Pricing | Bonolo Mathabela

Three price lists

Pick the one closest to what you need

Most projects are one build plus one care plan. If you are not sure which applies, send the brief and I will tell you which page to read.

Web01Web Development PricingFour fixed-price packages, from a one-page launch site to a custom platform. Every number below is what you pay, not a starting point that drifts.FromR9 500See the plans
Apps02App Development PricingFour build sizes, from a progressive web app to a full product with a backend and an admin dashboard, each quoted after a paid discovery.FromR55 000See the plans
Hosting03Hosting & Care PlansFour managed hosting plans compared side by side: what you get, what it costs monthly and yearly, and which one fits the site you have.FromR450 per monthSee the plans

Hosting compared

Four hosting plans, side by side

The honest way to choose is to work out what an hour offline costs your business, then buy the plan that matches it. For a brochure site that number is close to zero. For a store taking orders every hour, it is not.

Full hosting detail

Hosting and care plans compared across cost, infrastructure, protection, maintenance and support
Compare plans	Starter	BusinessMost chosen	Commerce	Managed Cloud
Cost
Monthly	R450	R950	R1 850	R3 900
Annual (2 months free)	R4 500	R9 500	R18 500	R39 000
Setup and migration	R1 950	R1 950	Included	Included
Infrastructure
Storage	10 GB SSD	25 GB SSD	50 GB SSD	Scaled to load
Monthly visits	25 000	100 000	300 000	Unmetered
Global CDN	Included	Included	Included	Included
SSL certificate	Included	Included	Included	Included
Staging environment	Not included	Included	Included	Per-branch previews
Dedicated cloud infrastructure	Not included	Not included	Not included	Included
Protection
Backup frequency	Daily	Daily	Hourly	Hourly
Backup retention	7 days	30 days	30 days	90 days
Restore testing	Not included	Annual	Quarterly	Quarterly
Security scanning	Monthly	Monthly	Weekly	Continuous
Uptime monitoring	5 min	1 min	1 min	30 sec
Error tracking and logs	Not included	Not included	Included	Included
Maintenance
Core and plugin updates	Quarterly	Monthly	Fortnightly	Continuous
Change hours included	1 hr	3 hrs	6 hrs	10 hrs
Extra hours	R650/hr	R650/hr	R650/hr	R650/hr
Performance report	Not included	Monthly	Monthly	Monthly
Speed audit	Not included	Annual	Quarterly	Quarterly
Support
Response time	2 business days	1 business day	4 business hours	2 hours
Channels	Email	Email, WhatsApp	Email, WhatsApp, phone	All, plus emergency line
Out-of-hours emergencies	Not included	R1 200/hr	R1 200/hr	Included
Uptime commitment	Not included	99.5%	99.9%	99.95%
Mailboxes	2	10	25	50
	Choose Starter	Choose Business	Choose Commerce	Choose Managed Cloud

All prices exclude VAT. Month to month with 30 days’ notice, or annually with two months free. Change hours not used in a month roll over once.

How pricing works

Four rules that make the number trustworthy

The commercial terms are as designed as the work. You should be able to plan a budget around a project rather than brace for it.

Get a fixed quote Read the FAQ

The number is on the page
You should be able to work out roughly what this costs before you speak to me. Every package below is a real figure, not a starting point that drifts once you are invested.
Fixed fee, not hourly
Fees are tied to phases, not to how long I take. A slow week costs you nothing, and there is no incentive anywhere in the arrangement to work slowly.
Nothing invoiced that wasn't agreed
If you want something outside the scope, I quote it and you decide. It never appears on a final invoice as a surprise line item.
You own everything
Source files, the code repository, the domain, the infrastructure. All of it in your accounts, all of it yours on final payment.

Design and advisory

Work that is scoped rather than packaged

Design and consulting vary too much to package honestly, so these are quoted after a scoping call. The starting figures are real.

All figures exclude VAT and third-party costs, which are always quoted separately and passed through at cost. Full terms.

Questions

What people ask about money

Twelve more answers on the FAQ page, or just ask me directly.

How do you price work?

Websites are fixed-price packages published on the pricing pages, so you can budget before we speak. Apps run as a fixed-price discovery followed by a fixed-price build. Hosting and consulting are monthly. You will never receive an invoice for something we did not agree in writing first.

What does a project cost?

A one-page launch site is R9 500, a seven-page business website R24 500, an online store R48 000, and custom platforms from R95 000. Apps start at R55 000 for a progressive web app and R165 000 for a cross-platform build. Hosting and care plans run from R450 a month.

How long will it take?

One to two weeks for a launch page, three to five for a business website, five to eight for a store, and eight to sixteen for a custom platform. Apps run six to twenty weeks depending on scope. You get a dated schedule before you commit.

How many revisions are included?

Two rounds of substantive revision at each stage, which is enough for the vast majority of projects. Further rounds are R650 an hour and I will tell you before we cross that line, not after.

Do I have to take a hosting plan with you?

No. You can host anywhere, and I will hand over everything needed to do that. Plans exist because most clients would rather someone else handled backups, updates and the 21:00 Sunday outage. They start at R450 a month and you can cancel with 30 days' notice.

Can you take over a site somebody else built?

Regularly. Roughly half the sites on care plans arrived that way. The audit is free and you get the findings whether or not you sign anything, including an honest answer if the right move is a rebuild rather than a rescue.