# Simpleview pricing, line by line.

> Simpleview (Granicus Destinations) pricing from its own published price list and public US contracts: license, support, hosting, build and extras.

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Simpleview, now sold as Granicus Destinations, doesn't publish US prices: every contract is a quote. But it does publish a full price list in one place, its UK government catalogue (G-Cloud 14, 2024), and public records from US cities and counties show the same shape in dollars.

Pricing, explained · Checked October 2026 · 5 sources

Every pound figure below is from that UK list, for a "small destination (town)" unless noted, with a rough dollar conversion at about $1.30 to the pound. US contracts are negotiated and vary, so treat these as the shape of the bill, not your quote.

The short version: the website license is the small part. The money is in support billed every year, items priced one by one, and the build, usually inside a multi-year term.

## What each line costs.

1. Website license (CMS) · £3,412 a year (about $4,440) · One site on its own domain, unlimited editors. A village pays £2,925, a city £4,875, a region £5,850.
2. Customer support for CMS editors · £2,632 a year (about $3,420) · Support for the people editing the site, as its own yearly line per domain (£3,802 for a city or larger).
3. Website hosting, by traffic · £396 to £10,920 a year (about $515 to $14,200) · Priced by monthly bandwidth: £396 for 2.5 GB, £1,458 for 15 GB, up to £10,920 for 500 GB. The list says hosting may change during the term to match your usage.
4. Listings licenses and their hosting, per staff user · £460 plus £792 a year per user (about $1,630 per user) · The business listings module (the partner extranet is included with it) and its hosting, each priced per user for a town.
5. Event submission and approval form · £975 to set up, then £975 a year (about $1,270 each) · The basic form for the public to submit events; an enhanced form is £1,462 to set up.
6. Reports and insights · £1,600 a year (about $2,080) · A flat fee for a town (£1,000 for a village, £8,000 for a region).
7. Email campaign tool and credits · £487.50 a year plus credits (from £350 for 5,000 emails) · The tool, a £487.50 setup and £487.50 branding setup, and email credits bought in blocks (£600 for 100,000).
8. SEO packages · £3,120 to £24,960 a year (about $4,060 to $32,450) · Optional 12-month packages by site size and level, from Starter to Enterprise.
9. Website build · From £11,050 templated, £16,022 enhanced, £34,060 bespoke (about $14,370 to $44,280 and up) · Project management, account management and testing; extra customizations and integrations costed separately.
10. Design · £7,702.50 or £11,310 (about $10,010 or $14,700) · Standard or enhanced design package with consultation, layouts and up to three rounds of changes each.
11. Imports, migration and content · Imports from £487 each; migration £520 plus £32.50 a page; articles £780 per 1,000 words · Each data import (products, contacts, organisations) priced by its format; content moved page by page; content written by the piece, images not included.
12. Training and extra work · £1,462 a session; £130 an hour · CMS training for up to 4 people per session, and day rates for anything outside the list (£195 an hour for a tourism strategist).
13. A real US quote: Tourism Santa Fe, 2022 · $71,800 for one year · $59,800 licensing (CMS $16,000, then partner listings $1,500, events calendar $2,000, itinerary builder $2,500, AudioEye $8,000 and more, each priced separately) plus a $12,000 support plan of 120 hours.

From the sources below. Prices change, so [check Simpleview's own page](https://assets.applytosupply.digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk/g-cloud-14/documents/721916/607610058631786-pricing-document-2024-05-05-2234.pdf) before you decide.

## What it comes to.

A small town DMO with two staff users, recurring

UK list: license £3,412 + editor support £2,632 + hosting (2.5 GB) £396 + two listings licenses £920 + their hosting £1,584 + reports £1,600 + event submission form £975 + email tool £487.50 + 5,000 email credits £350 = about £12,360 a year, roughly $16,100. More traffic or more staff users raises it; SEO is extra.

Year one with a new site

UK list: the recurring £12,360, plus a templated build £11,050, event form setup £975, email setup and branding £975, one data import £487, content migration setup and 100 pages £3,770, and two training sessions £2,924 = about £32,540, roughly $42,300, before a design package (£7,702.50 or more). A bespoke build instead of the template adds £23,010, about $30,000.

One 1,000-word article a month

UK list: 12 x £780 = £9,360 a year, roughly $12,170, on top of everything above. With Hiveway, one of us writing your pages, events and newsletter every month is $599 a month.

What public US contracts show

Tourism Santa Fe: $71,800 for one year (2022) and an estimated $287,200 over four years (2023). Nacogdoches CVB: about $27,000 to renew its website (2019).

Hiveway for Destinations, for comparison

$999 a month, about $12,000 a year, with the site build, hosting, support, event and listing submissions, email sending and setup included. No build fee, month to month.

## What to watch for.

Simpleview is a deep, proven platform, and for a destination with a convention sales team, a booking engine or research needs, much of that price buys real things. Its CRM, partner extranet and data products are genuinely strong.

For a small tourism office that needs a visitor website, events, listings and a newsletter, the published line items add up to more every year than Hiveway for Destinations ($999 a month), before the build. If that describes you, compare one flat number against the sum of the lines.

- Support is billed as its own yearly line, separate from the license, so ask what happens when you need help and that line isn't in the contract.
- Hosting is priced by traffic and the list says it can change during the term. A successful campaign can move you up a tier.
- Listings licenses and their hosting are per staff user, so adding a part-time person adds two lines.
- Public event submissions are a module with its own setup and yearly fee.
- Every data import and every migrated page is priced, which adds up when you're moving years of content.
- Multi-year discounts (5% for two years, 10% for three on the UK list) trade a lower rate for less freedom to leave.
- Ask whether your quote includes accessibility monitoring; Santa Fe's priced AudioEye at $8,000 a year.

**The short version:** Hiveway for Destinations is $999 a month, flat, month to month. (the big tourism platforms bill support, every import and every article separately, every year) It's in its founding season: we're building it now with our first chamber.

## Questions, answered plainly.

### Does Simpleview publish its prices?

Not in the US, where it's quote only. It publishes a full price list in pounds in the UK government's G-Cloud catalogue (the 2024 list is linked below), and US cities and counties publish their contracts as public records.

### How much does a Simpleview website cost per year?

On the UK list, a small town's recurring lines come to about £12,360 a year (roughly $16,100) before SEO. Public US contracts run higher: Santa Fe paid $71,800 for one year, and Nacogdoches was quoted about $27,000 to renew.

### Is support included in a Simpleview license?

The UK list says licenses include updates, support and account management, and then also lists "Customer Support for CMS Editors" as a separate yearly line (£2,632 for a town). Santa Fe's US quote carried a $12,000 a year support plan. Ask exactly what your license covers.

### Why are the figures in pounds?

Simpleview's only published price list we could find is its UK government catalogue. We convert at about $1.30 to the pound for scale, but US pricing is negotiated separately.

### What does Hiveway leave out that Simpleview has?

A convention and meetings sales CRM, a booking engine, a digital asset library, ad serving, research and economic impact products. If you need those, Simpleview's price buys them.

## Sources, checked October 2026

1. [Simpleview, G-Cloud 14 pricing document](https://assets.applytosupply.digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk/g-cloud-14/documents/721916/607610058631786-pricing-document-2024-05-05-2234.pdf) · UK, 2024, GBP
2. [City of Santa Fe, Simpleview sole source request packet](https://santafenm.gov/media/rfps_docs/Simpleview_Sole_Source_Request_Packet.pdf) · 2022, $71,800 for one year
3. [City of Santa Fe, Simpleview sole source determination](https://santafenm.gov/media/rfps_docs/SSD_Approved_Simpleview_LLC_3.30.23.pdf) · 2023, estimated $287,200 over four years
4. [Nacogdoches CVB board minutes, April 17 2019](https://assets.simpleviewinc.com/simpleview/image/upload/v1/clients/nacogdoches/Regular_Board_Meeting_4_17_19_minutes_1__f171290a-a96f-4e2b-8240-9546f04a8e9c.pdf) · Simpleview website renewal about $27,000
5. [Granicus, Destinations (formerly Simpleview): 500+ destinations on the CMS, 1K+ on the CRM](https://granicus.com/market/destinations/)

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## One line, not five.

Hiveway for Destinations is one published price with the website and the move included. One of us reads every application and writes back by email.

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