Honest comparison
Roofing website builder vs. hiring a web designer
If you need a roofing website, you’ve really got three options. Here’s the plain-English trade-off — no sales spin. A web designer can build you anything; RoofPropage builds one thing well — a roofing site that books jobs.
Most roofers weighing a new website land on one of three routes: hire a web designer, sign up for a general do-it-yourself builder, or use a done-for-you tool made for roofing like RoofPropage. None is “best” for everyone — they trade cost, speed, and control in different ways. Here’s how they stack up.
Cost to start
Hire a web designer
Often a large upfront fee
Do-it-yourself builder
Low — but it costs your time
RoofPropage
$0 — build & preview free
Ongoing cost
Hire a web designer
Changes are often billed each time
Do-it-yourself builder
A monthly plan
RoofPropage
$49/mo, only once you publish
Time to a finished site
Hire a web designer
Days to weeks
Do-it-yourself builder
Hours to days of your own work
RoofPropage
Built in about a minute
Who writes the words
Hire a web designer
You brief them; they draft
Do-it-yourself builder
You write every page yourself
RoofPropage
Written for you — yours to edit
Built for roofing
Hire a web designer
Only if they specialize in it
Do-it-yourself builder
Generic templates
RoofPropage
Roofing pages & photos, out of the box
Changing it later
Hire a web designer
Usually back to the designer
Do-it-yourself builder
You do it yourself
RoofPropage
You do it, from your dashboard
Hosting
Hire a web designer
Usually separate or extra
Do-it-yourself builder
Included in the plan
RoofPropage
Included
Lead form
Hire a web designer
Only if they build one
Do-it-yourself builder
You set it up
RoofPropage
Built in — emails you every lead
Custom domain
Hire a web designer
Usually extra
Do-it-yourself builder
Usually a paid add-on
RoofPropage
Connect one you own — no extra charge
The designer and DIY columns describe those routes in general — your mileage will vary by who you hire and which builder you pick.
Be fair about it
When a designer is worth it
If you want something fully custom — a one-of-a-kind brand, unusual features, a big online store — and you have the budget and time for it, a good web designer can build exactly that. For a roofing site whose job is to look sharp and book calls, it’s often more time and money than you need.
Where this fits
Where RoofPropage fits
If you mostly want a professional roofing site that’s live fast, is written and laid out for you, and catches leads — without a big bill or weeks of back-and-forth — that’s exactly what RoofPropage does. And you still edit every word yourself. What a roofing site needs →
Try before you decide
You can see the RoofPropage option for free
Build a whole site in about a minute and click through it. If it’s not for you, you’ve spent nothing.
Build the done-for-you option, free
No account, no card — just answer a few questions and click through your whole roofing site.