Flopix or a web agency: which should you choose?

Working with an agency means benefiting from an outside perspective, mockups designed for you, and a point of contact who handles the project from end to end. For a business that has an identity to build or specific functional needs, this expertise has real value.

It also has a price and a pace. For a showcase site, quotes generally range from €1,000 to €5,000, more with custom work. The project goes through a brief, a quote, mockups, back-and-forth, integration, and testing: expect several weeks, often more. Once the site is delivered, hosting, the domain name, and maintenance are covered by separate contracts, and every change goes through a request, with the delay and billing that come with it.

Flopix covers the most common case: a shop, a craftsperson, a freelancer, or an association that needs to be found and contacted. You fill in a guided form (name, logo, up to five photos, description, opening hours, contact details, call-to-action button, Google reviews, social networks) while checking the preview on desktop and mobile, and the site is online in about three minutes. There is no quote and no delay: €19.99 per month or €199.99 per year, hosting in France, a custom address, a QR code, and updates included, with no commitment.

An agency is the right choice as soon as your site is a project, and not just a showcase. A visual identity to create, a fully custom design, an online store with stock management, a client area, online booking or quotes, a multilingual site, an SEO and content strategy, the redesign of an existing site with dozens of pages: in all these cases, the agency brings value that Flopix does not provide.

It is also the right choice if you want to be supported, delegate entirely, and have a point of contact responsible for the result. This service has a price, justified when the need is there. For a simple showcase site, however, an agency is often oversized, and that is precisely the case that Flopix makes fast and affordable.