. No big upfront investment. Cancel anytime.

Your total annual value with Found

$34,332

Start with Found Growth

Figures are estimates based on your inputs. Found plan prices are live — secure checkout via Stripe, cancel anytime.

What Found customers have saved

Real businesses, real numbers — the kind of maths the slider above is showing you.

PlumbingFound Growth

$18,400 saved/yr

"I was paying a freelancer and still doing half of it myself. Found took the lot off my plate — I get my evenings back and the phone rings more."

Mike T.

· Auckland
CaféFound Essentials

$9,600 saved/yr

"Hosting, plugins, a designer, a social person… it all added up. One Found plan replaced four subscriptions and saved us nearly ten grand a year."

Priya R.

· Christchurch
BuildingFound Complete

$27,500 saved/yr

"We worked out our DIY cost at over $40k a year in time and contractors. Found does it all for a fraction — and the new enquiries paid for it in month one."

Dave H.

· Northland
SalonFound Growth

$14,200 saved/yr

"I'm not techy and I was drowning. Foundy and the team handle my site, Google and social — I've stopped guessing and started growing."

Jess M.

· Wellington
AutomotiveFound Essentials

$11,200 saved/yr

"Switched from a $400/mo agency retainer plus my own hours. Same results, way less cost, and someone actually picks up the phone."

Tom W.

· Canterbury
ElectricalFound Growth

$16,900 saved/yr

"Between quotes, site visits and paperwork, marketing was the last thing I had time for. Now it just happens — and the right leads come to me."

Sam P.

· Waikato
LandscapingFound Growth

$13,100 saved/yr

"Seasonal business, so every enquiry matters. Found's SEO brings in steady work even in the quiet months. Wish I'd done it years ago."

Lara K.

· Bay of Plenty
Real EstateFound Complete

$24,800 saved/yr

"My old site cost a fortune to update. Found keeps listings and content fresh for one flat fee — and I finally look as professional as my listings."

Greg N.

· Auckland
RoofingFound Essentials

$8,900 saved/yr

"I used to spend Sundays on the website. Now Found does it and I spend Sundays with the kids. That alone is worth it."

Brendan F.

· Otago
Fitness StudioFound Growth

$15,700 saved/yr

"Social media was eating my life. Found handles it and my class bookings are up — I just show up and teach."

Aroha W.

· Tauranga
PlumbingFound Growth

$18,400 saved/yr

"I was paying a freelancer and still doing half of it myself. Found took the lot off my plate — I get my evenings back and the phone rings more."

Mike T.

· Auckland
CaféFound Essentials

$9,600 saved/yr

"Hosting, plugins, a designer, a social person… it all added up. One Found plan replaced four subscriptions and saved us nearly ten grand a year."

Priya R.

· Christchurch
BuildingFound Complete

$27,500 saved/yr

"We worked out our DIY cost at over $40k a year in time and contractors. Found does it all for a fraction — and the new enquiries paid for it in month one."

Dave H.

· Northland
SalonFound Growth

$14,200 saved/yr

"I'm not techy and I was drowning. Foundy and the team handle my site, Google and social — I've stopped guessing and started growing."

Jess M.

· Wellington
AutomotiveFound Essentials

$11,200 saved/yr

"Switched from a $400/mo agency retainer plus my own hours. Same results, way less cost, and someone actually picks up the phone."

Tom W.

· Canterbury
ElectricalFound Growth

$16,900 saved/yr

"Between quotes, site visits and paperwork, marketing was the last thing I had time for. Now it just happens — and the right leads come to me."

Sam P.

· Waikato
LandscapingFound Growth

$13,100 saved/yr

"Seasonal business, so every enquiry matters. Found's SEO brings in steady work even in the quiet months. Wish I'd done it years ago."

Lara K.

· Bay of Plenty
Real EstateFound Complete

$24,800 saved/yr

"My old site cost a fortune to update. Found keeps listings and content fresh for one flat fee — and I finally look as professional as my listings."

Greg N.

· Auckland
RoofingFound Essentials

$8,900 saved/yr

"I used to spend Sundays on the website. Now Found does it and I spend Sundays with the kids. That alone is worth it."

Brendan F.

· Otago
Fitness StudioFound Growth

$15,700 saved/yr

"Social media was eating my life. Found handles it and my class bookings are up — I just show up and teach."

Aroha W.

· Tauranga