FREE WEBSITE FOR SMALL BUSINESS
We'll professionally build your website for free — no upfront cost, whatever size you need. It's then from £30/month for managed hosting, security and support: LIVE30 for a one-page site (£30), LIVE50 for 5+ pages (£50) and LIVE70 for 15+ pages (£70). Every one is a real, hand-built site on your own domain — not a DIY template on a free-builder subdomain. Built for small businesses across Devon, Cornwall, Kent and London.
Being straight with you: the build is free on all three plans, then it's from £30/month — not free forever. See exactly what's included in the LIVE30 terms.
- Free build
- Free first month
- 1, 5+, 15+ or 50+ pages
- Rolling 30-day plan — no contract
- No setup fee
- VAT included
Prefer to talk it through first? See the full LIVE30 offer or contact us.
Last reviewed 26 August 2026 · Written by Sam Butcher, founder · Brambla, Northlew, Devon EX20 3BN
A Genuinely Free Website Build — Then from £30/Month
What ‘free’ actually means here, in plain English.
A free website usually means one of two things: a DIY builder like Wix, GoDaddy or Google Sites where you do all the work and get a templated site on their subdomain with their ads — or an agency “free” offer with a catch buried in the small print. Brambla's LIVE plans are the honest version: we professionally design and build your website for free — one page on LIVE30, five or more on LIVE50, fifteen or more on LIVE70 — there is no upfront build cost on any of them, and it is then £30, £50 or £70 per month for managed hosting, security, SSL, backups, updates and support. We say the monthly price upfront on purpose, because a genuinely useful “free” offer should be clear about what it costs. Every LIVE site is hand-coded in Next.js — never a template or a WordPress plugin stack — and lives on your own domain with no ads and no builder branding. LIVE is a fully managed service: your site stays live for as long as your plan is active, you can move up a tier as you add pages, and you can step across to a 7 Day Website (£1,200+) or a Custom Website (£2,500+) as you grow. Brambla was founded in Maidstone in 2023 and is now based in Devon, serving small businesses across Devon, Cornwall, Kent and London — plus ambitious national brands.
LIVE in plain English
The build: Free on all three plans. Designed and hand-coded by Brambla in Next.js — no template, no WordPress, no work for you.
The running cost: £30 a month for one page (LIVE30), £50 for five or more (LIVE50), £70 for fifteen or more (LIVE70) — VAT included, for managed hosting, security, SSL, backups, updates and support. First month free.
Your domain: Your own address. No adverts, no builder branding, no *.wixsite.com.
The commitment: Rolling 30-day plan, no contract, no setup fee. It is a managed service — the site stays live for as long as the plan is active.
When you outgrow one page: LIVE50 (£50/mo) or LIVE70 (£70/mo) — or a 7 Day Website from £1,200 / Custom Website from £2,500.
Why Most 'Free' Websites Cost You More Than You Think
Free website builders are rarely as free — or as professional — as they look.
Search for a “free website” and you will find Wix, GoDaddy, Weebly, Squarespace and Google Sites all offering to get you online for nothing. And technically they do — but the free tier is designed to frustrate you into paying. You get their branding, their ads, and a URL like yourbusiness.wixsite.com that never looks like a real business. Worst of all, you do every bit of the work yourself. Here are the four traps small businesses fall into when they reach for a “free” builder.
Their subdomain, not yours
Most free builders put you on something like yourbusiness.wixsite.com. It looks like a trial, hurts your credibility, and makes it harder to rank on Google or promote professionally.
Ads and branding on your site
Free tiers from Wix, GoDaddy and others plaster their own ads and branding across your pages. Your business ends up advertising theirs — for free.
You do all the work
"Free" builders are DIY. You design it, you build it, you fix it. That is hours most small business owners simply do not have — and the result still looks templated.
The upgrade wall
To connect your own domain, remove ads or actually sell, you are pushed onto a paid plan anyway. The "free" price quietly climbs the moment you get serious.
Free Website Builder vs a Free Brambla Build
Both cost nothing up front. The difference is who does the work, whose domain it sits on, and what happens next.
| Feature | Free website builders (Wix, Google Sites, etc.) | Brambla LIVE30 |
|---|---|---|
| Who does the work | You do — templates, drag-and-drop, your weekends | We design and build it for you |
| Your domain | Usually a builder subdomain on the free tier | Your own domain, no builder branding |
| Adverts on your site | Common on free tiers | Never |
| Monthly cost | £0 with limits, typically £10–£30/mo to remove them | From £30/mo (LIVE30 £30 · LIVE50 £50 · LIVE70 £70 · LIVE90 £90), VAT included, everything run for you |
| Upfront cost | £0 | £0 — the build is free |
| If you stop paying | Site downgraded or taken down | Site taken down — we say so plainly; it is a managed service, not a purchase |
| Support | Help centre and forums | A real team you can email |
Who does the work
Builders: You do — templates, drag-and-drop, your weekends
Brambla: We design and build it for you
Your domain
Builders: Usually a builder subdomain on the free tier
Brambla: Your own domain, no builder branding
Adverts on your site
Builders: Common on free tiers
Brambla: Never
Monthly cost
Builders: £0 with limits, typically £10–£30/mo to remove them
Brambla: From £30/mo (LIVE30 £30 · LIVE50 £50 · LIVE70 £70 · LIVE90 £90), VAT included, everything run for you
Upfront cost
Builders: £0
Brambla: £0 — the build is free
If you stop paying
Builders: Site downgraded or taken down
Brambla: Site taken down — we say so plainly; it is a managed service, not a purchase
Support
Builders: Help centre and forums
Brambla: A real team you can email
How Brambla's Free Website Is Different
A real team hand-builds your site for free — you do none of the work — then we look after it from £30/month.
The difference between a free builder and a free LIVE30 build is who does the work — and what you end up with. With a builder, you are handed a tool and left to it. With Brambla, a designer and developer build the site for you, by hand, in Next.js — the same modern technology used by some of the fastest websites on the internet. Your site lives on your own domain with no ads and no builder branding, and we keep it fast, secure and online from a flat £30/month. See our full approach on the web design services page.
A real, hand-built site — not a template
We custom-code your page in Next.js. No drag-and-drop, no WordPress, no template everyone else uses. A designer and developer build it for you — you build nothing.
Your own domain, no ads
Your site lives on your own domain with zero Brambla ads or branding. It looks like the professional business you are — the opposite of a free-builder subdomain.
Fully managed from £30/month
Hosting, SSL, security, backups, updates and support are all handled for you through WebsiteCare. The site stays live and looked after for as long as your plan is active.
Real people, not a help centre
Brambla is a small Devon-based team. You deal with the people who built your site — not a ticket queue, a chatbot or an offshore call centre.
One Page or Multi-Page? Here's How to Decide
We will always recommend the format that genuinely fits — even if it is the cheaper one.
Choose a one-page site (LIVE30, £30/mo) if…
- You offer one core service or product
- You serve a single town or local area
- You are just starting out and want to be online quickly
- You want the lowest-cost, lowest-risk way to look professional
Choose more pages (LIVE50 £50/mo · LIVE70 £70/mo) if…
- You have several distinct services that each deserve their own page
- You cover multiple towns or service areas
- You need to rank for a wider spread of search terms
- You want room to grow your content over time
The build is free on every LIVE plan — the monthly price is set by page count and nothing else. Prefer a one-off build you pay for once? 7 Day Website from £1,200.
At Brambla, a single page can only realistically rank for one tight cluster of search terms, so if you need to target several services or several towns, more pages earn more visibility. If your message is simple and local, one page does the job. Every build is hand-coded to the same standard, so growing from one page to many is a planned step, never a rebuild.
Three Free Builds — Pick a Tier by Page Count
Every LIVE plan is a free build. The monthly price is set by page count — one page, five or more, or fifteen or more. All prices are VAT-inclusive.
LIVE30
£30/mo
Free build for a one-page site — then £30/month, VAT-inclusive, no contract.
- Free build, free first month
- 1 page (2–3 discretionary, case-by-case)
- Rolling 30-day billing — no minimum term
- No setup fee
- Managed hosting, SSL, CDN, daily backups & uptime monitoring
- Working contact form & first-party visitor tracking
- Email support
- Mailboxes and a blog are billed separately
LIVE50
£50/mo
Free build for a site of 5+ pages — then £50/month, VAT-inclusive, no contract.
- Free build, free first month
- 5 or more pages
- Rolling 30-day billing — no minimum term
- No setup fee
- Everything in LIVE30
- Up to 3 minor content edits a month
- Blog available as a chargeable build add-on
- Grows into LIVE70 at 15+ pages, or sooner if you want a managed blog
LIVE70
£70/mo
Free build for a site of 15+ pages with a managed blog — then £70/month, VAT-inclusive.
- Free build, free first month
- 15 or more pages
- Rolling 30-day billing — no minimum term
- No setup fee
- Everything in LIVE50
- Database-managed blog and/or case-studies section included
- Grows into LIVE90 at 50+ pages
LIVE90
£90/mo
Free build for a site of 50+ pages — a page for every service, area or product line — then £90/month, VAT-inclusive.
- Free build, free first month
- 50 or more pages
- Rolling 30-day billing — no minimum term
- No setup fee
- Everything in LIVE70
- Built for multi-location and multi-service businesses
- Top of the managed LIVE range
All three are the same managed service — the site stays live for as long as the plan is active, and moving up a rung keeps the design you already have. Ready to start? The form at the top covers all three tiers — we recommend the right one once we know your page count. Want a site you pay for once and can host anywhere? That is our 7 Day Website (from £1,200) or a Custom Website (from £2,500) — compare everything on the pricing page.
What You Get for Free — and from £30/Month
The build costs you nothing upfront. The monthly plan — from £30 — keeps it online, secure and looked after.
A website is more than a design. The things that actually keep it online, secure and findable — hosting, SSL, backups, security, technical SEO — are exactly the things free builders leave out or push you onto a paid plan for. On every LIVE plan, the design and build cost you nothing upfront, and your monthly fee — from £30 — bundles in everything that keeps the site running properly. Ongoing care is handled by our WebsiteCare service, with optional SEO Care if you want to actively grow your search visibility over time.
Free professional design
A clean, modern, on-brand one-page design — hand-built for you at no upfront cost.
Managed hosting & WebsiteCare
Fast, secure hosting with backups, updates and monitoring handled for you.
SSL & security
Free SSL certificate and security hardening so your site and customers stay safe.
SEO-ready build
Meta tags, sitemap, structured data and a search-friendly build done as standard.
Mobile-first responsive
Looks and works beautifully on every device — most of your visitors are on a phone.
Ongoing support
A real team on hand for updates, questions and growth as your business scales.
“They took my ideas and turned them into a clean, modern, and user-friendly website that perfectly represents my business. Nothing ever felt like too much trouble, and they made the whole process smooth and stress-free. I'm absolutely thrilled with the final result and would highly recommend Brambla to anyone looking for a reliable and talented team to bring their website to life.”
Becky Gilbert — Dreybury Dog Groomers
Verified Google review · April 2026
Real Free Builds We've Launched
Live, hand-built websites — every one built free via LIVE30. Click any card to visit the live site.
These are real, live websites we designed and built for small businesses at no upfront cost — not mock-ups or stock previews. Every one is a LIVE30 launch: a free, hand-built, professional site on the business's own domain, kept online and looked after for £30/month. Visit any of them to see the standard for yourself, then explore the rest of our work.
Shiney Auto Detailing
LIVE30Mobile valeting and detailing in Bude, Cornwall — professionally built for free on a LIVE30 plan, live on its own domain.
Sammi's Home Shine
LIVE30A Plymouth cleaning business with a professional, mobile-first online presence — a free LIVE30 build.
GLR Waste Removals
LIVE30Waste removal in Launceston, Cornwall — a fast one-page site with a quote form, built free on LIVE30.
Lift Lab
LIVE30A strength gym in Rayleigh, Essex — a clean, fast one-page site with membership details, built free on LIVE30.
A Free Website Built for Your Industry
We tailor every LIVE30 build to how your customers actually search and buy. Explore the page for your trade.
Looking for a broader overview? Small business web design covers every way to work with us. Don't see your industry? Get in touch — we build for almost every kind of small business.
How Your Free Website Gets Built
A clear, structured process from first chat to launch — with none of the DIY.
We keep the process simple because small business owners are busy — and because a free builder makes you do all this yourself. There is no drawn-out discovery phase, no confusing jargon and no wrestling a drag-and-drop editor. We do the design, the build, the hosting and the launch; you stay involved only in the decisions that matter. If you outgrow one page, the same short, transparent path takes you to a 7 Day Website.
Chat
A short conversation about your business, your customers and what your one page needs to say. No lengthy briefs, no jargon.
Design
We design a clean, modern page around your brand — not a template thousands of other businesses share.
Build
Your site is hand-coded in Next.js for speed, security and search performance — free build, done properly.
Launch
We handle your domain, hosting, SSL and testing, then launch on your own domain. You just approve and go live.
Look after
From £30/month we host, secure, back up, update and support your site — so it stays live and looked after.
Looking for Affordable or Low-Cost Website Design?
What ‘affordable’ usually means locally, next to what a free LIVE build means.
Affordable website design in the South West usually means a templated site with an upfront fee, a monthly charge and a long contract. A typical example — Nettl of Exeter's “Affordable Website Design” plan, as published in August 2026 — is £299 upfront plus £55 a month excluding VAT on a 12-month minimum term, with extra pages at £75 each, and its own FAQ says you do not own the website. LIVE30 is our answer to the same need: no upfront cost, £30 a month including VAT, rolling 30 days, hand-built in Next.js. It is managed too — the site stays on our hosting and comes down if you cancel — and we say that here, not in the small print.
| Typical ‘affordable’ plan | Brambla LIVE30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Upfront cost | £299 (ex-VAT) | £0 — the build is free |
| Monthly | £55 ex-VAT (£66 with VAT) | £30 including VAT |
| Minimum term | 12 months | Rolling 30 days — no contract |
| Pages | 1 page, extra pages £75 each | 1 page on LIVE30; 5+ pages on LIVE50 (£50), 15+ on LIVE70 (£70) |
| Built with | Templated platform | Hand-coded Next.js — no templates, no plugins |
| Who owns it | Licensed to you; must stay on their platform | Managed by Brambla; stays on our hosting, comes down if you cancel |
Free Website FAQs
Is it really free? What does it actually cost?
The build is genuinely free — there is no upfront design or development cost. We professionally design and build your one-page website at no charge. It is then £30 per month (our LIVE30 plan) for managed hosting, security, SSL, backups, updates and support. So it is a free build, then £30/month — not free forever, and we say so upfront because we do not do clickbait. All prices are VAT-inclusive. Read exactly what is included in the LIVE30 terms.
What's the catch?
No catch — just an honest deal. Unlike free website builders, we do not put ads on your site, we do not stick you on a *.wixsite.com subdomain, and you do not spend your weekends wrestling a drag-and-drop editor. We build a real, hand-coded site for you on your own domain, then look after it for £30/month. The only thing to know clearly: LIVE30 is a fully managed service, so your site stays live for as long as your plan is active. Cancel the plan and the site is taken offline rather than handed over — the same way a "free" builder takes yours down if you stop, except with us the work was done for you and done properly. See the full LIVE30 offer and terms.
How is this different from Wix, GoDaddy or Google Sites?
Those are DIY builders: you do the design work, you pick a template thousands of others use, and the "free" tier usually means their branding, their ads, and their subdomain. With Brambla, a real team hand-builds your site in Next.js on your own domain — no ads, no template everyone else has, and no work for you. It is a professionally built website, not a self-service tool. Compare it properly against a paid build on our web design services page.
Do I own the website?
LIVE30 is a fully managed service, not an outright purchase — we design, build, host, secure and maintain the site for you, and it stays live for as long as your £30/month plan is active. If the plan is cancelled, the site is taken offline rather than handed over. This keeps your costs low and predictable, with everything technical handled for you. If specific ownership or handover terms matter to your business, that is exactly what our one-off builds are for — get in touch and we will talk through the right setup. Full details are in the LIVE30 terms.
What is included for £30 a month?
Your £30/month covers managed hosting, a free SSL certificate, security hardening, automated backups, software updates and ongoing support from the Brambla team — the full WebsiteCare service bundled in. You get a fast, mobile-first, SEO-ready one-page site on your own domain, kept online and looked after. No hidden add-ons for the essentials.
How long does the free build take?
LIVE30 sites are typically live within a similar window to our 7 Day Website, provided your logo, content and photos are ready. We keep it simple: a short chat about your business, we design and build the page, you approve it, and we launch it on your domain. To get started, add your email in the form at the top of this page or contact us.
What if I need more than one page later?
At Brambla, the build is free on every LIVE plan and the monthly price is set by page count: LIVE30 is £30/month for one page, LIVE50 is £50/month for five or more pages, and LIVE70 is £70/month for fifteen or more. Moving up is a planned step rather than a rebuild, because we already host and manage your site. If you would rather pay once for a build delivered as a transferable codebase you can host anywhere, that is the Custom Website from £2,500. Compare every option on our pricing page.
Do you build with WordPress?
No. Every Brambla site — including free LIVE30 builds — is hand-coded in Next.js, modern technology that is faster, more secure and easier to maintain than template-and-plugin platforms. You get a site built for speed and SEO from the ground up, without the bloat, plugin conflicts or update treadmill WordPress sites are prone to.
Is a free LIVE build the same as "affordable" or "low-cost" website design?
It is the honest version of it. Affordable website design usually means a templated site with an upfront fee, a monthly charge and a long contract — a typical local "affordable" plan is around £299 upfront plus £55 a month excluding VAT on a 12-month minimum term, and the small print says you do not own the site. Brambla's LIVE30 has no upfront cost, is £30 a month including VAT on a rolling 30-day basis, and is built by hand in Next.js rather than from a template. It is managed too — the site lives on our hosting and comes down if you cancel — and we say that on the page rather than in the small print.
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