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SimpleUpdates
The company says it operates remotely around the United States and lists a mailing address in Gentry, Arkansas.
What it is
SimpleUpdates Studio is a hosted website builder and content management system for creating and updating websites without coding. Its drag-and-drop visual editor has 36+ elements and 200+ ready-to-use icons, and the company advertises more than 100 templates. Content tools include blogs, galleries, a form builder, collections, and custom HTML and CSS. The company says it serves commercial and nonprofit clients, including businesses and ministries, and traces its history to Hosford Web Service, founded in 1995. The web-based service offers a free Starter plan with limited features, unlimited pages and storage, and SSL. Pro costs $37 a month and covers one website, unlimited pages and storage, SSL, up to two domains and three email addresses, and all Pro layouts, blocks, and elements. Both website plans include free personal calls and technical-question support. The pricing page lists contact form app integration; legacy CMS update notes document Stripe integration for store payments and forms. SimpleUpdates says customer-selected payment processors receive end-user payment information, which SimpleUpdates does not collect or store.
For and against
For
- Drag-and-drop editor with 36+ elements
- More than 100 templates advertised
- Includes blogs, galleries, forms, and collections
- Starter includes unlimited pages and storage
- SSL included with Starter and Pro
Against
- Starter has limited features
- Pro is $37 a month
- Pro covers one website
The verdict
SimpleUpdates offers a web-based builder with content tools and a free Starter option. Pro adds a fuller set of layouts and elements for one website at a stated monthly price.
Who it suits
SimpleUpdates suits businesses and nonprofit organizations that want to build or update a website without coding. The free Starter plan may suit users who can work within limited features; Pro is for one website with the listed expanded layouts and elements.
Plans and prices
Basic
interview and written pages · unlimited pages · blog · calendar
Read 15 Oct 2026 · simpleupdates.com
Basic
interview and written pages · unlimited pages · blog · calendar
Read 15 Oct 2026 · simpleupdates.com
Growth
everything in Basic · video and podcast hosting · online donations · 2 custom domains
Read 15 Oct 2026 · simpleupdates.com
Growth
everything in Basic · video and podcast hosting · online donations · 2 custom domains
Read 15 Oct 2026 · simpleupdates.com
Premium
everything in Growth · online store and checkout · 3 custom domains · 5 mailboxes
Read 15 Oct 2026 · simpleupdates.com
Premium
everything in Growth · online store and checkout · 3 custom domains · 5 mailboxes
Read 15 Oct 2026 · simpleupdates.com
STARTER
Limited features · unlimited pages and storage · SSL included · no end of free trial
Read 7 Oct 2026 · simpleupdates.com
PRO
1 website · unlimited pages and storage · SSL included · up to 2 domains and 3 emails
Read 7 Oct 2026 · simpleupdates.com
PRO
1 website · unlimited pages and storage · SSL included · up to 2 domains and 3 emails
Read 7 Oct 2026 · simpleupdates.com
On the record
- AI interview
- The signup interview asks short business questions and uses the answers to generate site copy and suggested pages.simpleupdates.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- API
- Release notes state that the platform exposes collection APIs and later allowed collection API access from outside the site domain.support.simpleupdates.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Basic modules
- Basic includes blogs, calendars, galleries, forms and search in addition to pages, hosting and SSL.simpleupdates.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Builder
- The Studio site describes a drag-and-drop visual builder with 36+ elements and 200+ ready-to-use icons.simpleupdates.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Company history
- Darryl Hosford founded the business as Hosford Web Service in 1995; the CMS later became SimpleUpdates.com and the company says it has operated online since 2005.simpleupdates.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company location
- The company says it operates remotely around the United States and gives a mailing address in Gentry, Arkansas.simpleupdates.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Content ownership
- The company says customers retain their content and can export it or move their domain elsewhere.simpleupdates.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Content tools
- The builder includes blogs, galleries, a form builder, collections, and custom HTML and CSS.simpleupdates.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Domains and email
- Every paid website plan includes up to 2 domains and 3 email addresses.simpleupdates.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Domains and mailboxes
- Plan allowances range from one domain and mailbox on Basic to three domains and five mailboxes on Premium.simpleupdates.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Growth media
- Growth adds video hosting, podcast hosting and online-donation capability.simpleupdates.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Help center
- The support center provides guides for domains, email, blocks and billing.simpleupdates.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Independent app evidence
- An app catalog lists the free Madison SDA iPhone/iPad app with SimpleUpdates.com, Inc. as provider and version 2.3.madison-sda.appstor.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Independent classification
- An Adventist web-services guide describes SimpleUpdates as a proprietary hosted CMS operated by a private ASI-member business.awa7.netadventist.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- Independent company profile
- A LinkedIn profile for founder Darryl Hosford identifies Berrien Springs, Michigan and describes SimpleUpdates website-tool development activity.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Independent engineering evidence
- The Org reports that former SimpleUpdates developer Adam Jackson built a custom CMS and helped migrate its legacy codebase to React.theorg.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Independent legacy use
- An Oklahoma Adventist article dated September 9, 2025 says churches and schools were being migrated from legacy SimpleUpdates sites to Adventist Connect's Frame WordPress platform.okadventist.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Documented integrations include Google Analytics, YouTube, Zoom, Facebook oEmbed, iTunes podcasting and social-media widgets.support.simpleupdates.com · read 15 Oct 2026
