Redesign your website with AI

If your site looks dated, is hard to update or breaks on phones, you do not need to start from nothing. Tell the We.Inc AI builder what your business does, paste in the words from your current site, and it builds a fresh, mobile-friendly version that you then refine by chatting.

How it works

Gather what you already have: the text from your key pages, your logo, photos, services and prices, and your contact details.
Describe the new site in the builder (who you serve, the pages you want, the feel), then paste your existing text in the chat so the AI works from your real content.
Review the draft and ask for changes in plain English: 'move reviews higher', 'add a booking page', 'use our blue'. Upload your own photos and logo.
Publish, then point your domain at the new site on a paid plan. Your old host stays untouched until you switch.

Tips

Run your current site through the free website checker first, so you know what to fix (speed, mobile, search basics).
Keep your page addresses where you can, or set redirects, so Google does not lose the pages that already rank.
Cut before you copy: most old sites have pages nobody visits. Keep what earns calls and bookings.
Sketch the order of sections first with the free website mockup generator.

Frequently asked questions

Can I start from my old website's address?

Yes. The free website redesign planner reads one public page and lets you review the content before carrying a brief into the builder. It does not clone the site's code, backend or private pages. If the page cannot be read, paste the text you want to keep.

How much does a website redesign cost with We.Inc?

AI building starts at $20 a month. The free plan gives you up to 3 template sites on a we.inc address, with no AI and no custom domain, so you can try the editor before paying.

Will I lose my Google rankings?

Not if you keep your important page addresses or redirect the old ones to the new pages, and keep the content that ranks. Check your site before and after with the free website checker.

Can I keep my domain name?

Yes, on a paid plan you connect your existing domain. Your old site stays live until you change the domain settings.

Do I need a designer or developer?

No. You describe changes in plain English and the AI makes them. You can still bring in a designer if you want.

See how the We.Inc AI website builder works. The free plan gives you up to 3 template sites on a we.inc address, with no AI and no custom domain. AI building starts at $20 a month.

What a website redesign costs

A redesign can cost almost nothing or tens of thousands of dollars, depending on who does the work. These are the published ranges we could source as of September 2026. Every figure links to where it came from; your own quote will depend on page count, content and features.

Option	Published price or rate	What that means for a small site	Source
DIY with a website builder	Squarespace $12 to $25 a month billed annually, or $19 to $36 month to month	$144 to $300 a year on annual billing, plus your own time	Squarespace pricing
DIY with AI (We.Inc Starter)	$20 a month; free plan has up to 3 template sites on a we.inc address, no AI, no custom domain	$240 a year for AI building and a custom domain, plus your own time	We.Inc pricing
Freelance web designer	$20 to $40/hr junior, $40 to $75/hr mid-level, $75 to $130/hr senior (goLance); $25 to $49/hr for designers working in builders such as Wix or Squarespace (Clutch)	At 40 hours: $1,600 to $3,000 at mid-level rates	goLance, Clutch
Web design agency	Around $100 to $149/hr in the US and Canada; most projects reviewed on Clutch cost under $10,000 (average across all projects $38,105)	At 80 hours: $8,000 to $11,920	Clutch

How to read these numbers

The hour counts in the table (40 hours for a freelancer, 80 for an agency) are our own illustrative assumptions for a five-to-eight page small business site, not published figures. The arithmetic: 40 x $40 = $1,600 and 40 x $75 = $3,000; 80 x $100 = $8,000 and 80 x $149 = $11,920. Ask any designer for a fixed quote with the page list written down.

Clutch's own page says most web design projects reviewed on its site cost under $10,000, while the average across all of them is $38,105, because a few large projects pull the average up. For a small business, the typical figure is more useful than the average.

The DIY-with-AI option

On We.Inc Starter ($20 a month) you describe your business, paste the text you want to keep from your old site, and the AI builds a new design you then change by asking in plain English. Over a year that is $240, plus the time you spend reviewing and editing. Pro is $49 a month and Max $99 a month if you need more AI generation (credits are spent by AI generation). You can try the editor on the free plan first, which has up to 3 template sites on a we.inc address with no AI and no custom domain.

A freelancer or agency is the better choice when you want someone else to own the whole job: brand strategy, copywriting, custom features, or a large site with many templates.

Redesign cost questions

How much does a website redesign cost in 2026?

As of September 2026: DIY on a builder costs roughly $12 to $36 a month (Squarespace's published plans), We.Inc Starter with AI building is $20 a month, freelance web designers charge about $20 to $130 an hour depending on experience (goLance), and US agencies around $100 to $149 an hour, with most projects on Clutch under $10,000.

Is it cheaper to redesign or build a new website?

For most small business sites a redesign is effectively a rebuild: new design, reused content. The cost difference comes from how much content you can reuse. Bringing your existing text, photos and logo cuts the work whoever does it.

How many hours does a website redesign take?

There is no single published figure. Clutch reports that the web design projects it reviewed ran about seven months on average, but that includes large projects. A small site is far shorter. Ask for a quote with the page list and number of revision rounds written down.

Sources: Clutch: Web design pricing guide (September 2026) (Checked Sept 28, 2026); goLance: Web designer hourly rate guide 2026 (Checked Sept 28, 2026); Squarespace: Pricing (Checked Sept 28, 2026); We.Inc: Pricing (Checked Sept 28, 2026).

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