Honest comparison
Joeckel Design vs Green Bay Digital
Green Bay Digital is a same-city WordPress shop, so this is the most direct local comparison there is. Both of us are in Green Bay; the difference is the build — WordPress themes and plugins versus hand-built modern code — and the pricing model.
Cost at a glance
Green Bay Digital
Quoted / packaged
- Custom WordPress sitequoted — not published
- Hostingquoted
Full-service — but billed as an up-front project plus changes at agency rates, on the agency's timeline.
Joeckel Design
$49–$149/mo, build free
- Starter$49/mo
- Growth$99/mo
- Pro$149/mo
Free build/scope. Done-for-you. Cancel anytime.
What Green Bay Digital does well
We're not here to bash. Green Bay Digital is the right choice for some people. Here's where it earns its sticker price.
- ✓Same-city Green Bay shop with 20+ years of stated experience
- ✓Full service: web design/dev, hosting, eCommerce, SEO, copywriting
Where Green Bay Digital falls short
- ✗Built on WordPress — themes/plugins add page weight and a security surface to patch
- ✗Pricing is not published
- ✗WordPress core/plugin updates are an ongoing maintenance burden
Hidden costs to watch
- ·Unpublished project cost
- ·Hosting billed separately
- ·Plugin/theme renewals
What Green Bay Digital customers actually complain about
"My WordPress site got slow and I'm not sure why"
Live Client · Real Numbers
This is what we ship instead
Lighthouse mobile audit of wayneswalleyes.com, a real paying client (Wayne's Walleye World Guide Service — 2024 World Champion walleye guide). Run the audit yourself at pagespeed.web.dev. Typical Green Bay Digital output is in a different league.
Performance
Accessibility
Best Practices
SEO
0.7s
First Contentful Paint
0.7s
Largest Contentful Paint
0ms
Total Blocking Time
0
Cumulative Layout Shift
1.1s
Speed Index
Where Joeckel Design wins, head-to-head
- ★Same Green Bay base — but hand-built modern code, no WordPress
- ★Lighthouse 95+ mobile; lighter pages than a plugin-stacked WordPress build
- ★Free build + flat $49–$149/mo with updates included
Ready for the real version?
No credit card. Cancel anytime.
Frequently asked questions
Both are in Green Bay — how is Joeckel Design different?＋
Green Bay Digital builds on WordPress; Joeckel hand-codes a lightweight modern site with no plugin stack, so it loads faster and has less to maintain or get hacked. Joeckel also builds for free and charges a flat monthly fee that includes updates and SEO upkeep.