# Benchlight > Benchlight is a website builder and host for small businesses: make a free website in a few minutes, have Benchlight build the full website for $19 a month with a .com included, get a redesign from $249, or host the website you already have for $9 a month. Benchlight is a Winter Watermelon business, provided by WW Companies, LLC, 1235 East Blvd, Ste. E, PMB 1164, Charlotte, NC 28203. Support: support@benchlight.dev. Prices are in US dollars and were last updated on October 29, 2026. [About Benchlight](https://benchlight.dev/about). ## What Benchlight offers - Free website: $0, no card. One website per account at a yourname.benchlight.page address, with a small "Made with Benchlight" credit. Made [in the browser](https://benchlight.dev/assistant/drafts/new) or in Claude with the Benchlight connector. Free sites can't take payments, bookings, logins or contact forms. - Full website, built for you: $19 a month or $199 a year, billed from the day it goes live. Asking is free and the private preview arrives within 1 business day. Includes more pages, the owner's photos and logo, a contact form or booking link, a new .com, .net, .org, .co or .us domain registered in the owner's name (no domain fee), hosting and up to two small updates a month. Full refund within 30 days of the first payment; cancel anytime. An online store is quoted separately. [Ask for a full website](https://benchlight.dev/assistant/custom/new). - Redesign of an existing website: from $249, paid once. A free private preview comes first, with the exact price. First round of changes free, later rounds $49. The owner keeps the website files. Hosting is separate. [Ask for a free preview](https://benchlight.dev/request). - Hosting for a website you already have, including sites made in Claude or ChatGPT: $9 a month or $99 a year after 14 free days; a card is required to start. Keeps email working when the domain moves, with daily checks, visits and page views. Domain registration is separate. Benchlight hosts built HTML, CSS and JavaScript websites, and supported npm or Vite builds from connected GitHub projects. Server code, databases, accounts, payments, provider-backed forms, WordPress and stores need separate transfer checks; a browser preview is not proof those services have moved. ## Benchlight in Claude and ChatGPT Benchlight is in [Claude's directory](https://claude.ai/directory/benchlight); read the [Claude guide](https://benchlight.dev/claude). In Claude it can create and edit private website drafts, read an existing public website and its eligible pictures, show draft screenshots, check a domain and email setup without changing settings, and report daily site visits. It publishes to the account's one free benchlight.page site only after separate publishing permission and confirmation; an older connection must reconnect to grant that permission, and publishing another draft replaces the existing free site. Paid hosting, purchases and domain changes stay customer actions on benchlight.dev. Drafts expire 30 days after the last change, with up to ten versions kept. Benchlight's ChatGPT app is in OpenAI's review and is not yet in ChatGPT's app directory. ## Main pages - [Pricing](https://benchlight.dev/pricing): all four offers, what each includes and its limits. - [Free website](https://benchlight.dev/free-website): what the free website includes and can't do. - [Redesign](https://benchlight.dev/design): before-and-after samples and the free preview. - [See your website redesigned](https://benchlight.dev/request): enter your web address for a free private redesign preview, if your site is a good fit. - [Hosting](https://benchlight.dev/hosting): hosting a website you already have at your own address. - [Move your website](https://benchlight.dev/your-web-address): keeping your web address and email when you move. - [How it works](https://benchlight.dev/process): the steps from first draft to a live website. - [Make it in Claude](https://benchlight.dev/claude): the Benchlight connector in Claude's directory. - [Questions](https://benchlight.dev/questions): answers about prices, domains, email, refunds and cancelling. - [Examples](https://benchlight.dev/examples): before-and-after samples of fictional small businesses, rebuilt by Benchlight's builder. - [Compatibility](https://benchlight.dev/compatibility): what can move and what needs a separate check. - [Your website files](https://benchlight.dev/handover): ownership, backups and safe domain changes. - [Service business website brief](https://benchlight.dev/service-business-website-brief): a free, printable brief for repair and service businesses. ## Free websites by trade Each page covers what that trade's website needs. Prices are the same on every page: free to make, or $19 a month to have Benchlight build it. - [Auto detailing](https://benchlight.dev/free-website-for-car-detailers) - [Bakeries](https://benchlight.dev/free-website-for-bakeries) - [Barbers](https://benchlight.dev/free-website-for-barbers) - [Cafes](https://benchlight.dev/free-website-for-cafes) - [Cleaning businesses](https://benchlight.dev/free-website-for-house-cleaners) - [Dog groomers](https://benchlight.dev/free-website-for-dog-groomers) - [House painters](https://benchlight.dev/free-website-for-house-painters) - [Lawn care and landscaping](https://benchlight.dev/free-website-for-garden-care) - [Nail salons](https://benchlight.dev/free-website-for-nail-salons) - [Personal trainers](https://benchlight.dev/free-website-for-personal-trainers) - [Piano teachers](https://benchlight.dev/free-website-for-piano-teachers) - [Plumbers](https://benchlight.dev/free-website-for-plumbers) ## Guides - [Publish a Claude artifact as a website](https://benchlight.dev/publish-claude-artifact) - [Publish a website made with ChatGPT](https://benchlight.dev/publish-chatgpt-website) - [Move a website and keep your email](https://benchlight.dev/move-website-keep-email) - [Connect a domain to an HTML website](https://benchlight.dev/connect-domain-to-html-site) - [Hosting for a one-page website](https://benchlight.dev/one-page-hosting-comparison) - [Create and publish your website](https://benchlight.dev/publish) ## Policies - [Free-site rules](https://benchlight.dev/free-sites/rules): what a free benchlight.page site includes, what isn't allowed and how to report one. - [Privacy](https://benchlight.dev/privacy) and [Terms](https://benchlight.dev/terms).