WordPress is a content management system with an admin panel, themes and plugins: it shines when someone in the business publishes regularly or when you need a full-featured online store. Webomat builds a static site (HTML/CSS files) from your current website, with no admin panel and no plugins to keep updated. For a business site that changes a few times a year, Webomat costs less and needs less looking after. For a company blog, a large store or a site with several authors, WordPress is the better tool.
We’ve been building websites for well over a decade, WordPress included, and we don’t think it’s a bad choice. We think it’s often a bigger choice than the job needs. Here’s when.
The comparison at a glance
| Webomat | WordPress (theme, freelancer) | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | a static site: HTML/CSS files | a CMS with a database, a theme and plugins |
| Setup cost | $29–129 net, once | typically $1,000–5,000 from a freelancer, less if you do it yourself |
| Time | first homepage version usually within 15–25 minutes, full site another 15–20 minutes after you order | typically days to weeks |
| Hosting | first year free, then $29/year | hosting with PHP and a database, paid separately |
| Updates | none: there’s no system or plugins | regular: core, theme, plugins |
| Editing content | in a chat; every change is a new version | yourself, in the admin panel, without limits |
| Online store | a simple one for smaller sales, in the shop package ($129 or $259 net) | yes, via WooCommerce and other plugins, including large stores with integrations |
| Blog, bookings | no | yes, via plugins |
| Portability | a package of files that runs on any host (the store runs only on Webomat hosting) | database and file export; needs PHP hosting |
The WordPress figures are typical ranges for small business sites. Your quote will depend on the number of pages, the theme and who writes the copy. Our breakdown of how much a website costs goes into more detail.
Why this comparison matters
WordPress runs 39.6% of all websites and 58.4% of sites whose CMS can be identified (W3Techs, 17 October 2026). If your business site is a few years old, there’s a good chance it’s on WordPress.
The question we hear most is whether to stay on WordPress during a redesign or switch to something simpler. The answer depends almost entirely on how you use the admin panel. We covered the general rule in WordPress vs a static website. Here we compare two specific routes.
Setup cost
WordPress itself is free, open-source software. You pay for everything around it: hosting with PHP and a database, often a premium theme (typically a licence of a few dozen dollars), paid versions of some plugins and, above all, someone’s time. A freelancer typically charges $1,000–5,000 for a small business site; an agency charges more.
Webomat costs $29, $99 or $129 net, once. The packages differ in the number of homepage versions to choose from (1, 3 or 5), revision rounds (3, 5 or 10), the page limit (10, 25 or 50) and AI-generated images (5, 15 or 25). Hosting and SSL are included for the first year. Details are on the pricing page.
Running costs over three years
This is where the gap widens. WordPress needs care: core, theme and plugin updates, backups, fixing things when an update breaks something. You can do it yourself or pay someone. Care plans from freelancers and agencies commonly run from about $50 to $150 a month, and more for bigger sites.
| Three years | Webomat | WordPress |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | $29–129 net | about $1,000–5,000 |
| Hosting | $58 net (year one free, then 2 × $29) | from a few dollars to a few dozen dollars a month |
| Care and updates | none | $0 if you do it yourself, or $1,800–5,400 on a care plan |
| Rough total | $87–187 net | from about $1,200 upwards, several thousand with a care plan |
You pay for a domain the same way in both cases. If you maintain WordPress yourself and do it well, its cost drops to hosting plus your time. That’s a perfectly reasonable option for technical people.
Updates and security
According to Patchstack’s “State of WordPress Security in 2026” report, 11,334 new vulnerabilities were found in the WordPress ecosystem in 2025, 42% more than the year before. 91% were in plugins and 9% in themes; WordPress core had just six, all low priority.
The takeaway isn’t “WordPress is insecure”. The core is well maintained. The risk sits in plugins and in whether anyone updates them. A site with five plugins and regular care can be perfectly safe. A site with twenty plugins that nobody has touched in two years is a problem waiting to happen.
A static Webomat site has no login page, no database and no plugins. There’s nothing to update and none of the usual ways into a CMS. That’s not magic, just fewer moving parts.
The admin panel: where WordPress wins
Let’s be clear about this. Webomat doesn’t give you a panel for editing the site yourself. You request changes in a chat, the agent creates a new version of the site, and you can restore the previous one. The number of revision rounds depends on the package.
For a business that updates its site a few times a year (new prices, new opening hours, a new service), that’s enough, and often easier than logging into a panel nobody remembers the password for. For a business that publishes every week, the WordPress dashboard is simply the better tool.
Speed
A static site is a set of ready-made files that the server hands straight to the browser. WordPress builds each page from the database on every visit unless caching is set up well. A well-configured WordPress site can be fast too, but it takes work. A static site is fast without extra effort.
Our plain-English guide to Core Web Vitals explains how to measure speed and what the numbers mean.
Moving from WordPress to Webomat
Paste the address of your WordPress site. The agent reads your content, photos and logo, designs a new layout and codes the site. The first version of your homepage is free (one per account). After you buy a package, the full site is built, and old page addresses get 301 redirects to the new ones so you don’t lose your Google rankings. You also get a sitemap plus SEO and GEO basics. You publish the finished site on your own domain or download it as an HTML/CSS package.
The agent checks quality at five screen widths, from a phone to a large monitor. Our article on how Webomat works describes the whole process.
When WordPress is the better choice
- You publish regularly. A blog, news, job ads, case studies added every week. That’s when a CMS earns its keep.
- You need a large store. Thousands of products, a wholesaler or ERP integration, advanced selling features: WooCommerce and similar plugins are a proven route. Webomat builds a simple store for smaller sales ($129 and $259 net packages): catalogue, cart, payments, couriers and orders in the Webomat panel. Payment gateways and couriers are the ones used in Poland (PayU, Przelewy24, Tpay, InPost, DPD, DHL).
- You need bookings, client logins or forms with logic. WordPress has ready-made plugins for these. Webomat doesn’t build booking systems.
- Several people edit content. User roles and editorial workflows are a WordPress strength.
- You have a good maintainer. If someone handles updates and backups and you actually use the panel, there’s no reason to change a setup that works.
- You’re planning lots of pages and growth. A site heading for hundreds of pages belongs in a system with a database. Webomat handles up to 50 pages in its largest package.
When Webomat is the better choice
- Your WordPress dashboard is decoration: the last post went up a year ago.
- You’re paying for care and updates on a site you hardly ever change.
- The site is slow or looks its age, and you don’t want to commission a design from scratch.
- You want your website as files you can take to any host.
If you’re also considering a website builder, read our Webomat vs Wix comparison. And the fastest way to check is your own site: paste its address and see the first version of your new homepage for free.
Frequently asked questions
Is Webomat an alternative to WordPress?
For a business website that changes a few times a year, yes. For a blog with frequent posts, a large store with integrations or a site with several authors, no: Webomat doesn’t provide a CMS panel or wholesaler/ERP integrations. A simple store for smaller sales comes in the shop package.
How much does it cost to maintain WordPress?
Hosting with PHP and a database costs anywhere from a few dollars to a few dozen dollars a month. Care plans with updates commonly run from about $50 to $150 a month. If you do it yourself, you pay only for hosting and your time.
Will I lose Google rankings moving from WordPress to Webomat?
Any change of page addresses carries some risk. Webomat sets up 301 redirects from old addresses to new ones and generates a sitemap, which protects the rankings you’ve built.
Can I go back from Webomat to WordPress?
Yes. You get an HTML/CSS package with all the site’s content, so moving it into WordPress is ordinary implementation work, not a data rescue from a closed platform.