OwCo vs Zarla

Pay us once, or pay a builder every month and do it yourself.

Zarla is an AI website builder. You answer a few questions, it assembles the site, and you run and edit it yourself on a monthly plan. It's a real option, it's the cheapest way to start, and for some owners it's plainly the right one. We're the other kind of answer: one fixed price agreed before we start, a person builds it, and the site, the domain and the files are yours.

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What you're weighing upOwCo MediaZarla
How you payOnce. A deposit starts the build, the balance at launch.Monthly, for as long as the site is live.
Who builds itWe do. You send your logo, a few photos and one paragraph about the business.You do, with their AI writing the first draft of the pages.
Who edits it laterYou can — we walk you through it and everything is yours to change.You do, inside their editor.
How long to liveFirst build in 5 days on the entry build, 15 on the largest.Minutes to start; the hours you put in afterwards are yours to spend.
Where it livesOn your domain, on your hosting, with your files in a folder you keep.On their platform, on your subscription.
A person to callThe person who built it answers the phone.Help centre and chat.
Keeping it runningLooked after at no extra cost. Small fixes, backups and text changes are covered by the price you already paid.Yours to keep up, for as long as the monthly plan runs.
If it isn't rightEvery dollar refundable in full until the day it goes live.Their plan terms apply — read them before you start.

Their side of the table is what Zarla publishes about itself, read in October 2026. Their pricing, their words, their terms — check their site for today's version, and tell us if something has moved so we can correct this page. We're not affiliated with them.

Our side is live: Launch Site is $600, or $120 to start, first build in 5 days.

Pick that route if

When Zarla is the better answer.

  • You'd rather spend a couple of hours than a couple of hundred dollars, and you enjoy tinkering.
  • You want to change your own words, photos and prices every time something changes.
  • You're testing whether an idea has legs before paying a studio to build it properly.

Pick us if

When we are.

  • You want the words written for you — most owners don't want to write their own site, and it shows when they do.
  • You'd rather be running the business than editing the website.
  • You want one payment that ends, and someone to ring when something breaks.

Either way

Look at what we actually shipped.

Three of the sites we built, each one openable live. If they're not what you'd want for your business, that's useful to know now rather than after a call.

The questions

Answered straight.

How much does Zarla cost?

Their site publishes $10.99/month for Premium on a 36-month term, and $29/month if you pay month to month. Business is $16.99/month on 36 months. That's what it said when we read it in October 2026. Check their page for today's numbers: the pricing and the terms are theirs, not ours.

Can I get an OwCo site on a monthly plan?

No. We build for one fixed price and the site is yours once it's paid for. The only monthly thing we sell is optional marketing after launch, and that's month to month — stop whenever you like, no contract.

Which one works out cheaper?

Zarla is cheaper on day one. A monthly plan runs for as long as the site is live, so over years it adds up. Our price is paid once and ends. If you'd rather not build or maintain a website yourself, the one-off price is usually the cheaper decision — but that's your call to make, not ours.

Is OwCo connected to Zarla?

No. We don't work with them and they haven't seen this page. Everything about their pricing here is what they publish themselves, read in October 2026. If it's moved since, tell us and we'll correct it.

What does an OwCo site cost?

Launch Site is $600, or $120 to start, first build in 5 days. Every package includes the design and build, connecting the tools you already run, search setup and going live — and any money paid is refundable in full until launch.

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Still deciding? Type what your business does.

One line is enough and it costs nothing: you get the build we'd recommend, what it costs and how fast it can be live — before any money moves.

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Real humans

You talk to the person doing the work. No account managers.

We answer the phone

Call or email during the build and you get a person, same day.

No contracts

One project at a time. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to cancel.

You own everything

Your domain, your site, your files — all in your name.