A Placester alternative for the solo agent

What Placester costs in year one

As of September 2026, per published pricing. First-year total is the entry plan for twelve months plus any published setup and IDX fees. Placester's higher tiers cost more; SiteCurb has one tier.

That is 2.2× the cost for the year. Every SiteCurb plan also comes with a 14-day free trial, and you build the whole site before a card ever comes out — you pay only to publish.

Where Placester hurts a solo agent

Placester sells template websites for agents and adds an IDX feed for $25 a month. It is the closest of the four to SiteCurb on price, and the honest difference comes down to one line item: whether you need the whole MLS on your site, or just your own listings.

• The $59 headline becomes $84 a month the moment you add IDX — and IDX is the main reason to pick Placester over a cheaper site. Year one lands at $1,008, a little over double SiteCurb.
• You are paying a monthly feed fee to show other agents' listings on your site. For a listing agent, that is $300 a year to advertise the competition.
• Template sites are template sites. The difference is in the details — speed, photo handling, the contact form actually reaching you — and that is where SiteCurb spends its effort.

What you give up with SiteCurb

The honest list. None of these is hidden in a footnote, so you can decide with them in view.

• No IDX or MLS feed. SiteCurb shows your listings — you add them yourself, with your photos (auto-optimized) and your words. That is what makes the $39 possible: there is nothing to license, so there is nothing to mark up. If your site needs to search the entire MLS, this is the wrong product.
• No CRM.Contact and per-listing enquiry forms email you instantly with reply-to set, and a “get new listings first” block collects subscribers. Pipelines, drips and lead scoring are not here; keep a CRM if you run one.
• No custom domain yet. Your site lives at yourname.sitecurb.com, with a TLS certificate, the moment you publish. Connecting a domain you already own is coming.

Who should stay with Placester

Fair is fair. Placester is the better choice if:

• Your site's job is buyer search, and you need the full MLS inventory on it — SiteCurb does not do that.
• You are already set up and the $84 a month is not the thing keeping you up at night.

Switching in an afternoon

1. Claim your address. Sign up at SiteCurb and type your name — yourname.sitecurb.com is reserved on the spot. No card required to build.
2. Pick a template. Open the live demos (demo-classic.sitecurb.com through demo-gallery.sitecurb.com), choose one, set your colors and logo. You can switch later; your content moves with you.
3. Add your listings and your voice. Re-enter your active listings with your own photos, then fill in your tagline, why work with me, and a few client quotes.
4. Preview, then publish. Check the draft, flip it live. The 14-day free trial starts here; after that it is $39 a month.
5. Move your links and close the old account. Update your sign riders, cards, email signature and Instagram. Then cancel Placester when your current term allows — check your agreement for notice terms before you do.

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