The website design company in South Africa that hands you the keys.
Dube AI builds fast WordPress websites, gets them found on Google and in AI search, wires in assistants that answer your customers at 2am, then hosts and maintains the lot on one monthly plan. You own the site, the domain and the data from day one.
Website design, SEO and AI automation delivered from Midrand across South Africa and the wider region. Every quote comes back within 24 hours.
Now buildingA site like yours, live in weeks
What do you actually need fixed?
Most people arrive at a website design company with a problem, not a service name. Pick the one that sounds like your week and we will tell you what it costs before you speak to anybody.
SEO services
We fix the technical foundations first, then target the terms your buyers actually type, and get you cited in AI answers as well as ranked on Google. Reported monthly in plain language, cancellable on thirty days.
See SEO servicesDo you actually own your website?
A lot of South African businesses are renting theirs for R499 a month and do not realise it. Stop paying and the site disappears, because the domain is registered to the agency, the platform is proprietary, and there are no files to take with you. Every website design company in South Africa should answer this in writing before you pay a deposit. Ours is answered here.
| Over 24 months | Subscription website at R499/m | Dube AI Launchpad |
|---|---|---|
| Paid in month one | R499 | R7,500 build |
| Total paid after 24 months | R11,976 | R7,500 plus R1,250/m care |
| What you own at the end | Nothing | Domain, files, database |
| Can you move it to another host | No | Any time, we help free |
| Can another developer take over | No | Yes, standard WordPress |
| What happens if you stop paying | Site goes offline | Site is yours, you host it |
| Hosting and security included | Usually | Yes, in the care plan |
Every price this website design company in South Africa charges, published in full.
What you own when we are finished
- The domain, registered in your business name at the registrar, not ours.
- The files and the database, exportable in full, on standard WordPress with no proprietary framework.
- Every login, handed over at launch along with a short training session.
- The content, including the copy we wrote for you and the images we prepared.
- The data, which matters because the enquiries your site collects are personal information you are responsible for under POPIA.
Why choose this website design company in South Africa
Three things that separate this website design company from the agency down the road, and all three are checkable before you pay anything.
Built to rank
Every site is structured for search from day one: page architecture, schema markup and Core Web Vitals. We do not just design it, we engineer it to be found.
Prices published, not hidden
You know the number before you pay a cent. No hourly creep, no "that is extra" invoices at handover. Almost no website design company publishes a full price list. Ours is on the site.
We stay after launch
Most agencies disappear the day the site goes live. We host it, patch it, monitor it and keep improving the rankings, on one monthly care plan you can cancel on 30 days.
Four things. All of them, properly.
We are a website design company that only sells work it delivers every week for paying clients. Anything outside this list, we will say so and point you to the right people.
AI & Automation
The reason we are Dube AI and not another website design company. Your business answers customers around the clock, qualifies them, and hands you only the ones worth calling back.
- Website assistants that answer questions and capture leads
- WhatsApp automation that qualifies before you pick up the phone
- Quote, booking and document workflows that run themselves
- AI strategy sessions for teams who do not know where to start
SEO & AI Search
The same playbook that put a client's pages on top across ten cities, pointed at yours, including the newer work of getting cited by ChatGPT and Gemini.
SEO services →Web Design
Fast, mobile first builds designed to sell. WordPress development, online stores and landing pages.
See packages →Hosting & Care Plans
Where most agencies disappear after launch, we stay. Your site stays fast, patched, backed up and monitored, and small changes get done without you chasing anyone for a quote.
- Managed cloud hosting on enterprise infrastructure
- Security hardening, malware scanning and daily backups
- Core Web Vitals kept in the green
- Content edits and small fixes included
Real client sites, named rather than hidden
Most agencies show you a screenshot. These are live websites from our own group of companies, which means we can name them rather than hiding behind an anonymous case study. Open either one, check the speed, then search for the services it sells and see where it lands.
Intelligence Protection Services
National security brand. Hub and spoke architecture across VIP protection, guarding and investigations, with ranked location pages in ten cities.
TLD Private Investigators
Regional investigations brand across Gauteng, Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal. Same system, very different budget, led by Google Business Profile rather than paid traffic.
More builds, including a WooCommerce store, are on the portfolio. We will open Search Console live on a call rather than sending a screenshot of one.
Everything a small business needs to go live, one price.
Most quotes in this industry stay a mystery until the invoice arrives. This one does not. A complete five page website on your own domain, built for search from the first day, with the Google Business Profile and AI assistant available as add-ons.
Outgrow it and everything upgrades. Nothing gets rebuilt from scratch, and you pay the difference rather than the whole thing again.
See what is includedthen R1,250/month for hosting, security and maintenance
- Five page mobile first website
- Copy structured around what people search for
- Contact and quote forms wired to your inbox
- Speed optimisation and schema markup
- Google Business Profile setup available as an add-on
- Live in two to four weeks
- Domain, files and logins handed to you
A website design company in South Africa, working across the region
South African work is quoted in rands. Everywhere else is quoted and fixed in that country's own currency before we start, priced against what agencies actually charge there rather than a rand conversion. Delivery is remote, which for neighbouring markets means the same time zone and the same working day.
A Zimbabwe five page site is $400 and a landing page is $200, Botswana starts at P1,850 and Kenya at KSh 28,000. Every regional page carries its own full price table, payment terms and city list. If your country is not listed, contact us and we will quote it.
What are missed enquiries costing you?
Most enquiries arrive outside office hours, and most people simply contact the next business on the list. This is the number a website design company should be asking you about before it talks about colours. Move the sliders to your own figures.
per year, if the enquiries you currently miss got an instant reply instead.
How this is worked out: we assume 45% of enquiries arrive outside working hours, and that half of those go elsewhere before you reply. It is an estimate to help you think, not a promise, and your real numbers will differ.
How a website design company project actually runs
Five steps, in this order, every time.
Discovery call
Twenty minutes. We work out what you need and send a fixed quote within 24 hours.
Deposit
60% books your build slot. The price is fixed. No surprises at the end.
We build
Two to four weeks. You review a live preview link, not screenshots.
Launch
The site goes live on your own domain. Balance due on handover.
We keep it growing
Hosting, maintenance, SEO and AI on one monthly care plan.
A website design company you can check up on
Anybody can build a page claiming to be an expert. These are the things you can verify about us before you spend money, and the things we will not claim.
Straight about what we are
The full picture of how the team is structured sits on the about page.
- A real address. Intellepark Building, 546 16th Road, Constantia Park, Midrand, Gauteng. Not a PO box and not a virtual office.
- Senior specialists across four disciplines, some with more than fifteen years in search, development and design. Nothing is offshored.
- We follow published guidance rather than secrets. Everything on the search side is grounded in Google's own SEO starter guide and the schema.org vocabulary. There is no privileged access to Google to buy, and anyone claiming otherwise is selling you something.
- We do not claim the Google Partner badge, which is an earned status in the Google Ads programme. We would rather describe what we actually do.
- Results are shown live, not as screenshots. Ask us to open Search Console on a call and we will.
Talk to us directly through contact, or see the work on the portfolio.
Questions people ask before they call
How much does a website cost in South Africa?
Our Launchpad package, a complete five page site, is R7,500 once-off plus R1,250 a month for hosting and maintenance. A landing page is R4,500, a larger business website of eight to twelve pages starts at R15,000, and a WooCommerce online store at R25,000. The final number depends on pages and products, and it is confirmed in writing before you pay a deposit. Any website design company quoting you without asking what you sell is guessing.
See all packages and pricing →What makes a good website design company in South Africa?
Three things you can check before you sign anything. One, can they show you live client sites and where those sites rank, not just screenshots of designs. Two, is the price fixed in writing, or does it drift once work starts. Three, do they stay after launch, because a site nobody maintains breaks within a year. Ask any website design company those three questions and the shortlist gets short fast.
Is a monthly website cheaper than paying once-off?
It looks cheaper in month one and costs more by month twenty-four. A R499 a month subscription site comes to R11,976 over two years and you own nothing at the end of it. Our Launchpad is R7,500 once-off and the domain, files and database are registered in your name. The monthly care plan is for hosting, security and maintenance, which is genuinely recurring work, not a rental fee for your own website.
Do I actually own the website you build?
Completely. The domain is registered in your business name, the site is standard WordPress with no proprietary framework, and every login is handed to you at launch with a training session. You can move it to another host or another developer at any time without asking us, and we will help you do it at no charge. We would rather keep clients by doing good work than by making it painful to leave.
How long does it take to build a website?
Two to four weeks for most business websites, once we have your content and images. Online stores take longer depending on the product catalogue. We book a build slot when the deposit is paid, so the date is real rather than hopeful. The delay is almost never our side. It is usually waiting for photos, logos or approval.
Will my website actually rank on Google?
Every site we build is structured for search from the first day: proper page architecture, schema markup, fast loading and mobile first design. But ranking is ongoing work, not a switch. Sites on our SEO care plans typically start moving within three to six months, which matches what we have measured across our client accounts. Be wary of any website design company promising page one in thirty days.
What is a website care plan and do I need one?
It covers hosting, security updates, daily backups, uptime monitoring and small content changes, from R1,250 a month. You do not have to take one, but WordPress sites left unmaintained get compromised or break after updates, and rebuilding costs far more than maintaining. Cancel with 30 days notice at any time.
Can you add an AI chatbot to a website I already have?
Yes. The assistant works on any website, not only ones we have built, including WordPress, Wix, Shopify and custom sites. Setup starts at R4,500 and it is trained on your services, your prices and your service areas so the answers are yours rather than generic.
Do you work with businesses outside Gauteng?
Yes. Everything we do is delivered remotely, so location does not change the work or the price. We work with clients across South Africa and take on projects in Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Kenya, Zambia and Tanzania, where quotes are issued in that country's own currency at rates set for that market.
Why do you publish your prices when most agencies do not?
Because price is the first question everybody has, and making people book a call to hear it wastes their time and ours. If our numbers do not suit you, you have found that out in thirty seconds rather than after two meetings. It also keeps us honest, because a published price is much harder to quietly inflate once work has started.
Tell us what you need. Get a quote in 24 hours.
One call, one fixed price, one partner for your website, your Google ranking and your AI. Talk to a website design company in South Africa that will show you the rankings, not just the portfolio.