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How much does website hosting cost in Canada?
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The short answer
What hosting costs depends mainly on whether the site needs a database: a static site is cheap to serve, while accounts, stored bookings and live data need server capacity every month. At Redenn, that means CA$99 per year on Redenn Lite for a static site, CA$199 per year on Redenn Business for sites with forms and server rendering, and CA$49 per month on Redenn Dynamic when the site genuinely needs a database, authentication or APIs. Most small business websites do not need a database, which is why the yearly static tiers are the sensible default and the monthly tiers are the exception, not the upsell.
Static or dynamic: the distinction that sets the price
A static site is built once and served as finished files from a content delivery network. Nothing runs on a server when a visitor arrives, so there is no database to pay for, patch or back up, and the page arrives from the CDN location nearest the visitor. Brochure sites, service pages, portfolios and contact forms that email you all fit this model.
A dynamic site runs code on every request: it checks who is logged in, reads orders from a database, or builds a page from live data. That capability costs money every month because the database and server capacity exist whether or not anyone visits. It is the right choice for stores, portals, booking systems that keep their own records and anything with customer accounts.
Next.js lets one site mix the two: static pages for everything that can be static, and server rendering only for the parts that cannot. Redenn's hosting tiers follow that same line, which is why the price jumps from yearly to monthly exactly where a database appears.
Redenn hosting tiers
Prices are as published on 2026-09-24. Prices are in Canadian dollars and exclude taxes. Any tax that applies is shown separately on your invoice. The yearly tiers are the default for business websites; a site moves to Dynamic only when a feature requires a database, and to Pro Managed only when the application is large enough to need staging and priority support.
Usage (AI, call minutes, SMS, email) is billed by each provider directly to your own account; none is included in our prices. Ask about a trial period to see your real usage first.
| Plan | Price | Fit | Includes | Not included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redenn Lite | CA$99 per year | Small static and brochure sites | Global CDN, automatic SSL, static deploys, uptime monitoring, email support | Server rendering, forms handling, database, backups |
| Redenn Business | CA$199 per year | Normal business sites with forms and light server features | Everything in Lite, server-rendered pages and forms, monthly dependency updates, backups of site content | Database, authentication |
| Redenn Dynamic | CA$49 per month | Database, authentication, booking records, APIs, customer accounts | Everything in Business, managed Postgres database (Supabase), authentication and storage, error monitoring | Provider usage, billed by each provider directly to your own account |
| Redenn Pro Managed | CA$99 per month | Larger applications, higher usage, staging and priority support | Everything in Dynamic, staging environment, advanced monitoring and alerts, priority support, database management | Provider usage, billed by each provider directly to your own account |
| Enterprise | Quote | Dedicated infrastructure, compliance requirements, SLAs | Custom architecture, SLA, dedicated support | Scoped per project |
The third-party usage caveat
No usage is included in any Redenn plan price. Usage is billed by each provider directly to your own account: SMS, telephony minutes, transactional email, AI model calls and external APIs, and on Redenn Dynamic and Pro Managed, bandwidth, compute and storage on the hosting platform. This is how most modern hosting stacks work. If a plan elsewhere advertises unlimited usage, read its fair-use terms to see where the limits sit.
Usage is hard to predict before a site or tool is live, so ask about a trial period to see your real usage first. Where a provider offers spending limits, you can set one in your own account.
- An AI receptionist's call minutes are billed by the telephony provider directly to your own account, on top of the monthly plan, which starts at CA$149 per month.
- SMS reminders and review requests are billed per message by the SMS provider.
- Transactional email, billed by the email platform.
- AI model usage for website chat or custom AI workflows.
- Storage and bandwidth for large video or file libraries.
When a database is unnecessary
Owners often assume a feature needs a database when it does not. The list below covers common features and how a static-first build handles each one without a monthly database bill.
A database is genuinely needed when you must store records that belong to you and change constantly: orders, customer accounts, quotes and invoices, live inventory, a dashboard. That is Redenn Dynamic territory, and it is worth paying for when the records are real.
- Contact forms: a form endpoint emails you and, if you use one, posts the inquiry to your CRM.
- Booking: the site connects to your existing calendar tool, which holds the appointments.
- Blog or news: content is written in a simple CMS or in files and rendered to static pages when you publish.
- Testimonials, galleries, service areas and team pages: static content that changes rarely.
- Newsletter signup: the email platform holds the list.
- Reviews display: fetched at build time, not stored by you.
How to choose a tier
Match the plan to the features the site actually has, not to the features you might add one day. Moving between tiers is a configuration change, not a rebuild.
- One to ten static pages with no forms and no logins, such as a page with a phone link: Redenn Lite at CA$99 per year.
- A contact form, server-rendered pages, monthly platform updates and content backups: Redenn Business at CA$199 per year.
- Customer accounts, a store, a portal, your own booking records or an API: Redenn Dynamic at CA$49 per month.
- An application with real traffic, staging before every release and priority support: Redenn Pro Managed at CA$99 per month.
- Compliance requirements, dedicated infrastructure or an SLA: Enterprise, quoted.
What hosting does not replace
Hosting keeps the site online. It does not include the domain (the registrar's live price plus CA$9.99 per year if Redenn manages it), content changes after launch (new standard pages are CA$49 each) or search work. Redenn Business and above include monthly dependency updates and content backups; Lite does not, which suits a static site that rarely changes but is worth knowing before you choose.
Compared with a traditional PHP host, the static-first model removes the recurring tasks that usually consume a maintenance budget: core updates, plugin patches and database tuning. That is where the yearly price comes from. Once the project is paid, the code is yours to move if you ever want to.
Questions
Why are some Redenn hosting plans yearly and others monthly?
Static sites cost little to serve, so Lite and Business are billed yearly at CA$99 and CA$199. Dynamic and Pro Managed run a database and server capacity every day, so they are billed monthly at CA$49 and CA$99.
Do I need Redenn Dynamic for a booking button?
Usually not. Booking connected to your calendar tool works on a static site. You need Dynamic only when the site itself must store appointments, customer accounts or payments.
What counts as third-party usage?
Anything metered by another provider: SMS, phone minutes, email sending, AI model calls, external APIs, and on Redenn Dynamic and Pro Managed, bandwidth, compute and storage. Each provider bills it directly to your own account; no usage is included in Redenn's plan prices.
Can I host a Redenn-built site somewhere else?
Yes. Once the project is paid, the code and content we create are yours: at handover you get the code and every login, and a Next.js site can be deployed to any compatible platform. Launch and Starter sites are built from Redenn templates. Your written quote says whether the template code is transferred to you or licensed for your site. Redenn hosting is optional: we can deploy to your own account or hand the code over for you to host.
Is SSL included?
Yes. Automatic SSL is included on every plan, including Redenn Lite.
Does hosting include backups?
Redenn Business and above include backups of site content. Lite is for static sites whose source lives in a code repository, which is itself a form of backup.
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- Website HostingGlobal CDN, automatic SSL and monitoring, in tiers from static brochure sites to managed applications.
- Website BackupsCode under version control, content backed up on Business hosting and above, database backups on application tiers.
- Website PerformanceRedenn builds are fast on a real phone and measured before launch; audits and root-cause fixes quoted for other sites.
- Website SecurityStatic builds, SSL, updates, access control and monitoring included with hosting; audits of other sites quoted.
- Web ApplicationsAccounts, data and workflows on Next.js and Supabase, scoped to a fixed price with a ship date in writing.
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